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marcmurphy3 said:
  • Honey, Cottrell, Walsh were there but didn't participate in anything. Didn't see Jack Martin at all. Everyone else was out there playing.

Feel free to hit me up if anyone has any questions.
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Even Cuningham? What about Marchbank, Fogarty and Boyd? All have been in and out of rehab groups.

Thanks for the report too!
 

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Coops93 said:
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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Or when Weitering returned Kemp was sent back to the 2s with positive feedback.
 
marcmurphy3 said:
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
  • 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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Who won the ruck contests?
 
C4[2]Yo`DooR said:
Saad, Williams, Doch, Cowan ... I haven't been this excited by our half back line since Chris Johnson was running around.
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4 times, right in front of me!
 

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marcmurphy3 said:
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
  • 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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Great report…anything you can report about Lemmy.
 
marcmurphy3 said:
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
  • 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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How about Williams?
 
Sharks On A Plane said:
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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I’d say SDurdin falls into the break glass in case of emergency like Plowman.


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Benaly28 said:
I’d say SDurdin falls into the break glass in case of emergency like Plowman.


On iPhone using BigFooty.com mobile app
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This view is most likely the correct one, but I'm not so sure he's out of the running just yet. I think we will consider rethinking the back structure to a degree, a genuine lockdown key back often allows others to flourish (think Petty for Melbourne), and Weitering, Young and McGovern are all at their very best when given licence to mark the footy. I'm not certain Durdin is necessarily up to it but I thought he was solid when called upon, and that's all you need out of such a player. Will be interesting to see how it plays out.
 

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