Training 2024 Pre-Season

[George]

Two issues I have with now knowing this.

1. To be so self conscious that you bleach back there Mav must have just had an oppressively dark balloon knot

And/Or

2. Mav must have regularly been in positions to display said knot (eg, Captain of the Saints Cherry Darts team).

Either way, bravo Mav.

Oh, how embarrassing. Looks like someone missed the cricketeer suits!

 

[Murraj1966]

I'm so proud that I indirectly brought back the best topic of 2016, Mav Weller's bleached starfish.

The times back then were darker than apparently his anus

 

[StCicatriz]

Another snippet. Caminiti runs a gruelling series of 400 hundreds, stops in front of me near the dugout.
Doesn't go on his back but down on his haunches.
Batchelor says 'stand up', Hammer bends forward, 'straighten up, walk or jog it out'.

Hammer complies and starts jogging. The whole coaching group is following Lyon's lead.

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Love this

 

[PoppedCorn]

Race 1 Eagle Farm Season Greetings From Brc Mdn Betting Odds | Sportsbet

40-1 ...... thinks I might haves me some of that

$67 to be minor premiers. Lazy $15 on that!

Lol 2.50 to make the 8
I don't usually gamble but

Edit

Sinclair at 81 bucks for the brownlow and Max at 15 bucks for the Coleman

I might slap some on Max too

 

[Joffaboy]

I'm so proud that I indirectly brought back the best topic of 2016, Mav Weller's bleached starfish.

The times back then were darker than apparently his anus

Yes it was a joke started on here, when has now grown to be the truth

Poor Mav.

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[seasonedsainter]

"Heard RTB talking to another coach near the boundary about Garcia. Said he had a blankness and expressionlessness about him that really intrigued him."

LMAO loved this, thanks for that great report!

 

[saintmike65]

Was running laps today, maybe load management.

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Dow has a minor knee injury from Monday training

 

[saintmike65]

Anyone know who the tall guy next to Lenny is?
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Adrian Cole from our NGA…196cm

 

[saintmike65]

Good call there Dard.

To me.....Shoey looks like he could be an Expresso Martini type of guy.

Don't know why.....just a gut feeling.

LOL.

You’re a funny man Mr. Watto!!!!!

 

[Saintos The ITK]

The training reports are through the roof this year.
Big thanks to all the field correspondents.
Should design a badge for regular track reporters George.

 

[CaptainRisky]

Righto, this will be long, somewhat incoherent and jumbled, but these are things I saw today.

-Dow, Caminiti, Hayes doing laps. Wule the others warmed up Caminiti was pushed really hard in his running. Many of the boys were cheering him on too.

Kicking drill 20m apart running at target:
-As vocal as I've heard them. Henry, Windy, Steele, Pou all beautiful kicks as they ran at the marker. What stands out is how conditioned everyone looks. All in ripping shape.

Small mid clearance battle:
-Clark, Paton, Windy v Steele, Hill, Hotton.
-Steele's tackling looks back to it's best. Strong through the body and was not letting them out. Clark had no chance after being wrapped up.
-Windhager moving beautifully inside, and Hill's evasiveness is great.
-Paton was okay, but being soundly beaten in movement alone by Hill.

4v4 throw in stoppage work:
-Pou being very physical with Seb Ross at every new stoppage, lots of body work.
-Jones is a pest. Putting heaps of pressure on his man, and very mouthy. But he is lively.
-Henry was being utilised really well as a receiver and was using his legs. Hotton good here too.
-Windy was being instructed by Lenny through this drill and seemed to be almost doing a 'run with' role on Steele.
-After this drill finished, Steele pulled the whole crew together and chatted with them and coached them through what they could have done a bit better, heard mentions of their positioning and method. Good to see, as I don't often see him do that.

5v5 defence and attack drill:
-10x10 metre box they had to work the ball through the traffic both ways.
-Wilkie directing as he does.
-Jones has very quick feet in traffic - stops and props and sidesteps really well, and he's strong. I almost forget he's on our list sometimes because he's been so injury plagued, but if he's right he really adds something different.
-Collard stepping nicely and being used a lot in this drill, was good to see.
-Teams switched over and Wood, Bonner, Hastie, and Webster were working really well as a unit. Hastie with a nice intercept that was well received by the coaches.

