5 hours ago, Redleg said:

Bats.

Cricket?

SO....Id like to buy some cheese !!!

So was anyone at training? 

Just left Gosch's Paddock. Skipper was the only noticeable absentee. Started out watching the rehab group which included Petracca, Vince, JKH, Newton, Lumumba, and M.King. Petracca, Vince and Lumumba looked in great physical condition and didn't look too far off re-joining the main group. The main group were doing a bunch of drills which seemed to have an emphasis on ball movement through the corridor. Goodwin was in charge and seems a natural leader. McCartney was providing constant encouragement and tips to the players. Of the players that stood out to me,  Vandenberg looks set for a huge season,  is in pristine condition and was all class - particularly by foot. Jayden Hunt provided an inspirational run down tackle on Harmes in one of the drills and the boys got around him. Just on Hunt, I was super impressed by his performance on the track today. Neal-Bullen was also in pretty good form and was probably the loudest player out there. Bugg left the track early with some kind of niggle in his right leg and didn't return. I'm so rapt to see Trengove training with the main group. Brayshaw was super in the match simulation and Weideman kicked a lovely goal from a tough angle 45m out. He still has a ways to go though. Oliver's positioning at the stoppages was impressive for such a young player and was often the first disposal in the chain. Everyone was in high spirits and you get the sense the boys are itching to get into the real stuff. 

4 hours ago, GawnWithTheWind said:

When is our intra-club? Does anyone have the details?

Friday 9:30 @Casey

2 minutes ago, Mondê said:

Just left gosch's paddock. Skipper was the only noticable absentee. Started out watching the rehab group which included Petracca, Vince, JKH, Newton, Lumumba, and M.King. Petracca, Vince and Lumumba looked in great physical condition and didn't look too far off re-joining the main group. The main group were doing a bunch of drills which seemed to have an emphasis on ball movement through the corridor. Goodwin was in charge and seems a natural leader. McCartney was providing constant encouragement and tips to the players. Of the players that stood out to me,  Vandenberg looks set for a huge season,  is in pristine condition and was all class - particularly by foot. Jayden Hunt provided an inspirational run down tackle on Harmes in one of the drills and the boys got around him. Just on Hunt, I was super impressed by his performance on the track today. Neal-Bullen was also in pretty good form and was probably the loudest player out there. Bugg left the track early with some kind of niggle in his right leg and didn't return. I'm so rapt to see Trengove training with the main group. Brayshaw was super in the match simulation and Weideman kicked a lovely goal from a tough angle 45m out. He still has a ways to go though. Oliver's positioning at the stoppages was impressive for such a young player and was often the first disposal in the chain. Everyone was in high spirits and you get the sense the boys are itching to get into the real stuff. 

Finally an actual decent training report!

Thanks mate.

2 hours ago, FireOath said:

 

Would be great if Nasher could turn this into an emoticon.. 

2 hours ago, Mondê said:

Just left Gosch's Paddock. Skipper was the only noticable absentee. Started out watching the rehab group which included Petracca, Vince, JKH, Newton, Lumumba, and M.King. Petracca, Vince and Lumumba looked in great physical condition and didn't look too far off re-joining the main group. The main group were doing a bunch of drills which seemed to have an emphasis on ball movement through the corridor. Goodwin was in charge and seems a natural leader. McCartney was providing constant encouragement and tips to the players. Of the players that stood out to me,  Vandenberg looks set for a huge season,  is in pristine condition and was all class - particularly by foot. Jayden Hunt provided an inspirational run down tackle on Harmes in one of the drills and the boys got around him. Just on Hunt, I was super impressed by his performance on the track today. Neal-Bullen was also in pretty good form and was probably the loudest player out there. Bugg left the track early with some kind of niggle in his right leg and didn't return. I'm so rapt to see Trengove training with the main group. Brayshaw was super in the match simulation and Weideman kicked a lovely goal from a tough angle 45m out. He still has a ways to go though. Oliver's positioning at the stoppages was impressive for such a young player and was often the first disposal in the chain. Everyone was in high spirits and you get the sense the boys are itching to get into the real stuff. 

