Demonland Trackwatchers Kev Martin and Dee Zephyr wandered down to Gosch's Paddock on Saturday morning to bring you their observations from the Captain's Run in the lead up to Sunday's Round One match against the Bulldogs.
KEV MARTIN'S CAPTAIN'S RUN OBSERVATIONS
Rehab is out early. A beautiful Saturday morning, though plenty of dew on the paddock
Verrall doing hard sprints along the boundary.
McAdam individual program and has started, ball work, change of direction drills, and easy kicking and handball.
Melky, carrying weights as he changes direction.
Hunter continues his running program. Melky has joined him for some runs through the middle. Hunter is struggling to keep up with him (will need a block of conditioning).
Captain's run cannot be far off.
Verrall last session at Gosch's, looked like he may do a full training, though started with a test in rehab which he didn't pass. Was working on his hip, and stayed with rehab.
Gus is greeting the squad with applause and cheers from them. He is wearing the coaches colours. Looks like they have appointed him in an off field role.
Laurie is not with the squad.
Strange isn't it. Not sure what is going on!
When Choco called for forwards to have some goal kicking, BBB went behind the goals to kick the ball out to them.
TMac definitely with the backs.
Max also doing plenty of work with the backs.
Salem with the mids.
Howes and Rivers did some stoppage work high on the wings.
Chandler was kicking well at goals.
McQualter taking most of the structural sims.
Goody taking the stoppages.
Looks like they are looking for quick plays down the corridors, by hitting the inside players, short, middle or wide.
Hore looked nervous at the start of the drills.
Woey seems to have slimmed down since the start of the preseason, moving well.
Kossie was forward and on song, looking very good, and extremely focused.
There was a mob of the players wives and kids on the sidelines. They were really happy about TMac (dad of three), he ended his session rolling around with his kids.
Max had some strapping on his lower left calf. Moving well and involved in everything.
Tholstrup and Viney cannot stop tackling each other.
Melky finished his session, tackling the bag, then attacks a ball put in by a trainer (plenty of intensity).
Going about it well, head down, keeping a low profile, doing the team stuff. Certainly not as animated as previous years.
DEE ZEPHYR'S CAPTAIN'S RUN OBSERVATIONS
Brayshaw is here.
Tholstrup the only emergency training.
Bowey and Spargo walking laps.
Kicking and handball drills along with linking have been met with some real sharpness in their short duration.
Brown hasn’t joined in a couple of the drills and is doing solo work (snapping at goals, short handballs) with a couple of trainers.
He looked ok to me, moved well during drills. He was very chummy with some of his teammates, especially Kozzie.
