Training - Thursday 24th April, 2014

[Rod Grinter Riot Squad 5,654]

Another thread high jacked by the Watts debate...

[manny100 1,601]

I would expect that we have dropped off in possession numbers since round 1. Dawes and Frawley have straightened us up a bit so less chipping it around. We can only improve up forward as Dawes is still blowing the cobwebs away and Frawley is getting used to playing forward. All we need is for the mids/flankers to pock up their act.

[Adam The God 30,421]

I would expect that we have dropped off in possession numbers since round 1. Dawes and Frawley have straightened us up a bit so less chipping it around. We can only improve up forward as Dawes is still blowing the cobwebs away and Frawley is getting used to playing forward. All we need is for the mids/flankers to pock up their act.

And a bloke called Hogan to debut.

[JackVineyForPresident 310]

Disagree again, mate. His hardness is still not good enough and last week was simply not up to AFL standard. However, I've seen progress for him each week. He's actually trying to lay some tackles. I think Roos will get him there. It's going to take this season though. Last week was certainly a step backwards for him, but the rest of the season he has been showing signs of progress.

I am glad we both see eye to eye on this. He has shown more this year then i have seen from Jack.

[DemonOX 8,801]

Nothing much, just going through a reorganisation, downsizing, and involuntary redundancies, they made the wonderful decision to refer to staff such as myself who are not staying to be labelled as "leavers', went down a treat

When I was made redundant I was in the "redeployment pool"!!!!! Aka the "reject pool" that went down a treat too.

[monoccular 17,575]

....... it's easy to use statistics to justify anything... in fact 89.4% of people use statistics incorrectly!!

That is so inaccurate, it could be no better than a wild guess - it is 89.46%*, which you should have rounded up to 89.5%

* or so "they" say

Edited April 24, 2014 by monoccular

[McQueen 17,867]

I would trade tomorrow for a good deal.

This is his sixth year on the list. this is as good as it gets

What you see is what you get.

Every year we all make excuses for him.

I have run out the clock is ticking

The Eagles must be thinking the same about Nic Nat.

[JackVineyForPresident 310]

The Eagles must be thinking the same about Nic Nat.

God forbid anyone comment something negative about Nic Nat, the AFL has this freakish idea of him.

Watts has gone far past Nic Nat, Nic Nat is rubbish

[Romey 170]

I believe one of Watt's more subtle strengths is his ability to intercept or obstruct handballs from opposition, which is why he deliberately hangs back from tackling. He is deceptively quick with his hands and with his excellent reflexes has a good knack of at least getting his fingers on the ball to deflect a handball which sometimes leads to turnovers. Everyone bemoans his inability to tackle but I suspect this habit is probably more valuable to the team.

Edited April 24, 2014 by Romey