1 hour ago, Scoop Junior said:

The noticeable thing here was that the players ran in waves, with all defenders running together to receive the overlap handball. It looked like pretty aggressive run out of the backline

Thanks SJ (and others). Wondering when the team meetings happen about how they're looking to play this year in terms of game style, the game plan etc. Presumably that doesn't happen until the rest of the players get back... or has that already happened?

1 hour ago, SthSea22 said:

AMW in for a HUGE 2026

Don’t get me wrong, hope you’re right mate, but the boy hasn’t even past 12months post ACL. I’d be tempering expectations this year & just hoping he can get through without any hiccups, gain some confidence back in his body then hit 26 pre season with some real vigour.

Second day in. They were keen and out earlier than advertised.

Miochek and AMW are in rehab, and running extensively.

They are pulling Steele, CJ, Henderson, and Johnson out of the group on a regular basis to run.

They ran them much harder than on Monday. They ran 700 to 900 meter boundary runs (distance depending on which group), on two occasions. After both runs they needed recovery minutes, and got round each other. They also did a couple of team sprints through the middle approximately 120 meters.

There was also less contact today.

Jones is being given more responsibility in some sims, and seems to be handling it well.

King continues to add his voice frequently.

They are letting them play footy in the sims in a bit of a Laissez-faire mold. They were using plenty of spread, with leads out the back.

One of the sims had them compete for 4 quarters. First two for 3 minutes and the next two for 2 minutes. The offensive had an extra 4 players at least, so the defense had not much of a chance. They changed the teams offense/defense style after each quarter. In the end, the winning team got a goal after the siren, they only had 15 seconds to go coast to coast (¾ of the field). Bowey finished it. Quick footy movement, about 14 goals each over the 10 minutes (84 to 90). They put a fair bit of pressure on the execution, as any misses slowed the scoring down.

Lovely weather down at the Paddock.

Great intentions and intensity, from the squad.

27 minutes ago, RedLegs23 said:

Don’t get me wrong, hope you’re right mate, but the boy hasn’t even past 12months post ACL. I’d be tempering expectations this year & just hoping he can get through without any hiccups, gain some confidence back in his body then hit 26 pre season with some real vigour.

You make a good point but geez it’s hard not to get excited. Andy runs without issue, he moves really well and he looks great. He hasn’t lost any of his enthusiasm and his smile is even bigger than before, if that’s even possible.

5 hours ago, Ghostwriter said:

Kolt has gained a couple of years of maturity in the space of two months. Honestly, I’ve never seen a stronger case of “smartened up” ever. Idk what he was told in his exit meeting but whatever it was it’s working a treat. There’s residual cheekiness when talking to me in private but on the whole he’s grown up a bunch.

do you remember a couple of months ago dear @Ghostwriter that i wrote about this and was so ambiguous you don't know what the hell i was taking about? Now you do :-)

1 hour ago, Go Ds said:

You meant Langford?

Yep, Langford - edited now.

7 hours ago, BigBadBustling said:

TLAs have to be acceptable surely.

TLA is also a TLA.

Huge thanks for all track reports, posts and special comments greatly appreciated we will be back in Sydney Friday.😁👍

2 hours ago, Queanbeyan Demon said:

do you remember a couple of months ago dear @Ghostwriter that i wrote about this and was so ambiguous you don't know what the hell i was taking about? Now you do :-)

I didn’t know what the hell you were talking about then and guess what? I still don’t know 😅

I'll do my best from afar based on code provided by Slarti.

25 present - by rough jumper order:

JVR, Langford, Lindsay, Windsor, Lever, Mihocek, Tholstrup, Culley, CJ, Bowey, Jefferson, Howes, Adams, Sharp, Sparrow, Petty, Chandler, Berry, Mentha, AJ, Henderson, Kentfield, AMW, Steele, Heath.

Not there from Monday - Campbell, TMac?

Good news - no-one coming back from major surgery as far as we know...

