TRAINING: Wednesday 16th February 2022

[picket fence 17,534]

                           

 

Thirteen , Thirteen its Max! where are you

Agent 13 Hi Max... someplace called Casey Fields out the Middle of Nowhere, I'm hiding in a tree!

Max In a tree?? Why are you there

Agent 13 Control wants to check out the Dees Training to revolutionize our Fitness Training for our Junior Control Agents July intake

Max Fascinating What kind of tree are you?

Agent 13 Oh you know just the Garden variety nothing special but I want to Branch out a bit!

Max What have you seen?

Agent 13 Oh u know a few Garden Gnomes and some old Bough wearing a Collingwood Jumper jogging past, a few Dogs have been walking past looking disconsolate!

Max Well dont let me interrupt you 13 I know you will look out for any shady characters and keep your feet well and firmly planted on the ground

Agent 13 So Long Max, Hey Max, one other thing there is a big guy out there training who is also called Max!

Max Two Max's whats the other one like?

Agent 13 Absolute superstar, He is really tall Timber and plays like a Flower, shifting gently in the Breeze, and in FULL BLOOM, he's that Good!

Max. Hnmm I might have to get over and take a look, but because this will be classified I better bring the portable Cone of Silence

Mini Report from agent 13 as overheard on cone of silence by Picket Fence

Modified Duties (Mainly running) Majak, Melky, Deakyn Smith, Luke Dunstan,

Harrison Petty no show

Skills , Drills and Manouvers

DRILL 1 Warm ups Consist of small group work, ball movement, handball dish ofs and decision making in tight congestions

DRILL 2 This was a very interesting one, players gathered the ball, and holding it in one hand generally weaved through javelin like poles set up then delivered to running teammate

DRILL 3 Sort of like a simulated close decision making handball run kick l with players gaining the ball then delivering in tight space to next option

DRILL 4 3/4 Ground with tight wings taking ball from one end of the ground to the other Red vs Blues, no goal scoring and coaches would randomly start play from anywhere on ground so as to encourage two way running to create an option and  then defending the Melbourne way via zones. This drill was fantastic as it simulated turning defense into attack and encouraging a relentless play on style with precision decision making and crisp concise delivery by hand and foot. Players were rotated on and of and at any time 15 or so were "On the Bench"

THIS IS ALL I WITNESSED AS HAD TO LEAVE BY 10.15 

PLAYER WATCH

JAYDEN HUNT Gee he was impressive today had some Blistering Run and Carry and also delivered pretty well to set targets 

TOM MCDONALD Showed no lingering  symptoms of his recent leg/ ankle injury and roamed as high Forward clunking some good marks and creating an excellent target

CHARLIE SPARGO Was Busy, creative and impossed himself with some "Nous Footy" and neat positioning.

JAKE BOWEY Just hardly makes a mistake, attack on the ball is phenomenal and he just has the happy knack of being in the right place at the right time, he is an excellent spoiler for his size

KADE CHANDLER Is an intersting player for mine, he has some "Flashy moves" and creates something from very little and could play quite a bit this year

JUDD MCVEE Was creative and involved from what I saw, he used the footy well and has a nice turn of pace

TAJ WOEWODIN Similarly is finding his feet and looks like he is starting to believe in his abilities and certainly knows where to go to get a Kick

JOEL SMITH Impressed me with his spoiling , attack on the footy and some telling clearances down back

ANDY MONIZ-WAKEFIELD AND JACOB VAN ROOYEN both have some X Factor but at this stage Jacob VR is really impressing me as a lead up forward who can take a contested grab and who could kick a few goals with limited opportunities.

FINAL THOUGHTS 

What really struck me today was how the heck the Selectors are going to find places for a possible 10 players who are training really well in the final back 6. May, Lever, Salem are givens, Bowey as well, but then you have Hibbo, Hunt, Smith, Tomlinson, and maybe even Daniel Turner all vying for a spot. Great position to be in but a non to envious one as some hard calls will need to be made and some players will be extremely stiff to miss. Also as you know the usual cast Max , Clarry, J.V, Gus etc etc etc were all their "Excellent selves" Plenty of excellent players driving up standards of Football, Character, Fame and PREMIERSHIPS!

P.F

[BigFez 1,462]

Like receiving an unexpected early Christmas present thanks Picket. 

[Jaded No More 68,974]

ANB back in training?

[mauriesy 7,357]

Great work.

If someone discovers you, don't forget to dial 117 and press the call button.

[picket fence 17,534]

Didn’t notice ANB but I think so!

