Pickett2Jackson

I assume all the people bashing Trump and celebrating Biden will be putting their hand up to join the military to fight in the new wars that are inevitably coming?

48 minutes ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

t. He didn't do much in his debut season with 4 goals in 7 games. Presumably wasn't ready for the big time.

 

 

That sounds familiar.  Those impatient folk writing off Kozzie might wanna hold off for a few more seasons yet.

Great stuff.  Danners is looking good and strong!

We went from getting no reports to being spoiled with half a dozen great ones.

@Caligula's cohort even teased us with an early trade rumour.

Bring on Round 1.

34 minutes ago, Tough Kent said:

I got down to Casey today. It was good to be back watching the boys live. I waltzed into the ground and moved around at will, until Benny Gibson came over and told me I was welcome to stay, but that I had to stay in a certain part of the ground. So I stood just in front of Jeff Farmer and Matty Whelan who were on the hill chatting for hours!

Some observations:

-Brayshaw, Pickett and Lockhart made up the re-hab group. (Although vandenBerg and May spent time working away from the group with the fitness staff.) Gus did quite a bit of light running and kicking. They ran Kozzie into the ground.

-Jordan Lewis was there today. He even did the interval running with the players at the end of training.

-Choco ran a drill early where the focus was on kicking. He was very vocal and dead against players kicking around corners.

-Clayton Oliver was wearing a pink hat at training. I'm not sure why, but I overheard he was wearing it because he came first in something.

-T-Mac was a stand out for me. He marked and moved well. He seemed to be involved in everything.

-Jake Lever was by far the most vocal on the ground. He likes dropping the f-bomb, does old Jake.

-Jayden Hunt was training with the defenders. Melksham was with the mids and spent a lot of time out on the wing in match sim.

-Kobe Farmer and Deakyn Smith were training with the group. Both looked lively at times without standing out.

-A lot of the drills were focussed around ball movement, defensive structures and delivering the ball inside 50. There was a lot of stopping of the play by coaches to talk through the way players were setting up on the ground at various times.

 

I'm happy to answer any questions.

Thanks TKent.  Between you and @Lucifer's Hero giving us training reports, I finally feel a twinge of excitement for the coming season.

On 1/15/2021 at 9:44 AM, DeeSpencer said:

Worse than the HS, the Daily Mail have been all over this like it's watergate. 

 

I thought the Dailymail only posted (paid for) articles about Bec Judd.  Good to see them branching out.

9 hours ago, whatwhatsaywhat said:

i don't expect him to play til round 5

Thats good news for Harmes who will surely play all his minutes in the midfield now.

50 minutes ago, demonstone said:

Look at what the cat dragged in.  I wondered when you would have the nerve to post in this thread again. 

You've finally emerged from under your rock and are doing a great impression of a dog returning to its vomit.

Any chance you'll stop this nonsense when Biden is inaugurated and your man Donny is in jail?

 

Settle down man, the footys back soon.

Trump will win.

1 minute ago, Docs Demons said:

Seems so P2J. Remember my old days  in Melbourne at a local club in the eastern suburbs. One days training, normally Thursday night followed by heaps of drinks, be crook Friday and play well (sometimes) on the Saturday. Sure many of you did this.

The AFLPA was the worst thing to happen to footy.   They are nothing but lazy primadonnas these days.

No surprise that Dangerfield is their president.

33 minutes ago, dieter said:

I agree, they were so very respectful. Smashing windows and looting offices etc is no crime, nor is stealing property. Yes, Trump is gonna win, of course he is, P2J. Now, can I suggest a good lie down, an ingestion of about 15 valiums, and wash it down with your tipples of choice and when you wake up, the world might be a different place. You'll no doubt wake up in the heaven your evangelical mentors have prescribed and you can maybe have a game of golf with St Paul, maybe even Jesus, who, I hear, is gonna play at one of Donnie's Scottish courses, provided he doesn't have top self quarantine from heaven and have to wear a mask.

Ok so i was wrong, you are easily manipulated by the media.   And you must really hate Trump if you are defending the US congress.  Thought you were against wars? 

 I am not religious.

7 hours ago, Docs Demons said:

Wonder if they trained today?.

