Preview 2023 Goodbye (To 2024) New; Preseason Discussion

[VineValerian]

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OMG.
I'm scarred for life after seeing that!

 

[bomberclifford]

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Freddy Kruger needs to brush his teeth.

 

[Alberton Proud]

Some great photos in that montage

Go Wally Fankhauser !

 

[Enviable Tradition]

I love the last guy who decided to have a photo with actual premiership players.

On SM-G975F using BigFooty.com mobile app

 

[Doctor Feel]

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what in the good lords name is that

 

[Sleezy]

You guys are such dicks

 

[Poo Eckert]

In relation to marketing what does everyone expect? Coaches and admin are going to come out and add anything that will compromise or place pressure on their career

 

[Phar Ted]

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And?

 

[NoddyHolder]

And?

The bucket hat looks ****ing stupid

 

[Incarnate]

Any other notes on the scratch match? How did the new guys go? Any surprises from the fringe (H Jackson, Mead, McCallum, Sinn, etc...)

Sinn with the dirty mo’, short hair and zinc looks a deadset ringer for Taylor Walker - seriously unsettling. Almost looked like he was trolling us…

 

[Marmozet]

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I thought that was a 65 year old Zak Butters

 

[dirty2]

Sinn with the dirty mo’, short hair and zinc looks a deadset ringer for Taylor Walker - seriously unsettling. Almost looked like he was trolling us…

Fan of sinn... But that should be instant dismissal.

 

[Incarnate]

Just some notes from pre-season open training for any that are interested.

• If the club is seriously bang on about heat training then they couldn’t have scheduled their trip better. Was scorching hot out there at 9:00. Ball soup by 11 in the cheap seats.
• Rehab group was out doing their thing early: Marshall, Allir, McKenzie, Georgiades and Sinn.
• Mentioned Sinn’s uncanny resemblance. Dudes a lot bigger than you think.
• Surprised about Allir being in the rehab group.
• Squad got divvied up into zones to run drills for the first hour. Mitch and the rehab group kept running drills.
• Next hour was intermingled drills between zones. Quarterback running end-to-end, chaos ball, CHF scrimmages, switching play thru zones and the likes.
• They then divvied up the home and away gear and played out an abbreviated 4qtr simulation.
• It was a low contact run through but it was pretty god damn hot. Even for a hungover Queenslander, they ran it out well and solid.
• Wasn’t entirely clued in on the youngsters we brought in but a couple were faster than a shit thru a fart.
• The team finished off signing autographs and chatting.

I could castigate and embolden players with what I saw but truth be told it was a preseason training session and I was hungover as a low flying bottle Ron Zacapa. Did I mention the heatwave and the 400km round trip?



I don’t get the opportunity to watch these training sessions by geographical implications, but by the eye, even in a 25% effort, scorching hot pre-season training hit out, you can see the class. All the usual suspects.



Walsh showed a bit.

I think it was Tommy A that was running faster than a worksite dunny.

Wines looks super “toight” and fit.

Boak still covers the grass with ease.

Butters is just creative as fcuk

Rozee was Rozee

Burton looked surprisingly great

SPP was all over it like a boss

Willie looks mint. Don’t get any hate towards him to be honest

Esava is a unit and moves well

Sweet moves well and is broad as ****

Couple players looked cooked after a hard week also but as I need to elude, I dont know f all

 

[Tibbs]

Thanks for that, you e̶l̶u̶d̶e̶d̶ alluded well.

Couldnt resist!

 

[Ralph Lorenz]

Alright you funky Kent's, let's get this show on the road. Is training back this week?

 

[Phar Ted]

Alright you funky Kent's, let's get this show on the road. Is training back this week?

Upcoming school holiday open trainings

The club has confirmed three open training sessions for the start of 2024.

www.portadelaidefc.com.au

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Alberton Oval open training sessions: ​

Friday 12th January - 9.45am

Friday 19th January - 9.45am

Wednesday 24th January - 9.30am

 

[Ralph Lorenz]

Upcoming school holiday open trainings

The club has confirmed three open training sessions for the start of 2024.

www.portadelaidefc.com.au

​

Alberton Oval open training sessions: ​

Friday 12th January - 9.45am

Friday 19th January - 9.45am

Wednesday 24th January - 9.30am

I'm talking about regular training, I care not for spectator training.

 

[Phar Ted]

I'm talking about regular training, I care not for spectator training.

1000 apologies my liege, I will rightfully now go sit in the corner and take a good hard look at myself.

 

[Grave Danger]

Hopefully the admin staff are back from their hols too and can answer my question about re-joining and voting rights...

 

[Ford Fairlane]

 

[Coobk001]

Over the past few weeks I've just had this growing feeling in my bones that we're set for a bit of a step backwards this year. Just feel like the Hinkley era malaise after a high finishing year will again hit us next year, and we'll bomb out of the 8. Don't have significant reason, it's just a gut feel.

Just wish we had a new coach and that spark of enthusiasm we need to take that next step on and off field as a club.

 

[Ford Fairlane]

 

[Enviable Tradition]

Hornet looks lean and mean.

 

[Marmozet]

Over the past few weeks I've just had this growing feeling in my bones that we're set for a bit of a step backwards this year. Just feel like the Hinkley era malaise after a high finishing year will again hit us next year, and we'll bomb out of the 8. Don't have significant reason, it's just a gut feel.

Just wish we had a new coach and that spark of enthusiasm we need to take that next step on and off field as a club.

Because Hinkley’s job is safe until 2025, there’s going to be no incentive for us to win in 2024.

I guarantee you we won’t win as many close games as we did last year.

 

[Holden Hillbilly]

Head of Physical Performance Stuart Graham speaks to the media at Alberton Oval.