Training 2025 Pre-Season

[Doctor B]

Are they back training already?
This was posted 2 hours ago

My bad.
They posted a training video from late 2024
They posted this after the training video

 

[Slime Roy]

Membership card and pack came in mail today. went with the plastic card this year instead of mobile.

You won't regret it!
I changed back a few years ago.
Far quicker, less complicated, easier to flash whilst holding a tray of beers.
And you can always take a snap of the barcode if you do still want phone access. Win Win WinWin

 

[StickerMan]

Any idea on when/if the lads are back next week? Have the week off and the kids would love to go down and have a look.

 

[AFC979810]

If Draper is dominating the running, the rest of them should be embarrassed about that.

Exceptional fitness of a kid vs acceptance of mediocrity... We have been the masters of the latter in recent years, I'm getting another mid-low end table finish vibe already. Another long year ahead... I desperately hope not but I probably shouldn't expect miracles when the song remains predominately the same.

What are you on about? Who gives a shit about who is dominating the running? It means absolutely nothing.

You think this acceptance of mediocrity led to us hiring Burgess and that our lack of fitness has cost us?

Fitness has not been an issue for us at all!

Our position on the AFL ladder for first halves - 12th with 11 wins, 12 losses.

Our position on the AFL ladder for 2nd halves - 6th with 14 wins, 9 losses.

 

[AFC979810]

I really do hope Draper is Rd1 and forever though <3 we desperately need a Roo/McLeod level player, one of these days.

We need to calm down on round 1. Not the end of the world.

Both Roo and McLeod had to wait until week 6 for their debuts.

 

[AFC979810]

Lol, we've been in a full rebuild in recent years. What did you expect? Be the youngest team in the league and compete for a flag?

The only truly disappointing year was last year. We should have been 3+ wins better than that.

This year looks better. If we can get a full year from Thilthorpe, if Rachele plays as well as he looks - we have a bunch of players who should be continually improving, and they at least look like they're taking it very seriously.

With our list, we should have played finals the past 2 years if we weren't dragged down by Nicks.

 

[Milo Cyrus]

What are you on about? Who gives a shit about who is dominating the running? It means absolutely nothing.

You think this acceptance of mediocrity led to us hiring Burgess and that our lack of fitness has cost us?

Fitness has not been an issue for us at all!

Our position on the AFL ladder for first halves - 12th with 11 wins, 12 losses.

Our position on the AFL ladder for 2nd halves - 6th with 14 wins, 9 losses.

And our record for full matches last season was?
14th - with 8 wins 14 losses and 1 draw for the record.

Why the need to be so terse?

 

[AFC979810]

And our record for full matches last season was?
14th - with 8 wins 14 losses and 1 draw for the record.

Why the need to be so terse?

Our record was 8-14-1.

And it had absolutely nothing to do with fitness. Your suggestion that Draper coming in and running faster than a bunch of players in December means we accept mediocrity is just nonsense.

 

[Milo Cyrus]

Our record was 8-14-1.

And it had absolutely nothing to do with fitness. Your suggestion that Draper coming in and running faster than a bunch of players in December means we accept mediocrity is just nonsense.

You can believe what you want.

 

[AFC979810]

You can believe what you want.

Ha ha ha.... You think our fitness was an issue last year?

 

[Milo Cyrus]

Ha ha ha.... You think our fitness was an issue last year?

You are the one plugging fitness not me. I merely pointed out that acceptance of mediocrity is a near hallmark of this group. They don't seem troubled by failure/mediocrity is what I'm saying. The coaches seem happy for the song to remain the same and on the back of that I'd say we aren't going anywhere.

As for fitness I don't see us being significantly fitter than any other team.

I guess new year, new chance to prove differently... I have to hope that Murray Davis can drive things forward rapidly.
If not we'll miss finals again.

 

[Jeffcrowe]

You don't think coming last in 2020 was disappointing ?


I reckon only 2023 was acceptable, the others have been very poor and last year was a shocker

Go back and have a look at the 2020 team

Last was about right

 

[Cromulant]

Go back and have a look at the 2020 team

Last was about right

Hmmm maybe not last but it wasn't a great side.

Plenty of guys had enough by then mentally too.

 

[Jeffcrowe]

This year? We're in that middle band of 6 to 12, competing for and hopefully playing in finals.

If we don’t finish at least 6th to 8th it’s a massive fail given stage of rebuild

 

[Jeffcrowe]

Our record was 8-14-1.

