1 hour ago, RedLegs23 said:

Another picture perfect morning down @ Casey☀️👌

Arrived @ 10:15 & you would’ve believe it - THE GATES ARE OPEN!!!🤩First thing of notice, the energy & focus of the boys is super high! 

Rehab:

• McAdam running 100m gaps accompanied by Reece conca. Best i’ve seen him move. Running at 3/4 pace.

• Adams running the boundary resembling a 50 year old - don’t know what’s the go there but moving very very gingerly early.

• Max, AMW, Sharp, Mihocek & Mathews head across to another field with a trainer. 

• Petty not training at all - whats the go here? Bowey & Vines also in attendance with the latter also not training. 

• Chandler no show

Few drills early then straight into full blown match sim with umpires. Here’s what I saw.

1st QTR: 20mins

• Straight off the jump, Jeffo with a lovely contested pack mark 25 out right in front. Nails the kick & the boys love it🗣️ Jeffo with the first two majors for the game. Fantastic start from the young man. Whites up early.

• The deck @ Casey looks a picture. Carpet like👍

• Kalani White pegs one back with a goal at the other end. First for the  Blues.

• Latrelle & Kozzy in-play connection is evident & deadly!

• Jeffo with another contested grab along the flank. The most confident I’ve seen the kid.

• Deadset SCREAMER from Kozzy👀🤩 You’ll see that on the socials no doubt!!!

• Come on Kolt. Better than that mate. Couple turn over kicks.

• Kozzy’s been magical with just about with every touch so far. Cant be stopped & just too damn good.

• Jeffo again gets separation & marks on the flank. Kick inside 50, lose ball win to Culley, breaks a tackle who then delivers to Luker. White’s with another.

• Crunching tackle from young boy Reg.  Gone HTB!

• Roo getting busy. Assist in the goal square for Bill. Whites up & about

• Latrelle with the front and centre gather at break neck speed on the half forward flank. Boy he’s gonna be fun. 

• Intercept through the mid from Reg (X. Taylor for those who may have missed it) who takes it on immediately with the forward handball to Kozzy. Streams forward with a couple bounces who hits Kolt out the back just about on the line. Goal blues.

• Jeffo running back inside the F50 pocket as he finds seperation again. Mark. Set shot just misses to the right. Been the dominant forward so far.

• Trelly with the dancing feet, bobbing & weaving through traffic. Chefs kiss.

• Reg gets forward & wins the 1-on-1 free. Kicks the set shot like a true back man. Shanks it from 40.

Qtr time: Blues 3.2.20 - Whites 4.3.27

Heath not in match sim. White bib on & been running the boundary at half pace. Not sure whats the go there.

Boys now break into groups of 4 or 5’s running the boundary at a serious clip

2nd QTR: 20mins

• Beautiful contested fly from Leb across the back flank.

• Nice mark from Luker (playing in defence now), shanks the switch kick across the ground which is intercepted by Mentha @ the top of 50 arc & in full flight runs & kicks truly from 50👏 Goal blues.

• Bailey catches Luker HTB, quickly gets it to Kozzy who runs in for the checkside goal.

• Laurie dancing & weaving who then hits Culley centre mid, Culley darts it to Trelly on the lead who marks & nails the set shot from 45.

• Riv looking solid, so to Sparrow.

• Another pressure soccer goal off the deck to Kozz from the top of the goal square. 

• Lever vocal as heck. Love to hear it

• Low deep dart from a running Riley Bonner through the middle. Aiden Johnson with the lovely contested mark 25 out from Goal. Nails it. Well done mate.

• Stoppage LHS on F50. Contested win from Onley. Quick hands to Langford with the beautiful kick across his body from 45. What a beauty!👏

• You can see why the coined Jeffo the name magician. Bit of flair about him & got 3 or 4 now.

• Roo aerial game getting stronger by the minute. Another mark.

• Trelly is a jet people. Sold candy twice deep in F50 then check sides the goal. Lollllll what an excitement machine we have🤩

• Kalani on the right side of a Shane Warne wrongen which falls into his lap, snaps across his body 25 out. He’s got a couple.

• Luker’s had a couple mares across the backline but redeems himself with a beautiful contested pack mark deep in D50. Nice.

• Pup is all class. Wins a ground ball crumb, picks up swivels & kicks the snap from 15 out. 

