Search the Community

I had a look at the training session this morning at Gosch's Paddock. It was just terrific to see 3 guys who have been missing in action all year. Jetta, Gawn and Evans were running laps and finished with kick-to-kick (3 players in a triangle). Max looked in very good shape and appears to have bulked up a bit in the upper body. The official injury list has Jetta and Evans returning in 4-8 weeks, with Max out for the season, but it looks like he should be fine for the first day of pre-season training for next year. Petterd was mostly walking laps. He's officially out for another week so he may have to wait till the next Casey match on June 24 to get some matchplay. I didn't see Bartram, Fitzpatrick, Jurrah, Viney or Taggart anywhere. Today's session was relatively short - not much more than an hour and finishing at 11ish, and consisted of a handball session, a short passing session, and some matchplay. The movement out of the backline was good with some effective run and carry from Blease, but we struggled to hit the targets on the forward 50. I'd also like to see them score goals in their matchplay. The play seemed to stop once the ball got into the forward 50. In contrast, the Collingwood players were finishing off their work in the adjacent oval. The highlight was the full-on wrestling match between Jade 'the snake' Rawlings and Jack Watts. Both players would be fined by the AFL in a real game. Rawlings used a lot of his extra weight to advantage. Frawley Blease and Martin are listed as 'test' but they all got through the full session this morning. To summarize today's session in one word - noisy. They were in good spirits this morning. No surprises there. Go Dees.