Azillolz

Cheering us on From the island of Mauritius, Please keep this going Dees

Just now, Clint Bizkit said:

Moist.

Spare a thought for all the Sydney fans who may get rain in their chardonnay.

13 minutes ago, Rusty Nails said:

If what they say about the weather Is true I would be scoffing down that pie & chips ASAP Azill ! 

Already spent all my money on the ticket to get in, time to take out a loan.

Who does bugg go to, Kennedy I'm guessing.

1 minute ago, Rusty Nails said:

They hand out free Flags & Player faces....reckon you've scored

When the SCG are charging $5.90 for chips and $7 for a pie the win was in vain.

$40 to sit with the demon army, WTF?

The only way Roos would think of taking rance is if Garland leaves, if not forget it, we need a gun midfielder, not an ok defender.

Why did JKH look so poor? Dawes has his critics and I can understand the other 2 but I thought JKH was a good trainer it's what go him games early last year.

Was Toumpas training down back again?

I was curious about that as well. JKH killed it in the 3km time trial and in the sessions I have seen he has been really clean with his disposal.

There are few players (more than I can ever remember) that I think could really surprise this year with their improvement and JKH is one of them

He looked a bit off at training, his kicking for goal wasn't great and wasn't moving around as well as he could have, he trained with the forwards and looked out of it, could just be the day we will have to wait until Friday to see what he brings up. He looks more solid than last year but other than that nothing else has improved from what I can see. I could be wrong so i'll wait until Nab cup to see his progress. Toumpas was training in the midfield and looks to been trying to cement his spot there Werridee

I'll do a 22 as of today, and just 22, and those fully fit as of today, and what I have seen at training

Dunn, Frost, McDonald, Grimes, Lumumba Jetta

Jamar, Jones x 2, Tyson, Cross, McKenzie

Hogan, Dawes , Gawn, Kent, JKH, Garlett

Toumpas, Salem, Newton, sub:Petracca

Dawes won't be there Rd 1 so Pedersen

Garland if fit replaces Frost who goes to the bench, meaning one of Salem or Toumpas would drop off

If Watts and Vince are fit, would have to have a rethink

And so it goes on

Hows Garlett been Training? Didn't really see him today, wasn't with the main group so i assume he doesn't have the endurance to play round one, Potentially sub.

My thoughts are like a lot of others at the moment, we seem to have so manyy fit and so many options, I want to see the NAB Cup.

Every time I try and do a 22, I find I have left somebody out that I think should be in.

Toumpas has been training really well, and with Roos I think adopting a clean slate at the start of each season, it is up to each player to play themselves in or out of the team

I'm sure a lot of our other players will get a shot in nab cup, not all our 1st choice are flying to Perth so its a chance for Newton, michie, Reily and Toumpas to step up, also a chance to blood Brayshaw and CP, for our other games i want roo's to slowly introduce our more senior players. I believe for nab cup we can have more players on the bench. Its too early for a round one guess, Injuries happen during nab cup and there might be a few players flying high under the radar. Nab Cup will be interesting indeed

We took ours last time we ventured to moccasin and trackie territory, didn't see any others, just Commodores and Monaros burning up and down the Berwick road alongside the pavement we were riding on

Nice to see Toumpas get a name check from somebody else beside me, again though where does he fit in the side, the NAB Cup will make interesting viewing in itself

Totally agree, but Wednesday, apart from being a lighter day usually just concentrates on one thing, sounds like 'walking' through clearances today

I suggest he can be placed on the wing or Forward flank, his goal now is to break into the squad and try to cement a spot there. can see him playing a few games with the sub vest involved. Like to hear your thoughts TDI

Well Casey is closer to outer space than to Sydney. That is a fact.

It took me a while to process what you said but yes, that is true

Given you were out at Casey, I'm disappointed that the young mums were wagging school to take their kids to training..

Oh yeah, Forgot school had started, The life of a former Year 12 student

Thanks for the reports.

By the way, Casey is closer to Tas than Sydney.

I thought it was closer to the moon

Thanks for the reports, I did say Wednesday was a light day, it is Hogan's 'day off', so fact he was running laps no concern

Interesting that Salem was doing one on one with Rawlings again, will try and ask him on Friday what the deal is

No problems TDI, I was concerned at first but he was running strongly so all is well it seems,

I am interested to find out whats with Salem as well, Keep up the good work aswell.

"Salem doing one on one punching with Rawlings".

Been a few comments like this recently, seems pretty clear they're seriously thinking about him off HB.

