Training 2024 Pre-Season

[True Believer]

I haven’t been able to get anything done since George announced the minting of badges, firstly I didn’t realise he had such wide ranging powers, respect, and secondly I’m now obsessed with being awarded a badge.

See, I 'm in this camp, very distracted by the whole ferfuffle. But that maybe because I misread what was going in - I thought I was potentially going to be awarded a "vadge".

I had already planned some alone time.......

 

[SaintsSeptember]

Dow could be a huge addition. He's got real pace out of the middle and was a high pick for a reason. There is plenty of growth there but you can't plan around extraordinary potential growth. King, Owens etc look blue chip and earmarked for being above average. Guys like Clark would have to have a massive jump in output. It can happen and you should keep an open mind but need to plan to be a force for a sustained period and keep striving.

I left Dow out.
We lost Gresham who had less clearances from more games comparing 23 to 22. I'm hoping that Dow will more than make up for that loss, but until he plays we really don't know.
Yeah Clark is a bit of a maybe.

 

[saintron]

Please can we stick to what the site is about preseason training not all this other shit

 

[Cairnsman]

See, I 'm in this camp, very distracted by the whole ferfuffle. But that maybe because I misread what was going in - I thought I was potentially going to be awarded a "vadge".

I had already planned some alone time.......

Hell!!
I’ve always maintained I’d need a heck of a lot of alone time if I owned one.

It would get a fair run on the weekends too.

 

[Dard Ball Get]

George Give Ron the Perennial Whinger badge, he’s earned it.

 

[Cairnsman]

Please can we stick to what the site is about preseason training not all this other s**t

Have you considered submitting an application for membership with the PM group?

I believe that’s for your more discerning and serious footy fan and has much more stricter rules regarding free banter.

 

[Barrels]

Father and son, son

As if you’re not shooting blanks…

 

[Barrels]

Please can we stick to what the site is about

 

[Joffaboy]

Bad luck ****. You are being knighted.

Will accept knighthood. Sir Joffa of Boomersville will be my title.

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[gringo2011]

I left Dow out.
We lost Gresham who had less clearances from more games comparing 23 to 22. I'm hoping that Dow will more than make up for that loss, but until he plays we really don't know.
Yeah Clark is a bit of a maybe.

It will be a readjustment, replace Gresham and Ross with Henry and Dow/Jones and hopefully pick up some clearance and speed from it.

 

[FQFjt]

It will be a readjustment, replace Gresham and Ross with Henry and Dow/Jones and hopefully pick up some clearance and speed from it.

If Gresham's role in the transition chain is replaced by Matteas (which seems to be on the card from training reports) then we are going to get a lot more threatening looks at goal.

 

[Saint Watto]

I look over this forum like Zeus on Mt. Olympus

It's almost in the laps of the gods George.

Your in a long flowing toga....a piece of ivy wrapped around the top of your head.

Ok folks....let's not go there.

 

[Moorabbin Ghost]

“** Mother ******. Can you just stick to chatting about the ****** * Season ***** ****** ** Ian ** Stewart didn’t around like this *******” - SaintRon

 

[paddygunner]

Any of the ITKs able to confirm if Hunter's facial injury is just superficial and no impact to his pre season ? From track watchers he seemed to be well set for starting mid position. cheers

 

[SaintWWodonga]

How's Hotton been going?

 

[SaintersUnite]

Any of the ITKs able to confirm if Hunter's facial injury is just superficial and no impact to his pre season ? From track watchers he seemed to be well set for starting mid position. cheers

No news from the club would indicate he’s all good I would guess.


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[George]

Please can we stick to what the site is about

Me?

 

[Fehring]

I can see two 'performance windows'. One right now with a group of 26-28 year olds in their prime, and another in 5 years when the current under 22's hit peak performance. Whether either are good enough for a flag is anyones guess.

I lamented a while back that some of our best players from the last decade, like Stuv and Armo, were cooked by their late 20s.

If you look at the premiers over the last decade, you can see that you need as many of your best players playing good football into their mid 30s. If a good whack of our best over 27s play into their mid 30s, then we could potentially challenge over the next 1-10 years (they wouldn't go ten years, but would bridge the gap til the King cohort is well and truly dominant, in theory). I'd say Hill, Wood, Membrey, Sinclair, Marshall, Steele and Wilkie are the ones from that group.

 

[DougalHoward]

Impressive reaction time from Mitchi and Nas

 

[PlayerNumber9]

Never met him but he comes across as a ripping guy who gives his all week after week knowing that he is most likely not going to be in the Ones

This is exactly what you need in a backup ruck. If he thinks he should be playing ones every week he will leave, as we all saw with Grundy at Melbourne. Now if you can find a quality ruck who can also play as a forward (ie has real forward craft and can average a goal a game) you’ve got the perfect package but those players are incredibly rare.


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[Leap of Faith]

Or just tired of the gobshyte

 

[SaintsSeptember]

I lamented a while back that some of our best players from the last decade, like Stuv and Armo, were cooked by their late 20s.

If you look at the premiers over the last decade, you can see that you need as many of your best players playing good football into their mid 30s. If a good whack of our best over 27s play into their mid 30s, then we could potentially challenge over the next 1-10 years. I'd say Hill, Wood, Membrey, Sinclair, Marshall, Steele and Wilkie are the ones from that group.

Geelong have shown that you can have players contributing well into "old" age. Selwood played to 34. Mitch Duncan is 32. Dangerfield 33.

As you said , Armo and Stuv played their last good seasons with us at the age of 28.
Its not like we drafted a lot of good players back then anyway.
If you draft a young player and it takes 3 years for him to be playing "good" footy, he's 22.
If he retires or leaves at 28 its only 6 years of "good" footy from him.

Ignoring trades and career ending incidents, if you only average 6 years of good service from your players you need to draft an average of 3 good players a year.
If you get 10 years of service from your players you only need to draft 2 good players a year.
( We weren't even averaging 2 from Trout and co ).
Ross for example has only given us 8 years of good footy so far.
Dal Santo played well for 13 seasons and could have gone longer, but we traded him for magic beans.

Once you get players the age of Webster, Ross, Crouch , Hill, Wood, they are unlikely to get poached, and will probably only leave if we push them out. Especially if they are one club players. But meanwhile they are playing pretty decent footy.

 

[SaintsSeptember]

Impressive reaction time from Mitchi and Nas

Lol at Phillipou

 

[PoppedCorn]

George Give Ron the Perennial Whinger badge, he’s earned it.

Maybe we have a thread where it's just training reports so no discussion at all like that rumor thread we would run around trade time

The woke brigade can just read that and this thread stays just as it is.

Just means our resident dwarf boxer will have to repost all training reports into another thread

 

[Dard Ball Get]

Maybe we have a thread where it's just training reports so no discussion at all like that rumor thread we would run around trade time

The woke brigade can just read that and this thread stays just as it is.

Just means our resident dwarf boxer will have to repost all training reports into another thread

I’m banned from posting in that trade thread, I have no recollection as to why lmao