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Training - Wednesday 16th November, 2016

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A brief look in today. Officially a closed session I think so no media around.

Gawn back on the track look good. 

Lots of small group drills. Practising contested marking, forward line movement, tackling, ground balls, spoils, short kicks inside 50, long bombs deep inside 50. The lot. Different coaches doing different drills and getting to work.

Probably the most interesting bit was the running. 

Bugg, Maynard, Joel Smith, McKenna all went back to AAMI. As did Tommy Mc, Melksham and JKH who were in the rehab group.

A group of Gawn, Hunt, Weideman, Hulett, Kennedy, Frost were doing timed 200m runs down the Punt road wing. Gawn just keeps pounding as the got in to the repetitions. Frosty started to struggle. The others battled on well.

Dean Kent and Nath Jones were doing the same on the city side wing. Kent stuck with Jones for a few. Then Jones sat out and Cross took over pacing Kenty, he was working hard.

Meanwhile the midfielders who doing longer timed runs varying from half a lap to 1 lap to a few laps. ANB led out most of them with White towards the front. Brayshaw was really strong as they went longer with Jones especially encouraging him (and all the guys) to step it up. Wagner, Salem, Harmes, Stretch were all running well and not far from the front and mixing the order with the first few depending on the individual set. That's the good news.

I guess the less positive news was that Oliver was dropped early in the quicker repeats and Petracca was gapped as well. I was impressed by Max Rooke who took  it upon himself to run with Clarry and then Troy Chaplin joined in too for a few laps. They had a big long run to finish and Oliver tried pretty hard to stay up to the group and then Tracc was back behind him, they were probably 100m or so behind over the course of 3 or so laps. Both are just heavier in the legs than most of our players and they run like it. To take the glass half full approach it really was impressive what both boys did last year at AFL level coming off limited preseasons and fitness bases. They got plenty of encouragement from the coaches and both shared a high five when the running was done. 

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    9 minutes ago, DeeSpencer said:

    A brief look in today. Officially a closed session I think so no media around.

    Gawn back on the track look good. 

    Lots of small group drills. Practising contested marking, forward line movement, tackling, ground balls, spoils, short kicks inside 50, long bombs deep inside 50. The lot. Different coaches doing different drills and getting to work.

    Probably the most interesting bit was the running. 

    Bugg, Maynard, Joel Smith, McKenna all went back to AAMI. As did Tommy Mc, Melksham and JKH who were in the rehab group.

    A group of Gawn, Hunt, Weideman, Hulett, Kennedy, Frost were doing timed 200m runs down the Punt road wing. Gawn just keeps pounding as the got in to the repetitions. Frosty started to struggle. The others battled on well.

    Dean Kent and Nath Jones were doing the same on the city side wing. Kent stuck with Jones for a few. Then Jones sat out and Cross took over pacing Kenty, he was working hard.

    Meanwhile the midfielders who doing longer timed runs varying from half a lap to 1 lap to a few laps. ANB led out most of them with White towards the front. Brayshaw was really strong as they went longer with Jones especially encouraging him (and all the guys) to step it up. Wagner, Salem, Harmes, Stretch were all running well and not far from the front and mixing the order with the first few depending on the individual set. That's the good news.

    I guess the less positive news was that Oliver was dropped early in the quicker repeats and Petracca was gapped as well. I was impressed by Max Rooke who took  it upon himself to run with Clarry and then Troy Chaplin joined in too for a few laps. They had a big long run to finish and Oliver tried pretty hard to stay up to the group and then Tracc was back behind him, they were probably 100m or so behind over the course of 3 or so laps. Both are just heavier in the legs than most of our players and they run like it. To take the glass half full approach it really was impressive what both boys did last year at AFL level coming off limited preseasons and fitness bases. They got plenty of encouragement from the coaches and both shared a high five when the running was done. 

    Thanks for the info DS.

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    41 minutes ago, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

    Thanks DeeSpencer. Informative as always. I might have missed it being explained elsewhere, but why is JKH in the rehab group?

    Repeated hamstrings/soft tissue injures (I think 3) to finish last season. 

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    33 minutes ago, DeeSpencer said:

    Repeated hamstrings/soft tissue injures (I think 3) to finish last season. 

    Spot on DS, they are under instruction both he and the staff to work on strengthening his core, hopefully to avoid a repeat of the last couple of years, they want him to stay on the park, they also need to build his tank as well after missing so much footy

     

    (ps envious, had to work last couple of mornings, money)

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    18 minutes ago, Satyriconhome said:

    (had to work last couple of mornings, money)

    You choose money over supplying us with training reports?!  Filthy capitalist!  Shame on you, Saty!

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    10 minutes ago, Vagg said:

    You choose money over supplying us with training reports?!  Filthy capitalist!  Shame on you, Saty!

    With some people it is all self!!!!

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    Just now, old dee said:

    With some people it is all self!!!!

    Clearly!  I am SOOO disillusioned!  Thought Saty had our best interests at heart.  Alas, yet another let down in life.  Not sure if I can go on!

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    4 minutes ago, Vagg said:

    Clearly!  I am SOOO disillusioned!  Thought Saty had our best interests at heart.  Alas, yet another let down in life.  Not sure if I can go on!

    Hang on Barry, it's not all bad, DeeSpencer is doing a great job. Saty might post some photos of guns when he has sated his money grabbing needs.

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    3 minutes ago, ManDee said:

    Hang on Barry, it's not all bad, DeeSpencer is doing a great job. Saty might post some photos of guns when he has sated his money grabbing needs.

    Deespencer is doing an EXCELLENT job, guns are out, thinking of hairstyles this year, seems to be an obsession for some on DL

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    do we know why Melksham is in the rehab group?? he has just had a year off, is it just to get back into the swing of things or has he somehow injured himself in that time?

     

     

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    Thanks for the report guys (from my hammock on ? Bunaken Island ?)! ?

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    Just now, CBDees said:

    Thanks for the report guys (from my hammock on ? Bunaken Island ?)! ?

    Go and get cattle trucked.  You lucky beggar you

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    10 minutes ago, CBDees said:

    Thanks for the report guys (from my hammock on ? Bunaken Island ?)! ?

    Is there hammocks on Bunken Island?

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    37 minutes ago, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

    This may be immaterial, but if Saty wasn't at training, did it really happen?

    I prefer this version by Bill Hicks. 

    "Today a young man on acid realized that all matter is merely energy condensed to a slow vibration, that we are all one consciousness experiencing itself subjectively, there is no such thing as death, life is only a dream, and we are the imagination of ourselves. Here's Tom with the Weather"

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    21 minutes ago, CBDees said:

    Thanks for the report guys (from my hammock on ? Bunaken Island ?)! ?

    You are over doing it mate.

    We all know you are o/s at the moment.

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    32 minutes ago, red and blue forever said:

    do we know why Melksham is in the rehab group?? he has just had a year off, is it just to get back into the swing of things or has he somehow injured himself in that time?

     

     

    Report on MFC site said he and Hibberd will train in the rehab group until Xmas given they've had a year off and the club doesn't want to overload them too early.

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    4 minutes ago, Demon Spofforth said:

    Report on MFC site said he and Hibberd will train in the rehab group until Xmas given they've had a year off and the club doesn't want to overload them too early.

    Ahh, ok thanks.

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    3 hours ago, ManDee said:

    Hang on Barry, it's not all bad, DeeSpencer is doing a great job. Saty might post some photos of guns when he has sated his money grabbing needs.

    no mandy, i don't think so. when people start putting money first, they end up wanting more and more and never get enough

    no, we need to find a new saty

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