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It's definitely concerning. Not just at the quantity of players but the quality of players. That said, they all needed to have off season surgery because they were obviously playing through injuries last season so at least this way we can get them healthy for this season albeit underdone.

sure. but all I'm saying is petracca shouldn't be training with the forwards and whilst preuss is good insurance for gawn I think we need a forward of true rucking height that is a good kick for goal

Gawn should be doing an hour of goal kicking practice alone. With a goal kicking coach. Petracca needs to work on his snaps as well. He kicks it far too high and allows for the ball to curl far too much than he needs to. like he'll aim 5m right of the behinds and try and kick it up high and try and curl it around when he really just needs to aim at the middle of goals. it never curls as much as he is allowing for. I hope this post reaches him or I'll show him myself!

I'm a bit worried looking into this year. with the new kick in rule missed shots on goal are going to be even more costly. As the ball will be at least over the half way mark after the kick in It sounds like we plan on playing petracca forward who couldn't hit the side of a barn last season and one of our sharp shooters in melksham is well under done. Our other sharp shooter in fritsch they want played on a fricking wing or back flank. Throw in the fact that either preuss/gawn will be forward also. It frustrates me that a priority in goal kicking conversion hasn't been made and I will be more than happy to re-visit this post each time we lose a game due to poor conversion.

I'm quite annoyed with the number of good players that have had a limited pre-season. melksham, Oliver, viney, lever..yikes! a horror start

I'm sorry but if she is consenting she is consenting. if you question whether she was having fun, then you must question whether he was too. Otherwise, it a massive double standards. I agree he was silly to get filmed but he was in fricking Germany where no-one knows him. he is having fun with a legal substance and there was no nudity whatsoever.

I'm not at all sure why people didn't like Burgo. he was great! he was the first person to give decent pre-season diaries and the first person to interview our recruiting manager every year which was great because he is one of the most important people at our club. He interviewed the coaches and players before and after the game which wasn't done before (we had to wait for official afl releases). And he also was the first person to interview misson about our rehab group each year which I hadn't seen before. I always really appreciated the work he did.

how is this an attitude towards women issue? she was consenting to it all. so its just 2 people having a bit of fun on the Oktoberfest. Its people like you that make this PC ridiculous culture we're in.

I wouldn't say KK is a great footballer. he has a lot to prove and not sure how you can call Preuss a great footballer when he played in the vfl last year as he wasnt best 22. Lewis isnt best 22 anymore and Garlett is fringe. So let's ease up on the 'great' label.

I hate how everyone on here says how it proves we should've got rid of watts. Half of demonland were going to start up a petition to keep watts at the time he was about to get traded. it was embarrassing. It was even more embarrassing that he wasnt traded or delisted 5 years earlier. that's the real embarrassment

a massive overreaction. a) it's a legal substance and b) he is off season and he is allowed to have fun. c) it's not a great look but it's not even illegal. d) does it matter if it's off a womans chest? she was consenting anyway.

our pre-season is looking like a terrible one. All of our good players have been on modified programs. Oliver, Brayshaw, viney, melksham, lever etc ...

c'mon boys..a picture tells a 1000 words. upload some!

Who taught Preuss how to bench press? Surely he needs to wrap his thumbs around the bar and keep his wrists straight

I'm a bit worried about the amount of players on restrictions or have been on restrictions this pre-season. Oliver, Brayshaw, Lever, Viney, Melksham etc.

To be honest, I don't really understand the need for preuss. Yes, he is a good ruckman but I don't want either of Gawn or Preuss resting forward. Neither of them can kick to save themselves and missed goals are so costly these days that anyone who isn't a good kick for goal shouldn't be in the inside 50m. Another reason why Petracca should never play deep forward.

Nah, i agree with the other poster. Dangerfield is a very sloppy kick. Runs way too fast then tries to kick it and grubs a lot of his kicks

Well I agree with the initial poster. Pedo when given the chance was a good player for us. And when guys like Watts and Hogan were dancing around the contest getting games I just wanted Pedo to play. Was never really given a fair go in the last couple of seasons by the coaches but there's no doubt Pedo is twice the player of Tim Smith.

-Alex Neal-bullen kicking the sealer against Adelaide in Adelaide and Goodwin fist pumping in the box. - Kent's goal to get us into the finals - hannans goal - jones sealer - Oliver's mid-air collision and collect against selwood. - Gawn's boundary line snaps against essendon -Weideman performance in finals - Nad put in a brayshaw or clarry goal and a few jetta/hibberd desperation acts to complete the vid :)

Brayshaw another top 5 brownlow finish Lever to have complications with his knee all season May to win our best and fairest. Preuss to play all 22 games Tom Mcdonald to be out injured for a month and May going forward to help Weideman. Sparrow to play 12 plus games. Fritsch to go forward more often. Dees to make 5th on the ladder as essendon surge up the ladder.

Are we talking about me here or someone else? I'm totally confused Anyway, i could be wrong on bradkte. If someone told me that tom mcdonald who torched the ball in the backline for 7 years would become one of the best and most accurate key forwards in the game today then i wouldnt have believed them so anything can happen.

Binman.

it was a bet I lost with a fellow poster. I've got to keep it all pre-season.

Hey guys, One of my first training reports so be nice Feel free to ask me any questions. - Oliver ran around the boundary the whole time. Looked fine, just needs fitness. - Lever ran around the boundary too. Looks much bigger in the upper body which was nice to see. Has obviously been hitting the weights hard. - Steven May. Wow. Easily the best trainer today. Is probably the best kick in our team and was looking very comfortable in front of goal too when having set shots for about 15 minutes. He could definitely go forward in games. Bedford tried to dance on May in a drill and May went straight at him and took him to the ground. Got a bit of an applause from the players and a laugh from the coaches. A good lesson for Bedford. This is AFL. May also lifted Nibbler up off the ground rugby style and almost flipped him over completely but he landed okay and continued. You could hear 'well done Stevie' throughout a lot of the training sessions. - Petracca ran around the boundary and he definitely still has the Petracca plod and could definitely strip weight off. - Harmes was running around the boundary and looking in great physical nick. He has dropped weight and is so thin around his waist now. - Sparrow is a good kick and hit a lot of 30m targets comfortably. I liked what I saw. - James Jordon seems to lack a bit of pace but if he can find his feet at afl level, I think it will be half back. Composed and a good user. Also pinged one from 55m off 1 step in between drills. - Preuss trained very well. His kicking is very good from what I saw. barely missed a target. - I can actually see why bedford slid to the 70's in the draft. he is quick and he has tricks but his kicking needs work. I think he will be quite shaky in front of goals. - Kade Chandler was the pick of the draftees today. He plays with intensity and is quick across the field. He could develop into a decent player. Has a bit of Ben Kennedy about him. LOL. And whilst Kennedy wasn't up to AFL standard that doesn't mean Chandler can't. A nuggety small forward left footer with intensity. - I wouldn't be holding my breath of Austin Bradtke making it. I don't want to go too early but he seemed way off the pace. In terms of physicality and skill. Even in training he seemed out of his depth. - After training finished, the draftees were forced to do a bunch (maybe 4 or 5) 300m run throughs as full pace. James Jordon was the pick of the bunch there. He tired in the last couple but he was clearly the best of the lot at these distances. nietschke performed well too.

It's all good playing up forward but if playing up forward you need to kick straight and he has been woeful at that the last 12 months. His poor conversation rate is even more misleading given the number of out on the fulls he kicked. Also not to mention the number of clutch goals he missed. Needs to lift.