Training 2023 Training - reports, pics etc
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To be fair, he was delisted a couple of years ago…People were delisting him a year or so ago.......
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Had some recent surgery but should make it.
Jarrahdale blue? Not a Queensland blue IIRC?
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Plenty of match sim. Weiters and Durdin on the same team playing on Charlie and Harry respectively. Gov third tall.
Young on the other team playing alongside JSOS and Dom in defence. Young playing smaller on Owies.
Young on the other team playing alongside JSOS and Dom in defence. Young playing smaller on Owies.
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Kemp?
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In defence, on what you would probably consider the “2nd” side. Didn’t get involved much.
For all the pressure the likes of Dow and Stocker and some others get Kemp seems to slide under the radar a fair bit.
Would hope he gets a riggle on at some point.
Not that I wish to release the hounds onto him or anything, it's just interesting to note that for some reason the other guys get pressured and he's not.
Would hope he gets a riggle on at some point.
Not that I wish to release the hounds onto him or anything, it's just interesting to note that for some reason the other guys get pressured and he's not.
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Charlie and H in the 2nd side?
2nd side probably not the best way to describe it. The stronger forwards were paired against the stronger defenders up one end. Kemp was not alongside Weiters, Gov, Saad etc.
His 1st season was a write off with a knee reconstruction, Stocker had other issues besides the footy side, Dow has been in system for a longer period, hopefully Kemp finds a role as he certaintly has some talent.
I know the first year was a write off but since then he's not exactly shown a whole lot in the 2 yrs since.
Tbf I thought he did look decent enough in defence when he got his chance this year but was quickly dropped so I guess he's not doing something that the coaches want him to.
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I hope the coaches give S Durdin a chance as the lockdown fullback for the first part of the season. Think it will help release Weitering into more attacking roles, he's far too much of a weapon to be assigned only negating roles. Durdin as the lockdown with a combination of Weitering/Young/McGovern dominating the air, no such thing as too tall especially if Young and McGovern can go with shorter forwards.
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Some other thoughts/observations
- Cripps/Hewett/Kennedy, business as usual. We’ll be fine on the inside again this year.
-Hollands, could play round 1, was clearly best on in the quarter where they halved the ground and only played one wing. Needs to improve his disposal but has no problem finding it.
-Williams, looks to have a greater role across half back. Breaking lines and kicking long. Copped a knock to the hand on the far wing and was in a bit of pain, hope all is fine.
-Dow, would be a very good player if we could send Luke Power onto the MCG with him to scream at him all game. Still looks lost when the ball leaves the clearance.
-Acres, disposal a bit iffy but he covers the ground extremely well. Will be a great addition. Tackles well.
-Akuei, made some great spoils and intercepts on instinct. Was confident in his decisions. Still a long way to go but promising signs.
-Durdin, pushing up the ground even further than he was in 2022. Got some ball in defence a few times
-Walsh, his first fan interaction was as enthusiastic as his last. Legend.
Great morning on the Sunny Coast.
- Cripps/Hewett/Kennedy, business as usual. We’ll be fine on the inside again this year.
-Hollands, could play round 1, was clearly best on in the quarter where they halved the ground and only played one wing. Needs to improve his disposal but has no problem finding it.
-Williams, looks to have a greater role across half back. Breaking lines and kicking long. Copped a knock to the hand on the far wing and was in a bit of pain, hope all is fine.
-Dow, would be a very good player if we could send Luke Power onto the MCG with him to scream at him all game. Still looks lost when the ball leaves the clearance.
-Acres, disposal a bit iffy but he covers the ground extremely well. Will be a great addition. Tackles well.
-Akuei, made some great spoils and intercepts on instinct. Was confident in his decisions. Still a long way to go but promising signs.
-Durdin, pushing up the ground even further than he was in 2022. Got some ball in defence a few times
-Walsh, his first fan interaction was as enthusiastic as his last. Legend.
Great morning on the Sunny Coast.
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well why don't they? shadow him with a player who knows where to run like cerra or walsh when fit? like a partner pony? come on, paddy, we're heading over here now!
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I meant at training, you clown!
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Work now, rewards later: Kennedy raising the standards
Matt Kennedy wants to train as hard as he can to reap the rewards with this teammates later.
