Training 2017/2018 Pre-season Thread

[Cockwomble]

Gov runs both ways and is often seen mopping up in defence same as Lynch their work rate is over the top

 

[Hugh Jass]

I remember watching gov in a sanfl game late in his first season, before he made his debut. In the first half he played up forward and kicked 3 goals. In the second half he moved down back and pulled down multiple massive intercept marks.

Firstly this game left me convinced he was an AFL footballer, secondly I'm sure he could excel at the intercept role if he was used there. The question is whether it would be worth it as he is so dangerous up forward.

 

[Thetrader15]

Didn't really consider McGovern down back but it's not the worst idea and he's 10x the grab Lever is. Wouldn't hurt his development to get a few games down there either.

The author (along with basically all of the media) is undervaluing Smith's loss imo.

Maybe we can play Betts as a permanent HB to take over from Smith. Would offer lots of skill and pace back there

 

[Thetrader15]

McGovern would be better than Lever. I’d put him in defence.

And who would kick the goals?

 

[kulak]

And who would kick the goals?

JJ

 

[skittlebrew]

Maybe we can play Betts as a permanent HB to take over from Smith. Would offer lots of skill and pace back there

Yes because that's exactly what I'm saying

 

[Roovolution]

And who would kick the goals?

Every other forward.....

 

[Thetrader15]

Every other forward.....

According to the board...
Tex - injured and not playing for a few weeks
Jenkins - hopeless
CC replacement - don't have one
Lynch - playing upfield
Gov - playing in defense

All good though...Joey has it covered

 

[Footypie32]

McGovern down back for a quarter or so if we have injuries or if he is exposed by a match-up is fine. But to suggest moving one of the most dangerous young forwards in the game down back permanently is just crazy talk.

 

[footy4ever]

Cant make anything out as there is a giant head taking up 3/4 of the frame.

Jesus thats a massive boofhead you've got there Ollie. Matches the cankles.

 

[footy4ever]

He was on first

Who's on first?

 

[Sanders]

You don’t take guys from forward to defender unless they can’t make it as a forward

 

[Sidthehat]

Didn't really consider McGovern down back but it's not the worst idea and he's 10x the grab Lever is. Wouldn't hurt his development to get a few games down there either.

The author (along with basically all of the media) is undervaluing Smith's loss imo.

Have to say as someone who has worked as a sports journo for a long time, AFL really is the hardest sport to cover. There's just no way a national journo can have anything like as good an understanding of 15-25 on list as local journos/fans.

 

[deeztreez]

Have to say as someone who has worked as a sports journo for a long time, AFL really is the hardest sport to cover. There's just no way a national journo can have anything like as good an understanding of 15-25 on list as local journos/fans.

Ok Michelangelo

 

[Sidthehat]

Ok Michelangelo

 

[Thetrader15]

Tale of two players.

One looks focused confident, the other appears to be covering his genitals.

Yet still looking like a

 

[Thetrader15]

Unlike Ollie next year.

#gawn

Melbourne again?

 

[Elite Crow]

Have to say as someone who has worked as a sports journo for a long time, AFL really is the hardest sport to cover. There's just no way a national journo can have anything like as good an understanding of 15-25 on list as local journos/fans.

So if your sole job is to cover the AFL, you’re telling me you can’t learn the lists?

That’s a joke considering the starting 18 of most teams are common knowledge, so they can’t learn the rest? They should be sacked.

 

[Sidthehat]

So if your sole job is to cover the AFL, you’re telling me you can’t learn the lists?

That’s a joke considering the starting 18 of most teams are common knowledge, so they can’t learn the rest? They should be sacked.

Compare it to soccer or rugby league where the structure of the game makes it easy to see who has been most influential.

Say for RoCo, he wouldnt hand on heart know how consistent and what ceiling is for guys like greenwood/mackay/knight/cey/hampton. Probably should have researched that doedee not keath likely to come in for lever mind.

 

[skam85]

So if your sole job is to cover the AFL, you’re telling me you can’t learn the lists?

That’s a joke considering the starting 18 of most teams are common knowledge, so they can’t learn the rest? They should be sacked.

Agreed 100%. I covered 9 of the 18 teams for Footy Prophet last year via the player news/draftstars tab on the Footy Live app, while working full time in another job and I was able to devote enough time to have a good knowledge of at least 80% or more of those AFL squads. It's really not that hard.

 

[skam85]

You don’t take guys from forward to defender unless they can’t make it as a forward

JJ?

 

[mistylake]

So if your sole job is to cover the AFL, you’re telling me you can’t learn the lists?

That’s a joke considering the starting 18 of most teams are common knowledge, so they can’t learn the rest? They should be sacked.

You do realise that shopping for track suits is nearly a full time job in itself. No human can possibly be great at both.

 

[Alwaysacrow]

JJ?

JJ would be no good as a defender.
We would be penalised for a deliberate rushed point every time he got a "Joe the goose".

 

[Coopers]

Who's on first?

Dunno, but I heard ROB played really well in the last practice match.

 

[Large 1]

You do realise that shopping for track suits is nearly a full time job in itself. No human can possibly be great at both.

How hard is it to walk into an op shop and say “where is the worst tracksuit you have in store?”