• Ball’s pinging at serious pace people. Flow state.

• Mentha growing. Looking more comfortable & doing some nice things.

• Blues making a gap in this game now. 

• Great to see Sinnema out there & not looking out of place at all. Neet left foot.

• Kolt decision making in contested situations is not to the level… yet.

• Kolt again with the shank to the boundary with no pressure. It was all perceived pressure & that was enough to throw him off… not good signs tbh. 

Half time: forgot to catch the scores

3rd QTR: 20mins

• Noticed that the boys have swapped around a bit. Magnets have been flipped all over the place. Jeffo now in defence, Luker now up forward etc

• Off the opening bounce. Riv with the centre clearance to a leading Luker who marks on the top of the 50. Luker’s real good on the eye when in flight. Thumps it home from 50👏

• Bills clearly got talent, just gotta be given a chance I reckon. Kicks another.

• The transition from Kozzy is amazing. It started with him deep in defence with an outlet kick to the HB Flank. 30 seconds later he marks the ball 35m out from goal & of course he goals again⭐️

• May up forward, kicks a goal & celebrates ah la the Duursma bloke

• An unnumbered small HF named crossy? Looks ok. Kicked a couple

• Sinnema gets on the end of one.

3 QTR time: Blues 10.3.63 - Whites 12.8.80

Now some team running in between the arcs - aim is to get there within 10 seconds. Rest for 10 then back at it again. Over and over again. Boys are gassed.

4th QTR: 10mins

• Stoppage corner F50. Roo in the ruck who body’s his opponent, quick hands to Kozzy at pace, breaks one tackle, avaids and weaves, snaps from 40. Taking the absolute [censored] now ✋ 

• So impressed with Roo today. Another contested mark top of the RHS 50 & bangs it home. Got 3 or 4 now. Looks in rippling nick, hardened & covering the ground beautifuly. 

• Scores level now 81 apiece and the few in attendance are being treated here this morning. 

• Liking what I’m seeing from Bill. Very creative, balanced. Surely he gets a good go at it this year under King.

• Fritta with consecutive goals now.

• In game scenario - 4mins left and a goal up. Aim for a more controlled / tempo game.

• Jeffo got a bag now. 5 at least👏👏

• For a nice looking kick, Xlindsay has missed a few kicks he would usually nail.

• Another one to Roo

Thats time: Blues 17.3.105 - Whites 15.10.100

It’s now 12:45pm & the boys are still out there busting a gut, but thats me done. 

🔴🔵

Sorry, who's Pup? I thought that was Brown, who was delisted.

5 hours ago, Ethan Tremblay said:

I’m present and have already spotted a snake; Tom Morris is watching on. I’ll shoo him away with a rake.

Hope you are talking about Morris with the rake.

4 hours ago, GawnOfTheDead said:

Not related to this thread at all - any reason we don’t seem to get any Irish stars like Geelong tend to lately?

Obviously we have had arguably the greatest of all time, in Stynes, however I can’t recall any since, could be wrong.

Sean wight might have a word if he was still alive.

2 hours ago, Greg Schneider said:

Thanks Greg. How’s the ground ball gather @ 2:11 from Luker & then the balance / skill to dispose of it perfectly to Caleb who doesn’t break stride. Remember he’s near on 195cm.

& then @ 4:53 from Luker on the left.

Even with a couple of costly errors, mind you those errors were when he was rotated through defence, i really liked what I saw of him up forward.

Exciting prospect.

Look how far ahead of the game Trelly is right here @ 4:38. Attacking at top speed & with such purpose. He’s going to become a very damaging player for us. His trigger movement is to baulk & then looks to cut back inside. It always byes himself so much time. 

Funny because we always wanted a second type Pickett player so it could free up Kozz. Who knew that player would actually turn out to be his cousin with the same last name😂😂🙏

King did say everyone’s fair game. Blank canvas.

He plays round 1.

The play from Jeffo @ 4:32 good pace & dare. He was best on at qtr time for me. Im ready to believe now, I feel like his journey really begins from here onwards. The fast game loans itself to forwards who aren’t naturally aggressive physically ie; Fritta, Gunston etc. These are guys who need to be able to move in space. Not congestion. Not bombed in on head. 

Just gotta be able to start showing he’s potential over longer periods of the game now. 