Apparently one days training was enough for this mighty football club after 3 months off.

4 hours ago, dieter said:

You've gone quiet, duckie. No bragging after THE BIG EVENT you were warning us about. I just saw a Youtube Interview with one of the heroes who the Police allowed to 'storm' the Capitol. Apparently one of them called for a Prayer to God when they stood in the Senate. I can just imagine God looking down and feeling proud of these lunatic yokels.

But then again, Ain't that America!!!! Land of the Free. I know, P2J, they was Antifas in disguise...And, I know, Donald T is still gonna win...

I am glad you know there was no riot at the capitol. The people were walking around inside respecting the property and not damaging anything.  Sad how many people are easily gaslit by the media.

Too bad they didn't burn it to the ground.  This is the same building where congress vote to send young people into meaningless wars like lambs to the slaughter so politicians and special interests can get rich.  And now they claim the Capitol is some holy site that should be revered.  [censored] them, they are all heinous criminals (and worse) and should be treated as such.

Trump will win btw.

Seems everyone has written off Neville Jetta.  What chance he can bounce back to something like his old self for just one last season?  Would be a huge boost for us.

Two players who are way too comfortable with themselves despite their crap form of the last two seasons  - Harmes and Brayshaw.

Is ' Whatever it Takes' free to use now?

3 hours ago, Vineytime said:

2018 we had a clear game plan. 
Since then, we haven’t. 

We didnt even have one in 2018.  We won through sheer weight of numbers by dominating clearances and getting an ungodly amount of inside 50's

West Coast showed in the prelim final how easy we were to beat.  Now they had a gameplan.

6 hours ago, pitmaster said:

Never had a game plan under Goodwin? Never?

You really must back that up or it goes into the special catalogue of Ridiculous Statements That Make demonland So Addictive.

Enlighten us to the game plan then.

5 years in and still nothing resembling one.

1 hour ago, binman said:

Yes a coach is responsible for motivation and creating the optimal environment that supports a win. And of course selecting the right players.

But when it is all said and done, once the game starts it is 95%,  maybe more, on the players. And doubts about goody should not obscure the fact that the players selected in those two games failed and let the club and fans down. They have to wear it.

I'd hate to see blame disproportionately sheeted to goody rather than where it should go- the players.

The players have never had a game plan under Goodwin, whos been there for 5 years.

We have the cattle, but the coach has been a fail so far.  Maybe he improves next season, maybe not.

18 minutes ago, Grr-owl said:

I'm married to a Wong, mate, and have Wongy kids, so shove that lazy thinking where it fits.

Dieter is a commie who worships the tyrannical China regime while demonizing Australia and the West.  Also loves casually accusing people of being racist.   He is the enemy.

10 minutes ago, rjay said:

Nah...and Kelly is overrated, way overrated.

Not as overrated as the ruck position.

20 hours ago, Fanatique Demon said:

Just read the AFL article.  Jones was the only one who did not achieve All-Australian status. Most of the others had multiple AA representation. Sad but true. 

Jones has never made the AA squad of 40.

He has been a warrior for us, but if you're a great team a player like Jones is either your 7th or 8th best mid or hes in the seconds.

2 hours ago, Little Goffy said:

 

Also, it seems like four is the magic number for gun midfielders.

 

 I sometimes wonder how far his team would go if we could trade out Gawn for an equivalent mid.

Lets say for example we had swapped Gawn for Josh Kelly and kept Preuss.

Which midfield would be better -

Preuss, Petracca, Oliver, Kelly, Langdon, Brayshaw, Viney, Salem

or

Gawn, Petracca, Oliver, Langdon, Brayshaw, Viney, Salem, Harmes

For me its the first one easily.  A competent ruck is all thats needed when you have an elite midfield.  Just look at any recent flag winner.

 Compare that to the other clubs... Judd,  Black, Hird, Fyfe, Ablett, Dusty, Cousins, Harvey, Pendlebury.,,

Thank god we have Trac and Oliver coming through.

1 hour ago, FarNorthernD said:

If you’ve got 5 mins of holiday time this is well worth a watch. Brown is one of my all time favourite non Melbourne players

 

 

In a parallel universe this is the player Jesse Hogan became for us.