15 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

Absolute Legend, comfortably in my top handful of players I've got serious enjoyment from watching.

Edited 7 hours ago7 hr by Roost it far

1 hour ago, Roost it far said:

Absolute Legend, comfortably in my top handful of players I've got serious enjoyment from watching.

And one of the first small forwards in the game to put serious pressure on opposition defense. Before Cyril

7 minutes ago, dice said:

And one of the first small forwards in the game to put serious pressure on opposition defense. Before Cyril

And only just sneaked onto the list before members reached into their pockets to upgrade him.

The rest is history, great player

Edited 6 hours ago6 hr by FireInTheBennelly
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1 hour ago, Roost it far said:

Absolute Legend, comfortably in my top handful of players I've got serious enjoyment from watching.

I really like that idea - players you really enjoy watching, as opposed to 'best' players

Flash not in my top 10 best Demon players, but def one of the dees I most enjoyed watching.

3 hours ago, Dees051321 said:

Sorry weird question but when are we announcing our leadership group/ captain/ vice captain for the year

Concern is an understatement if we roll out Max (C) and Viney (VC) for the 7th consecutive year (correct me if I’m wrong).

No slight on Max and he should/will remain captain for this year and probably next but a fresh face at the very least under him or at least in a group that’s “public” would be refreshing to say the least.

26 minutes ago, BC_1718_DC said:

Concern is an understatement if we roll out Max (C) and Viney (VC) for the 7th consecutive year (correct me if I’m wrong).

No slight on Max and he should/will remain captain for this year and probably next but a fresh face at the very least under him or at least in a group that’s “public” would be refreshing to say the least.

Doubly so given the fact that Viney is out for half the season

Bring in whoever is next in line as VC to start establishing themselves before taking over in the next year or two

55 minutes ago, BC_1718_DC said:

Concern is an understatement if we roll out Max (C) and Viney (VC) for the 7th consecutive year (correct me if I’m wrong).

No slight on Max and he should/will remain captain for this year and probably next but a fresh face at the very least under him or at least in a group that’s “public” would be refreshing to say the least.

We would have fully imploded if not for the leadership and stability of those two. Imagine if we had of picked Trac or Clarry?

Agree Max is an almost certainty for captain. Lever perhaps vice but i’ll back whoever the coaches and players vote for

Are most Clubs choosing more than one or two players as VC'S?

5 hours ago, Dees051321 said:

Sorry weird question but when are we announcing our leadership group/ captain/ vice captain for the year

Do team photos give us any indication of leadership groups?

Next to King, we have Max and Viney. Either side of those we have Lever, T Mac and Melksham.

Just wondering.

Edited 4 hours ago4 hr by Dee Zephyr

4 minutes ago, Willmoy1947 said:

Are most Clubs choosing more than one or two players as VC'S?

IIRC, a while back there was a trend of clubs having multiple VCs, and even in a couple of cases, two captains.

But if I were to guess, I'd say now most clubs don't (have multiple VCs), and also have fewer players in the leadership group. Which is better in my humble.

I believe Trent Rivers was appearing at a speaking engagement with our coach this week (?) so perhaps that’s an indication

Gorgeous morning for a training run down at Gosch's Paddock.

They were out early again.

Plenty of running in the warm ups. Looks like they are building their aerobic capacity, getting them match fit.

The drills appeared to emphasise pressure and skills.

The sims consisted of two 10 minute periods and a rest after 5 minutes in both. Mainly taken by Rivers who got the mids to set up with gentleness on either side of the midfield, before they floated a ball down back, from where it got more serious.

The attackers were able to create turn overs if the backs weren't tuned in. The tackling remains restrained, competing in aerials is nearly non-existent. Some of the ball movement was fast, very little looking for the central corridor, most taking it around the boundary. The passes into the forwards are improving. Plenty of leads of the back of the pack. The mids continue to work on overlap, causing the defenders to work hard on hand overs as they close the space ahead of them.

I like what Kolt is doing, reads the play well off half-back and gut runs up the field for more possessions. Still learning his position as he makes sure he is in the area delegated to him by asking Lever.

He is not the only one with extensive movement, Adams is also doing it. We will be doing plenty of getting to the contest area in a game, if they persist with full field runs from the backs.

Steele will tackle anything, his field kicking and decision making is great.

Heath loves bringing his runners into the game, presents well and quickly hands off the ball.

Melksham still has his craftiness. His kicking is getting even better.

I am still on the fence with Mathews, beautiful kick but not getting enough of the ball.

Latrelle is a happy and gregarious man.

The set of tall backs on one side were, Turner (also looking good, creates time and has poise), Tmac (doing everything right), and Lever (lots of chasing and captaining the backs).

The set of tall forwards on the same side were, Miochek (mister reliable), Jeffo (getting separation), and JVR (imposing himself).

