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Thanks ronny.

I thought they swapped goalies at half time and he had to come back on with the injury. It was a friendly after all.

You can pretty well disregard Colossimo's goal. A long bomb clearance from defense with the young goalie misjudging the bounce, over committing and watching it bounce over his head. The poor kid looked shattered walking off at the end of the game despite making some sensational saves in the first half. It can be cruel being a goalkeeper.

Also was good with the corners despite a heavy ball and muddy turf. Put the ball reliably in to very testing positions. Agree with you Sash - he was looking to impress. But his work ethic was fantastic and his communication on the pitch was great. He looked like he belonged.

Just starting to feel my toes again as I warm them in front of the fire. Man that was cold tonight. 4-0 in the end. Hard to read too much into the game. The sheer difference in physical size between the sides was obvious but full credit to the opposition youngsters for running and pushing hard. Behich was lively and I thought McAllaster held the ball up well. Who was wearing no. 10? Showed some real toe and presented well. At the end of the day a chance to knock the ball around, no injuries and a thrill for the opposition. Well done to the Heart fellas not playing as well. They made themselves available to the locals and were great with the kids.

Pitch looks good, cherry picker upgrading the lights tonight, bar stocked and general excitement. Expecting about 600 to 800 people attending. Come on down!!

Spoke with MH staff today. Apparently JA spoke again to Grella last night and is doing his utmost to persuade him to join. There is high hope he will join. The plan as noted in other threads is to play Gerhardt at CB with Grella as DM. Feeling within coaching staff that Gerhardt would be more valuable in that role with our current squad and if Grella joins the jigsaw will be complete. I suppose if he doesn't join we would then be looking for either CB or DM but as I was told today, experienced local CBs don't exactly grow on trees.

Spoke to a member of MH staff today. Mate out recuperating from injury, Tadic visa may not be through so potential scratching, Fred travelling and may or may not play - hamstrings good but skin folds not so good. Gerhardt should be in and has had an immediate impact within the squad in first two sessions. Very vocal and enthusiastic in training. Should be interesting to see. Hoff has apparently been cutting it up in training and raring to go. Overall great excitement in the squad and coaches that a really competitive group has been put together for the year. Can't wait!!

$4 a stubby but you'll need to bring your own umbrellas for cocktails.

Hi, my first posting as a Heart fan/member and following the forums for 18 months. I'm a member of Geelong SC and we're all pumped to have Heart coming to our club. This is definitely a free event and the ground is about 10 minutes walk from the North Shore train station. (don't get off at North Geelong and check that the train stops at North Shore - not all do). The kiosk at the club should be open to increase your lipid and salt intake and we do have a bar to wash it down. For the return leg there are trains leaving North Shore at 21:51 and the last train is at 22:51. Hope this helps.