[Fritta and Turner 4,541]

Thanks.  Entertaining and informative.

(you are twice as good as agent 43)

 

[The Chief 697]

Nice report Picket. 
 

I have at times wondered if TMac might be an upgraded version of Hymie. 

[demon3165 2,805]

6 hours ago, picket fence said:

                           

 

Thirteen , Thirteen its Max! where are you

Agent 13 Hi Max... someplace called Casey Fields out the Middle of Nowhere, I'm hiding in a tree!

Max In a tree?? Why are you there

Agent 13 Control wants to check out the Dees Training to revolutionize our Fitness Training for our Junior Control Agents July intake

Max Fascinating What kind of tree are you?

Agent 13 Oh you know just the Garden variety nothing special but I want to Branch out a bit!

Max What have you seen?

Agent 13 Oh u know a few Garden Gnomes and some old Bough wearing a Collingwood Jumper jogging past, a few Dogs have been walking past looking disconsolate!

Max Well dont let me interrupt you 13 I know you will look out for any shady characters and keep your feet well and firmly planted on the ground

Agent 13 So Long Max, Hey Max, one other thing there is a big guy out there training who is also called Max!

Max Two Max's whats the other one like?

Agent 13 Absolute superstar, He is really tall Timber and plays like a Flower, shifting gently in the Breeze, and in FULL BLOOM, he's that Good!

Max. Hnmm I might have to get over and take a look, but because this will be classified I better bring the portable Cone of Silence

Mini Report from agent 13 as overheard on cone of silence by Picket Fence

Modified Duties (Mainly running) Majak, Melky, Deakyn Smith, Luke Dunstan, 

Harrison Petty no show

Skills , Drills and Manouvers

DRILL 1 Warm ups Consist of small group work, ball movement, handball dish ofs and decision making in tight congestions

DRILL 2 This was a very interesting one, players gathered the ball, and holding it in one hand generally weaved through javelin like poles set up then delivered to running teammate

DRILL 3 Sort of like a simulated close decision making handball run kick l with players gaining the ball then delivering in tight space to next option

DRILL 4 3/4 Ground with tight wings taking ball from one end of the ground to the other Red vs Blues, no goal scoring and coaches would randomly start play from anywhere on ground so as to encourage two way running to create an option and  then defending the Melbourne way via zones. This drill was fantastic as it simulated turning defense into attack and encouraging a relentless play on style with precision decision making and crisp concise delivery by hand and foot. Players were rotated on and of and at any time 15 or so were "On the Bench"

THIS IS ALL I WITNESSED AS HAD TO LEAVE BY 10.15 

PLAYER WATCH

JAYDEN HUNT Gee he was impressive today had some Blistering Run and Carry and also delivered pretty well to set targets 

TOM MCDONALD Showed no lingering  symptoms of his recent leg/ ankle injury and roamed as high Forward clunking some good marks and creating an excellent target

CHARLIE SPARGO Was Busy, creative and impossed himself with some "Nous Footy" and neat positioning.

JAKE BOWEY Just hardly makes a mistake, attack on the ball is phenomenal and he just has the happy knack of being in the right place at the right time, he is an excellent spoiler for his size

KADE CHANDLER Is an intersting player for mine, he has some "Flashy moves" and creates something from very little and could play quite a bit this year

JUDD MCVEE Was creative and involved from what I saw, he used the footy well and has a nice turn of pace

TAJ WOEWODIN Similarly is finding his feet and looks like he is starting to believe in his abilities and certainly knows where to go to get a Kick

JOEL SMITH Impressed me with his spoiling , attack on the footy and some telling clearances down back

ANDY MONIZ-WAKEFIELD AND JACOB VAN ROOYEN both have some X Factor but at this stage Jacob VR is really impressing me as a lead up forward who can take a contested grab and who could kick a few goals with limited opportunities.

FINAL THOUGHTS 

What really struck me today was how the heck the Selectors are going to find places for a possible 10 players who are training really well in the final back 6. May, Lever, Salem are givens, Bowey as well, but then you have Hibbo, Hunt, Smith, Tomlinson, and maybe even Daniel Turner all vying for a spot. Great position to be in but a non to envious one as some hard calls will need to be made and some players will be extremely stiff to miss. Also as you know the usual cast Max , Clarry, J.V, Gus etc etc etc were all their "Excellent selves" Plenty of excellent players driving up standards of Football, Character, Fame and PREMIERSHIPS!

P.F

On Sparrow, does he looks like he has trimmed down, a bit like Oliver was before he lost that what I call puppy fat and is now muscle?

