Training 2024 Pre-Season discussion

[Burtyl78]

Quick side not, just had the 2016 qualifying final on Foxtel, that was the dumbest last 3 minutes of football Geelong has ever played

 

[CatToTheFuture]

Watching it again I like the drill with Hoes and Willis. Willis looks like he absolutely burns Holmes off.

Bruce pops up a few times in the video actually. I like this plot arc

 

[Footy Smarts]

Do we know of anyone struggling with injury? Good to see guys like Foster, Clark, Willis, etc out there. Seems like we've got a pretty healthy squad.

 

[CatToTheFuture]

Quick side not, just had the 2016 qualifying final on Foxtel, that was the dumbest last 3 minutes of football Geelong has ever played

Jeez I miss Issie. He always pushed us deep into finals

 

[CatToTheFuture]

Do we know of anyone struggling with injury? Good to see guys like Foster, Clark, Willis, etc out there. Seems like we've got a pretty healthy squad.

Willis looks a different person from the video above. No inhibition

In the video too Clark seems uninhibited. Foster is out there playing forward it seems which surprised me.

I think Rohan and Blitz are the only ones recovering

 

[Footy Smarts]

Willis looks a different person from the video above. No inhibition

In the video too Clark seems uninhibited. Foster is out there playing forward it seems which surprised me.

I think Rohan and Blitz are the only ones recovering

Blitz out there in the early drills so can't be too far behind.

How often would Conway, Clark and Willis have trained all together?

 

[CatToTheFuture]

Blitz out there in the early drills so can't be too far behind.

How often would Conway, Clark and Willis have trained all together?

Even better

 

[cat_shack]

Even better

There’s footage of Blicavs tackling, full contact, before Xmas.

 

[Vdubs]

Steven King whacking blokes with a stick will be hard to stop though.

Better than with his boot though..

 

[CatToTheFuture]

There’s footage of Blicavs tackling, full contact, before Xmas.

Better again

So it's just Rohan then?

 

[And_ROOS]

Better than with his boot though..

I imagine one of Kingy's set plays for Jezza or Hawk is to take speccies over the goal umpire as well.

 

[Vdubs]

I imagine one of Kingy's set plays for Jezza or Hawk is to take speccies over the goal umpire as well.

Definitely

 

[Vdubs]

Come to think about it, the more I read about Steven King

Steven King

Age

45

Ht

201cm

Wt

104kg

Pos.

Ruck

Career

Season

Last 5

D

12.8

3star

K

7.9

3star

HB

4.9

4star

CL

1.3

3star

HO

16.8

5star

No current season stats available

D

11.8

3star

K

6.4

3star

HB

5.4

4star

HO

8.8

5star

, and view highlights, he is a candidate for being one of our most underrated players in history

 

[And_ROOS]

Come to think about it, the more I read about Steven King, and view highlights, he is a candidate for being one of our most underrated players in history

There was always a group of players I hoped would win a flag with us, especially after watching us lose GFs in the 90s then become a bit poo in the late 90s/2000s, and that was Graham, Riccardi, McGrath and King. Both were big for the club when we weren't really very good, and both were massive in that 04 season. Sucks that Graham left end of the 04 season but the worst thing about the 07 flag was that Riccardi retired end of 06.

I think people forget how good King was for a very long time and how valuable his captaincy was.

 

[gogeelongcats]

Oscar Allen and JUH Please !

JUH would be enough

I remember watching Nathan Ablett live in his second year playing in the twos, he looked every bit a future star. Agree with Warhorse sometimes it is moments early on, and even though this was a twos game, everyone could see the ability on show.

I think he had the potential to be the best player ever.

 

[Footy Smarts]

Stephen King was named AA ruck before he turned 22. Conway this season will be less than 6 months younger than King was in his AA season. King had already played 63 games over 4 seasons before his AA season including 13 games as a 17 year old in 1996.

Gotta think flogging him from such a young age must have contributed to his later injury issues. He actually missed less footy than I remembered but only played 20+ games once between 2001 and his last season with us in 2007.

 

[Footy_Fan2007]

Quick side not, just had the 2016 qualifying final on Foxtel, that was the dumbest last 3 minutes of football Geelong has ever played

How we’ve gave them an opportunity to score at the end was atrocious. We were the better team all night and probably should have lost it due to dumb football.

 

[thejester]

Steven King whacking blokes with a stick will be hard to stop though.

I'm prepared to volunteer my time and take over whacking-blokes-with-a-stick duties in order to free up assistant coaches for other work.

 

[CHAWKTS]

Do we know of anyone struggling with injury? Good to see guys like Foster, Clark, Willis, etc out there. Seems like we've got a pretty healthy squad.

Rohan has been patchy in terms of being on the track

as have Stanley. Blitz is now back

the only other person not training fully is Bruhn but it is minor issue and will be back next week

so best availability in years for pre season

 

[goyoucatters]

I'm prepared to volunteer my time and take over whacking-blokes-with-a-stick duties in order to free up assistant coaches for other work.

This footage will hopefully be Exhibit A in the AFLCA's ambit claim for more money to be released back into the system to augment coaching panels. Clearly the current staff are overworked and have far too much to do.

 

[Lana]

I'm prepared to volunteer my time and take over whacking-blokes-with-a-stick duties in order to free up assistant coaches for other work.

I think you have to go to uni to be qualified to do that

 

[Vdubs]

JUH would be enough

I think he had the potential to be the best player ever.

This 07 highlights package is tantalising.
Note the ability to not run into a player but rather somersault over the top- hardly got a mention, but was there when he did that- could not believe what he did til we saw the replay


Certainly the biggest regret I have as a Cats supporter is that we did not see the full evolution of Nathan Ablett as a footballer. We respect that he had more important issues. It was about now, preseason 2008, that he shocked us all with his retirement. Utterly convinced that had his natural progress continued, we would have won 5 in 5.

 

[thejester]

I think you have to go to uni to be qualified to do that

My parents said I was crazy when I chose stick whacking as my major. Now who is laughing?

 

[FredLeDeux]

My parents said I was crazy when I chose stick whacking as my major. Now who is laughing?

Steven King.

 

[Warhorse]

JUH would be enough

I think he had the potential to be the best player ever.

I wouldn't say that but it wouldn't surprise me if he explodes and kicks 80 next year