Roosy recognised me from my efl days when I played against his brother and said gday. I mentioned I had my gear in the car and he asked if i wanted to put a few of the guys through their paces, like the old days.

Wattsy and I ventured away from the main group with Roosy kicking the ball long to centre half foward from the goal square where Jack and I starting on the goal line had to retreive the ball and slot it through the big sticks.

I hit Jack hard hip to hip putting him off balance and then kicked him in the ankle taking him down .Roosy told him to get on with it and Jack gave me a jumper punch to the throat and Roosy cracked a half smile. . We repeated the drill, this time I grabbed Jack front on by the jumper pulled him around and threw him down with a short right Jab to the jaw . Jack replied with Barry Hall esque choke hold befiiting his 91kg frame that almost had me seeing black.

With Jack fuming and his face a demon shade of red we repeated the drill. We both sprinted with Jack running ahead and taking the bouncing slippery ball beautifully with his left hand low to the ground turning back towards myself and launching into this sore and sorry clown who is typing this from his hospital bed in the severe trauma unit at the austin.

Jack kicked a goal and Roosy let him know he could play forward this week.

I trust you then repeated the exercise with James Frawley and got the same result.

Ahhhhhh gotcha, so no one went to training because I started this thread.... Makes sense

I was going to training but saw your name here and thought..." I'm not going to give Stuie the sastisfaction..." But I digress....

OK I get it I will formally apologise to stuie.

I was wrong.

That was a good coffee by the way.

Roosy recognised me from my efl days when I played against his brother and said gday. I mentioned I had my gear in the car and he asked if i wanted to put a few of the guys through their paces, like the old days.

Wattsy and I ventured away from the main group with Roosy kicking the ball long to centre half foward from the goal square where Jack and I starting on the goal line had to retreive the ball and slot it through the big sticks.

I hit Jack hard hip to hip putting him off balance and then kicked him in the ankle taking him down .Roosy told him to get on with it and Jack gave me a jumper punch to the throat and Roosy cracked a half smile. . We repeated the drill, this time I grabbed Jack front on by the jumper pulled him around and threw him down with a short right Jab to the jaw . Jack replied with Barry Hall esque choke hold befiiting his 91kg frame that almost had me seeing black.

With Jack fuming and his face a demon shade of red we repeated the drill. We both sprinted with Jack running ahead and taking the bouncing slippery ball beautifully with his left hand low to the ground turning back towards myself and launching into this sore and sorry clown who is typing this from his hospital bed in the severe trauma unit at the austin.

Jack kicked a goal and Roosy let him know he could play forward this week.

Awesome, almost the exact thing happened to me but it involved a Jack Viney roundhouse and finished with Jakey Spencer taking the kick in.

OK I get it I will formally apologise to stuie.

I was wrong.

That was a good coffee by the way.

Haha don't worry MD, verbal jousting is what 'Land is for, maybe we should bring Watts in here to toughen him up?

Guys this is very sketchy and light on as i was on the job, but there's plenty of time to peek when in heavy traffic.

From what i could make out....

Training started early for a smaller group around 10ish. My understanding it was those involved in the clearance work at the center bounce as there was ball up ruck/tapping drills (positional work?) going on with a group in the middle. One player involved in the rucking side had heavy knee or thigh padding on. Couldn't make him out but looked too slim for Pencil. Tom McDonald lol?

About 10.30ish i noticed some regular kicking/passing drills happening with all players involved including the outs, Toump, Michie and Trengove.

On my last trip, about 11ish, there was definitely a scratch match on. Seemed like a full hit out and lasted till about 12.15ish or 12.30

Sorry for the lack of details, and the exact times are very loose, but that's as good as i could see from where i was.

Guys this is very sketchy and light on as i was on the job, but there's plenty of time to peek when in heavy traffic.

From what i could make out....

Training started early for a smaller group around 10ish. My understanding it was those involved in the clearance work at the center bounce as there was ball up ruck/tapping drills (positional work?) going on with a group in the middle. One player involved in the rucking side had heavy knee or thigh padding on. Couldn't make him out but looked too slim for Pencil. Tom McDonald lol?

About 10.30ish i noticed some regular kicking/passing drills happening with all players involved including the outs, Toump, Michie and Trengove.

On my last trip, about 11ish, there was definitely a scratch match on. Seemed like a full hit out and lasted till about 12.15ish or 12.30

Sorry for the lack of details, and the exact times are very loose, but that's as good as i could see from where i was.

Thanks RN.

Something is better than nothing.

Guys this is very sketchy and light on as i was on the job, but there's plenty of time to peek when in heavy traffic.

From what i could make out....

Training started early for a smaller group around 10ish. My understanding it was those involved in the clearance work at the center bounce as there was ball up ruck/tapping drills (positional work?) going on with a group in the middle. One player involved in the rucking side had heavy knee or thigh padding on. Couldn't make him out but looked too slim for Pencil. Tom McDonald lol?

About 10.30ish i noticed some regular kicking/passing drills happening with all players involved including the outs, Toump, Michie and Trengove.

On my last trip, about 11ish, there was definitely a scratch match on. Seemed like a full hit out and lasted till about 12.15ish or 12.30

Sorry for the lack of details, and the exact times are very loose, but that's as good as i could see from where i was.

Wow, that's "heavy traffic" even for that part of town! Or did you go around the block a few times??

Guys this is very sketchy and light on as i was on the job, but there's plenty of time to peek when in heavy traffic.

From what i could make out....

Training started early for a smaller group around 10ish. .................

Was that all the fit players they could muster ? :-)

Thanks RN.

Something is better than nothing.

Yw Ox...just some very loose observations

Wow, that's "heavy traffic" even for that part of town! Or did you go around the block a few times??

Yup... Punt Rd rarely moves quickly. And i can meander a little. Not many argue as the bus is about 12 meters long and weighs just over 12 ton unladen. There's also a thing called a bus stop. And yes i have to do return trips past there about 30 minutes after each journey into city. Might be slow but not THAT slow Akum haha

Was that all the fit players they could muster ? :-)

Ahaha ... touche' mono!

Nice work mate

Contested football, fast ball movement marking kicking under pressure, holding tackles, discipline, how not to turn the ball over (how to avoid this happening) and the importance of not giving away stupid free kicks early in games which gives the opposition the momentum from the first quarter( N Jones )

Sorry to carry on, but these are some things I hope they practiced during the week.

I understand that Dawes joined in all the drills, but looks to be lacking condition. Understandable of course, but hopefully a good sign for the not too distant future.

If it is just being underdone, as opposed to being in danger of reinjury, I'd stick him back in!

If they can play Tom McDonald who is severely underdone then they can play Dawes next week, McDonald can barely run and we all know he definitely cannot kick. Even Georgiou who kicks like a 5 year old still hits targets. If he can kick the football then he is already ahead of McDonald in terms of being useful to the side, bring him in.

If they can play Tom McDonald who is severely underdone then they can play Dawes next week, McDonald can barely run and we all know he definitely cannot kick. Even Georgiou who kicks like a 5 year old still hits targets. If he can kick the football then he is already ahead of McDonald in terms of being useful to the side, bring him in.

Georgiou is number 7 in disposal efficiency for the club this year averaging 80%. If everyone could hit targets like him we'd be a lot better off.