Training 2024 Pre-Season

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nobhead said:
Sincs
Dow
Hayes
Clark
Jones
Butler
Heath
All not involved in full training
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Van Es is still on light duties as well. Also seems that Crouch is struggling with a knee and running around on one leg. From all accounts we will get Clark, Sincs and Dow back so hopefully we can work towards a mostly fit list before the season begins. Its not at the levels of last pre-season but any injuries are still a concern.
 

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ScrappyDo said:
Great stuff Uncle Barrels. Got a best 22 in ya?
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On the basis that Round 1 was tomorrow…

SENIORS

B: Webster - Howard - Battle
HB: Wang.-Mil. - Wilkie - Stocker
C: Wood - Windhager - Hill
HF: Henry - Membrey - Phillipou
F: Owens - King - Higgins
Foll: Marshall - Steele - Crouch

Int: Bonner Ross Byrnes Sharman
Sub: Wilson

*Garcia very very close to selection.

SANDRINGHAM

B: McLennan - Cordy - Schoenmaker
HB: xxxxx - Keeler - Hastie
C: O’Connell - xxxxx - xxxxx
HF: xxxxx - Caminiti - xxxxx
F: Collard - Allison - xxxxx
Foll: Campbell - Hotton - Garcia

UNAVAILABLE

Sinclair
Dow
Clark
Jones
Butler
Heath?
Hayes
Paton
Van Es​
 
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stavro#4 said:
Oh please.

Like you are one to talk…

You’ll be jerking it in the car opposite a primary school watching videos of both those boys from today

Before finishing your day on the couch rewatching this weeks dinner party wishing you could slap Sara
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Jake Gyllenhaal No GIF
 
Barrels said:
Here we go…

WARM UPS and DRILLS
  • Butler and Hunter running laps.
  • No Jones or Dow. Or Sincs.
  • Hammer with a massive head bandage again. Might indeed have had his ears pinned. 🤣
  • Crouch knee still heavily strapped.
  • Hayes in general warmup.
  • Hastie tall and slim, but oddly bandy-legged. Kinda runs like Stuv. Beautiful by foot.
  • Pou doesn’t mark the ball as much a rip it out of the air!
  • Not sure who the blokes in 37, 40, 46, and 48 are. Turns out 40 is Darby Hipwell… he is an absolute nugget.
  • Garcia is a ripper. Built, moves well, and is classy.
  • Keeler clearly training in defence, despite my disbelief before Christmas.
  • Moose doing 400s at a decent clip.
  • BJ remain a hard task master (and, frankly, a bit of a dick)…
  • Henry, Pou, Garcia, and Hotton training with the mids.
  • Schoonermonster in proper training. No more running blocks.
  • Full ground drill focusing on precise and fast ball movement. Stocker being used as probably the main distributor from defence; Ross stopped the drill twice cos he was shitted off with something (couldn’t hear him.)
  • Cordy is not great by foot. Or running. But just… gets things done.
  • Chito big daddy-ed Schoonermonster in a marking contest. Too strong.
  • Butler, Hunter, Hayes, Van Es, and Moose (?) off to one side in the yellow rehab bibs. Butler, Hunter, and Hayes doing ball movement/leading drills. Van Es running only. Moose doing repeat sprint-type running (clearly working on getting him from contest to contest).
  • Chito on Battle in competitive leading drills is basically Godzilla v Kong.
  • Doogs even yells at the umps in drills… 🤣
  • Keeler on King in the leading drill… outmuscled, sure, but makes Max look stodgy and static. Jeeeeeesus.
  • Allison playing as a leading forward. Not showing much, unfortunately.
  • Titanic torching Schoonermonster on sheer athleticism.
MATCH SIM (1st third):
  • Reds v Blues. Reds seem more “Best 22”, but Crouch, Higgins, and Ross in the Blues for example. Byrnes, Stocker, and Bonner in Red. Wilson in Blue.
  • Pou starting in the middle for Red.
  • Wilson just MURDERED Hill on the lead. OOF from the set shot… 😬
  • Red’s tranisition is awfully quick, leads to a snapped King goal from a handball.
  • Doogs raging about something anyway. Bloke is a madman.
  • Hammer torches Doogs and Wilkie, who are too busy directing traffic to watch him. Poor from both. Goals from an absolute dogs breakfast shank. 🤣
  • Red goals again on a quick inside 50 transition from half back. Emphasis on RAPID ball movement is very noticeable.
  • Allison goes over the mark to give away a 50 to Pou. Goals from the set shot.
  • Skunk limping after a heavy tackle. Jogging it off, but not happy.
  • Hotton goals for Blue from an inside out snap after some very quick hands from Allison out of the marking contest. First good sign from Matty.
  • Collard TORCHED Stocker on the lead, but Nas floated in front to spoil. Collard is ridiculously quick.
  • Ro drops an uncontested mark on the last line, mopped up, got smothered by Wilson, ball ends up with Hastie who misses the set shot for Blue.
  • Real focus on wingers staying wide and keeping their shape. Soccer-like. Really seems to help with movement in transition.
  • Unsurprisingly, Collard has the body strength of a sleepy toddler.
  • Higgins has been superb as a (very) high half forward. He and Crouch keeping Blue in it between them.
  • Nas misses right from a free for Red.
  • Skunk moving ok now.
  • Wood misses a set shot from 25 out. Goal kicking needs serious work across the board if this is the genuine standard.
MATCH SIM (2nd third):
  • Titanic, Stocker, and Byrnes into Blue. Webster, Wilson, and Higgo in Red. Higgo’s back is heavily strapped.
  • Hunter, Butler and Hayes back out and joining Moose in running laps. Hayes doing more walking than the others… has a noticeable hitch to his stride.
  • Pou has WONDERFUL hands in close.
  • Higgo plays for the free in a marking contest with Stocker (some things don’t change 😉) and is rewarded. Goals for Red.
  • Zlugger on Max. Keeler now on Skunk.
  • Schoonermonster on Wilson and McLennan on Chito are weird matchups.
  • Wilson picks the wrong option in an I50. Hilly let him know ALL about it.
  • Stocker has been very good for Blue.
  • Henry lovely inside out to Ro. Goals.
  • O’Leary (Sandy) has been good for Blue. Had a quick chat to Tony Brown about him; they like him a lot.
  • Pou beats Hastie on the deck to snap another for Red. Just a bit too big for the newbie.
  • Hastie and McLennan trying to cover Pou together. He’s just too good. Marks on the lead and kicks another for Red.
  • Hilly misses a Max lead. No word on how Wilson feels about it… 🤣
  • Chito has position on Keeler and shifts him easily. Misses a speculative shot from 50.
  • Comes straight back in from the restart. Zlugger clumsy and gives away a free to Chito who misses from 30m directly in front.
  • Higgo with a superb chase across and smother on Schoonermonster to deny Blue an easy transition.
  • Max too strong for a scragging Zlugger. Marks and is also given the free. Goals from 15m out. Red really running away with it. 5 goals to bugger all in this period.
  • Zlugger now onto Chito, Keeler to Max, McLennan on Skunk, and Schoonermonster still inexplicably on Wilson.
  • Hastie with a scrubby pass to Schoonermonster that drifts OOF. Lazy marking sees Higgo pop it over the top to Chito unmarked in the square who goals.
  • Immediately out of the ruck to Pou who slips a banana on the run wide. 6.4 to doughnuts in this stanza.
  • Campbell comes down heavily from a bit of friendly fire in a marking contest… Titanic took the grab… he seem ok.
  • Henry very involved that quarter, moves beautifully.
MATCH SIM (Final third):
  • Hayes and Moose STILL running. Both absolutely gassed.
  • Hunter and Van Es on the bikes.
  • Wholesale changes… Max, Ro, Wood, Steele, Hill, and Chito now in Blue, Higgo back in Blue. Campbell, Allison, Hotton, Hipwell (Sandy), O’Leary (Sandy), Collard, and Garcia in Red.
  • Wood off-balance snap in marked on the line by Doogs. Doogs still angry about… everything.
  • Titanic slips free inside 50 and marks unopposed on the lead. Doogs loses it at Wilson for not tracking back. Titanic goals.
  • Red transitions well from defence and Hipwell goals from 20m out on the run. Doogs less angry.
  • Hotton and Garcia very good in close. Beat Steele to the ball.
  • Allison now loose in defence. Lovely long pass to Skunk’s advantage.
  • Max beats Doogs and a covering Bonner on the lead. Misses left from 40m from the set shot.
  • Henry now at half forward instead of the middle.
  • Titanic easily shifts 46 from behind, 10m out. Marks, plays on, and goals. Great lob to advantage by Higgo.
  • Wilkie easily nudges Max out of the way up on the wing. Just a superb defender.
  • Pou stretches to outmark Schoonermonster at high half forward. Absolutely primed for 2024.
  • Collard shanks the banana set shot OOF.
  • Superb chip shot pass from Windy to Byrnes at full speed. Ronnie misses right from distance.
  • Super grab going back with it by Skunk, leads to a dribbler goal to Collard for Red.
  • Garcia slices Blue apart from a free, over the top with a long dagger to Henry on the lead. Goal to Red.
Match sim looks over. Time for the group 200s…

