Training - Monday, 19th November, 2012

[old dee 23,792]

did they drug test Whoosher?

I am more worried about the guy who finished behind him.

Was he in the wrong cue?

Obviously missed on something!

[Dee Fan 3,247]

I am more worried about the guy who finished behind him.

Was he in the wrong cue?

Obviously missed on something!

Placebo queue.

[old dee 23,792]

Placebo queue.

Poor bugger must have wondered why he was the onlyone drinking plain water.

[gOLLy 401]

We've always known he could run. The problem is his ability to win contests.

Problem was the heart string

[Nasher 33,616]

Tom MacDonald - Worked one-on-one with various coaches completing kicking and ball-gathering drills.

Clint Bizkit will be happy.

[Barney Rubble 1,576]

I've been away for a few weeks.

It looks like we are training at the Filths ground.

Is that a permanent thing?

Not that I care too much about the filth, but where are they training, I assume their new ground isn't ready yet.

[deejammin' 2,370]

Thanks BH, Opkick and Steamin' for your reports and pictures.

Sounds like Viney had a bit of a blinder in the running. Thats great news! Also good to hear Trenners is looking spritely, if he can get his depth back into his kicking and a little more acceleration added to the hard yards and 1%ers he had this year 2013 could belong to him. Also I understand the constant reports on Clark, but I hope we can all just relax a little bit, he was always a bit ahead to this point in his recovery, he's wearing normal shoes, and doing running on the low grav treadmill, maybe there will be minor setbacks, but lets not jump at shadows.

[Deestroy All 14,266]

He wasn't limping the last few times I saw him. But that could be because I was watching him sleep.

But seriously, I didn't notice a limp the 2 times I've seen him recently.

[skills32 229]

His alter ego is Ron Clarke.

[Whispering_Jack 30,202]

Anyone willing to tackle in the question I posed in the OP on their observations from training about the type of midfielder we should be looking at in this week's draft?

[btdemon 482]

Don't know about Jonathan O'Rourke, he reminds me of Cale Morten.

We don't want another one of them.

More of a Nick Dal Santo, I reckon. If the Saints had a choice between Dal Santo and Lenny Hayes you think that they'd choose Hayes. That's why I think we should go for Wines ahead of O'Rourke.

[Demon trucker 1,800]

More of a Nick Dal Santo, I reckon. If the Saints had a choice between Dal Santo and Lenny Hayes you think that they'd choose Hayes. That's why I think we should go for Wines ahead of O'Rourke.

the sad thing is we picked lucky molen, and nicky del got picked a few picks later

[farmerwiz 60]

toumpas - been consistently regarded as top 3 and with jones, magner, trenners, mckenzie as inside mids we need some class and pace besides blease

[satyricon 267]

Why do you think Jones is going to be an inside mid, and you have forgotten Rodan, Byrnes, Bail and Tapscott....personally would hope we go with Ollie Wines, Toumpas is a stick at the moment, and we have just gotten rid of two 'sticks' why replace them with another one

[Jordie_tackles 354]

Anyone willing to tackle in the question I posed in the OP on their observations from training about the type of midfielder we should be looking at in this week's draft?

Is it really plausible to predict this after watching one or a few training sessions? games maybe but not training...

[brey9186 102]

I wouldn't be surprised if he pulls the pin before the National Australia Bank cup.

he would want to do before the PSD so we can replace him!

[Hannibal 5,814]

There's nothing wrong with Toumpas' frame whatsoever and I have no doubt he'll quickly bulk up to a satisfactory level.

It's sheer lunacy to even consider overlooking him because you don't think he's big enough. I remembered watching him in the championships and thinking that he had a really nice frame that would quickly fill out.

When Viney was asked a few weeks ago on radio who was the one player that he hoped would be available at the Dees first pick he named Toumpas. He's in a far better position to judge than anyone who posts on here.

[PaulRB 6,373]

Even you Ben?

[satyricon 267]

The point I was trying to make is yes we may well take Toumpas, because I have no input into it whatsoever, but in my opinion we got rid of two similar likes including one drafted in the same spot, personally again personally I would prefer Wines

[Hannibal 5,814]

_{Toumpas is a far better kick than Scully.}

_{He can play inside and out, wins contested footy and makes really good decisions, so for the life of me I can't see how anyone would contemplate comparing him to Morton.}

_{We lack midfield class and pace. He has both. It's a no brainer.}

[old dee 23,792]

_{Toumpas is a far better kick than Scully.}

_{He can play inside and out, wins contested footy and makes really good decisions, so for the life of me I can't see how anyone would contemplate comparing him to Morton.}

_{We lack midfield class and pace. He has both. It's a no brainer.}

One would hope so!

[hardtack 10,547]

_{Toumpas is a far better kick than Scully.}

As was more than half our list during the time he was with us; let's not use Scully as a kicking benchmark.

[Hannibal 5,814]

Some posters have made the odd Scully reference when discussing Toumpas in various threads, which is why I brought him up.

Toumpas is considered an elite kick. Name our elite kicks ?

[hardtack 10,547]

Some posters have made the odd Scully reference when discussing Toumpas in various threads, which is why I brought him up.

Toumpas is considered an elite kick. Name our elite kicks ?

I would rate Watts as pretty much an elite kick, Davey another, Jones is fast becoming a very very reliable kick and would not be far off.

[farmerwiz 60]

watts is one, jones is a way off and davey doesnt get a game

one elite kick - wahoo

bring on toumpas