Yes i can confirm this, He has also been doing alot of one on one contesting. Perhaps to get his confidence of engaging in a contest up. This mostly takes place after the main training session. I'm not reading to much into it but He is being groomed for that role it seems

I suggest that with the coaches emphasis on two way running, that those who do not do this come game day, may get used to their surrounds today! With our increased depth and fitness, there are no more excuses! Hopefully it was due to the lighter day as you suggested mate.

I agree, we now have the depth so that if you don't pull your finger out you get shipped to casey for a few weeks, the only regulars i feel are N Jones, Tyson vince and cross, even then Newton and Michie has the ability to play regular football, Unfortunately in that case we may not see Petracca and Brayshaw as often as we would like. I can see both of them getting spells of being the sub. Toumpas is dying to get more senior action if his work ethic is anything to go by, probably an indicator of how much he needs to work to get games which is exciting to see.

i think casey is well past suburbs, hardtack. probably closer to sydney

The metro line doesn't even go as far as casey, Cranbourne is the closest.

He must read demonland.

Interesting re your comments about the two way running. Roo's stated a few days ago that during the off season a big emphasis had been placed on the two way running. Maybe just an off day or part of the drill?

Maybe so, I didn't really see much two way running today, maybe because its wednesday which is a slack day, the drill itself didn't require much two way running but still discouraging to see older players walking back to the reset. Today was more focused on clearances specifically from the HBF with throw ins, Jamar did most of the tap work vs Spenser with some players moving up toward HF once the clearance had been made. Maroochedore probably had that influence but with the nab cup weeks away maybe moving toward gameplay.

Good news for the oldies, the bun is gone.

Is there any truth they had to train in flak jackets and combat helmets?

Only when they have to train against Lynden Dunn. He has also gotten rid of that stupid bun

Satyr, you deserve the rest so enjoy it.

I read on the Monday training thread that you felt there was an improvement in both the two way running and the kicking at training. The latter is something that will be gauged better when the team plays under the pressure of competition but the former is something that I've been expecting since Dave Misson arrived at the club three years ago.

At the time, the fitness staff measured the group's capacity to run and the word was that the results were disappointing. We had too many players who didn't measure up and fingers were pointed at some of them who didn't have the work ethic to get up to the level of the stronger clubs. We were told that it would be a three year project and so here we are at the point where we can expect some results - especially since some of our worse trainers have fallen by the wayside.

So I would ask those at tomorrow's session to observe and report on how hard the players are running. Hopefully, we're getting at least closer to the middle of the table instead of down the back where we were three years ago because that's the area, along with improved skills, that can help us move up the ladder.

From what I observed today, We can run one way alright (depends on the player) but not the other way. To often in the clearance drills the ones involved in the actual clearance would slowly move up the ground with no urgency. I reckon the coaches are trying to get certain players to move all the way up the ground when we have a clearance from a ball up or ball-in. Chunk was one of these players where he would help the clearance pass it to Toump on the wing and run to get it back around CHF to deliver into the fwd 50. But the players doing that would walk back to the reset which doesn't bode well if we turn it over at CHF. For me Tyson or Viney can fit this role with the other midfielder moving up to lock it in our forward 50. Overall the running is ok, we aren't overly quick but we have much more endurance now.

What was it that particularly caught your eye with Toumpas? What caused him to stand out? (This question is also directed to La Dee-vina Comedia)

For me it was his endurance, he was constantly attacking the ball and his kicks hit the target, during the contested sessions though he tried to muscle his way into it but to no avail, towards the end he ended up running from the contest towards the forward flank to receive the kick. marking was fair aswell. Interesting as to whether he can translate this into game play this season. He has fortunantly stopped watching the play and is now doing it. Probably one of our top trainers.

Overall looks fantastic, Jamar looks fitter than ever and looks like he can do a couple more seasons,

Dunny's endurance has improved massively and would probably able to do a rebounding role as well, Frost looks set for round 1.

Midfield looks like a tighter unit with Brayshaw and Petracca looking quite settled, Harmes contesting with Lumumba, N jones and Cross, Got belted but had a go.

Gawn looking like holding down the resting ruckman position in the forward line while his goal kicking has vastly improved.

No one was really poor but Dawes, JKH, McKenzie and Terlich looked second rate. while the likes of Vince and Bail were hardly noticed.

Jones and Brayshaw had their goal kicking contest afterward which Brayshaw hilariously rolled along the ground to put chunk off.

Hey Guys,

I was at the open training today down at casey fields.

Standouts today were Kent, Frost, Toumpas, Newton, Jetta and N Jones

Hogan was running laps as were watts, and a few new players but disappeared by 9:30

Wasn't as hot or as windy as it gets down here in cranbourne.

No Roosy today, goodwin and miller were running the show.

Three groups today mostly, Forwards, Mid and Defence.

Feel free to ask any questions