Reckon I’ll call that a day.

NOW GIMME MY ******* BADGE, George, YOU BALD BASTARD.
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Fantastic work mate.
This could be your new niche. Considering your drop in form around the Best 22’s, maybe a transition into full training reports?
Like the bull mid who finishes his career as a handy, hard to match up on forward?
Food for thought 🤔


😎
 
Not sure acting is Lennys calling tbh 😂😂


 
Barrels said:
On the basis that Round 1 was tomorrow…

SENIORS

B: Webster - Howard - Battle
HB: Wang.-Mil. - Wilkie - Stocker
C: Wood - Windhager - Hill
HF: Henry - Membrey - Phillipou
F: Owens - King - Higgins
Foll: Marshall - Steele - Crouch

Int: Bonner Ross Byrnes Sharman
Sub: Wilson

*Garcia very very close to selection.

SANDRINGHAM

B: McLennan - Cordy - Schoenmaker
HB: xxxxx - Keeler - Hastie
C: O’Connell - xxxxx - xxxxx
HF: xxxxx - Caminiti - xxxxx
F: Collard - Allison - xxxxx
Foll: Campbell - Hotton - Garcia

UNAVAILABLE

Sinclair
Dow
Clark
Jones
Butler
Heath?
Hayes
Paton
Van Es​
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I reckon that’s pretty bang on mate. Other than potentially Sinclair, Clark and Dow pushing out a couple if they get up. And I still have a question mark on Crouch with his leg ATM.


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  • Hunter Clark will train next week & will play against North on March3.
  • Butler is back running after his second ankle operation
  • Zac Jones has concussion,
  • Sinclair won’t play in either practice match due to calf issue
  • Jack Hayes will train with the main group the week after next
  • in a glimpse to the future, Phillipou, Henry & Windhager regularly attended centre bounces together.
  • Jack Steele, Henry, Bonner, Hill, Crouch, Higgins, Stocker, Battle, Wood were all good…
  • of the youngsters, Phillipou, Windhager impressed with Garcia, McLennan, Hastie, Keeler, Arie & Wilson showing some promising signs!
 
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