Once in a lifetime...

Wet Willie · **Posted:** Sat Jun 21, 2008 7:54 am

Through work, I have been invited to join in Carlton training with the players next Tuesday night...

The 13 year old inside me is pumped - the 46 year old on the outer might struggle!! :oops:

budzy · **Joined:** Mon Feb 28, 2005 11:17 am **Posts:** 8128

Wet Willie wrote:

Through work, I have been invited to join in Carlton training with the players next Tuesday night...

The 13 year old inside me is pumped - the 46 year old on the outer might struggle!! :oops:

Good luck Willie. Don't forget to do a warm down afterwards or you'll pay the price the next morning :wink:

shuffagus · **Posted:** Sat Jun 21, 2008 10:53 am

omfg thats awesome!!

have fun willie

buzzaaaah · **Joined:** Mon Feb 28, 2005 10:31 am **Posts:** 17893

Enjoy it Willie.

Be warned, if Fev gets injured tripping over you, You're a dead man :evil:

nightcrawler · **Joined:** Sun Apr 03, 2005 11:48 am **Posts:** 2891

Makes sure you get the inside goss on ... well ... everything.

Oh and tell Murphy to pull his finger out and sign the damn contract.

ACHILLES · **Joined:** Tue Mar 01, 2005 11:38 am **Posts:** 622

I did it back in 2005! It was a good experience! You should also get a guersey where u can get players to sign it! Not all players will be there but it will be good experience as you will also have dinner with them!

Enjoy mate!

Navy Blue Horse · **Joined:** Mon Feb 28, 2005 2:39 pm **Posts:** 15848

I did it last year, was a great night. There'll be a few players on each of five or six different activities, you spend about 10 mins on each one. You get changed down in the Carlton rooms, walk up the race, and run through a banner as 'We are the Navy Blues' 'blares' out of the Bose PA system :lol:

Afterwards you have dinner in the social club and a few players and officials will speak.

Don't do what I did - make sure you don't get your free jumper signed by a player who will get delisted (Raso in my case)!

Enjoy, it's a great night.

Navy Blue Horse · **Joined:** Mon Feb 28, 2005 2:39 pm **Posts:** 15848

they also give send a high quality DVD of the nights 'action' a few weeks after you attend

ACHILLES · **Joined:** Tue Mar 01, 2005 11:38 am **Posts:** 622

Navy Blue Horse wrote:

I did it last year, was a great night. There'll be a few players on each of five or six different activities, you spend about 10 mins on each one. You get changed down in the Carlton rooms, walk up the race, and run through a banner as 'We are the Navy Blues' 'blares' out of the Bose PA system :lol:

Afterwards you have dinner in the social club and a few players and officials will speak.

Don't do what I did - make sure you don't get your free jumper signed by a player who will get delisted (Raso in my case)!

Enjoy, it's a great night.

BAstard I never got the banner thing!

Nicko Carstairs · **Joined:** Sat Jan 20, 2007 12:02 am **Posts:** 629

Wet Willie wrote:

Through work, I have been invited to join in Carlton training with the players next Tuesday night...

The 13 year old inside me is pumped - the 46 year old on the outer might struggle!! :oops:

Is it through Optus (your work)? A mate of mine got to go last year and loved it.

Car17on · **Posted:** Sun Jun 22, 2008 10:07 am

BASTARDS - the lot of you

sigh

Wet Willie · **Posted:** Tue Jun 24, 2008 9:55 pm

Just got back from a great night at Princes Park.

Can I just say what a great bunch of nice blokes we have playing in the navy at present? Every one of them was polite, happy to be there, talkative - and in my case very patient and supportive.

Had six different skills sessions run by the players. Hadley, Betts, Austin, Setanta, Hoops, Jamo, Griggs, Bentick and a few others (sorry!!) looked after each activity. Covered everything from goal kicking, speckys, tackling etc.

Ended up having dinner with them in the social club, and scored a club jumper (clash...) that everybody autographed.

A really well run event that made everybody feel welcome.

No real goss...Griggs' ribs are fine - it was actually concussion...
Hoops has been playing in pain for two years getting jabbed in the hips before each game. In the end, the injections stopped working, so he had the op and most of this year off.
Setanta said the hardest part of AFL was dealing with the physical contact - Gaelic and Hurling (spelling?) are non contact. Add that to the pace and the professionalism.
Hadley's groin has been frustrating but feels he will be back soon - nice guy...
Eddie seems so rapt just to be there.
Bentick was saying the big difference this year was the physical/weights training - made a big difference - and the behind the scenes support and attention to detail.

And finally, I kicked 2 goals and laid a monster tackle without doing a hammy!!

Best night in ages...

grrofunger · **Posted:** Tue Jun 24, 2008 10:10 pm

thats awesome mate - great story thanks for sharing !!

bluehammer · **Posted:** Tue Jun 24, 2008 10:16 pm

Wet Willie = the answer to our forward line versatility.

camel · **Posted:** Tue Jun 24, 2008 10:17 pm

Good stuff Willie, glad you had such a good time! :-D

bluedog · **Posted:** Tue Jun 24, 2008 10:21 pm

ACHILLES wrote:

Navy Blue Horse wrote:

I did it last year, was a great night. There'll be a few players on each of five or six different activities, you spend about 10 mins on each one. You get changed down in the Carlton rooms, walk up the race, and run through a banner as 'We are the Navy Blues' 'blares' out of the Bose PA system :lol:

Afterwards you have dinner in the social club and a few players and officials will speak.

Don't do what I did - make sure you don't get your free jumper signed by a player who will get delisted (Raso in my case)!

Enjoy, it's a great night.

BAstard I never got the banner thing!

I must have been there with NBH! Flew down from Brissy and had a ball!

I got to do the banner thing, but didn't get the dvd!! :cry:

And I got my jumper signed by Raso.

Twice!!!!!!!! :oops:

Players there that night included Banno, Aisake, Eddie, Skinny...

Intro talk from Den Den as well. :roll:

verbs · **Posted:** Tue Jun 24, 2008 10:21 pm

What was for dinner?

bluedog · **Posted:** Tue Jun 24, 2008 10:27 pm

verbs wrote:

What was for dinner?

Last year was a carvery type meal and heaps of it!!!

Aisake = BIG EATER!!!!!!!!

This year I think it was Ackland on a spit.

verbs · **Posted:** Tue Jun 24, 2008 10:30 pm

God I love footy club feeds!

Sooooo hungry right now just thinking of it.

budzy · **Joined:** Mon Feb 28, 2005 11:17 am **Posts:** 8128

Good onya willie. How'd you pull up?

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