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53 minutes ago, Vagg said:

Wow!!  And THIS is what I call a training thread!  Best one by a country mile in living memory!  Keep it up, guys!  Well done!

Agree - excellent 

thanks everyone 

 
31 minutes ago, Slartibartfast said:

 Turner:  Very good. His positioning is great, he's very clean and he reads the play very well.

We now have 2 Turners - which one?

 
1 hour ago, dazzledavey36 said:

Couple of players I want to know how they're going.

Seston, Jefferson Schache, Burgoyne and Turner.

Also, any surprise positional changes to keep an eye out for?

Kye Turner is in the main training group and doesn't look out of place.  Trent Burgoyne was in the rehab group and did a lot of running including a 6 minute fartlek.

It was a very long and high intensity session. I got there at 9:30 and they were already into it and finished with a solid running session at noon.

I think other posters have covered my main take aways.

I didn't see AMW but I might have missed him. I think everyone else was there. Jefferson and Sestan are training with the main group. Sestan has a very mature body and ran out the match sim surprisingly well for someone off a low base. Adams and Verrall are in the rehab group running.  They both have solid frames for development.

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28 minutes ago, Marco said:

Do we know if Lever continued training? 

Not after that. The boys then took off their footy boots and put on the runners and then did so run throughs but Lever did not participate.

He then hopped on the bike that is set up under the shelter. I don't think he looked too worried. That is they weren't icing it or sending him off to get scans.


6 minutes ago, Pinball Wizard said:

We now have 2 Turners - which one?

Disco, yeh, I'll have to get that right in future!

 

2 hours ago, Demonland said:

In summary, we’re training the house down. 

Oh no I feared for the insurance industry today.

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Just now, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

The only sort of mishaps that we want to hear about from training sessions.

I will say that the tackling and intensity was absolutely fierce and I was worried that there would be plenty more mishaps. Thankfully there weren't. I was up close and personal for a few Jack Viney tackles and if my arm wasn't already in a sling from shoulder surgery it would have been after witnessing that devastation.

last session before festive break, i presume - i know burgess always used to do a 'surprise' to the training session to give the players one last challenge; anything like that done by the current fitness regime?

this report is full froth mode in terms of how eager i am for footy season 2023 to begin

Fantastic report guys, can't wait to have the time to be there with you all.  One of these days!!!


2 hours ago, Demonland said:

In summary, we’re training the house down. 

I’ve rung the builders already.

I reckon reading the reports is better than actually attending and watching.

Can't wait for training to start again.

Thanks to all posters.

GO DEES

2 hours ago, Demonland said:

In summary, we’re training the house down. 

If only we had one in the MCG precinct to 'train down'!

Thanks to everyone who reported today.

Greatly appreciated for people like myself who are living up bush.

Brodie Grundy sounds like he was 🔥🔥

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1 hour ago, Demonland said:

Not after that. The boys then took off their footy boots and put on the runners and then did so run throughs but Lever did not participate.

He then hopped on the bike that is set up under the shelter. I don't think he looked too worried. That is they weren't icing it or sending him off to get scans.

Thank you, great reporting everyone 


Thanks Demonland, Demon Jack and all other posters that was scintillating informative and “wish I Were there” reporting, loved the differing observations. Certainly finished pre-Xmas training on a high note and the team sounded like they were on 🔥as well.!!!

31 minutes ago, Deeoldfart said:

If only we had one in the MCG precinct to 'train down'!

We have Goschs upgraded till the other comes! 

2 hours ago, Slartibartfast said:

Just a couple of observations.  Training was sharp, very few fumbles.  They did a loose ball gather and tackle drill right in front of me and there wasn't one fumble of the ground ball.  You'd expect that from the experienced players but Seston was also very clean.

Langdon and Viney were the standouts for me.  I know we all want the young guns to be the standouts but some of the older players were terrific.  Grundy is such an improvement on Jackson ATM and we'll be the better in the short term at least.  Others to impress me were Bowey who was clean and precise, Howes who did well in all the drills, JVR with his competitive ruck work against Grundy and his determination when the ball hits the ground.  May was very good, Salem looks to be moving well and Rivers was involved.

Of the young boys Woey was probably the most impressive to my eye but so much of this is where you stand.  I also liked Howes who I think has very significant upside.

 

Luckily Howes just signed a 2 year contract extension 😉 

 

After reading todays training reports I’ve booked the whole of September 2023 off. 🔴🔵💥🔥

All these great observations and the infamous Picket report still yet to come. Thank you all. We're spoiled.

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