Training 2024 Preseason Training Thread

[Kong]

His arms look fake, abnormally long

Oh god, this is going to spark a metal arms thing again, isn't it.

 

[andleanback]

Think it's part of the Country Game agreement.

Pfft we have to play a game in their country region, why don’t we get to choose a location

 

[Vindicater]

Did Daicos or sheezel, their role is to attack not defend.

There is a big difference between. Those and Davey Jr in terms of attacking style.

 

[Old Campaigner]

Pfft we have to play a game in their country region, why don’t we get to choose a location

The price of air fares is too high to go anywhere else

 

[Beerfish]

Pfft we have to play a game in their country region, why don’t we get to choose a location

Anytime. Anywhere.

 

[Lance Uppercut]

Pfft we have to play a game in their country region, why don’t we get to choose a location

Wangaratta?

 

[andleanback]

Anytime. Anywhere.

Nah more about its always on there terms in their region geelong/ cola/ warnambool. Why can’t we play it in Bendigo ?

 

[Beerfish]

Nah more about its always on there terms in their region geelong/ cola/ warnambool. Why can’t we play it in Bendigo ?

I don't know and I don't much care.

 

[andleanback]

I don't know and I don't much care.

Well you are the one who replied

 

[TheUnicorn]

 

[boncer34]

Nah more about its always on there terms in their region geelong/ cola/ warnambool. Why can’t we play it in Bendigo ?

Coz the QEO is a shit ground

 

[JayJ20]

Why do we always play geelong in preseason

If ever a team looked down on another, this is it.

Always able to compete in the preseason game and never competitive in the season vs Geelong. Can't really take too much out of Geelong vs Essendon preseason games because Geelong don't care.

 

[Hamez]

Light hearted video but a few of the responses were surprising which is a good insight

 

[eth-dog]

Pfft we have to play a game in their country region, why don’t we get to choose a location

Or Shepparton. Or Ballarat.

 

[DERO]

Why not play on the dog turd oval?

 

[TheUnicorn]

They took this video down and reuploaded it with the harmless dig at North snipped out

 

[Beerfish]

They took this video down and reuploaded it with the harmless dig at North snipped out

What was the dig?

 

[ghostdog]

Nah more about its always on there terms in their region geelong/ cola/ warnambool. Why can’t we play it in Bendigo ?

It's just a pre-season game.

 

[TheUnicorn]

What was the dig?

I forget word for word but essentially someone asked McKay what the difference was in our training standards and facility or something along those lines.
Draper at the end said something like “And he told me he’s never seen so many fans in one place”. Draper was clearly just shit stirring, I can’t believe they felt the need to edit it out though

 

[Milanista28]

Jones starting to fill out a bit, hope he can have a full PS and plays all year, he needs it.

 

[Lore]

I forget word for word but essentially someone asked McKay what the difference was in our training standards and facility or something along those lines.
Draper at the end said something like “And he told me he’s never seen so many fans in one place”. Draper was clearly just s**t stirring, I can’t believe they felt the need to edit it out though

Just drapes being drapes

Guess it wasn’t the headline they wanted in slow news season

 

[Pweter]

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Jones starting to fill out a bit, hope he can have a full PS and plays all year, he needs it.

Legs are still like twigs, but Rome wasn't built in a day. Hard to do too many leg weights when you probably haven't been able to excess weight through your ankles.

 

[faible]

Light hearted video but a few of the responses were surprising which is a good insight

Goldy, McKay, Wright and Baldwin all lift big which isn't surprising given they're all up around the 100kg mark I'd have thought.

I'd rather hear someone like Hobbs is an absolute powerhouse in the gym like Jack Viney.

 

[Ambrosia]

Apparently there will be positional changes... with the aim being to get some more "bounce" out of the back half through positional changes. Scott wouldn't named names, half because it's a secret until the intraclubs in February, and half because he wants to try a few things and if it doesn't work and we don't see it in Feb, then he doesn't want to come off looking like a liar.

Merrett has said something about Durham being capable on the inside and as an outside mid, and wanting to see more of that. Meanwhile Merrett himself is definitely not going to move to half back, Scotty said so.

McGrath and Redman are staying in the backline, they're the ones that will be getting a bit of support. Duursma was recruited for the wing, Gresham for fwd/mid duties, so not those, but perhaps they're replacing whoever does go back?

Langford seems determined to spend the whole pre-season developing some chemistry with the other forwards, in the forward line, so not likely to be him, but given we did see him train midfield and start in the backline at the start of 2023 it's likely to be someone similar to Langford who gets put in the backline I guess. So a mid or a forward that presumably has some leg speed or some good disposal that can be advantageous in the back half?

Makes me think Davey twins, Jones, or Stringer? (Wouldn't that be a sight ) Or maybe even Perkins/Martin. If Perkins, Cox and Reid all ended up in the backline it would be extremely Essendon Can't help ourselves, almost all of our top draft picks end up playing in the backline...

I think you want a player who has shown a knack for accumulating the footy in the Daicos/Sinclair mould and a willingness to take aggressive kicks. So if not Merrett the only other two that spring to mind are Caldwell and Martin

 

[jdstorm]

I think you want a player who has shown a knack for accumulating the footy in the Daicos/Sinclair mould and a willingness to take aggressive kicks. So if not Merrett the only other two that spring to mind are Caldwell and Martin

Martin moves the ball out of the back half as a wing so he was part of the problem last season.

Caldwells probably the best bet if Davey/The rookies don’t work out