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Hit the gym over summer and put on a few kegs. If he is serious about an AFL career he needs to get stronger. Has ability just needs to put a bit of sweat in over summer.

Add Stef Martin, Col Garland, Cale Morton, Addam Maric, John Meesen & No.1 draft pick to that list. Genesis Fitness should offer us a group discount!

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Add Stef Martin, Col Garland, Cale Morton, Addam Maric, John Meesen & No.1 draft pick to that list. Genesis Fitness should offer us a group discount!

In all honesty, The club should have a gym to match or better what Genesis offer.

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We do seem to be the lightest side around! im sure they'll all develop in that area!

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Being a younger side will always mean you're a bit lighter. Add to that guys like matured players such as Bruce and Green aren't exactly monsters themselves and you've got your explanation

In a way, yes, but Hawks area also very young, ditto bombers, and others, but we are definately, overall, very light!

I see your point though, all im saying is, even our olfder players are light, like you said, Junior, Bruce, Green, Wheatley, Warnock, Bartram (still both youngish i suppose), Even Miller looks alot lighter than previously!

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This may sound strange but that 2007 preseason when ND had our players lose a lot of weight has hurt us.

Let players fill out naturally, don't try and mould their bodies to suit the game plan.

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This may sound strange but that 2007 preseason when ND had our players lose a lot of weight has hurt us.

Let players fill out naturally, don't try and mould their bodies to suit the game plan.

Spot on.


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Hit the gym over summer and put on a few kegs. If he is serious about an AFL career he needs to get stronger. Has ability just needs to put a bit of sweat in over summer.

and learn how to not fall over so much, played okay IMO but hits the deck too easily

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This may sound strange but that 2007 preseason when ND had our players lose a lot of weight has hurt us.

Let players fill out naturally, don't try and mould their bodies to suit the game plan.

Totally agree. This really annoyed me.

Two years before this Neale had all the boys bulking up to compete with Brisbanes game plan and then turns around and changes it all. Was definatley a bad idea.

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Totally agree. This really annoyed me.

Two years before this Neale had all the boys bulking up to compete with Brisbanes game plan and then turns around and changes it all. Was definatley a bad idea.

Spot on. That was the point at which it was clear Neale had lost confidence in his own style and was going to go with a fashion - he wanted to copy the Bdogs and Eade who had manufactured a style to suit THEIR personnel which did not fit ours. Bye Bye ND and the rest.

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We should feed 'em up on whatever the "food additive" they use over in the West is. You watch that stick-thin schoolboy Notte, who played on Saturday. Next season he'll be muscle -bound.

I remember Troy Simmonds at Melb.....skin and bone!!! One season in the West and he was a power ruckman!

Whatever it is they eat over there, it builds musces a lot faster than the Demon diet!

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He also needs a few things called "commitment" and "dedication" and "urgency". I'd focus on them before body weight.

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This may sound strange but that 2007 preseason when ND had our players lose a lot of weight has hurt us.

Let players fill out naturally, don't try and mould their bodies to suit the game plan.

How much weight was actually lost DM? I recall at the time it was a miniscule amount of the teams total body weight. The most obvious candidate was Nathan Jones who trimmed down to be able to run out games which he struggled to do in 2006. Guess what it worked specifically with him. The body weight issues was a non event and there were bigger issues that caused our slide.

That was the point at which it was clear Neale had lost confidence in his own style and was going to go with a fashion - he wanted to copy the Bdogs and Eade who had manufactured a style to suit THEIR personnel which did not fit ours. Bye Bye ND and the rest.

ND realised unlike many of the posters here that the game had changed and that his kicking style of game was not going to get past the middle rungs of the ladder. However he realised it far too late. In effectively his last year at the Club he was not able to adapt to the new game either tactically nor within a playing list that he had not maintained the rutlhlessness to appropriately prune post 2002. We pay the price now for the generousity afforded some player during list management in those days.

The game of AFL football has changed more in the past four years than it has in the previous 10 years. Some just dont realise by how much.

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..pull his finger out and get serious.

Looked to me like he started to do that on Saturday.

Only problem is he's got a long finger and a big butt.


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Looked to me like he started to do that on Saturday.

Only problem is he's got a long finger and a big butt.

:lol::lol::lol:

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and learn how to not fall over so much, played okay IMO but hits the deck too easily

Newton must learn to "keep his feet", and improve ball handling at ground level.

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...must be given the number 9 jumper next year.

Look at the confidence he gained this week after he was given a two year contract extension.

Give him the jumper and tell him to wear it with pride.

Go Juice, you will be a star.

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In all honesty, The club should have a gym to match or better what Genesis offer.

What would Phil Collins know about match conditioning?

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hopeless player

Did you see his game on Sat, Goose? He chased, tackled, harrased & looked more into it than other games this year. He will get better - not all players are stars from the start.

Another thing i noticed on the w'end - he played with his socks down. maybe he is trying things a bit different, I know its nothing big - but overall it does seem he is trying to get better.

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Another thing i noticed on the w'end - he played with his socks down. maybe he is trying things a bit different, I know its nothing big - but overall it does seem he is trying to get better.

He also shaved for the game and wore red undies...............do you think that would have an influence too?

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