Jeez we’ve been starved of a full forward. Footy’s just a better game when you have a dominant key forward.

Remembering prime Neitz. Coleman winning Neitz… those days where he was kicking bags & wining games was genuinely some of my greatest & happiest footy memories.

Was getting that feeling about Jesse. 

Here’s hoping again one day.

20 minutes ago, Go Ds said:

Sorry, who's Pup? I thought that was Brown, who was delisted.

Langford was called this a few times.

2 hours ago, Greg Schneider said:

Thanks for the great report, not great reading for Tholstrup 😬 Jefferson looks really good in the video the club uploaded, a few may have gone too early on him (Including me) !

Look, he’s young, hasn’t played many games at the top level & has had some interruptions to his early career - get that & believe me I wanna see the kid get there. But he’s got some way to go.

Making uncontested skill errors is an early worry as well as his decision making under pressure. Cant question his desire or one percenters, no problem there.

Unnumbered small across half-forward ? Paddy Cross played with Casey last season. Smart player knows where the goals are.

Jeffo break out year

1 hour ago, Cranky Franky said:

That's PR spin. His fitness has to be impacted.

Absolutely. Wouldn’t play him round 1. We’ve got Steele now who‘s fit and ready to go. Good replacement & would probably play Steele ahead of Vin anyway tbh. A fully fit & firing Jack Viney is another story though.

22 minutes ago, RedLegs23 said:

Langford was called this a few times.

So it’s an ironic name like Little John then?

The only pup I’d associate with him is a pitbull pup

2 hours ago, RedLegs23 said:

Thats time: Blues 17.3.105 - Whites 15.10.100

🔴🔵

I love a close game. Is there a ladder?

15 minutes ago, adonski said:

Jeffo break out year

Looks more like Disco Turners break out year

48 minutes ago, demon3165 said:

Sean wight might have a word if he was still alive.

Sean Wight started and finished his career about two years BEFORE Stynes' stretch. What a wonderful, dashing player! With that moustache he looked like a swashbuckler. I still remember him jumping over Brereton not for a speccy, but a '110%' defensive spoil! Oh, and there could still be some 'gold' up in the ranks of adolescent Irish footballers. I'd say most good coaches are always after a new advantage/ head start from the competition.

49 minutes ago, RedLegs23 said:

Langford was called this a few times.

So Langford was the Bison and Brown was Pup and Langford is now both Pup and bison?! Umm...

25 minutes ago, Demon Disciple said:

So it’s an ironic name like Little John then?

The only pup I’d associate with him is a pitbull pup

Ugly breed.

I like Sopwith Pup. Admirable flying characteristics with excellent maneuverability.

Put bison to bed.

27 minutes ago, Go Ds said:

So Langford was the Bison and Brown was Pup and Langford is now both Pup and bison?! Umm...

Personally I’ve never heard him being called bison out on the park.

1 hour ago, Tarax Club said:

Unnumbered small across half-forward ? Paddy Cross played with Casey last season. Smart player knows where the goals are.

Different style but he reminded me of Fritsch at Casey last year but doesn’t impact games quite enough and isn’t big enough to be a medium goal kicker type. I’m sure they’ll be watching him closely to see if he can put it all together.

36 minutes ago, Go Ds said:

Sean Wight started and finished his career about two years BEFORE Stynes' stretch.

You're way off. They played together for nine seasons, from 1987 to 1995 inclusive.

2 minutes ago, Demonstone said:

You're way off. They played together for nine seasons, from 1987 to 1995 inclusive.

One of my prevailing on-field memories as a little kid was watching Sean Wight hero diving a one armed spoil in the bucketing down rain at the punt road end. Otherwise I was too young to see much of his career.

Edited 3 hours ago3 hr by John Demonic

Huge thanks to Redlegs23, that was exceptionally well detailed and informative, also Ethan Trembley, The Analyser, Demonland and all posters and special comments, Training Reports were brilliant.

7 hours ago, Fritta and Turner said:

No, rookie draft

Yes, but he wasn't a mature age draftee to Freo.

6 hours ago, picket fence said:

Sorry all in Port Fairy at present and went fishing at Killarney Beach and ran into... you guessed it a big Black snake! Training reports will resume in a few weeks!

I hear your boy Jefferson had a great day and particularly a ripper first half...

