Training - Wednesday 21st January, 2015 at Maroochydore

[jnrmac 19,324]

Well done Rb on your reports!

Gee Vince has had a poor pre season. Jan 21 and he's still not training consistently. Not his fault of course. He's my early nomination for a down year, just like Garland last year due to his interrupted pre season.

Oh yes the Golden Ticket for non-performance. BBP is awarding it early....FMD

Vince BTW has had a shoulder reco/op. He can run and has been running,. He hasn't joined in full contact drills for obvious reasons

[jazza 1,323]

This is so much better than High Altitude training in the Americas somewhere,with Bs reports coming via some club hack.

Real updates from people who care about us Victorian bound supporters.

BTW,expect a lone scooterist to roll into marooch in the next 23 hours,ala Cliffy Young.

[AzzKikA 2,371]

Great to see you perked up after "getting a bit tired of training reports!"
Thank you for your reports, dunno what i would do at lunch time without them!

[The Devil Inside 2,147]

Great reports RB much appreciated " I realised afterwards just how much I have got out of going along each day. You definitley feel a part of it in a way and it's a real boost to the work day."...now you know why I go along....

oO Lunar Silhouette wants you down here as you have done such a great job, perhaps we can fan boy together, you just need to keep away from Chris Dawes, I have the benefit of living only 15 minture away and know every good café within 5k of Gosches

They have a remote controlled camera on a very high tripod down here, with Roos in the cherry picker I assume they didn't have it there.........he loves his gizmos

[La Dee-vina Comedia 16,534]

Great reports RB much appreciated " I realised afterwards just how much I have got out of going along each day. You definitley feel a part of it in a way and it's a real boost to the work day."...now you know why I go along....

oO Lunar Silhouette wants you down here as you have done such a great job, perhaps we can fan boy together, you just need to keep away from Chris Dawes, I have the benefit of living only 15 minture away and know every good café within 5k of Gosches

They have a remote controlled camera on a very high tripod down here, with Roos in the cherry picker I assume they didn't have it there.........he loves his gizmos

Clearly we're behind the times once again. Should have a drone.

[The Devil Inside 2,147]

Clearly we're behind the times once again. Should have a drone.

This was a suggestion made by Nate Jones to both Roos and tech guy, (forgotten his name, which is poor of me), they are still fairly difficult to control, all laughed when it was mentioned that if it fell out of sky and clobbered club captain how that would be explained to both media and Workcover, of course gizmo mad Roos wants it looked at in the future

[Slartibartfast 16,021]

tech guy, (forgotten his name, which is poor of me),

Pete Roberts. Really good guy.

[AzzKikA 2,371]

Ok i cannot take it anymore, it isn't a cherry picker, it's a scissor lift, and do not say it's the same thing!

Sorry for the outburst!

[daisycutter 28,688]

Ok i cannot take it anymore, it isn't a cherry picker, it's a scissor lift, and do not say it's the same thing!

Sorry for the outburst!

correct, azzkika, this is a cherry picker

[Grapeviney 8,977]

Great work RB. It goes to show how well written and constructed your pieces are that after reading about the need to add nutrition to the brain, the very next line I read as "Lamumba streaks out of the middle with a nice red..."

..and I read yours as: "Lamumba steaks out of the middle with a nice red..."

Oh boy, I made a meal out of that one..

[La Dee-vina Comedia 16,534]

Presumably the next iteration is "Lamb steaks out of the middle..."

[Beats 190]

This was a suggestion made by Nate Jones to both Roos and tech guy, (forgotten his name, which is poor of me), they are still fairly difficult to control, all laughed when it was mentioned that if it fell out of sky and clobbered club captain how that would be explained to both media and Workcover, of course gizmo mad Roos wants it looked at in the future

I own a parrot bebop drone (which is at the low end of the drone spectrum), my thoughts would be:

a) the battery life of commercially available drones simply isn't long enough for the stated purpose, definitely not long enough to keep it in the air for a quarter. The life on my drone is approx 12-15min depending on weather conditions. you don't find too many that can stay in the air for more than 20min.

b) depending on the complexity of the drone you may require 2 people to operate it - 1 person to control its movement and one to control the camera, which is the way movie studios use them.

c) if it gets hit by a ball 30m off the ground (entirely possible in afl) you can kiss goodbye to your drone.

d) can't fly it in wet weather

There are other reasons around privacy, potential for personal damage etc. But I'd say the main reason would be the battery life.

[jazza 1,323]

correct, azzkika, this is a cherry picker

So,Pete Roberts sits atop this?lucky bugger

[Dinosaur Rover 197]

So,Pete Roberts sits atop this?lucky bugger

Peaches I think

Not a cherry in sight

[McQueen 17,864]

The session is taking a little nose dive at this point - A few look a little over the camp and starting to mentally switching off. Looking for the finish line - My advice ... get some more Carbs for the brain, it supposedly runs exclusively on glucose.

Not quite right. Once it's used all available glucose, it will continue to operate using ketone bodies.

