OK. The sausages were crap and there was no butter on the bread. The players ****ed around kicking a soccer ball which to my mind reeked a little of stretched hammys but no one seemed to care about that. They then played some sort of 'throw the ball around' and then joined the couple of hundred? fans on the side line. All players signed jerseys etc and all were really nice about it. It seems that this sort of loose training takes place up to 48 hours after the game. More strenuous stuff is left tilll later when their bodies have recovered. BK looked stiff and didn't join in any of the 'training'. Said he definitely wouldn't play this friday and was going to live in Qld next year. Burns confirmed that he had rolled his ankle and he'd be right for friday. Matai seemed to have an ankle injury and didn't hang around for 'training'. Rose was a hit with the fans, very nice sort of bloke. Then on to the Q & A. I asked about the slow starts. Dessy said it was an area of concern and that it might be a hang over from 'old culture' days (didn't elaborate). Interestingly an old guy with an even older jersey asked about having a specialist penalty kicker or of training one up. He was sick of penalties only being kicked ten metres or so instead of forty. Des said the taking of a quick penalty was aimed at getting quick play happening but it was maybe a good idea. He said that we were a fit side and burnt other teams in the second half. I thought it was good that Des was coaching my footie side instead of teaching my kids, but that's another story. I think he's due for a knee reconstruction in the off season, his legs looked ****ed. Their was general talk about giving the young guys a go to fill places in the next year or two. I raised Matai's defensive lapses and was assured that they were being seriously addressed, that he was young and that bad habits were difficult to get out of a guys game. I helped a fan from Canberra get all the signitures he wanted on his shirt and didn't advise Brett Stewart to have a shave. One interesting thing was that most of the players have skinny legs. I didn't want to raise this at the Q & A as I thought I'd be thought of as a 'weird guy'. Hope this answers all your questions.