Obviously you already know this, I just want to share in your 'determined to remain composed' non-grin! 😁

5 hours ago, RedLegs23 said:

Another picture perfect morning down @ Casey☀️👌

Arrived @ 10:15 & you would’ve believe it - THE GATES ARE OPEN!!!🤩First thing of notice, the energy & focus of the boys is super high! 

Rehab:

• McAdam running 100m gaps accompanied by Reece conca. Best i’ve seen him move. Running at 3/4 pace.

• Adams running the boundary resembling a 50 year old - don’t know what’s the go there but moving very very gingerly early.

• Max, AMW, Sharp, Mihocek & Mathews head across to another field with a trainer. 

• Petty not training at all - whats the go here? Bowey & Vines also in attendance with the latter also not training. 

• Chandler no show

Few drills early then straight into full blown match sim with umpires. Here’s what I saw.

1st QTR: 20mins

• Straight off the jump, Jeffo with a lovely contested pack mark 25 out right in front. Nails the kick & the boys love it🗣️ Jeffo with the first two majors for the game. Fantastic start from the young man. Whites up early.

• The deck @ Casey looks a picture. Carpet like👍

• Kalani White pegs one back with a goal at the other end. First for the  Blues.

• Latrelle & Kozzy in-play connection is evident & deadly!

• Jeffo with another contested grab along the flank. The most confident I’ve seen the kid.

• Deadset SCREAMER from Kozzy👀🤩 You’ll see that on the socials no doubt!!!

• Come on Kolt. Better than that mate. Couple turn over kicks.

• Kozzy’s been magical with just about with every touch so far. Cant be stopped & just too damn good.

• Jeffo again gets separation & marks on the flank. Kick inside 50, lose ball win to Culley, breaks a tackle who then delivers to Luker. White’s with another.

• Crunching tackle from young boy Reg.  Gone HTB!

• Roo getting busy. Assist in the goal square for Bill. Whites up & about

• Latrelle with the front and centre gather at break neck speed on the half forward flank. Boy he’s gonna be fun. 

• Intercept through the mid from Reg (X. Taylor for those who may have missed it) who takes it on immediately with the forward handball to Kozzy. Streams forward with a couple bounces who hits Kolt out the back just about on the line. Goal blues.

• Jeffo running back inside the F50 pocket as he finds seperation again. Mark. Set shot just misses to the right. Been the dominant forward so far.

• Trelly with the dancing feet, bobbing & weaving through traffic. Chefs kiss.

• Reg gets forward & wins the 1-on-1 free. Kicks the set shot like a true back man. Shanks it from 40.

Qtr time: Blues 3.2.20 - Whites 4.3.27

Heath not in match sim. White bib on & been running the boundary at half pace. Not sure whats the go there.

Boys now break into groups of 4 or 5’s running the boundary at a serious clip

2nd QTR: 20mins

• Beautiful contested fly from Leb across the back flank.

• Nice mark from Luker (playing in defence now), shanks the switch kick across the ground which is intercepted by Mentha @ the top of 50 arc & in full flight runs & kicks truly from 50👏 Goal blues.

• Bailey catches Luker HTB, quickly gets it to Kozzy who runs in for the checkside goal.

• Laurie dancing & weaving who then hits Culley centre mid, Culley darts it to Trelly on the lead who marks & nails the set shot from 45.

• Riv looking solid, so to Sparrow.

• Another pressure soccer goal off the deck to Kozz from the top of the goal square. 

• Lever vocal as heck. Love to hear it

• Low deep dart from a running Riley Bonner through the middle. Aiden Johnson with the lovely contested mark 25 out from Goal. Nails it. Well done mate.

• Stoppage LHS on F50. Contested win from Onley. Quick hands to Langford with the beautiful kick across his body from 45. What a beauty!👏

• You can see why the coined Jeffo the name magician. Bit of flair about him & got 3 or 4 now.

• Roo aerial game getting stronger by the minute. Another mark.

• Trelly is a jet people. Sold candy twice deep in F50 then check sides the goal. Lollllll what an excitement machine we have🤩

• Kalani on the right side of a Shane Warne wrongen which falls into his lap, snaps across his body 25 out. He’s got a couple.

• Luker’s had a couple mares across the backline but redeems himself with a beautiful contested pack mark deep in D50. Nice.

• Pup is all class. Wins a ground ball crumb, picks up swivels & kicks the snap from 15 out. 