Symptoms include terrible headaches, lethargy and generally feeling like shyte.

[Spin-it-to-Goodwin-it 579]

Great reports RB much appreciated " I realised afterwards just how much I have got out of going along each day. You definitley feel a part of it in a way and it's a real boost to the work day."...now you know why I go along....

oO Lunar Silhouette wants you down here as you have done such a great job, perhaps we can fan boy together, you just need to keep away from Chris Dawes, I have the benefit of living only 15 minture away and know every good café within 5k of Gosches

They have a remote controlled camera on a very high tripod down here, with Roos in the cherry picker I assume they didn't have it there.........he loves his gizmos

They did have the tripod operating up at Maroochy - I suspect that Roosy might have been controlling/ monitoring it from his scissor lift position.

Who is oO Lunar Silhouette?

In terms of getting down to Gosches? One Demonlander has offered up some accommodation, but no luck on the airfare as yet.

Not sure I class myself as a fan boy, probably more of an avid Demons supporter I'd say. Like I said in a previous post, I'm more of a player critique-er than a befriend-er and talent spotting in the shadows is more my go. Having said that, I'll gladly meet up and compare notes with you when I get a chance to come down - I'll let you know.

[Spin-it-to-Goodwin-it 579]

When are you coming down to Gosches Bruiser?

At some stage I'm sure - I'll see if I get any Training Report withdrawals.

[AzzKikA 2,371]

correct, azzkika, this is a cherry picker

Would be a nice view of the mountains on top of that cherry picker.

[ManDee 7,093]

correct, azzkika, this is a cherry picker

I have looked and looked and I can't quite see the cherries.

[timD 994]

They did have the tripod operating up at Maroochy - I suspect that Rossy might have been controlling/ monitoring it from his scissor lift position.

Who is oO Lunar Silhouette?

In terms of getting down to Gosches? One Demonlander has offered up some accommodation, but no luck on the airfare as yet.

Not sure I class myself as a fan boy, probably more of an avid Demons supporter I'd say. Like I said in a previous post, I'm more of a player critique-er than a befriend-er and talent spotting in the shadows is more my go. Having said that, I'll gladly meet up and compare notes with you when I get a chance to come down - I'll let you know.

I think that Lunar Silhouette is TDI's attempt at humor (he is referring to Moonshadow).

[Bring-Back-Powell 13,410]

Oh yes the Golden Ticket for non-performance. BBP is awarding it early....FMD

Vince BTW has had a shoulder reco/op. He can run and has been running,. He hasn't joined in full contact drills for obvious reasons

Perhaps 'nomination' was the wrong word.

The point I was getting across was - if you have an interrupted pre-season it generally has an adverse impact on the season ahead. Vince has certainly had an interrupted pre-season and I wouldn't be surprised if his season (overall) isn't as good as 2014.

You only have to look at Garland and Viney's form in 2014 compared to their excellent 2013 seasons. Both had interrupted pre-seasons, both had mediocre 2014 seasons by their standards.

[AzzKikA 2,371]

Viney had a mediocre 2014 season? Really??? Ooookkkaayyy. He may have finished outside the top 10 in the Bluey, but that did not reflect the amount of learning the kid did throughout the year, sure he would have been happier with a better year if he had a full preseason, but it was far from mediocre.

By the way, he finished higher in 2014 then 2013.

Edited January 22, 2015 by AzzKikA

[rjay 24,046]

Viney had a mediocre 2014 season? Really??? Ooookkkaayyy. He may have finished outside the top 10 in the Bluey, but that did not reflect the amount of learning the kid did throughout the year, sure he would have been happier with a better year if he had a full preseason, but it was far from mediocre.

By the way, he finished higher in 2014 then 2013.

His year is what you would expect from a 2nd year player. He's developing well and working to establish his AFL career. Some have pushed for him to be a part of the leadership group, my feeling is to leave it for the more experienced players and give him time.

[jnrmac 19,324]

Perhaps 'nomination' was the wrong word.

The point I was getting across was - if you have an interrupted pre-season it generally has an adverse impact on the season ahead. Vince has certainly had an interrupted pre-season and I wouldn't be surprised if his season (overall) isn't as good as 2014.

You only have to look at Garland and Viney's form in 2014 compared to their excellent 2013 seasons. Both had interrupted pre-seasons, both had mediocre 2014 seasons by their standards.

I understand your point but I don't buy it as a given. Tyson had no pre-season either.

Vince has done everything but the contact stuff. He is a senior player and should have a fine year

[La Dee-vina Comedia 16,534]

This was a suggestion made by Nate Jones to both Roos and tech guy, (forgotten his name, which is poor of me), they are still fairly difficult to control, all laughed when it was mentioned that if it fell out of sky and clobbered club captain how that would be explained to both media and Workcover, of course gizmo mad Roos wants it looked at in the future

Saty, you're on the money again.

Just tweeted by Travis King from AFL:

"Attack of the drones! A Hawthorn drone has crash-landed next to players moments before an intra-squad match."