Alright, with all the teams down for the Christmas period, this will probably be my last post for the year.

Unless you cop a drunken Christmas/New Years greetings.

So I figure, Ill make the last post a spot check for where each team is. Broken down into the three major categories we care about.

1. Whos injured?
2. Whos been pencilled in for the midfield
3. Whos been training the house down!

Adelaide:
Injuries -
Otten (knee)
Moran (knee)
Symes (knee)
Bock (heel)
Van Berlo (back)

More in the midfield - Dangerfield
Training the house down - Walker

Brisbane:
Injuries -
Clarke (knee)
Bartlett (knee)
Golby (knee)

More in the midfield - Brennan, Staker

Carlton:
Injuries -
Jamison (hip)
Waite (knee)

More in the midfield - McLean.
Training the house down - Gartlett, Yarran

Collingwood:
Injuries -
Medhurst (back)
Anthony (sholder)
Fraser (knee)
Dick (shoulder)

More in the midfield - Ball
Training the house down - Jolly

Essendon:
Injuries -
Neagle (groin)
Hurley (wrist)
Slattery (leg)
Hille (knee)

Fremantle
Injuries -
Dodd (shoulder/wrist)

Training the house down - Palmer, Hill, Mayne, Duffield, DeBoer

Geelong
Injuries -
Johnson (hil)
Menzel (groin)

Training the house down - Drum

Hawthorn
Injuries -
Franklin (minor foot)
Burgoyne (knee)

Melbourne
Injuries -
Garland (foot)
Blease (leg)
Wonaeamirri (hamstring)

More in the midfield - Bennell, Jetta, Morton, Watts
Training the house down - Grimes

North Melbourne
Injuries -
Wells (The dreaded OP)
Anthony (hand)

More in the midfield - Greenwood
Training the house down - Warren, Wright, Grima, Ziebell, Bastinac, Edwards

Port Adelaide
Injuries -
Rodan (knee)
D. Motlop (ankle/shoulder/groin)
Carr (ankle)
Davenport (shoulder)

More in the midfield - Lobbe (as ruck), Gray, M. Motlop
Training the house down - Hartlett, Broadbent, Lobbe, Gray, Ebert

Richmond
Injuries -
Foley (ankle)
Cotchin (achillies)
cousins (hand)

St Kilda
Injuries -
King (knee)
Goddard (collarbone)

Sydney
Injuries -
Bolton (shoulder)
Seaby (ankle)
Kennedy (hip)
Thornton (knee)

Training the house down - Kennelly, Malceski, Barlow, Johnston, White

West Coast
Injuries -
Waters (knee)
Cox (groin)
Mackenzie (shoulder)

More in the midfield - NOT Lecras - has remained training in the forwards.
Training the house down - Kerr, Sheppard

Western
Injuries -
Reid (groin)
Tiller (groin)
Murphy (knee)
Hall (ankle)
Howard (hip)

More in the midfield -
Training the house down - Giansiracusa, Akermanis, Everitt, Johnson

Its just a simple chart to refer to as the pre-season ticks on.

Anyways, I hope that you have your Christmas shopping done early, I hear that the <a href="http://www.championdata.com/prospectus.html">Prospectus[/url] is availiable if you havent finish yet.

Heck, there might even be a word or two in there written by yours truely... maybe.

But, however you spend your holiday season, enjoy yourself and stay safe ok. Its a long pre-season ahead of us.