[picket fence 17,534]

To me Tom Sparrow is becoming a Clayton Oliver clone🤩

Look out!

Edited February 16, 2022 by picket fence

[58er 6,568]

7 minutes ago, demon3165 said:

On Sparrow, does he looks like he has trimmed down, a bit like Oliver was before he lost that what I call puppy fat and is now muscle?

Rivers in defence also 

[picket fence 17,534]

42 minutes ago, 58er said:

Rivers in defence also 

Yeah Forgot RIVO 😄 SORRY RIVO .... INTEGRAL PART OF MEAN DEFENCE🤣

[stinga 586]

5 hours ago, picket fence said:

                           

 

Thirteen , Thirteen its Max! where are you

Agent 13 Hi Max... someplace called Casey Fields out the Middle of Nowhere, I'm hiding in a tree!

Max In a tree?? Why are you there

Agent 13 Control wants to check out the Dees Training to revolutionize our Fitness Training for our Junior Control Agents July intake

Max Fascinating What kind of tree are you?

Agent 13 Oh you know just the Garden variety nothing special but I want to Branch out a bit!

Max What have you seen?

Agent 13 Oh u know a few Garden Gnomes and some old Bough wearing a Collingwood Jumper jogging past, a few Dogs have been walking past looking disconsolate!

Max Well dont let me interrupt you 13 I know you will look out for any shady characters and keep your feet well and firmly planted on the ground

Agent 13 So Long Max, Hey Max, one other thing there is a big guy out there training who is also called Max!

Max Two Max's whats the other one like?

Agent 13 Absolute superstar, He is really tall Timber and plays like a Flower, shifting gently in the Breeze, and in FULL BLOOM, he's that Good!

Max. Hnmm I might have to get over and take a look, but because this will be classified I better bring the portable Cone of Silence

Mini Report from agent 13 as overheard on cone of silence by Picket Fence

Modified Duties ( Mainly running) Majak, Melky, Deakyn Smith, Luke Dunstan,  Harrison Petty no show

Skills , Drills and Manouvers

DRILL 1 Warm ups Consist of small group work, ball movement, handball dish ofs and decision making in tight congestions

DRILL 2 This was a very interesting one, players gathered the ball, and holding it in one hand generally weaved through javelin like poles set up then delivered to running teammate

DRILL 3 Sort of like a simulated close decision making handball run kick l with players gaining the ball then delivering in tight space to next option

DRILL 4 3/4 Ground with tight wings taking ball from one end of the ground to the other Red vs Blues, no goal scoring and coaches would randomly start play from anywhere on ground so as to encourage two way running to create an option and  then defending the Melbourne way via zones. This drill was fantastic as it simulated turning defense into attack and encouraging a relentless play on style with precision decision making and crisp concise delivery by hand and foot. Players were rotated on and of and at any time 15 or so were "On the Bench"

THIS IS ALL I WITNESSED AS HAD TO LEAVE BY 10.15 

PLAYER WATCH

JAYDEN HUNT Gee he was impressive today had some Blistering Run and Carry and also delivered pretty well to set targets 

TOM MCDONALD Showed no lingering  symptoms of his recent leg/ ankle injury and roamed as high Forward clunking some good marks and creating an excellent target

CHARLIE SPARGO Was Busy, creative and impossed himself with some "Nous Footy" and neat positioning.

JAKE BOWEY Just hardly makes a mistake, attack on the ball is phenomenal and he just has the happy knack of being in the right place at the right time, he is an excellent spoiler for his size

KADE CHANDLER Is an intersting player for mine, he has some "Flashy moves" and creates something from very little and could play quite a bit this year

JUDD MCVEE Was creative and involved from what I saw, he used the footy well and has a nice turn of pace

TAJ WOEWODIN Similarly is finding his feet and looks like he is starting to believe in his abilities and certainly knows where to go to get a Kick

JOEL SMITH Impressed me with his spoiling , attack on the footy and some telling clearances down back

ANDY MONIZ-WAKEFIELD AND JACOB VAN ROOYEN both have some X Factor but at this stage Jacob VR is really impressing me as a lead up forward who can take a contested grab and who could kick a few goals with limited opportunities.

FINAL THOUGHTS 

What really struck me today was how the heck the Selectors are going to find places for a possible 10 players who are training really well in the final back 6. May, Lever, Salem are givens, Bowey as well, but then you have Hibbo, Hunt, Smith, Tomlinson, and maybe even Daniel Turner all vying for a spot. Great position to be in but a non to envious one as some hard calls will need to be made and some players will be extremely stiff to miss. Also as you know the usual cast Max , Clarry, J.V, Gus etc etc etc were all their "Excellent selves" Plenty of excellent players driving up standards of Football, Character, Fame and PREMIERSHIPS!