5v5 half back simulation from sideline throw in:
-Looked like the focus was to get the ball moving and the switch across goals and out of d50 on the other side.
-McLennan hit a beautiful 45m switch.
-Hastie moves really nicely. As many have said he's still quite slight in the upper body but his use and movement are looking good. He was being directly encouraged by BJ many times in this drill to be more vocal and instructive. Positive to see that already they think he can be directive. Had a nice fend off on Webster.
-Overall the disposal so far was very good. Slightly blustery wind but some really nice kicking. Good to see.

Half field Greens v Reds:
-Adrian Cole is a big unit. Does not look out of place at all. Took a really nice mark over Heath then delivered i50 to Alison who dropped an absolute soda. Did take a nice lead up mark after that though.
-Henry using his wheels, out ran wood and linked up with Byrnes nicely both using their pace to combine. Henry had one really good inside 50, and one absolute worm burning stinker. Was being used a lot though which I liked.
-King in fluro cap but was leading and going for his marks. Dougs was on him and being physical but King was moving a lot which was good, trying to lose him. Sharman would then come over and force Dougs to try manage both of them. It let King off the leash a little as Dougs focus shifted to deal with Sharman. Ball was still being dumped on his head a bit though...
-Ross stopped the play and asked if anyone was actually going to lead at the kicker.
-Owens being used mostly fwd here, was a handful for Battle.
-Arie Schoonerdeleter was doing laps and really working hard. Sweating out last nights sesh.

Goal kicking between drills was actually quite good. Owens, Marshall, and Coops all drilling them. Sharman has such a nice and simple kicking action.

10v10 using the ground width ways with little makeshift goals at either end:
-Only about 40m wide so forcing the players to utilise a corridor.
-Wilkie dominating. Did miss a fairly simple handball out of defence but was comfortably winning every 1v1.
-Sincs the main outlet out of defence. Doesn't miss.
-Wood, Hill, Henry really being used a lot as the second kick. All moving and presenting constantly.
-Nas, Ronnie, Wilkie, Sinclair all standouts here. These guys make great decisions under pressure.
-Collard is so agile, but did fade a bit. Obviously needs to work on the tank more, but when he's on he's on.

Red v Green full match sim with AFL umps:
-8 min quarters after about 2 hours training at this point.
Amongst the red team were Steele, Wilkie, Henry, Wood, Marshall, Cordy, Membrey, Wilson, Windy, Battle, Hill, Clark, Owens, Sharman. Green had Ross, Byrnes, Bonner, Keller, Garcia, Alison, Nasiah, amongst others.
-Red had 2 inside 50's within about 1.5 mins.
-Owens set shot misses for a behind.
-Windy nice hands to Clark who bangs one through from about 45m. Under very little pressure from opposing team.
-Green team get to their attacking 50 once, but the way the defensive unit of Wilkie, Stocker, Battle and Webster worked the ball.. switched it twice and back into attack... was really, really nice to watch. Very clean use of it and they all knew what the other was doing.
-Pou, Jones, and Dougal all running laps. Caminiti still running.
-Heard RTB talking to another coach near the boundary about Garcia. Said he had a blankness and expressionlessness about him that really intrigued him. Said he was an interesting character. Not sure what this was in reference to exactly.
-Boris was commenting to RTB about how well they were transitioning the footy.
-RTB called out to Lance multiple times to commend him on his pace and attack. Really singling him out.
-Marshall taps down Steele's throat, Steele with 3 fakes and a spin to a running Sinclair through the middle, Sincs pings one through from 50.
-Clark in the middle to a, once again, streaming Sincs, who hits Steele on the tit just inside 50. Steele kicks over to Marshall for a set shot who absolutely shanks it haha doesn't make the distance and goes way wide.
-Again the transition from the Red team looks unreal. Battle, Hill, Webster all working beautifully.
-Stocker hits a ripping 40m kick inside 50 deep to a leading Membrey. Really nice ball use. Watching Stocker he was putting a lot of physical pressure on Garcia at d50 stoppages. Really making him work. Garcia is seriously pacy, and bursts off the mark.

-Bonner easily outmanoeuvres Hggins and delivers i50, Ro Marshall back into the hole to take a nice defensive pack mark.

Some players now swap teams to mix it up a bit and make it a little more equal.

-Owens chasing an errant ball to the boundary, out steps Bonner, delivers forward. Then runs on and ends up in the forward pack in the square. He outmuscles everyone to get a snap off at goal. Is a real handful. Just don't know how you match up well on him as he's bigger than the smalls, more agile than the bigs, and more powerful than most.

Ross made them do commando roles and planks in between the 3rd and 4th quarter after about 2.5 hours training, really pushing them. Tired lads out there but they looks in great shape.