I think its a bit rich derailing this thread with an actual training report....

Just now, nutbean said:

I think its a bit rich derailing this thread with an actual training report....

get stuffed

6 minutes ago, beelzebub said:

get stuffed

I get that a lot.

At 1:45am this morning, I clearly saw the Dees giving the Hawks a 90 pt thrashing at the 'G in a Prelim in front of 85K....something about Angus Brayshaw dashing through the guts that really helps my sleep.

Ill be interested to finally get along to a training ( soon )  Seems like the boys are really up for the season.

thanks for the reports

Just got back from training too, got there from about 2.15pm when the warm up drills were finishing.

The first part of training consisted of standard drills and not much to report, but a few things caught the eye. I noticed that a few of the younger key position talls (Wiedeman, King, Hulett etc) were doing some contest work and it was mostly about body positioning and jostling, but that the actual mark was pretty much left uncontested. I thought this was strange as surely it would be useful to practice marking with more pressure on the mark itself. But Tom McDonald came over and showed how it was done and later on Hogan also got involved in this drill. His spinning moves and jostling really are great to watch, he tries everything to get space on his opponent.

Also noticed a handball drill where players would handball sideways 3-4 times either towards the boundary or into the centre square. It seemed the emphasis was on switching the play but not necessarily handballing backwards. There was still an offensive feel to it. I also thought that handballing was used quite a bit over the top to break a press, which worked half the time, but relied on good long handpasses and also would fall apart if an opponent pressed up onto the next contest from the other direction.

Hunt really does catch the eye with his athletism and his run down on Harmes was great to see, which was a follow up from a spilled mark, so it was good to see him make amends. He also broke the pack nicely in a match simulation later, although I feel that sometimes he kicks in hope rather than finding and drilling to a target. Plenty of others were giving him encouragement and challenging him and I can see why, because if he becomes a proper 'footballer' rather than just a great athlete and an OK footballer, then he could be anything.

The match simulation with two umpires later on in the session was pretty good. Plenty of stoppages held up play, but also some good breakaways too. Viney seemed to be in everything and Stretch is great to watch when he gets some space. Brayshaw just seems to know where to go and Gawn gets to so many contests and was doing well in some of the close in work by getting his hands free and the handball away. He really is hard to tackle to the ground. I though there was an overall attacking intent and plenty of mistakes were made, but the ball was generally moving forward and everyone was working hard to follow up on any mistakes. I think this will improve in actual games with our best 22 on the park, because keep in mind that the whole list was out there and most of the mistakes came from the inexperienced players.

N Jones was a no show (should have taken the chance to ask Misson why) and Terlich seemed to hurt his ankle halfway through (Vanders tackle?), then got some treatment and left the track. He seemed to be walking ok so maybe just a rolled ankle. Some ladies nearby asked Petracca what the 'problem' was with him, but he laughed that off and said nothing, just need to put a few more weeks on the leg again after the moon boot came off. No issue with the knee or toe. He joked and said he'd be back by Round 22, but then said he'll be fine for Round 1 or at least that was the aim.

Go Dees

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9 minutes ago, trenners_09 said:

but then said he'll be fine for Round 1 or at least that was the aim.

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43 minutes ago, small but forward said:

At 1:45am this morning, I clearly saw the Dees giving the Hawks a 90 pt thrashing at the 'G in a Prelim in front of 85K....something about Angus Brayshaw dashing through the guts that really helps my sleep.

Had something dashing through my guts at about 1.45am. Didn't help my sleep.

Don't think it was Gus though. Unless he's changed a lot ...

1 hour ago, Mondê said:

.... I'm so rapt to see Trengove training with the main group. .... 

