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Training 2024 Preseason Thread
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Nobody does cringe better.
Topkent
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Fire every single dickhead who signed off on this. I don't care if this campaigner has a family whoevet filmed this their kids can starve to death.
Topkent
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Yeah that's no good for a bloke near 30. Those can kill a whole season
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I'd rather not rush Petty for the start of the year anyway
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Agree, no point cooking his foot again in a rush for one game but ****ing the rest of his/our season.
Not great news on McAdam but was always the risk getting him
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I'm no Selwyn fan but I'm sure his plan isn't to cook Petty's foot further. It'll all be calculated.
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I dont think anyone expected Petty to play early in the season did they? I was thinking it was going to be from ~ round 6 to mid season
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Do we actually have any fit forwards?
Fritsch, JVR & Trac should be enough to kick a winning score IF we move the ball well*
*we won't move the ball well.
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trac is a mid, especially without Oliver. And even when forward he's always high up the ground anyway.
if we are playing Trac as a full time mid even without Oliver we are going nowhere this year.
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I respectfully disagree. Why would we put the worst set shot in the afl over a 3 year period in the forward line?
alot of things need to go right for us to have a good year IMO. Trac sorting out his kicking is one of them.
We need him spending a decent chunk forward because he's one of the only players on the list that can win contests in the forwardline consistently.
He was also the No.1 score assist (or goal assist? One of those two) player for the season last year.
His kicking for goal is shoddy but it doesn't mean we never play him forward.
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I thought one of the journos said Mcadam was out for round 0. So sounds like he’s a chance now. Also let’s face it 50 games in 5 years at the crows means 15 home and away games is a bonus if he’s right come September.
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I've been to about 5 training sessions, I haven't seen Petracca work on his goal kicking more than any other player. They practice it for about 5 minutes a training session and it's clearly not a priority for the footy club. Strangely enough.
Trac mentioned on the Dyl and friends podcast that he has been working on his kicking and goal kicking. Not sure to what extent. The guy is an elite preparer though. Does a lot of extras most wouldn’t be doing.
He's been vocal about this for the past few years. It's not new information at all.
Until I start seeing significant improvement, then it'll be one of his biggest flaws in his game.
Yeah I’m hoping he has been working on it as he seems to be someone who is dedicated to what he is doing and trying to improve. Just look at what happened once the penny dropped. 4 x AA, 2 x B&F, premiership, Norm Smith. He’s a very dedicated individual. This could be one of his biggest challenges.
Topkent
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Him practicing a few set shots here and there won't change anything until he sorts out 2 main things.
1. It's all mental with him, his 2 grand final goals show he can kick important goals as long as he has no time to think about them. Soon as he does it all gets to him. Struggle to see him really changing it now
2. His ball drop for set shots is all over the place. Spins the ball and ends up holding it different everytime. Can't tell me Tmac is a ¼ as talented as him but he keeps the ball drop compact
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I think Petracca is almost at the stage where needs to snap everything from set shots as his ball drop is just too horrendous.
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