• Ball’s pinging at serious pace people. Flow state.

• Mentha growing. Looking more comfortable & doing some nice things.

• Blues making a gap in this game now. 

• Great to see Sinnema out there & not looking out of place at all. Neet left foot.

• Kolt decision making in contested situations is not to the level… yet.

• Kolt again with the shank to the boundary with no pressure. It was all perceived pressure & that was enough to throw him off… not good signs tbh. 

Half time: forgot to catch the scores

3rd QTR: 20mins

• Noticed that the boys have swapped around a bit. Magnets have been flipped all over the place. Jeffo now in defence, Luker now up forward etc

• Off the opening bounce. Riv with the centre clearance to a leading Luker who marks on the top of the 50. Luker’s real good on the eye when in flight. Thumps it home from 50👏

• Bills clearly got talent, just gotta be given a chance I reckon. Kicks another.

• The transition from Kozzy is amazing. It started with him deep in defence with an outlet kick to the HB Flank. 30 seconds later he marks the ball 35m out from goal & of course he goals again⭐️

• May up forward, kicks a goal & celebrates ah la the Duursma bloke

• An unnumbered small HF named crossy? Looks ok. Kicked a couple

• Sinnema gets on the end of one.

3 QTR time: Blues 10.3.63 - Whites 12.8.80

Now some team running in between the arcs - aim is to get there within 10 seconds. Rest for 10 then back at it again. Over and over again. Boys are gassed.

4th QTR: 10mins

• Stoppage corner F50. Roo in the ruck who body’s his opponent, quick hands to Kozzy at pace, breaks one tackle, avaids and weaves, snaps from 40. Taking the absolute [censored] now ✋ 

• So impressed with Roo today. Another contested mark top of the RHS 50 & bangs it home. Got 3 or 4 now. Looks in rippling nick, hardened & covering the ground beautifuly. 

• Scores level now 81 apiece and the few in attendance are being treated here this morning. 

• Liking what I’m seeing from Bill. Very creative, balanced. Surely he gets a good go at it this year under King.

• Fritta with consecutive goals now.

• In game scenario - 4mins left and a goal up. Aim for a more controlled / tempo game.

• Jeffo got a bag now. 5 at least👏👏

• For a nice looking kick, Xlindsay has missed a few kicks he would usually nail.

• Another one to Roo

Thats time: Blues 17.3.105 - Whites 15.10.100

It’s now 12:45pm & the boys are still out there busting a gut, but thats me done. 

🔴🔵

Maaatee what a SENSATIONAL REPORT GATES OPEN.....? UNBELIEVABLE!!

THANKS P.F

Edited 2 hours ago2 hr by picket fence

Thank you Redleg for the great report and the rundown on how some of the players went in the match sim. Was good to have read it prior to watching the sim highlights.

Hard not to get excited given the training reports and the videos and pics we are getting from the club. Reports have highlighted not just the dills and player performances but, more importantly to my mind, the differences to the 'vibe' at training compared to the last couple of years.

Given all the changes at the club in the last few months it is difficult to know how we are going to go until the pedal hits the metal after the first competitive bounce. I am optimistic and believe that we will improve on 14th this season. different game plan, different personnel and different attitude. There will be games that blow out but the players and coaches have to keep their belief in what they are doing and build on it.

Watching the match sim video I loved the ball movement and the running but did not like the way our defenders lost their man when a grab was taken in a pocket. not so much the mark being taken but they were then allowed to play on to a player on their own in the goal square. I recall that happening twice..... once too often in my book.

Roll on Mid-March.

Go Dees!

3 hours ago, Demonstone said:

You're way off. They played together for nine seasons, from 1987 to 1995 inclusive.

Umm, someone said they thought we've had no Irish stars SINCE Stynes. How is someone who retired before Stynes someone "SINCE"?!!!! When I'm trying to provide facts I check them. Wikipedia had Wight playing from 1985 to 1995 and Jim Stynes playing in the seniors from 1987 to 1998. What have I said that was wrong? BTW I just double checked - AFL tables has Sean wight playing from round eight 1985 to that final game in 1995 where Sean Smith took that amazing mark up in Brisbane. Stynes debut in round three 1987 and played to the prelim final in 1998. Sorry but I've just missed your point completely here. I just know I can't say that Sean wight played since Stynes.