Training 2024 Preseason reports and discussion

[MrPremiership]

I think a lot of our improvement has come through the trade period.

We were the 3rd lowest scoring side and scored under 65 points the most out of any side.

We simply were unable to win games because we couldn't score enough.

Chol, Ginnivan and Gunston to a lesser extent are big ins. We look like a forward line who is dangerous and can score.

 

[Judd2Sewell]

Ward is the one to watch this pre season

Expecting a big breakout year from him. He's going to average 25 quality touches.

 

[CHUBBSS]

Oh boy

 

[CHUBBSS]

How’s the captain back early, ominous signs, I reckon he loves it

Blanck looks like his ready to rob a bank to play, going to be a huge off season for a lot

 

[blackheart]

I'm on Serong 2024 growth spurt watch. Closest to the mark wins SYL's (untraded) left nut.

I've got him penciled in at 206.6cm myself.

Surely he's the next Wemby.

 

[SSSSSS]

Surely he's the next Wemby.

 

[Slainte]

I think a lot of our improvement has come through the trade period.

We were the 3rd lowest scoring side and scored under 65 points the most out of any side.

We simply were unable to win games because we couldn't score enough.

Chol, Ginnivan and Gunston to a lesser extent are big ins. We look like a forward line who is dangerous and can score.

Are you a time traveller, Mr P? All I have seen so far is changes in the list. I am hopeful, but reluctant to call improvement until I see the hard evidence in the 2024 W/L ratio

 

[cryptor]

Good to see so many senior players back early. An acknowledgement that we need to work harder to surpass the opposition, it's not going to just happen.

It also highlights how much more competition there is for spots now. I wrote out this team yesterday based on some of the interviews that alluded to some new player positions:

FB: Hardwick Blanck Impey
HB: Amon Sicily Scrimshaw

C: Jiath Worpel Weddle
R: Reeves Newcombe Nash

HF: Gunston Lewis Moore
FF: Ginnivan Chol Breust

Int: Ward Macdonald Mackenzie Maginness
Sub: Morrison / D'Ambrosio

I sat back and thought this is a bloody good team and surely it pushes into the 8 next year.

I then realised that with the constant shuffling to fit everyone in I had accidentally left Day out!

 

[Argy]

Keen to see where CJ trains.

Waverly?

 

[robiecampbellbrown]

Good to see so many senior players back early. An acknowledgement that we need to work harder to surpass the opposition, it's not going to just happen.

It also highlights how much more competition there is for spots now. I wrote out this team yesterday based on some of the interviews that alluded to some new player positions:

FB: Hardwick Blanck Impey
HB: Amon Sicily Scrimshaw

C: Jiath Worpel Weddle
R: Reeves Newcombe Nash

HF: Gunston Lewis Moore
FF: Ginnivan Chol Breust

Int: Ward Macdonald Mackenzie Maginness
Sub: Morrison / D'Ambrosio

I sat back and thought this is a bloody good team and surely it pushes into the 8 next year.

I then realised that with the constant shuffling to fit everyone in I had accidentally left Day out!

No room for Day?

 

[eldorado]

No room for Day?

errr...

 

[Slainte]

No room for Day?

Should have put him up for trade - might have nabbed a future third rounder

 

[Big Hotdog]

Should have put him up for trade - might have nabbed a future third rounder

He's a pretender

 

[threesixpio]

I then realised that with the constant shuffling to fit everyone in I had accidentally left Day out!

 

[TylerDurden]

Good to see so many senior players back early. An acknowledgement that we need to work harder to surpass the opposition, it's not going to just happen.

It also highlights how much more competition there is for spots now. I wrote out this team yesterday based on some of the interviews that alluded to some new player positions:

FB: Hardwick Blanck Impey
HB: Amon Sicily Scrimshaw

C: Jiath Worpel Weddle
R: Reeves Newcombe Nash

HF: Gunston Lewis Moore
FF: Ginnivan Chol Breust

Int: Ward Macdonald Mackenzie Maginness
Sub: Morrison / D'Ambrosio

I sat back and thought this is a bloody good team and surely it pushes into the 8 next year.

I then realised that with the constant shuffling to fit everyone in I had accidentally left Day out!

And Wizard!

 

[threesixpio]

errr...

He accidentally didn’t see the word accidentally

 

[DogDaySonny]

He accidentally didn’t see the word accidentally

 

[cryptor]

No room for Day?

 

[projectdingley]

Waverly?

Never know. Might be Latrobe, Monash or Caulfield.

 

[rei154]

Genuinely going to be amazed to see how we fit all our youngsters in and how we rotate them through this season.

I love CMac being at it already as I think he's going to be pivotal to our improvement.

 

[WWSD]

The improvement next year will need to come from the third year players. Ramsden, Grainger-Barras & Serong are the ones that need to take the next step.

 

[OnWardnUpWard]

So much to be bullish about. Feel that Ward and Croc are on the cusp of consistently showing their quality, plus the hope of a fit CJ finding form, with Weddle on the opposite wing. A new look forward like that has capacity to score - just need to put mitigations in place for the risk of quick rebounds against our forwards. Lewis staying fit is important though not as vital as previous seasons. Can’t see this list stagnating in 2024.

 

[lyger]

Ward is the one to watch this pre season

Looks like he has put on a bit of size in upper body.

 

[TylerDurden]

Looks like he has put on a bit of size in upper body.

He has. Ready for an inside mid role.

 

[TheFourPillars]

Looks like he has put on a bit of size in upper body.

Weddle will have ward chasing him in pre season along with CJ