P.F

I went on Monday with another supporter and saw pretty much the same things.  But hard to do any full report as we both thought it was all designed to be a bit scrappy.  Most time the ball was just hit out in someone's direction and as soon as a kick or handball it was stopped.

Deakin Smith and Turner were the pick of the defenders.   Van Rooyen looks the goods.  Where Jackson would go up and try and reach over to get the ball because of his leap, Van Rooyen hits the pack.   At one stage he hit a pack of four and side turned his body so his hip hit and knocked them all out of it.   It meant he had to go one handed and didn't get it but noone else did.

Another different drill we saw was 12 small defenders and and forwards having the ball thrown to 2 on 2 (3 groups one after the other).  The idea was to hit or handball to the other forward who snapped at goal

The only other thing was a coach was timing Dunstan doing continuous  runs along the boundary to the goals of about 120M - 150M   The coach would call out the start and as he approach the end would call out the countdown 16,17,18,19 so he knew what he had to do to get there in time.

[karthik 8]

5 hours ago, picket fence said:

                           

 

Thirteen , Thirteen its Max! where are you

Agent 13 Hi Max... someplace called Casey Fields out the Middle of Nowhere, I'm hiding in a tree!

Max In a tree?? Why are you there

Agent 13 Control wants to check out the Dees Training to revolutionize our Fitness Training for our Junior Control Agents July intake

Max Fascinating What kind of tree are you?

Agent 13 Oh you know just the Garden variety nothing special but I want to Branch out a bit!

Max What have you seen?

Agent 13 Oh u know a few Garden Gnomes and some old Bough wearing a Collingwood Jumper jogging past, a few Dogs have been walking past looking disconsolate!

Max Well dont let me interrupt you 13 I know you will look out for any shady characters and keep your feet well and firmly planted on the ground

Agent 13 So Long Max, Hey Max, one other thing there is a big guy out there training who is also called Max!

Max Two Max's whats the other one like?

Agent 13 Absolute superstar, He is really tall Timber and plays like a Flower, shifting gently in the Breeze, and in FULL BLOOM, he's that Good!

Max. Hnmm I might have to get over and take a look, but because this will be classified I better bring the portable Cone of Silence

Mini Report from agent 13 as overheard on cone of silence by Picket Fence

Modified Duties ( Mainly running) Majak, Melky, Deakyn Smith, Luke Dunstan,  Harrison Petty no show

Skills , Drills and Manouvers

DRILL 1 Warm ups Consist of small group work, ball movement, handball dish ofs and decision making in tight congestions

DRILL 2 This was a very interesting one, players gathered the ball, and holding it in one hand generally weaved through javelin like poles set up then delivered to running teammate

DRILL 3 Sort of like a simulated close decision making handball run kick l with players gaining the ball then delivering in tight space to next option

DRILL 4 3/4 Ground with tight wings taking ball from one end of the ground to the other Red vs Blues, no goal scoring and coaches would randomly start play from anywhere on ground so as to encourage two way running to create an option and  then defending the Melbourne way via zones. This drill was fantastic as it simulated turning defense into attack and encouraging a relentless play on style with precision decision making and crisp concise delivery by hand and foot. Players were rotated on and of and at any time 15 or so were "On the Bench"

THIS IS ALL I WITNESSED AS HAD TO LEAVE BY 10.15 

PLAYER WATCH

JAYDEN HUNT Gee he was impressive today had some Blistering Run and Carry and also delivered pretty well to set targets 

TOM MCDONALD Showed no lingering  symptoms of his recent leg/ ankle injury and roamed as high Forward clunking some good marks and creating an excellent target

CHARLIE SPARGO Was Busy, creative and impossed himself with some "Nous Footy" and neat positioning.

JAKE BOWEY Just hardly makes a mistake, attack on the ball is phenomenal and he just has the happy knack of being in the right place at the right time, he is an excellent spoiler for his size

KADE CHANDLER Is an intersting player for mine, he has some "Flashy moves" and creates something from very little and could play quite a bit this year

JUDD MCVEE Was creative and involved from what I saw, he used the footy well and has a nice turn of pace

TAJ WOEWODIN Similarly is finding his feet and looks like he is starting to believe in his abilities and certainly knows where to go to get a Kick

JOEL SMITH Impressed me with his spoiling , attack on the footy and some telling clearances down back

ANDY MONIZ-WAKEFIELD AND JACOB VAN ROOYEN both have some X Factor but at this stage Jacob VR is really impressing me as a lead up forward who can take a contested grab and who could kick a few goals with limited opportunities.