After the sims they went into their line groups.

Loved that the goal kicking practice was only the forwards. You could see the mids wanted to be in there kicking but no, only forwards. Even Lever wanted into that “sacred” space. Chaplin has them in a structured environment, with plenty of success and connection within that group.

Someone parked their car and then sprinted onto the Paddock with the black mask of Luke in hand. With only 5 minutes of the sim to go it made no difference. My guess as to why Kentfield was on light duties, he forgot it.

Edited 3 hours ago3 hr by Kev

5 minutes ago, Kev said:

I am still on the fence with Mathews, beautiful kick but not getting enough of the ball.

Does he really have to? Kid’s just got his knee right

1 minute ago, Greg Schneider said:

Does he really have to? Kid’s just got his knee right

Mathews was given the orange bib, the one that a high up forward takes so as to create links. He was doing more chasing than getting. That position is possibly the hardest one to achieve in.

He does have something about him, though a little time at Casey will suit (speculative).

Edited 3 hours ago3 hr by Kev

23 minutes ago, Kev said:

Gorgeous morning for a training run down at Gosch's Paddock.

They were out early again.

Plenty of running in the warm ups. Looks like they are building their aerobic capacity, getting them match fit.

The drills appeared to emphasise pressure and skills.

The sims consisted of two 10 minute periods and a rest after 5 minutes in both. Mainly taken by Rivers who got the mids to set up with gentleness on either side of the midfield, before they floated a ball down back, from where it got more serious.

The attackers were able to create turn overs if the backs weren't tuned in. The tackling remains restrained, competing in aerials is nearly non-existent. Some of the ball movement was fast, very little looking for the central corridor, most taking it around the boundary. The passes into the forwards are improving. Plenty of leads of the back of the pack. The mids continue to work on overlap, causing the defenders to work hard on hand overs as they close the space ahead of them.

I like what Kolt is doing, reads the play well off half-back and gut runs up the field for more possessions. Still learning his position as he makes sure he is in the area delegated to him by asking Lever.

He is not the only one with extensive movement, Adams is also doing it. We will be doing plenty of getting to the contest area in a game, if they persist with full field runs from the backs.

Steele will tackle anything, his field kicking and decision making is great.

Heath loves bringing his runners into the game, presents well and quickly hands off the ball.

Melksham still has his craftiness. His kicking is getting even better.

I am still on the fence with Mathews, beautiful kick but not getting enough of the ball.

Latrelle is a happy and gregarious man.

The set of tall backs on one side were, Turner (also looking good, creates time and has poise), Tmac (doing everything right), and Lever (lots of chasing and captaining the backs).

The set of tall forwards on the same side were, Miochek (mister reliable), Jeffo (getting separation), and JVR (imposing himself).

After the sims they went into their line groups.

Loved that the goal kicking practice was only the forwards. You could see the mids wanted to be in there kicking but no, only forwards. Even Lever wanted into that “sacred” space. Chaplin has them in a structured environment, with plenty of success and connection within that group.

Someone parked their car and then sprinted onto the Paddock with the black mask of Luke in hand. With only 5 minutes of the sim to go it made no difference. My guess as to why Kentfield was on light duties, he forgot it.

Thanks kev great report again

Only 25 days til round 1!

1 hour ago, Demonland said:

Would be great to play 2 rucks against the Saints round 1 and Heath to play a blinder

9 minutes ago, DubDee said:

Would be great to play 2 rucks against the Saints round 1 and Heath to play a blinder

They have Marshall and TDK to roll out….

2 hours ago, DubDee said:

We would have fully imploded if not for the leadership and stability of those two. Imagine if we had of picked Trac or Clarry?

Agree Max is an almost certainty for captain. Lever perhaps vice but i’ll back whoever the coaches and players vote for

We didn’t fully implode? Coach sacked? President gone? CEO gone? Arguably 2/3 of our best players left and we didn’t implode? That was under the two spoken leadership. I love Max as much as anyone but if you want to put the responsibility on Max and Jack for not letting us implode, then put it on them countless indirections that have happened under their eyes and leadership too.

Edited 2 hours ago2 hr by BC_1718_DC
Didn’t write my response

21 minutes ago, DubDee said:

Only 25 days til round 1!

Is that the first game of the new season or the round called round one.

You could not make this stuff up and this by the people running the game.

I wonder if Luker learning ruck work means that using JVR as second ruck (other than deep forward throw ins) will be a thing of the past. Hopefully 🤞

Let him become a top rank tall forward

In other news I will return from fishing, surfing,hang gliding, golf, glug glugs, shrugging of admiring glances from randoms trying to be... to return to Slithera Central next week for another P.F training report. Have a few t.v shows and movies in mind and something right outa left field...

STAY WELL ALL...

P.F

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