Training 2025 Pre-Season

[Mr_Moogle]

Maybe I've got this wrong but I've never thought of Curtin as gangly. He's tall but he's evenly built. I always thought gangly meant players like Gollant who are tall and unusually skinny.

 

[GreyCrow]

One soccer club in England has an AI camera set up to live streams their matches

In one game the camera kept mistaking the bald referee's head for the ball and there was just footage of him for the whole game

That's why we can't do video review work at our training sessions

Everybody watching the bigscreen nekminnit a fly lands on Nicks head

 

[Mostyn]

No he wasn't

We were developing him as the deepest tall defender playing on the opposition's stay at home key forwards until there was a public outcry

Then we moved him to HBF and later midfield/forward

Young players need stability while they find their feet and we didn't provide that whatsoever. Seemingly we had a new plan for him every 5 minutes. Pretty dismal effort from our coaching team overall. He showed a few good signs in spite of them, not because of them.

I'm hoping this Brisbane guy has a clue. I suspect he has.

Hr played the equivalent of two games deeper in defense to work on his one-on-one defensive positioning, which had shown itself to be an issue.

Part of developing as a young player is working on the lesser areas of your game.

Stability is fine, but it's not all rote learning of a single role. It's developing the different areas that need development.

 

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

Hr played the equivalent of two games deeper in defense to work on his one-on-one defensive positioning, which had shown itself to be an issue.

Part of developing as a young player is working on the lesser areas of your game.

Stability is fine, but it's not all rote learning of a single role. It's developing the different areas that need development.

Absolute lies

Why do you bother with this rubbish, honestly?

Curtin played full back because he was the tallest player available

The week after, Butts returned from injury via the SANFL and Curtin shifted up field. A coincidence of course.

Magically he'd solved the need to work on his defensive issues deep in defence that very week.

There is no planning or thought or development. We react to what's immediately in front of us every single week.

 

[Milo Cyrus]

...

I'm hoping this Brisbane guy has a clue. I suspect he has.

My fingers are crossed too. Will need a bag of miracles to transform Pepsi nuts.

 

[Cromulant]

Go see Scorpus Fyfe post. He's either a mid or we again wasted a top 10 pick because he's underwhelming as a kpd.

He's underwhelming after a handful of games, well I never.

 

[Big Dub]

Except these are talls. We drafted Curtin to be a mid, right?

Curtin wasn't drafted as a mid. He was the All Australian CHB. Which was a little misleading, as he was the best playmaking defender in his draft year, not a traditional key defender. He occasionally got stints on the ball. Before his draft year, he played a fair bit as a medium forward (before his 12cm growth spurt).

In WAFL seniors, he played on the last line of defence as a playmaker. I still think this is where he will play his best football, at least early.

He is a tall. They take longer. I don't think it's a positional thing.

He's also a kid in his first year of AFL.

 

[George Kramer]

Absolute lies

Why do you bother with this rubbish, honestly?

Curtin played full back because he was the tallest player available

The week after, Butts returned from injury via the SANFL and Curtin shifted up field. A coincidence of course.

Magically he'd solved the need to work on his defensive issues deep in defence that very week.

There is no planning or thought or development. We react to what's immediately in front of us every single week.

You know why

 

[Mostyn]

Absolute lies

Why do you bother with this rubbish, honestly?

Curtin played full back because he was the tallest player available

The week after, Butts returned from injury via the SANFL and Curtin shifted up field. A coincidence of course.

Magically he'd solved the need to work on his defensive issues deep in defence that very week.

There is no planning or thought or development. We react to what's immediately in front of us every single week.

What?

His one on one work was a massive issue.

You saw that in the earlier AFL games he played.

**** me - why are you suggesting they played him in that role, if it wasn't to develop holes in his game?

You're not even making any sense.

The club couldn't give two shits about results in the lower levels. It's ridiculous to suggest anything else - they're obviously putting him in roles where he can learn and develop.

We weren't trying to manufacture a full back. We were trying to help help a young tall develop the defensive sides of his game.

 

[GreyCrow]

You saw that in the earlier AFL games he played.

What earlier AFL games? He got more splinters than touches

 

[dylan123]

Maybe that's why our development has dropped off so much of late?

 

[Golumless]

Maybe that's why our development has dropped off so much of late?

Has it? It seems to be on the up-tick since 2020.

Except these are talls. We drafted Curtin to be a mid, right?

I think it's much safer to say we drafted Curtin because we thought he was uber-talented, and we'll work out the position later in the piece.

I do think the early knock to the knee, alongside Keane breakout campaign really threw a cat among the pigeons with Curtin. Because the easy position to blood him in was that loose third tall defender.

 

[baldandbroke]

I think it's much safer to say we drafted Curtin because we thought he was uber-talented, and we'll work out the position later in the piece.

At that pick # you should just take the best player.

Same deal this year.

 

[Ham]

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[ams4crows]

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Fair amount of puppy fat there but good to see he's at least putting in the work

 

[Cromulant]

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Rory probably abused the kid for being fat before they started

 

[cleanhands]

He can play anywhere, that was part of the problem. Also had an injury interrupted pre season.

He's a 197cm GANGLY kid, he did just fine

Isn’t he playing test cricket for India

 

[Chances Are]

Absolute lies

Why do you bother with this rubbish, honestly?

Curtin played full back because he was the tallest player available

The week after, Butts returned from injury via the SANFL and Curtin shifted up field. A coincidence of course.

Magically he'd solved the need to work on his defensive issues deep in defence that very week.

There is no planning or thought or development. We react to what's immediately in front of us every single week.

Hr played the equivalent of two games deeper in defense to work on his one-on-one defensive positioning, which had shown itself to be an issue.

Part of developing as a young player is working on the lesser areas of your game.

Stability is fine, but it's not all rote learning of a single role. It's developing the different areas that need development.

Good grief. Curtin played full back until Butts came back mentioned. He got absolutely monstered by Liam McBean and I think it was that tall Sturt player. He was nowhere near ready. He played a little better as a HBF. He moved into the middle late and had a reasonable game or two. IMO he's not a mid. He may make a FWD. due to his height. I still think he's a tweener. I personally would trade him if someone came calling.

 

[Mutineer]

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Excellent to see..somebody has obviously given him the message.

 

[Coopers]

Excellent to see..somebody has obviously given him the message.

Agree. Rory really needs a decent pre-season after his performance, and that includes a better relationship with the kids.

 

[Big Dub]

Good grief. Curtin played full back until Butts came back mentioned. He got absolutely monstered by Liam McBean and I think it was that tall Sturt player. He was nowhere near ready. He played a little better as a HBF. He moved into the middle late and had a reasonable game or two. IMO he's not a mid. He may make a FWD. due to his height. I still think he's a tweener. I personally would trade him if someone came calling.

Despite giving up a lot of goals in that Brisbane game, we wasn't THAT far off. Just gave the forwards a touch too much leg rope.

I think, once he tidies that up, he will be great as a Blakey/ Stewart/ Brodie Smith type player (that happends to be really tall).

 

[Chances Are]

Despite giving up a lot of goals in that Brisbane game, we wasn't THAT far off. Just gave the forwards a touch too much leg rope.

I think, once he tidies that up, he will be great as a Blakey/ Stewart/ Brodie Smith type player (that happends to be really tall).

I hope you are right but I have my doubts. He doesn't glide over the ground he lopes.

 

[Multiballz]

I hope you are right but I have my doubts. He doesn't glide over the ground he lopes.

His footwork is pretty slick in tight you have to admit.

 

[Chances Are]

His footwork is pretty slick in tight you have to admit.

Still waiting to see what you're seeing.