Past #17: Nathan Grima

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Mentioned also that the boys used to take the p*ss out of his "sausage arms" until he got serious, so it was also an incentive to get into the gym.
 
love the way narni goes about it, not bad for a tasmanian!

thanks for the write up hazey

btw the walkabout sheperds bush is showing the international rules saturday night
 
Put your Wimbeldon Hawks colours on mate and get yrslf in a good old barny out there with the West London Wildcats boys...yeehaaa!

You still on the look out for a room? Staying over here for a bit?

Scottroo said:
love the way narni goes about it, not bad for a tasmanian!

thanks for the write up hazey

btw the walkabout sheperds bush is showing the international rules saturday night
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He gave a very good interview and impressed Timmy and Andy and got many complimentary comments from listeners.

He may became one of the 'faces of the Roos' in the media. He's quite the media performer.

The audio is not up yet. Eventually, you should find it here.

http://www.sen.com.au/index.php?sectionID=5412&pageID=10033

He spoke about the difficulty of breathing at high atmosphere, how they've moved to a lower altitude this week and brought out the footies, how they're off the grog, how they're away for 3 more weeks, how his basketballer sister, Holly, used to bash him up when they were kids and how the new facilities back at Arden St encourage them to do more work in their own time.
 
Thanks Mr R. I missed it this morning unfortunately (and unusually). It doesn't look like SEN are going to load the podcast of it either............bastards! :thumbsdown:
 
Twinkletoes said:
Thanks Mr R. I missed it this morning unfortunately (and unusually). It doesn't look like SEN are going to load the podcast of it either............bastards! :thumbsdown:
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SEN were replaying excerpts in the news. Narni also said that lack of endurance had been identified as a problem for the team last season, especially against the big boys.

He also began to explain why altitude training was a good idea and after a while he said something like "let's face it, we get told to turn up, so we do.' Got a big laugh from the SEN boys.
 
Grima: "We will close the gap"

Emerging key-defender Nathan Grima is confident North Melbourne's high-altitude venture will help North Melbourne compete with the league's best.

While the Kangaroos finished just out of the finals race this year, heavy losses to Collingwood, Geelong, St Kilda and the Bulldogs showed there is a significant gulf between the teams.

But Grima, who had a break-out season in 2010 playing 17 games, believes it's 'staying power' rather than football ability that will help bridge the gap.

"One of our biggest downfalls last year was our aerobic fitness and endurance," he told SEN's Tim Watson, Andy Maher and Andrew Gaze.

"Hopefully when we get back we'll train at a really high intensity and get some more gains there.

"Not so much what we do now will be there in round one, but it's more when we get back we can train at a higher intensity than we ever have before and get the miles in the legs to be able to run it out with the better teams."

The players have been given one full day of rest so far but the respite will be shortlived with the snow now falling heavily in Utah and another day of treturous hikes on the cards.

"When we get up this high and we are hiking around for seven or eight hours at a time, the air is very hard to breathe in.

"Everything you do up here just seems a lot harder than when you are at sea level."

Grima recently signed a new contract with the club and says the decision was made easy due to the club's new high-performance culture under coach Brad Scott.

"I've only been at the footy club now three, going into my fourth year and even the facilities back home make you want to get stuck into your training.

"Coming here, it steps us up another level. We are staying at really nice places and it's just a great opportunity for a young group to come away and experience something we never thought we would."

And the Tasmanian says Andrew Swallow's decision to commit to North for the longterm will only further the club's chances of success.

"In the last two years he's really developed into one of our most important players, probably second behind Brent Harvey.

"He's got a big role to play with a young midfield and all the guys respect the way he goes about it. He's a great bloke and I'm not sure what he did get offered to go to Greater Western Sydney, but for him to re-sign at the club means we're rapt. Hopefully guys in the same position will follow suit."


http://www.kangaroos.com.au/latestnews/newsarticle/tabid/4912/newsid/104983/default.aspx
 
A Prophet said:
Grima: "We will close the gap"

Emerging key-defender Nathan Grima is confident North Melbourne's high-altitude venture will help North Melbourne compete with the league's best.

The players have been given one full day of rest so far but the respite will be shortlived with the snow now falling heavily in Utah and another day of treturous hikes on the cards.

http://www.kangaroos.com.au/latestnews/newsarticle/tabid/4912/newsid/104983/default.aspx
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Thanks for posting the link, AP.

I can't stop myself drawing attention to a new word. As Homer would say, "treturous, eh?"
 

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DanRoo said:
Going off topic here...but just out of curiosity who would be the brain out of the entire squad?
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Gaze has an IQ of 160. The other two make the total reach 200.
 
Re: 18. Nathan Grima

Hi all.

For those not in the know, Narnie has twinged the back and had a fairly easy run of it in Utah.

For those who do not worship at the altar of Grima, this is not a biggie as the Evandale fella is a renowned big motor and will not suffer from this slight setback.

What we may alert some Narnites to is the fact that it has come to be public knowledge that Nathan has a new girlfriend, of whom we have ascertained her allegiance as yet.

If she's a neutral or North Gal, all good, but if not, conspiracy is a distinct possibility...

Boozeroo out.

p.s Mods, can I get a number change plz??
 
Magnificent, A Prophet.
 

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