And it had absolutely nothing to do with fitness. Your suggestion that Draper coming in and running faster than a bunch of players in December means we accept mediocrity is just nonsense.

Plenty of first years come in and dominate running at different clubs

Was a weird post

We did have a pretty weird pre season last season though , never felt we were on track compared to previous pre season

 

[AFC979810]

You are the one plugging fitness not me. I merely pointed out that acceptance of mediocrity is a near hallmark of this group. They don't seem troubled by failure/mediocrity is what I'm saying. The coaches seem happy for the song to remain the same and on the back of that I'd say we aren't going anywhere.

This isn't a comment on fitness?

If Draper is dominating the running, the rest of them should be embarrassed about that.

As for fitness I don't see us being significantly fitter than any other team.

I guess new year, new chance to prove differently... I have to hope that Murray Davis can drive things forward rapidly.
If not we'll miss finals again.

I dont think we have superior fitness to other sides, just that it hasn't affected us negatively over the past 2 years. Plenty of other issues we need to fix - rather than a new draftee running faster than a bunch of players in December.

 

[GreyCrow]

I didnt see it as a comment on fitness as the only observation

I saw it as blokes doing enough to get through a season

That could be a good thing ie they are playing a long game and letting the young pups run around and yap knowing its a long season

Or they are indeed coasting - we will see once the season starts

Remember mindset is important and the leaders set the mindset

 

[Mostyn]

You are the one plugging fitness not me. I merely pointed out that acceptance of mediocrity is a near hallmark of this group. They don't seem troubled by failure/mediocrity is what I'm saying. The coaches seem happy for the song to remain the same and on the back of that I'd say we aren't going anywhere.

As for fitness I don't see us being significantly fitter than any other team.

I guess new year, new chance to prove differently... I have to hope that Murray Davis can drive things forward rapidly.
If not we'll miss finals again.

This phrase "acceptance of mediocrity" is such a weird fan invention.

The club started a massive rebuild and has been the youngest side for a number of years. The only really disappointing year was last year, as the others were pretty much what you would expect a rebuild looks like.

Was Nicks the right coach for that rebuild? Hard to know, but he has used up whatever he had in the bank, and this is a must deliver year.

 

[maxlilly]

Go back and have a look at the 2020 team

Last was about right

Looks a pretty handy team to me,
No way should have they come anywhere near last

 

[Peter Doherty]

Looks a pretty handy team to me,
No way should have they come anywhere near last

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The game threads from Round 1 2020..

Preview - Adelaide v Sydney, Adelaide Oval, Saturday 21/3 @ 4.05pm

This promises to be a match all of us remember! First of all, here's who we can't pick: so Tom Doedee must be eight weeks away, and Riley Knight won't play again this year. The Swans' injuries are three blokes i don't know, and Sam Reid We are betting favourites for some reason. Also...

www.bigfooty.com

Review - Round 1 vs Sydney - New year, same shit (now with less toilet paper)

A game happened. The players we know are bad were bad. Most of the players we know try hard tried hard. We lost.

www.bigfooty.com

 

[WaynesWorld19]

Looks a pretty handy team to me,
No way should have they come anywhere near last

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Did you look at the spine ....and our bench

You're looking at the current Fogarty .....not the struggling Fogarty of 4 years ago

You're looking at peak Talia ....not the injury riden Talia

1st Year McAsey ? .....Frampton LOL .....Brad Crouch, enough said

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

Looks a pretty handy team to me,
No way should have they come anywhere near last

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The excuse at the time was a limited preseason to learn the new game plan because of Covid.

In hindsight, more likely just poor new game plan & coaching.

That is a handy side that should not have won a spoon.

 

[AFC979810]

I didnt see it as a comment on fitness as the only observation

I saw it as blokes doing enough to get through a season

That could be a good thing ie they are playing a long game and letting the young pups run around and yap knowing its a long season

Or they are indeed coasting - we will see once the season starts

Remember mindset is important and the leaders set the mind

What does running in December have to do with bloody anything?

I would understand it if we had been getting run over in the last quarters / halves of games. If we didnt have the best fitness guru in the industry at our club.

Trying to judge anything on a December running session is plain stupid.

 

[GreyCrow]

What does running in December have to do with bloody anything?

I would understand it if we had been getting run over in the last quarters / halves of games. If we didnt have the best fitness guru in the industry at our club.

Trying to judge anything on a December running session is plain stupid.

I hope you and mostyn are getting paid holiday pay

 

[Cromulant]

I hope you and mostyn are getting paid holiday pay

I think it's a shared bank account