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TRAINING: Wednesday 25th January 2023

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Rehab Group:

Lever (in runners but kicking the ball well and seems to be moving well), Max (not present), Melksham, Howes, AMW, J Smith - then later joined by the following not participating in contract drills/Match SIM - Brown, Spargo, D Turner, Verrall, Adams

 Stafford was out early with Grundy & Verrall doing ruck drills. 

White Guernseys:

May, Bowey, Trac, JVR, Rivers, Sestan, Nibbler, Kozzie, Grundy, Hunter, Harmes, Fritsch, Laurie, Jordon, K Turner, #46 (may be Cooper Simpson from Dandenong Stingrays

Blue Guernseys

Clarry, Salem, Langdon, TMac, Brown, Tomlinson, Brayshaw, Dunstan, Spargo, Chandler, Petty, Burgoyne, Jefferson, Adams, Sparrow, McVee, Schache, D Smith, Hibberd, Viney (wearing #24), Woey, #44 (May be Zane Duursma)

Disco Turner doing some short sprints and sideways runs with a trainer away from main group and rehab group. 

Farris-White in civvies behind the fence not doing any training. Been told he is not training as a result of concussion. 

Jefferson lovely hands and very clean disposal

Kozzie is everything, everywhere all at once. I’ll eat my hat if he isn’t playing more midfield minutes this season. 

Reiterate Laurie’s poor disposal that someone mentioned the other day. Missed a couple of targets. I normally wouldn’t have noticed but someone mentioned it the other day and I saw 2 instances in a couple of minutes. 

Bowey and Salem are so clean with long disposal off half back. 

Lachie Hunter is going to be a weapon for us on the opposite wing to Langdon. 

I don’t know what our forward setup will be with so many options at our disposal but JVR will be playing Round 1. 

If you wrote off Hibberd write him back on. 

Impressed with Schache’s marking and disposal. Time will tell whether he can break into the team and be more than just a like for like for Weid. 

Disco Turner now just running laps at a decent pace.

Doing the whites vs blues 5 on 5 handball drill in a small circle with an alternating player on yellow as the both teams player. Goal is keepings off the other team and handball through the goal at the other end of the circle. Yellow was Trac now Brayshaw. Harmes is in yellow now. 

Woey is very skinny & wirey. Wouldn’t mind him bulking up. Like what I see though in terms of skills and intensity.

Langdon came off second best tackling JVR. Limped off to the side but is back amongst it now. 

Adams doing some work with one of the trainers away from the main group now. I would assume it’s because the main group is doing a contact drill and he is recovering from a shoulder injury. Impressed with Adams size. Was running laps later with the ruckman Verrall and is not much shorter than him.

Full ground SIM about to start. 

Beautiful kick from Laurie hit up long target. Earlier poor disposal were handballs. 

Maysie very vocal and at times quite matter of fact in his critique to players. He has a high standard that he expects from his defenders. At one time he called Kye Turner over to him and ask him to run over to him. Kye proceeded to jog over and Maysie yelled "I said [censored] run".

Trac untouchable. 

I’ll say it again Jefferson has solid hands. Once he builds up and does his apprenticeship at Casey he will be a very good addition to our forward stocks. 

Spargo running laps and not participating in the Match SIM

Oliver didn’t participate in the 5 vs 5 handball drill and I haven’t seen him handball much if at all today. Is taking marks (on the chest) and kicking the ball. 

Intensity in the Match SIM is high. 

Another group of players doing the 5 on 5 handball drill.

Viney in Yellow then Dunstan then Chandler.

Grundy took Viney down in a great tackle. 

Would love to know what role we play JJ in this season. Looking very slick at training. 

Fritsch gets a free kick against for a sling tackle on Viney. 

Verrell, Adams and Turner doing some kicking drills on the rugby field adjacent to the main oval.

I’ve been very impressed with Trent Rivers this training session.

Another match SIM about to start

Sparrow getting amongst it. 

TMac tries to take on Kozzie and gets dumped in a tackle. Holding the ball. 

Any question marks on Gus’ fitness should be put to bed. 

Ben Brown has not participated in any of the Match SIM or contact parts of training.

