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PRESEASON TRAINING: Wednesday 7th February 2024



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3 minutes ago, waynewussell said:

Step right up Matt Jefferson

Step right up Daniel Turner

Your time is here!

Daniel Turner is also in the rehab group today. 

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3 minutes ago, Demonland said:

Schache getting a lot of the ball as a key forward. Nibbler, Billings, Woey have hit him up on a lead with some beautiful passing. 

Someone should check his locker for voodoo dolls of BBB , TMac, Petty and McAdam 

With our forward stocks well down he gets yet another chance to show the football world he can make an impact- I’m not sure he has the ticker to do it but I hope he can surprise me 

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Some ruck tap drills in the middle with 3 ruckman taking turns Max, KFW & Schache tapping to Viney, Trac, Nibbler, Brayshaw, Sparrow, Billings, Laurie, Wowey on at a time. 

This gives a good indication of who is in the midfield mix for Round 0.

Other potential currently in rehab are Oliver and Salem but perhaps not Round 0.

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Forwards doing some goal kicking Chin, Kolt, Kozzy, JVR, Fritsch, Sestan 

Shows just how decimated our tall forward line is. Schache of course is an option but for this drill he is practicing his ruck craft.

As mentioned earlier it is interesting that Kozzy was not with the "mids" group practicing the receiving from ruck taps.

Understand that he will mostly play forward but I was hoping he was earmarked for more midfield minutes based on the past few weeks at training on a Wednesday.

Assume he will still attend some centre bounces most likely at the beginnings of quarters.

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Defenders and wings doing a separate drill - May, McVee, Rivers, Lever, k Brown, Howes, Windsor, Langdon, Adams, Bowey, Tomlinson, Hore. 

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@Demonland I understand we’re behind in the West, however title of the thread says Wednesday February 8th 2024. My watch, computer and phone all saying Wednesday February 7th 

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Rucks and Rovers mentioned before now doing a tap drill (Rucks one at a time jumping into a bag held by Stafford) and tap to one of 3 rovers without an opponent. 

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Just now, Pennant St Dee said:

@Demonland I understand we’re behind in the West, however title of the thread says Wednesday February 8th 2024. My watch, computer and phone all saying Wednesday February 7th 

lol. Blame @WalkingCivilWar she started the thread. 

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And that’s stumps folks. 

I mostly just talked about the rehabbers with a few other observations of matchups and who is training in which lines. 

Happy to talk individuals so ask away. 

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Spoke too soon. Boots are off and runners are on so I guess they are ramping up the running loads now heading into the season. 

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51 minutes ago, dee-tox said:

If decimated is reducing something by 10 percent we have been more than decimated this preseason! 

So Petty, McAdam, BBB, Melk, Salem, Fullarton, Clarry, TMac and Hunter are all injured in some form!

Faaaark!

I'm very pleased. I had thought "decimated" meant reducing something by 90% to leave one-tenth. Having checked I'm pleased with the better definition of it meaning only one in ten rather than nine in ten.

(On the other hand, the historical, literal interpretation is that decimate meant "to kill one-tenth of a group as military punishment in the Roman army." But let's just ignore that detail.)

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35 minutes ago, Sydee said:

Someone should check his locker for voodoo dolls of BBB , TMac, Petty and McAdam

Be Happy Good Morning GIF by mattbag3d
 

You’re suggesting #19 visited a Bayou coven during the off-season?

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1 hour ago, poita said:

I'm really not seeing what the club saw in McAdam - regularly injured, lacks fitness and turns 29 in a few months. Hope he comes cheap.

Disappointing to hear that Petty is still miles off.

I can’t believe he cost us a 2nd rounder and Adelaide used his defection to turn the heat on Petty, but his talent has been evident when he’s been training, which has been most of the time.

He’s not the first MFC recruit to struggle in their first preseason with us. Happened with a much bigger name last year 

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52 minutes ago, Demonland said:

Goody very happy with Kolt who was hard up on the boundary in the forward pocket with not a lot of space hitting up Spargo on the chest with a beautiful pass. 

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Now it’s stumps. Viney remains in the middle of Gosch’s with McQualter and Sparrow, Laurie, Woey and K Brown doing one on one drills from a loose ball in the ruck. 
 

 

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