Maxy has a broken pinky finger, sustained during training on Monday.

Sharpie is looking at 8 - 10 weeks on the sidelines. He tore his hammy just after Xmas.

10 minutes ago, Ghostwriter said:

Maxy has a broken pinky finger, sustained during training on Monday.

Sharpie is looking at 8 - 10 weeks on the sidelines. He tore his hammy just after Xmas.

Wow… Sharp wasn’t moving like a guy that will be out for another 2 months+ 🤷‍♂️

Edited 8 hours ago8 hr by RedLegs23

23 minutes ago, RedLegs23 said:

Wow… Sharp wasn’t moving like a guy that will be out for another 2 months+ 🤷‍♂️

Yep thought he was running around the boundary well!

CJ running laps with Melky. I asked on Monday if he was back to full training. Got a smart [censored] reply. Seems to still be being managed. Anyone actually have a clear answer on his fitness

52 minutes ago, RedLegs23 said:

Wow… Sharp wasn’t moving like a guy that will be out for another 2 months+ 🤷‍♂️

Just passing on what he told me.

Just now, Ghostwriter said:

Just passing on what he told me.

Is Xavier Taylor out there today? Thanks

26 minutes ago, Trident22 said:

CJ running laps with Melky. I asked on Monday if he was back to full training. Got a smart [censored] reply. Seems to still be being managed. Anyone actually have a clear answer on his fitness

Who was the reply from? Sounds like a bit of poor form.

1 hour ago, Ghostwriter said:

Maxy has a broken pinky finger, sustained during training on Monday.

Better not risk him for State of Origin...

5 minutes ago, Ghostwriter said:

Just passing on what he told me.

Yeah no probs👍 Always appreciated

35 minutes ago, Greg Schneider said:

Is Xavier Taylor out there today? Thanks

Reggie certainly was there today. Trained as normal.

3 minutes ago, Ghostwriter said:

Reggie certainly was there today. Trained as normal.

It was a great pleasure to talk to you today.

1 hour ago, Ghostwriter said:

Maxy has a broken pinky finger, sustained during training on Monday.

Sharpie is looking at 8 - 10 weeks on the sidelines. He tore his hammy just after Xmas.

Hope this means Gawn doesnt play in the State of Origin. 😁

7 minutes ago, Gorgoroth said:

Hope this means Gawn doesnt play in the State of Origin. 😁

Asked him about that. He will be playing

1 minute ago, Trident22 said:

Asked him about that. He will be playing

I wish that wasn't the case.

Watched training for an hour this morning… I’m now finding this stage of preparation slightly boring! I’m ready for real competition, not ‘dancing with your sister’ stuff! No offence to sisters intended, nor to players or coaches.

It was a busy hour. Three competitive activities going on at the same time, groups of players rotated through these, so I propped myself up on the fence and waited for them to come to me!

Observations;

Windsor, Kossie, Culley and Salem were standouts for me.

Windsor has developed his tackling to compliment his pace.

Good to see May and Lever looking fit.

Latrelle and Ricky Mentha in everything.

The emphasis in everything they do is on quick ball movement. The intensity is up. Disposals do not always hit the target, but the movement is lightning fast. The ‘defenders’ are always outnumbered. I look forward to seeing our players perform with real pressure from a competitive opposition.

Viney ran and ran and ran at a good clip throughout.

Agree with others that Sharp didn’t look two months away from rejoining regular training.

I thought Kentfield and Jefferson looked good in the competitive drills.

Lindsay looks stronger in the legs and hips.

Thanks Wayne,

Any views on our ruck back up?

Does Max H look like a genuine back up for Max G

22 minutes ago, Gorgoroth said:

I wish that wasn't the case.

I really disagree, I'm very keen for State of Origin to return and I'm glad we have players in it, it'll be a good experience for them and I like to think it as extra training for them anyway.

Gawny said it best, the players that play in it won't play in the other pre season match for their club, so the risk for injury is essentially the same

Plus players get injured in weird circumstances that have nothing to do with state of Origin: Hogan jamming his fingers in a door, Rampe tripping over a chain fence, Mills wrestling with his mates etc

Anyway sorry to stray from the thread title, just getting a little sick of the negativity around SOO around here

TC was there for a bit today but didn’t train. He’s in a neck-brace as a result of a knock to his head last week at Casey which resulted in neck pain. There’s no serious damage to his neck, the neck-brace is precautionary.

22 minutes ago, waynewussell said:

Watched training for an hour this morning… I’m now finding this stage of preparation slightly boring! I’m ready for real competition, not ‘dancing with your sister’ stuff! No offence to sisters intended, nor to players or coaches.

It was a busy hour. Three competitive activities going on at the same time, groups of players rotated through these, so I propped myself up on the fence and waited for them to come to me!