Grundy vs Schache in the Ruck

Clarry marking balls on chest. Not quite comfortable using hand. Something’s NQR

Langdon wearing the invisibility cloak. No one near him and he’s racking up possessions. 

A note about the match sim; every time a player takes a mark they have about 3 seconds to dispose of it.

Stafford taking the tall forwards in some marking and leading drills. TMac, Schache, JVR & Jefferson. 

Chaplin taking Grundy & May in some one of one marking contest drills

That’s it from me.

In summary we’re training the house down

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    4 minutes ago, Demonland said:

    Reiterate Laurie’s poor disposal that someone mentioned the other day. 

    Strange because his disposal at Casey was usually pretty solid.

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    7 minutes ago, Demonland said:

    Kozzie is everything, everywhere all at once. I’ll eat my hat if he isn’t playing more midfield minutes this season. 

    Nominated for muliple Oscars I believe 

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    8 minutes ago, Demonland said:

    Reiterate Laurie’s poor disposal that someone mentioned the other day. 

    Concerning......

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    Disco putting in some quick laps, not the biggest yet but looking quite the athlete.

    Spargo sitting out a drill for running now too.

    Verrell in some training drills. Adams with the yellow hat. So they’re both progressing

     

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    Jeffo does the body work but spills the mark.

    K Turner recovers from losing the contest, handball to Harmes, long switch to Rivers, short hit to a rolling Fritsch at half forward who hits JVR on the lead.

    Ie. That’s what we want to see 

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    Looks like a couple of Phil Inns in 44 and 46. 46 looks like a mature body

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    Oliver looking very displeased to be handed the flouro hat of shame, but his hand isn’t right 

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    30 minutes ago, Demonland said:

    Kozzie is everything, everywhere all at once. I’ll eat my hat if he isn’t playing more midfield minutes this season. 

    Does he look like he's ready to sign a contract?

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    The Anchorman just played on at half forward, stepped around a few, took a bounce and handballed to no one. It was bad but highly promising 

    Kid has Fitzmagic tunnelball potential 

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    7 minutes ago, Demonland said:

    I’ll say it again Jefferson has solid hands. Once he builds up and does his apprenticeship at Casey he will be a very good addition to our forward stocks. 

    Exciting....

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    3 minutes ago, DeeSpencer said:

    The Anchorman just played on at half forward, stepped around a few, took a bounce and handballed to no one. It was bad but highly promising 

    Kid has Fitzmagic tunnelball potential 

    ???

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    9 minutes ago, BDA said:

    Does he look like he's ready to sign a contract?

    Ready to maximise his income.
    Take that how you will.

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    Waiting for Zane Duursma to do the 🏹. Yet to see one so far 

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    49 minutes ago, Demonland said:

    Lachie Hunter is going to be a weapon for us on the opposite wing to Langdon. 

    Indeed!!!

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    13 minutes ago, Fork 'em said:

    Ready to maximise his income.

    Nothing wrong with that. I'd do the same myself. 

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    If 46 is an academy kid he’s got to be a 25 year old in a 18 year olds body. Just took down Tracc with ease 

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    14 minutes ago, DeeSpencer said:

    If 46 is an academy kid he’s got to be a 25 year old in a 18 year olds body. Just took down Tracc with ease 

    He’s been incredible!!! Evasive, good skills too #mystery46

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    17 minutes ago, DeeSpencer said:

    If 46 is an academy kid he’s got to be a 25 year old in a 18 year olds body. Just took down Tracc with ease 

    Kye Turner perchance?

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    1 minute ago, Demonland said:

    A note about the match sim; every time a player takes a mark they have about 3 seconds to dispose of it.

    Looking forward to less "kick it long down the wing and into the pocket" and more "hard running and switching with precision kicks into an open forward line"

    The pressure on the players outside of the core group to fight to get selected must be immense now.

    I'm struggling to think of a time in the last fifty years where we've got so much potential depth to our list.

    (Feel free to throw this back in my face in a mid season selection thread) 😊

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    I noticed 46 at Casey on Friday and Monday and also had no clue who he was.

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