Training - Monday 28th November, 2011

[DEELIRIOUS 156]

Does anyone know if its on tomorrow?

I'm keen to go but the club hasn't said its on, open or closed.

[jayceebee31 761]

I will be there around 9.45am. There's no hope that it will be closed and James Sellar has said he will be there at his first training session. I expect all draftees will be in attendance.

[DEELIRIOUS 156]

Yes, see you there, I'm pumped. I will have a close eye on Sellar, thanks JCB

[Goat 98]

Get down to Gosch's Paddock tomorrow @ 9:45am to see the boys working hard including our 3 new draftees Taggert, Tynan & @sellardoor28

[Demon Disciple 12,313]

Get down to Gosch's Paddock tomorrow @ 9:45am to see the boys working hard including our 3 new draftees Taggert, Tynan & @sellardoor28

Beat me to it Greeny.

As tweeted on the MFC website, so should be a good session (weather-wise)

[jayceebee31 761]

As DD has announced, the MFC website says:

Training Times

The next open training session is:

Gosch's Paddock - Monday 28th November - 9:45am

(Corner of Swan Street and Olympic Boulevard)

All draftees should be there, let's get down there and spur them all on.

Demon Disciple can you write a report out for other Demonlanders please?

[Supreme_Demon 3,903]

If somebody could take a few photos of training and put them up here at Demonland it would be greatly appreciated!

[Good Times Grimes 2,396]

Looking forward to hearing how the new draftees look. Any/all reports are greatly appreciated

[jayceebee31 761]

Just returned from training where it was brisk but steady as the last few weeks has been. All draftees trained although Taggart was very brief. A couple I did not spot at all at training was Bail & Cook.

We had some extras training today-I was told these 5 were our permission to train lot- 1 stood out to me- Fletcher Roberts.I await others to report for you.

[drdrake 3,187]

Dropped in for a little while, I will let others give a full report. From the time I was there this pre-season will either make or break Blease and Gysberts. Through the running and the drills these two cop the most, the coaches are pushing them hard.

The other that is working his backside of coming back from injury is Evans, he worked with two coaches and they worked him hard.

[Roger Mellie 4,145]

I await others to report for you.

Bites hand

I will let others give a full report.

Bites hand again

[StillWoewodin22 5]

....so I take it nothing happened out there today?? The suspense is killing me..anyone want to give a run down?

[Nasher 33,617]

From the time I was there this pre-season will either make or break Blease and Gysberts. Through the running and the drills these two cop the most, the coaches are pushing them hard.

Don't know why, but I really like this. By all reports these two have been the biggest strugglers fitness wise - I guess where it'll be interesting is how this pre-season caning affects their seasons on the field given how they both tailed off last season, and how their pre-seasons look next year by comparison.

Ahh November: the month when you could tell me pretty much anything the club is doing and I'd think it was great.

[Jordie_tackles 354]

Don't know why, but I really like this. By all reports these two have been the biggest strugglers fitness wise - I guess where it'll be interesting is how this pre-season caning affects their seasons on the field given how they both tailed off last season, and how their pre-seasons look next year by comparison.

Ahh November: the month when you could tell me pretty much anything the club is doing and I'd think it was great.

True but all im thinking about is Gysberts getting about 25 on debut as an unfit 19yo, now he will be playing FIT as a 21yp, can only spell good things imo, similar story for Blease

[Roger Mellie 4,145]

Updated Permission to Train List -

East Perth's Freddie Clutterbuck will train with Melbourne as will Carl Nicholson (Glenelg), Fletcher Roberts (Sandringham Dragons) and Jai Sheahan (from the Geelong Falcons).

Sauce afl website

[rpfc 28,832]

Freddie Clutterbuck?

On that name alone, he will not get anywhere in professional sports...

Really sorry kid.

Steele Sidebottom broke the glass ceiling but Freddie Clutterbuck is a bridge too far...

[Good Times Grimes 2,396]

Freddie Clutterbuck?

On that name alone, he will not get anywhere in professional sports...

Really sorry kid.

Steele Sidebottom broke the glass ceiling but Freddie Clutterbuck is a bridge too far...

There's a professional NHL player by the name of Cal Clutterbuck. I definitely don't think there's room for two Clutterbucks in pro sports, that's for sure. Otherwise we'd be cluttered with Clutterbucks.

[H_T 3,049]

Often makes me wonder how on earth surnames first originate.

[daisycutter 29,795]

Often makes me wonder how on earth surnames first originate.

why do you wonder two-dogs?

[H_T 3,049]

I wonder. Maybe Freddie could hook up with Kate's sister Pippa. One day she may be known as Pippa Clutterbuck.

[PaulRB 6,422]

So, training went well?

[jabberwocky 2,301]

Often makes me wonder how on earth surnames first originate.

His family was known for hoarding large amounts of male deer.

Edit: or cash

[DEELIRIOUS 156]

Got back from training today surprised. I was surprised at the work rate and the amount of work done in the 2 and a half hours they were out there.

I was sitting on the park bench on the far side of the oval for anyone interested. The boys started with some stretching then went into some light running and then they split. The main group did what looked like repeat 400m sprints, very tough, while the rehab group did ball handling drills, quick handballing and short kicking.

The rehab group then split and Ricky Petterd and Neville Jetta did 20m sprints being timed by one of the assistants, nice bloke as well, Petterd kept getting 3.9's and Jetta gradually building to PB of 3.8. Bail was running up and down where the pair were sprinting. James Strauss and Rohan Bail did laps, whilst Liam Jurrah did 1/2 pace laps with a trainer again and somehow looked dead after. He and Jack Grimes had a small kick to kick afterwards.

Michael Evans did solitary work today, mainly turning then kicking and pushing off oponnents for space, leading and marking. His kicking is below par by a mile, missed many targets on preferred foot too.

On the far side of the ground the main group were doing something else, someone else can fill you in on it. Strauss looks good btw, running freely but his laps were slow pace. Aaron Davey and Mitch Clark then joined the main group for what seemed like set play and transition scenarios. A very weak form of a press was formed, still needs a lot of work, plenty of time to do so which is good. The main group was split up and put into 2 teams. One of the training add ons was always getting the ball, can't remember the name.

Josh Tynan has good positioning but poor, very poor kicking skills, misses lot of targets and his kicks have little power on them, needs to change his ball drop. It looked like they did three set plays and then went off into their groups. Forwards, mids and rucks combined for a stoppage drill where the mids broke and streamed into the 50. Tom Couch looks like a clearance specialist, kept getting the ball from the bottom of the packs.

And that was that, a warm down stretch and off they went.

Players who were absent or did very little, Mckenzie, Bartram, Morton, Cook, Tapscott, Jamar, Jurrah, Grimes, Bail, any others??

On a side note I think that this year we will definitely be fit but it will be a question of how well we can stick to a gameplan. A lot of people's skills were below par yet understandable.

Lastly, one thing that really disappointed me was Sam Blease's attitude. Petterd on the sidelines told him to give it a crack because in the transition drill he was lazy on the lead and was at less than half pace, then in later drills had his head down. Disappointing, needs to change this.

And that was pretty much it. Any questions I'm willing to answer

[Damo 3,405]

I believe it originates from the old Saxon "Clusterbuck" when many families would be housed in a single dwelling.

One of the first changes was when the "f" was written as "b" in the Doomsday book.

[DEELIRIOUS 156]

Sellar was noting special either, quite poor if anything. Got what I expected!