2015 Pre-Season (All news, press conferences, training reports)

[Haso]

Stef drives him away with vanilla ice cream.

 

[James North]

But is Aish sticking around or what?

 

[LIONS08]

But is Aish sticking around or what?

Who sorry??

 

[iBeng]

But is Aish sticking around or what?

I have my best men working on it.

 

[Elaf]

Went down to have a look at the boys traning today from 9-10am and I gotta say that they all looked sharp and very fit.

Trent West was running laps and Nick Robertson and Jayden were doing what looked like repeat 400 metre sets. Robbo looked in fine condition and barely looked puffed after the sets had finished.

For the hour I was there they were mainly just doing non contact ball work where the ball would be start at a stopage like scenario at the forward flank and then the mids would link into together and the ball would spread from the backline then through the flanks and wings then into the forwards. All the boys worked well together and there skills were sharp. There were a few missed kicks but the players were able to stay composed on the ground level and pick the ball up cleanly and work it nicely through the drill.

In the last 15-20 mins all the first year players ran repeat 200 m sprints while the other boys finished with some goal kicking and on on one contest work. Rockliff outmarked Darcy Gardiner two times in a row and then on the third occassion Gardiner finally spoiled Rocky and all the boys started cheering and getting around him.

While this was going on Lewy Taylor, Green and Mitch Robinson started having some snap shots at goal and the banter between them was quite humerous. They were hitting most of their shots, with Taylor rarely missing the big sticks. At one stage Mitch Robinson looked up at the few of us sitting on the benches and thanked us for coming down and taking time out of our day to watch them train. Seems to be settling in fine up here and lets hope he has a big season and works in well with the mozzie squad!

All in all the boys trained hard, looked switched on, plenty of voice and good skills/fitness!

 

[Balony_pony16]

Was Aish smiling at any stage?

 

[POBT]

When do they knock off for Christmas?

 

[Elaf]

Was Aish smiling at any stage?

Had a big smile on his face while he was participating in the drills!

 

[a mayes ing]

Had a big smile on his face while he was participating in the drills!

I think Christension and robbinson have really helped him settling in, especially after Moloney reitred.

Good to see Robbo acknowledging the fans.

 

[whatboutbob]

When do they knock off for Christmas?

FWIW the lions site has them listed as training this Wed & Fri.

 

[Fatcat08]

When do they knock off for Christmas?

club website has a training session on wed and friday this week. Wonder if thats the last of them or if there will be any on the monday next week?

 

[Fatcat08]

Crap! I've been whatboutbob 'd again!! When will the torment end

 

[blynd_freddie]

Thanks Elaf as with the rest of the peeps, appreciate your making time to post a picture of words for us!

 

[jackess]

Looked like Paparone was back in WA on the weekend. Maybe this week is optional.

 

[two team]

Went down to have a look at the boys traning today from 9-10am and I gotta say that they all looked sharp and very fit.

Trent West was running laps and Nick Robertson and Jayden were doing what looked like repeat 400 metre sets. Robbo looked in fine condition and barely looked puffed after the sets had finished.

For the hour I was there they were mainly just doing non contact ball work where the ball would be start at a stopage like scenario at the forward flank and then the mids would link into together and the ball would spread from the backline then through the flanks and wings then into the forwards. All the boys worked well together and there skills were sharp. There were a few missed kicks but the players were able to stay composed on the ground level and pick the ball up cleanly and work it nicely through the drill.

In the last 15-20 mins all the first year players ran repeat 200 m sprints while the other boys finished with some goal kicking and on on one contest work. Rockliff outmarked Darcy Gardiner two times in a row and then on the third occassion Gardiner finally spoiled Rocky and all the boys started cheering and getting around him.

While this was going on Lewy Taylor, Green and Mitch Robinson started having some snap shots at goal and the banter between them was quite humerous. They were hitting most of their shots, with Taylor rarely missing the big sticks. At one stage Mitch Robinson looked up at the few of us sitting on the benches and thanked us for coming down and taking time out of our day to watch them train. Seems to be settling in fine up here and lets hope he has a big season and works in well with the mozzie squad!

All in all the boys trained hard, looked switched on, plenty of voice and good skills/fitness!

Accurate report on the training session today I was there from 7.30 so I saw a little bit more of the training. Steff Martin. Missing due to gastro sickness. ... Saw. 3 of the under age 17yr olds from the academy training. Liked the look of all 3 of them... Liked the look of watts the new tassie boy. Claye beams spent a lot of time back in defence in the drills.one thing that really impressed me was was watching big leuy sprint ,for a ruck man he has some toe..redden looks ready to go again and it as good to see rich doing what does well hitting those targets with big kicks and most of the time deadly accurate. Aish. Always. Looks classy once again their seems to be a great rapport with coaches and players .such a great atmosphere to train in.

 

[James North]

Looked like Paparone was back in WA on the weekend. Maybe this week is optional.

Quite possibly some pre-arranged Xmas type thing for he and his family as it's the first one without his Dad.

 

[blackpowerlappin]

Looked like Paparone was back in WA on the weekend. Maybe this week is optional.

Hang on who is he managed by?

 

[Bert Man]

Hang on who is he managed by?

He signed on earlier in the year for 2 years. Don't worry.

 

[blackpowerlappin]

He signed on earlier in the year for 2 years. Don't worry.

Phew! Unfortunately that means nothing anymore apparently, unless you are happy of course!

 

[Ironmonger]

http://www.canberratimes.com.au/afl...star-recruit-dayne-beams-20141215-127kw0.html

There's a lot of interesting, important stuff in this article, but this quote from Dayne Beams is mostly what I take from it.

"I was probably in the better runners during pre-season at Collingwood, but these guys are so fit I'm finding myself back a little bit," he says.

Nice.

 

[jjami15]

Reading the article he sounds happy. Would think that being with us for the last month or so is part of that.

 

[Hollow Knight]

http://www.canberratimes.com.au/afl...star-recruit-dayne-beams-20141215-127kw0.html

There's a lot of interesting, important stuff in this article, but this quote from Dayne Beams is mostly what I take from it.



Nice.

Haven't had a Lions player call out Collingwood's lack of fitness since Aker called them fat all those years ago.

 

[Greggy85]

Haven't had a Lions player call out Collingwood's lack of fitness since Aker called them fat all those years ago.

Yeah, it's good niggle / grill-work. I like it.

 

[MacMum]

Haven't had a Lions player call out Collingwood's lack of fitness since Aker called them fat all those years ago.

Really?....aw, you gotta love him!! Would loved to have seen Eddie's face..

I missed that one...hadn't heard about it until your post. I'm still laughing as I post....such an Aker thing!

 

[lionshine]

http://www.lions.com.au/gallery/2014-12-15/pre-season-training-15-dec-2014

Couple of nice snaps.