This is a momentous statement that hasn't received the fanfare it deserves!! 

Did Trengove participate in the match simulation?

There didn't seem to be too much trouble sighting the players at the training session that I went to this afternoon.

Apparently the lights were on so it was all on display to see.

Injured and missing first:

Jones not there. Dawes neither (not unexpectedly). 

Rehab group: Vince, Lamumba, Max King, JKH?, Petracca, Newton.  All the rest were training with the main group including Trengove.

* Petracca bandage on knee, which I didn't see last week. 

* JKH ran a lot of laps but didn't seem to have anything wrong, maybe just a training load situation.

* Newton with tape on achilles.

* Lamumba and Vince must be very close as both seem to be moving very freely. Lamumba putting in a 3.9 for 50m. Hope I don't jinx him because Dawes did a 3.6 last week, and look what happened to him.

* Petracca complaining about having to do the continuous sprints.  " there must be an easier way to do this apart from 30 times over..."

* King must be just building up condition as there doesn't seem too much wrong with him either.

The Rest:

* Trengove moving freely and while I didn't see a left-foot kick, neither did he have to in the drills I watched.  But he looks comfortable and is back in the game.

* Hunt can move and as one of the conditioning coaches said: " he now has the body which can tolerate what the coaches want him to do".  His speed will be a real asset come the main event.

* I can't describe how good Max Gawn is with his mobility and quick hands.  Then he is a mountain to get around when he sits in the goal-square.  Watch out Todd Goldstein!

* Joel Smith is a chip off the old man's block.  He has a really good spring on him, and once the body is up to AFL standard, we might have something special

* Hogan, Hogan, Hogan. What can you say! He is just seriously good, as if anyone didn't know that already. He owns the whole forward half and demands the ball when it comes his way. Poor Weideman had to take him one-on-one in a drill.  What a lesson for the kid. 

* But Weideman was with the main group and while Hogan showed him how to play, he is like Smith someone who will develop quickly and has that something special. Never dropped the head, and knows how to get his own ball.

* Oliver is already playing with the mids, and has trimmed down so much from his U18 days, he now needs to build up some muscle mass up top. Has the legs already and has the smarts and toughness.  Might get a game at the end of the season, but then also nice to have him developing while Petracca and Kennedy and Trengove take up spots in the middle this year.

* Kennedy showing plenty in the middle and will be up there for selection. Didn't see enough of Bugg to draw any conclusions.

* Dunn is an absolute lock at FB and Col and Tom his permanent henchmen. Just solid all three. There is nothing like these older strong bodies when it comes to contests, and each of them holds their own. 

Not much more to add, but it would be nice to see Vince, Petracca and Lamumba back with the main group soon.  It would give us nearly a full list going into round 1.

7 minutes ago, Akum said:

This is a momentous statement that hasn't received the fanfare it deserves!! 

I think a lot are like me. 

They are holding their breath hoping it will keep going well.

am too scared to think positive in case it is all dashed.

Thanks George; nice report as ever.  Sounds like the seasoned veterans like Bernie and H are tapering towards the start of the season.  Wonderful news about JT.

4 hours ago, FireOath said:

Derailed even before any training has happened.

That was last year before his neck was fixed: he just needed to hold his head on with his hand. 

Apparently Bugg did his ankle and didn't come back out like Terluch did.

10 minutes ago, george_on_the_outer said:

* Oliver is already playing with the mids, and has trimmed down so much from his U18 days, he now needs to build up some muscle mass up top.  Has the legs already and has the smarts and toughness.  Might get a game at the end of the season, but then also nice to have him developing while Petracca and Kennedy and Trengove take up spots in the middle this year.

 

GOTO, if the sub rule was still in place, would Oliver get selected earlier than you anticipate? Highly credentialled/drafted young mids tend to get senior games early on, if they have the necessary class. I'm wondering what Oliver lacks compared to say Brayshaw?