Sheppresent

He's the player I'm most looking forward to seeing in 2016, he has all of the attributes to be a jet.

Let the haters hate. Particularly Retard Ralphy, Slobbo and co.

We're going to rise, and shortly, when we do, they'll back-peddle 100mph!

I'm very optimistic he will make the grade, and will play games this year.

He's one of the players I'm very keen to see debut this year.

Has a mature body now, and we lack genuine pace, which he has in spades.

14 minutes ago, DeePicks said:

Got down for a look and was impressed at what was on display. No good at these things but since there's no reports so far I'll try put a few things down.

I was about 20 min late and walked into a fast paced ball movement/decision making drill. I try get to a few training sessions each pre season and haven't seen this before. I should mention that Goodwin and McCarthy were running training and I didn't see Roo's all day. It was play on at all cost with sharp decisions which were generally hitting there targets. It was a great drill cause not only was it teaching the boys about ball movement it was teaching the defending group about guarding space or when to fully commit to the ball carrier.

A couple of other notes from today.

- I'm a Kent fan and he was running the boundary and he's a beast. Big thighs, thick through his chest. If fully fit come round 1 should be in starting 22.

- they did simply things like goal kicking for 10 min. Garlett was doing dribble kicks, Hogan leading and marking, mid field clearance work. Backs intercept marking. Rucks tap work then tackle and spread. It was just the little things but to be honest things we need to make instinct and not stop and think oh yeah I need to be doing this.

- loved the banter in the goal kicking. Gawn most vocal and pretty funny. Watts had a bit to say and you can see his very well liked by the boys.

- running drill at the end was 2 sets of  10 x 100m sprints. Getting to the last couple you could see a few boys struggle then    McCarthy yells out "talk and help each other through" to which a few boys piped up. Gus was struggling and Watts was tapping him on the back until the last one Watts almost run the last with his arm around Gus's waist encouraging/helping him through. They crossed the line and the two embraced for a while, nice touch.

- Track said its a small fracture and not as bad as first thought, said media made it bigger than it is.

- The team is looking big as in height and size. At one stage midfield was Vanders, Gus, Tyson and Gawn. I could only think that it would be a little imposing with the size. 

 

I've been writing this for over an hour and can't recall what I've said but that's what happens with 3 kids. Hope someone can take a little from this. Cheers

 

Cheers for the update DeePicks,

Kent is the one I'm most excited about this year, also hopeful that Salem takes a big leap forward.

4 hours ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

I'd dump the 2005 Essendon game from the list. Just doesn't come to mind when I think of classic wins.

I'd replace it with the 2000 qualifying final v's Carlton. Surprised that hasn't been mentioned yet as it was just a magnificent win after being down by 5 goals at 3qtr time to the second best side that year.

The worst win since 1970 was that shocker of a game v's Brisbane last year.

With you on that one!

The best win I've seen, and by a fair distance.

Love the bloke!

Even more so after he re-signed, and gave a couple of drive-bys to players that have left through FA.

Started training early with the young blokes too, we need more players like him.

4 hours ago, daisycutter said:

the club described it as a "hiccup". go figure. it's talked about on another thread

4-6 most probably 

What a great way to learn....!