Gawndy the Great

Its already been given to Nick Daicos, even though he is ineligible. Sorry to hijack the thread, but it had to be said. I feel better now :)

I kind of feel that he will be somewhat found out this year. You just get the feeling that a bone crunching (legal) tackle, will rattle him.

Daicos best player in the game? Seriously how is this nonsense allowed to continue. Yes he is good - but what am I not seeing here. I’d take Bont over Daicos every single time. Heck I’d even take, Greene, Dawson before Daicos.

Well one thing you can bank on, is that pressure in the next finals campaign will be off the charts with two straight exits in consecutive years hanging over the heads of the club. Great to acknowledge it as that is the first step to addressing it.

Give him the benefit of doubt here, but I do think he has some beef with the club or some of the staff. He has come out in the media in recent times to criticise the club rather than support them.

WOrd is he is still searching for the training ground......in Seymour.

That's a pretty solid report mate. Appreciate you taking advantage of the circumstances for the mutual benefit of DL. Ive noted a lot of run and carry off half back. Was this noticeable in any of your drill and the match sim. What was your impression on the overall speed of transition?

Wasn't the player to chase for mine. Id continue to invest in Petty, Jefferson and JVR and use our cap to chase a replacement for May and Gawn.

Playing a VFL level squad isn’t much of an indication of true performance.

No training report for today? Whats the go?

Just by the clips our ball movement seems to have a bit more run and carry, with a bit more precision in ball movement.

Contact injury? Or was he trying to avoid the running session?

I would hope so but not holding my breath. Ashcroft dominated junior footy which you cannot say the same about Windsor. First year breakout players are incredibly rare and having that type of expectation is bound to result in disappointment.

Yep I definitely saw the positive side last week. He was touted as an outside player and yet his attack on the ball was just as good as any other player. He had the added bonus of being silky smooth, quick and accurate. If there is any knock on him I couldn’t see it.

Why JUH? He has done nothing and can’t kick straight. I get he is still young but it’s a huge gamble to throw our treasure chest at him. Much better to go after Ben King if he becomes available, which is unlikely. I like the English play and he can play as a key forward. Can’t see Gawn playing after 2025 even if all goes right for him.

I remember thinking we had it sorted last year as well after watching our ball movement in the early games. I also rewatched the GF ‘21 replay recently and noticed that we were much more direct then than we are now.

Monday's closed sessions?

Doubt you'd get that far - Maynard will run you off the road.

You just get the feeling of it being an injury plagued year. Much like 2019.

That is great to hear and see. Lets hope he trains the house down.

Fullerton 6-8 no surgery. Good outcome based on what was initially reported. May not miss to much footy during the season.

Brayshaw & Lever are worthy considerations in my book.

There is something about Jack that i just admire. From what i witnessed at training last week to what i have always seen on camera. Nothing against Max, but i don't know how JV is not the captain of our club.

It happened at the end of a 3 hour session. That to me suggests it was fatigue based. I’m no expert so could be totally wrong.

Re:Fullerton injury, the training session today went for over 3 hours. Fullerton appeared to damage it right at the end of it which is shocking luck. Whether it happened abruptly or not we don’t know, but to me that was a bit of mismanagement of his running loads.