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Colakovski for a game changing performance. Quality through balls along the ground (like Luna's) require quality runs (like Colakovski's). The cross for the goal also gave JMac a simple finish / a goal on a silver platter. Time and time again Colakovski hugged the sideline, forcing the fullback / wingback into a prisoners dilemma - stay too central and give the winger space out wide or drift out and risk being caught in behind. His energy really helped (including on the counter) allowed us to dominate the last 20. TBF, there is probably 5 or 6 players who were all very solid.

a lot of our youth players go over too early / young. you only have to look at Mooy - a player who started out at the Bolton youth academy (an EPL side at the time IIRC). youth players require game time at a decent level more than anything else. Mooy benefited massively from coming back. the amount of good, quality young players we have had lured overseas (sometimes to bigger clubs - Amini, Langerak, Brad Smith to name a few) and get limited game time is super disappointing. doesnt help when you do your ACL after your breakout game too though.

Merry Christmas to you and your family /loved ones and hope you have a great day after such a shite year ❤️🎄🎊

Ha, beat me to it 😁. Looks like we might get a couple of early #notaderby games. I imagine us vs the Tards will be held back for the chance to get solid crowds

My nearest station is Merinda Park, which is the second last stop on the Cranbourne line. It takes around 40 minutes between Richmond and Dandenong (and a further 15ish if you go to the end of the line) that said Casey fields 5 km from Cranbourne Station (AAMI Park is 400m from Richmond Station FWIW) If you drive, Dandenong is 25 - 30 min from the Burnley tunnel. Cranbourne is about 35 - 40 In terms of the new training base, I'm don't really care one way or the other. Big thing for me is that the move helps the club develop. I'm a little surprised given recent investment in Bundoora, but I'm sure the club's got its reasons Personally, I always found the Bundoora training base out of the way - I can't remember actually going there because I largely cbf'd. As such, I think it doesn't matter where the training base is - some fans benefit and others lose out.

Thanks for the update. Shits me the club hasn't been upfront and transparent on this. Granted that their hands are tied (from what they told you) but still, the season is two weeks away. Members pay their money - can't be hard to keep us informed.

and thats where i wonder whats happened. seems weird

thanks for all those "nuggets" of gold 😁 in all seriousness though, thanks for the follow up. i have seen buggar all from the club regarding this (and as a member since way back too) - the bs marketing emails from club included. WTF is this shit? i asked earlier thinking that maybe it related to Australia Post (being Christmas and how shit they have been anyway this year). I feel disappointed with the lack of transparency (or for me, care) this season.

IIRC last season they sent out a digital copy of people's membership just in case the package didn't arrive in time. Don't see why that could not happen this time

haha true disappointing that we have around two weeks until the start of the season (17 days until our first home game) and nada on what's happening on the membership front

awesome, love your work 😎

has anyone actually received their membership yet?

normally the second qualifier is away in Japan, South Korea, etc so i'm guessing we have to quarantine when we play the second game. potential nightmare situation in terms of our season being drawn out and/or rushed towards the end.

You've bang on; Redmayne took a while. It didn't help last season that Delano did knee so early in the piece. The fact he's competing with other youngsters is good too.

not necessarily as people may be coming with those in the same household - why separate / spread them out? could be based on the aisle / bay you are in you're right tho, interesting any which way

Ha, was about to comment that it sounds like business as usual for us. It will be funny, sad and kinda awesome to see a home Derby with us being the ones out in number

McKinna said in an interview on Fox that (1) the Jest owners are in talks to sell the club and (2) that Robinson has terms that allow him to talk to / be made aware of other clubs who approach the club about his services. Did seem a bit of lip service tho as McKinna did confirm that Robinson is on a 3 year deal - reading between the lines, if Robinson is poached then WSW will need to pay out his contract (so a pretty penny should come their way , particularly given how well the Jest have played under Robinson).