That'll do me, and congrats if you made it this far. Jesus. What a waffle haha.

Cheers.

Thanks for the report

https://www.sportsbet.com.au/betting/australian-rules/afl/afl-premiership-winner-2024-7668076

40-1 ...... thinks I might haves me some of that

Do you like giving money away

 

[austinnn]

"Heard RTB talking to another coach near the boundary about Garcia. Said he had a blankness and expressionlessness about him that really intrigued him."

LMAO loved this, thanks for that great report!

Not sure what a better nickname for Hugo would be, "Blanco" Garcia or "Go-Go" Garcia

 

[Murraj1966]

The training reports are through the roof this year.
Big thanks to all the field correspondents.
Should design a badge for regular track reporters George.

Agree but maybe avoid AI for the design

 

[Saintos The ITK]

Agree but maybe avoid AI for the design

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Hahaha perfect

 

[Joffaboy]

The training reports are through the roof this year.
Big thanks to all the field correspondents.
Should design a badge for regular track reporters George.

Nah mate, I think we are lucky to have the time to get to training.
Can't speak for others but it is a service to Saints fans eager to know what is going on.
The best thing is the multiple reports. Obviously opinions can be biased so a number of track watchers saying the same thing about a player, or training drills etc, can give a bit more confidence that what is reported is correct.

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[sammm]

Willing to go out on a limb and say he’s a 120% chance of earning a second contract

Hope so. We will really need a full back in the next couple of years

 

[sammm]

The training reports are through the roof this year.
Big thanks to all the field correspondents.
Should design a badge for regular track reporters George.

I agree

 

[Parkysp]

Nah mate, I think we are lucky to have the time to get to training.
Can't speak for others but it is a service to Saints fans eager to know what is going on.
The best thing is the multiple reports. Obviously opinions can be biased so a number of track watchers saying the same thing about a player, or training drills etc, can give a bit more confidence that what is reported is correct.

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Correlation of data points is nice when it is from sources that have multiple years of watching.

It's why we are all hanging out though for a game against another club to see if what we are seeing holds up.

On a side note I was with a couple of people this week that told me Windy is leaving absolutely nothing in his preparation to chance. Said he is absolutely desperate to be the player the number 2 jumper deserves. Driven was the word used by them. People that have watched him at close quarters for a long time and aren't known for easy marking.

 

[SteeleSaints]

Today's session + match sim snippets Enjoy Sainters.

Thank you Saints TV that was brilliant!

 

[Remboy]

Correlation of data points is nice when it is from sources that have multiple years of watching.

It's why we are all hanging out though for a game against another club to see if what we are seeing holds up.

On a side note I was with a couple of people this week that told me Windy is leaving absolutely nothing in his preparation to chance. Said he is absolutely desperate to be the player the number 2 jumper deserves. Driven was the word used by them. People that have watched him at close quarters for a long time and aren't known for easy marking.

He was the same last pre season. Looked set for a huge year and then broke his hand.
It's going to be fun watching him, Poo and Owens this year.

 

[Jesuswasacarpenter]

Funny, my prep and grade 1 teacher was a Collingwood supporter and I'd go to all the Saints games back then ('96, '97) and talk about it every Monday for show and tell. We were winning a lot across those two years and the sheer amount I'd talk about the Saints made her make the switch

Knocked on our front door on the morning of the '97 GF and gave me a Stewie Loewe badge for good luck. I still see her around every now and then - as rusted on as they come

So that makes you approx. 33 by my calculations chief...AIR?

 

[Dard Ball Get]

So that makes you approx. 33 by my calculations chief...AIR?

He’s 34, must’ve been held back a year??

 

[George]

So that makes you approx. 33 by my calculations chief...AIR?

34 in May, so yes, you're right Chief.

Don't mind Dard, the irony of the bloke who can't count chirping that others stayed back in school isn't lost on me

 

[hangdog]

The training reports are through the roof this year.
Big thanks to all the field correspondents.
Should design a badge for regular track reporters George.

Yeah, they deserve a "trains bust".

 

[Parkysp]

He was the same last pre season. Looked set for a huge year and then broke his hand.
It's going to be fun watching him, Poo and Owens this year.

Yep. We talked about how that set him back last year. If he can become an integral piece of the midfield we want then oh my.

Oh and everyone is a Mitch Owens fanboi. It's almost embarrassing to have been the first on board with my Aisle 29 friends Yeah Yeah Nat Fyfe, Yeah Yeah Paddy Cripps. Shut up Aisle 29 claimed Mitchito from the start!