FINAL THOUGHTS 

What really struck me today was how the heck the Selectors are going to find places for a possible 10 players who are training really well in the final back 6. May, Lever, Salem are givens, Bowey as well, but then you have Hibbo, Hunt, Smith, Tomlinson, and maybe even Daniel Turner all vying for a spot. Great position to be in but a non to envious one as some hard calls will need to be made and some players will be extremely stiff to miss. Also as you know the usual cast Max , Clarry, J.V, Gus etc etc etc were all their "Excellent selves" Plenty of excellent players driving up standards of Football, Character, Fame and PREMIERSHIPS!

P.F

Always wanted to ask - Does Brayshaw still play wing, or is he more in the guts? Does it look as if we will still persist with Brayshaw on the outside? I ask because I still feel that among all our inside mids, he is among the more 'creative' ones. So what role is Brayshaw playing now?

[monoccular 17,576]

1 hour ago, picket fence said:

To me Tom Sparrow is becoming a Clayton Oliver clone🤩

Look out!

Brilliant stuff Max, sorry picket. 
 

Interesting re Sparrow - I and others I think have seen him as more a Viney clone - another Oliver clone must be very worrying, for all opposition teams.  So exciting a prospect.  

[picket fence 17,534]

24 minutes ago, stinga said:

I went on Monday with another supporter and saw pretty much the same things.  But hard to do any full report as we both thought it was all designed to be a bit scrappy.  Most time the ball was just hit out in someone's direction and as soon as a kick or handball it was stopped.

Deakin Smith and Turner were the pick of the defenders.   Van Rooyen looks the goods.  Where Jackson would go up and try and reach over to get the ball because of his leap, Van Rooyen hits the pack.   At one stage he hit a pack of four and side turned his body so his hip hit and knocked them all out of it.   It meant he had to go one handed and didn't get it but noone else did.

Another different drill we saw was 12 small defenders and and forwards having the ball thrown to 2 on 2 (3 groups one after the other).  The idea was to hit or handball to the other forward who snapped at goal

The only other thing was a coach was timing Dunstan doing continuous  runs along the boundary to the goals of about 120M - 150M   The coach would call out the start and as he approach the end would call out the countdown 16,17,18,19 so he knew what he had to do to get there in time.

Excellent Stinger maybee they are trying to build up Dunstans tank??

Agree with Van Rooyen , looks very very good🤩

[Bitter but optimistic 22,249]

Fabulous work again picket!

How was Weed today?

[picket fence 17,534]

1 hour ago, Bitter but optimistic said:

Fabulous work again picket!

How was Weed today?

Smokin!!  Nah......... in all honesty is showing some favourable signs in respect of his confidence!

[Bitter but optimistic 22,249]

2 minutes ago, picket fence said:

Smokin!!  Nah......... in all honesty is showing some favourable signs in respect of his confidence!

Thanks picket!

I know you don't smoke - too busy boozing.

It's fortunate training is in the am.

[DeeZone 10,140]

Another Smart report today Max (PF), I am a huge fan of Get Smart. So glad that the coaches and boys are continuing to work so hard now that they are top of the heap, we are really building up our options.!!!!

[Queanbeyan Demon 6,869]

QD: Let me let them have it. Bang, bang, bang (making a footy commentary noise).
PF: QD, zis is DEMONLAND, we don't Bang, bang, bang here!

[Allus Monk 568]

8 minutes ago, Queanbeyan Demon said:

QD: Let me let them have it. Bang, bang, bang (making a footy commentary noise).
PF: QD, zis is DEMONLAND, we don't Bang, bang, bang here!

Oh but we do, QD, we do…

[Fork 'em 6,991]

4 hours ago, picket fence said:

To me Tom Sparrow is becoming a Clayton Oliver clone🤩

Look out!

[Demonland 73,163]

 

[djr 1,597]

Gee Sparrow has put on muscle. A really big unit.

[Slartibartfast 17,634]

Hey Picket, you must be thrilled to see anybody who is vaccinated can attend the game tomorrow, rub shoulders and share a drink with their best mate  but you were locked out and forced to watch training through a fence when there would have been nobody within 50 metres had you been allowed inside the ground. Go figure.  
 

Thanks so much for your efforts over the preseason, your reports were insightful, detailed, imaginative and well written which helped me and I imagine many others get through the preseason. 
 

Outstanding work, many thanks.