12 hours ago, Ghostwriter said:

Kolt has gained a couple of years of maturity in the space of two months. Honestly, I’ve never seen a stronger case of “smartened up” ever. Idk what he was told in his exit meeting but whatever it was it’s working a treat. There’s residual cheekiness when talking to me in private but on the whole he’s grown up a bunch.

An interesting observation GW.

In a thread during the season I said Tholstrup was in danger of becoming known as 'The Hologram' as to me he was all image and very little substance.

Sounds like I may not have been alone in those observations.

I hope that he really steps up in this season with a really good strong pre-season.

10 hours ago, Cyclops said:

TLA is also a TLA.

Yes! How T.

9 hours ago, Ghostwriter said:

I didn’t know what the hell you were talking about then and guess what? I still don’t know 😅

21 hours ago, Go Ds said:

The W? I know I'm being slightly pedantic here but what's wrong with "women"?

Dont go there Deezone if you have any sence!

Solid first few training reports peeps. I’m in the middle of moving so the distraction of training reports is excellent for my procrastination.

14 hours ago, Cyclops said:

TLA is also a TLA.

Ive noted before it is the definitive Three Letter Acronym

10 hours ago, CHF said:

An interesting observation GW.

In a thread during the season I said Tholstrup was in danger of becoming known as 'The Hologram' as to me he was all image and very little substance.

Sounds like I may not have been alone in those observations.

I hope that he really steps up in this season with a really good strong pre-season.

I never found Kolt to be cocky (very confident, yes) but I understand why he might’ve been perceived that way. He has the gait and the air of someone who thinks they’re the best thing since sliced bread, but that’s not contrived, it’s inherent imho.

For want of a better term, he’s been brought down a couple of pegs, but in essence he’s the same boy, ie. his spirit hasn’t been broken, for which I believe the club should be given credit.

At the tender age of 20 it would be unsurprising should his confidence be eroded when told to “smarten up” and all that that entails.

Ive stayed quiet on this topic for a year, and if a close family member was aware I've posted this she would be very unhappy, but 2025 really was a tough year for him. I hope that the issues he had with significant injuries in pre-season, as well as his family life and personal life are behind him and he has the best opportunity to show what he is capable of.

As ghosty says, IMO his brashness is a bit of a front for a pretty vulnerable kid who is a long way from home.

If nothing else, I have learnt from spending a bit of time with him, to think more about the human aspects of a footballers life, rather than just criticise them when they not playing as we (and they!) would like.

19 hours ago, RedLegs23 said:

Don’t get me wrong, hope you’re right mate, but the boy hasn’t even past 12months post ACL. I’d be tempering expectations this year & just hoping he can get through without any hiccups, gain some confidence back in his body then hit 26 pre season with some real vigour.

12 months is soon mate

Has rocked up to pre season with no restrictions

6 minutes ago, SthSea22 said:

12 months is soon mate

Has rocked up to pre season with no restrictions

Well clearly there are restrictions because according to track watchers he’s been in rehab? Are you just making up stuff again like the Pickett to Port papers?

1 hour ago, SthSea22 said:

12 months is soon mate

Has rocked up to pre season with no restrictions

Coming up to 9months post opp. Could’ve sworn track watches have already said that he’s been involved in main training but also been pulled out of some drills.

But good luck to the young man.

4 hours ago, dpositive said:

Ive noted before it is the definitive Three Letter Acronym

Actually an acronym is only such if it creates a pronouncable word, i.e. SCUBA, ASCII or NASA. TLA is an initialism not an acronym. (sorry)

19 hours ago, Demon_spurs said:

Actually an acronym is only such if it creates a pronouncable word, i.e. SCUBA, ASCII or NASA. TLA is an initialism not an acronym. (sorry)

This is why I like Demonland. Come for the gossip, stay for the education.

6 hours ago, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

This is why I like Demonland. Come for the gossip, stay for the education.

The Friday training thread is currently in Latin. Some might say we've become a parody of ourselves, but I'm all for it. Now, back to my cheeseboard.

Nix non amplius est, Range Rover meum reparatur et caseus pretiosus mihi deest. Sinite me paulisper oblectari, quaeso.