Observations;

Windsor, Kossie, Culley and Salem were standouts for me.

Windsor has developed his tackling to compliment his pace.

Good to see May and Lever looking fit.

Latrelle and Ricky Mentha in everything.

The emphasis in everything they do is on quick ball movement. The intensity is up. Disposals do not always hit the target, but the movement is lightning fast. The ‘defenders’ are always outnumbered. I look forward to seeing our players perform with real pressure from a competitive opposition.

Viney ran and ran and ran at a good clip throughout.

Agree with others that Sharp didn’t look two months away from rejoining regular training.

I thought Kentfield and Jefferson looked good in the competitive drills.

Lindsay looks stronger in the legs and hips.

I know what you mean. 😂 But I'm trying to become better at delaying gratification. The silly thing is a few months into each season, with so many games and hours of footy coverage per week, the aura has faded on plenty of footy stuff IMO. Players would burnout and not develop if preseasons were only 3 months and round 1 was next week. Doesn't your sister have friends you can dance with? 🤣

26 minutes ago, Salems Lot said:

Thanks Wayne,

Any views on our ruck back up?

Does Max H look like a genuine back up for Max G

From the bits I saw today, it seemed AJ was way to strong when they versed each other in the ruck around the ground.

13 minutes ago, possiblework1999 said:

the players that play in it won't play in the other pre season match for their club

Well for a team that's trying to develop a new game style it's less than ideal.

I think state of origin is a total waste of time.

If it goes like it did in past years there will be a big deal the first one and from then on players will feign injury to not play.

Then the gloss goes off and they don't do it until someone thinks its a great idea again.

It's a dumb cycle.

Only spent about an hour and bit there today but this is what I noticed.

Maxy - Ran and ran today. Super fit!

Culley - In everything and can see him being a main midfielder but probably just holds onto it that little bit too long.

Windsor - Speed to burn!

Kentfield - Great mark he is.

Trelly - Kid looks very good. Excited by him.

Langford - Gets the ball, kicks it to a good option then continues to push hard to receive the handball and get the ball going forward. Working really hard.

Lever and Aj stood out for me when a few keys were doing one on one when the ball was kicked up in the air. A couple of great marks.

Kotl - Also saw him take a few decent marks when they were doing a little match sim (pretty sure that’s what they were) but his kicking after them let him down. Also ran really hard to add pressure on his opponent which would cause a turn over.

I'm with @waynewussell , in that there was little to take away from this session.

The match sim component barely lasted 15 minutes, which is where you get an idea of who is playing where, how the ball is being moved, and the chance to see new players in competitive situations. I suspect with the season not far away, that those components are being reserved for the Casey sessions, away from prying eyes and @picket fence

Telling for me was that despite the 10.00 advertised start time, when I arrived 30 mins beforehand, the players were already there doing "beep test" runs. That is something I have never seen before, especially more so when it is being done BEFORE the session. Then at the end of the session all players in groups of 4 were running boundary at a fair clip. None of the simulation is now over, get some water and sign autographs.

Injury list: Viney, Campbell ( neck), Henderson, McAdam ( again..still), Max ( broken finger), Mihocek, Sharp, with Bowey and Laurie not present. Then some cameo's from Melksham, AMW, CJ at times, although they ran in the match sim.

Better than the 14 on the sidelines pre Christmas, but I doubt we will see anything of a couple of those this season. So with a couple of "train on" players out there today, and reportedly there last Monday as well, I'm expecting a couple to go on the LTI, to enable us to draft in replacements ala Culley last season.

Edited 2 hours ago2 hr by george_on_the_outer

First I have heard this summer about Lever being in the thick of it.

Glad to hear. May and Lever seem to have been forgotten and could still be very potent for us up back

With Petty, Taylor, TMac and Disco interchanging around our defence could prove to be pretty solid.

16 minutes ago, rjay said:

Well for a team that's trying to develop a new game style it's less than ideal.

I think state of origin is a total waste of time.

If it goes like it did in past years there will be a big deal the first one and from then on players will feign injury to not play.

Then the gloss goes off and they don't do it until someone thinks its a great idea again.

It's a dumb cycle.

I'm not sure really sure what you mean by cycle considering a it's the first actual state vs state game in the 21st century (first in 27years), hardly a cycle. I think it's a great idea to get rep footy back with the best players in the league playing. Just about every other team from has a form of top level representative (ie. Playing for your country or state).

Plus it's less than handfull of players from each club, I'm sure the game plan and all that will be fine.

Me and my mates are keen for it, and I've got mates from WA that are keen for it and are going. A few of us are getting together to watch it. Obviously we don't know how it will go, but it's not a waste of time for us - but that's okay you don't have to watch it :)

Edited 5 hours ago5 hr by possiblework1999