Training 2021 - Preseason Thread

[Dark Sharks]

How many lace out passes has Brayden put onto Kennedy's chest?




Kennedy is watching from the sidelines.

 

[THE A5]

How many lace out passes has Brayden put onto Kennedy's chest?

10 but JK was back in the change rooms


Kennedy is watching from the sidelines.

 

[flyinghi64]

How many lace out passes has Brayden put onto Kennedy's chest?




Kennedy is watching from the sidelines.

Apparently an inzane amount.

 

[squashface]

Made a meal of quoting again

 

[Eaglemaniac]

Zane Trew dominates in the middle during intraclub match.. next minute..

“I think we need to move him to the half back flank”..

 

[THE A5]

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Kinda cute you went the effort for me with this gif. What you doing tonight babe xx?

 

[boondy]

Question is, where would he play when Naitanui is in the ruck?

Whoever plays that second ruck role, will be spending about 60% of their time on ground in another position whilst Naitanui is contesting.


Kennedy, Darling, Allen are certainties up forward, and if Waterman plays then he's probably running around there as well.

The forward line is already too tall long before any consideration can be made of adding Williams to it as well.


This is where it is disappointing that the club to date (considering the overabundance of key forward options) have never tried Williams in defence.

If there was a confidence in his ability to be able to slot in as a defensive pillar, he would be a certain starter from Round 1 all year long without any hesitation.


Personally, I would at the very least be playing him in defence in preseason matches to see what he can do there and if it is a viable option for Round 1.

He is also amazingly quick over 20m which I imagine can be honed to tackle or man up to spoil a lead .

 

[Dark Sharks]

If Bailey up forward means Snake/Oscar can't play due to too much height, chuck Bailey down back.

Either way, all of them should be playing each week.

 

[Miguel Sanchez]

Could we use Waterman in the defensive winger role? Assuming we still have a defensive winger role as part of this year’s gameplan.

He’s got a big tank and a good football brain, and didn’t look out of place the times he got sent into the backline last year.

 

[WCErevival]

Barrass - Edwards - Rotham
Brander - Gov - Hurn
Mid - Mid - Mid
Allen - Darling - Williams
Vardy - Kennedy - Waterman

Natanui - Mid - Mid

 

[Chris_6678]

Could we use Waterman in the defensive winger role? Assuming we still have a defensive winger role as part of this year’s gameplan.

He’s got a big tank and a good football brain, and didn’t look out of place the times he got sent into the backline last year.

Even as a wingman he would be handy in that role till we can play him as the third tall in the future.

 

[THE A5]

Yeah Waterman is genuine utillity. Sadly I think I rate his forward craft highly and we probably will never see him playing deeper.

Chances of us getting live updates?

 

[Miguel Sanchez]

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Chances of us getting live updates?

From journos? Slim.

From the club? Nil.

 

[Dark Sharks]

More likely to get a tweet about the players code from Schofield than an update from the club.

 

[boondy]

Can someone video the game and put it on zoom

 

[Chris_6678]

Ryan Daniels will give a pretty good recap if going by his Freo one.

 

[Miguel Sanchez]

More likely to get a tweet about the players code from Schofield than an update from the club.

I thought that was no more?

 

[Andreww]

I thought that was no more?

Correct. Ever since 18 August 2015, I believe.

 

[DanWCE]

Could we use Waterman in the defensive winger role? Assuming we still have a defensive winger role as part of this year’s gameplan.

He’s got a big tank and a good football brain, and didn’t look out of place the times he got sent into the backline last year.

Does this push Brander out of the side?

 

[2006_Eagles]

What time is Swim-Off?

 

[Miguel Sanchez]

Does this push Brander out of the side?

Not sure he’s in it to begin with. I had him in my best 18 for tonight’s game, but that’s with Waterman, Kennedy, Williams and Petruccelle out of the forward line and Shuey, Yeo, Kelly and Hutchings out of the midfield.

 

[DanWCE]

Not sure he’s in it to begin with. I had him in my best 18 for tonight’s game, but that’s with Waterman, Kennedy, Williams and Petruccelle out of the forward line and Shuey, Yeo, Kelly and Hutchings out of the midfield.

R1 he's ahead of Jake only due to injury, but if we view that defensive wing as a spot we can trial a few blokes I see there not being enough spots for Jake, Brander, Rotham unfortunately. They're all good enough to be playing, or given a shot to build continuity at least, in JBs case.

 

[THE A5]

What time is Swim-Off?

Its tomorrow mate

 

[Hai_Newman]

Have heard from a reliable source that Jake has a bulged disc.

 

[RookiePick]

Have heard from a reliable source that Jake has a bulged disc.

That's not great news. I've been battling with that since September. It's shit house.

Obv. Jake will get much better care and ability to focus on recovery than a numb-nuts in the burbs.