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The visual is hilarious but it would genuinely help him. Some of his stuff in close today was elite. The ball then left the contest and it was Power telling him where to go. Play stopped/reset and he was a chance to find the ball again. Frustrating player.
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All I want to know is how the hell did Kennedy get such massive quads?
Came up from Brisbane this morning to watch the session. Was a short session. Probably only 45 minutes total and then fan engagement stuff. Think that's more what it was about then a serious training. Here are my observations, keeping in mind its off a very small sample.
Session structure
Team Observations
Individual Observations
Feel free to hit me up if anyone has any questions.
Session structure
- Day started off with players doing drills in lose line groupings. Doch was with the defenders as was Kemp.
- After that they proceeded to match sim. They did 3 mini sessions. I wouldn't say there was a strong team and a weak team. It was pretty evenly matched except the best forward group were together I assume to build chemistry. In the midfield Cerra and Cripps were on one side with Docherty, Kennedy and Hewett on the other. In defense Weitering and Sadd were on a different side to Young, Mcgovern and Newman. Different to Brisbane who I saw train last week who played a clear probable's vs possibles.
- First was a 15-minute quarter that was full match practice with both teams starting on 0, however, the ball didn't come back to the middle after a goal. It was kicked out as if it was a behind maybe to give the teams some extra transition practice?
- Then they did a 10 period with one team starting 3 goals ahead of the other. Maybe simulating one side trying to hold on and one team coming from behind though I didn't really notice a difference in style of play from either side.
- Then they did a 5-minute period same thing, one team starting ahead of the other.
- They finished up with some goal kicking with some players staying out longer while others went to sign autographs and such.
Team Observations
- Ball use was okay. Less scrappy than I observed from videos last week, however, players did kick it long along the boundary more so seemed to play safer. Last week I noticed more mistakes but a greater desire to take the risky kick into the corridor. Players were yelling at their peers to look inside but they often didn't.
- I saw Brisbane play a scratch match last week and their ball movement looked a lot cleaner and more impressive, however, they were playing an A team vs a B team so easier to look that way.
- Goal kicking practice still needed. There were several poor shots at goal during the match sim and I thought some of the practice after looked a bit lazy too.
- Harry, Charlie, SOS, Motlop and Durdin look a strong chance to be our starting forward line round 1.
- Not having been to a blues training session before I didn't walk away any more optimistic or pessimistic about the coming season. Looked solid but not spectacular. Hopefully ball movement improves as we approach the real thing.
Individual Observations
- O'Brien was prominent on a wing and looks stronger
- Kennedy played the first couple of periods of match sim then did laps. Looks fine and played well in the sim. Took a couple of strong marks and was good inside. One of the better players.
- Hewett was good and is one of the few players that seems to lower his eyes consistently. Hit a couple of good targets inside 50 doing so.
- Cripps strong in traffic but just cruising. Took some shots at goal at the end and I really liked his intensity. They say perfect practice makes perfect and you could tell he was really focusing on each shot compared to some others who were half arsing it a bit.
- Cerra classy when he got it but not prominent.
- McGovern great with and without the ball. Seemed to get a head knock at one stage but kept playing.
- Acres reads the play well and is a great marking target coming out of defense. Tends to bomb it though which shouldn't surprise anyone.
- Docherty played the whole match sim in the midfield after completing initial drills with defense. I think they are hedging their bets with him at the moment depending how injuries play out. I thought he looked great in the match sim, one of the best, though he is another one that can be prone to bombing it.
- Durdin kicked a goal and did a few good things. I didn't notice Motlop much.
- Hollands looked the standout out of the newbies. Ran hard, got a bit of the ball and used it mostly well. Looked confident, like he felt he belonged. Cowan and Binns quiet.
- Harry and Charlie looked to be working well together. Both kicked a goal in the match sim. Harry more noticeable for me.
- Newman did some good stuff. Saad pretty quiet.
- Honey, Cottrell, Walsh , Marchbank , Boyd there but didn't participate in anything. Didn't see DC or Jack Martin at all. Fogarty running laps. Everyone else was out there playing.
- Durdin and Weitering spent the whole match period switching between Harry and Charlie. Not sure if Durds is further up the pecking order then we think but if he is just backup he is great backup.
- TDK took a couple of great marks around the ground and looks to have put on some nice. Had one shot at goal in the match sim but shanked it
Feel free to hit me up if anyone has any questions.
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