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Perhaps we need to close our borders
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Wayne's just coming over to get some fresh air and better coffee.
There’s a pretty serious virus taking hold in China at the moment. Just need it to get on a few planes.
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No training at Richmond. Thebarton doesn't even have an oval last time I went by there as it had already been ripped up.
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It's weird all the people that bully Wayne.
Just scroll on. There's enough people on the board holding the same opinions that you'll always have someone to read. You don't have to read the views of someone who has an alternative perspective
Just scroll on. There's enough people on the board holding the same opinions that you'll always have someone to read. You don't have to read the views of someone who has an alternative perspective
Jenny's not posting enough so they have to find someone else
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“Bully”
Have you actually read his posts? Ever think he brings any criticism of his posting up on himself the way he posts and also criticises others?
As for this thread, it’s clearly lighthearted.
Plenty of posters have an alternative perspective to yours and I mean plenty, so how much skimming do you do?
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Mostyn it's a reflection of all social media .....you either fall into line with the consensus POV ...or you risk being attacked
Problem is, I'm sure there are many supporters that have opinions that are different from those who yell, demand, and demean you if you don't adhere to theirs ......let's call them the silent majority who can't be bothered with all the crap, so simply lurk rather than contribute
No better example than the recent American Election, where the yellers were taken aback that, so many had a different POV on many things
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Many people are getting their sensible footy discussions off podcasts now .....you get balanced discussion, great footy analysis .....from intelligent people
You may not like Fantasy sports ....but the player, team strategies' ect, are great viewing & thorougly enjoyable
You may not like Fantasy sports ....but the player, team strategies' ect, are great viewing & thorougly enjoyable
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Do you think you provide this board balance discussion, great footy analysis from an intelligent person?
The reason I ask because your posts assume you do but when your opinions are exposed you slink away, case in point Wilkie. You criticised me for not comprehending you, you asked for proof and I quoted you again and it’s radio silence again, it’s the thing you do.
Now Mostyn do you consider responding to criticisms from Wayne by providing his direct quotes, asking for a response bullying?
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Unfortunately not for Wayne
Training report 9/1/2025
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Thankfully no issues finding the boys as they returned to aami stadium for the first time since early December. Must say I noticed the deck had a couple of issues with sand spraying up a bit especially in the centre.
Adam Kelly came out later on and inspected the surface, I wonder if he wasn’t overly happy with it.
The biggest positive today was the amount of players involved. A number of the lads who featured in the rehab group late last year completed the majority, if not all of today’s session, including the likes of Tex, Pedlar, Thilthorpe, Nankervis, Rachele, Milera and Soligo. Butts also did most of the session and looked to be in solid condition and without a limp.
Cumming was restricted to rehab but did a bulk of running work at a high intensity, which suggests to me he’s not far away from also rejoining the main group.
The only two to not train were Strachan and Hinge. Strachan made an appearance on the sidelines watching on (still in a moonboot) but Hinge was a no show. A poster recently mentioned Bond hurting his shoulder at a concert in the south east but I wonder if it was in fact Hinge? Bond didn’t appear to be carrying any sort of injury.
As I’m sure the players were rapt about, today was again 2km time trial day. It’s always hard to compare to previous times but if it helps Neal-Bullen, who finished first once again, appeared to finish slightly earlier than he did in November (around 6:15-6:20) and he didn’t have as much of a gap on the rest as last time with Bond, Sholl, Dowling and Thilthorpe not far behind.
The boys were split into four groups depending on their running ability. I always find this interesting as it’s a good indication as to where the fitness gurus rate them, and sometimes they change up giving an indication of whether players are improving or dropping off with their running.
The groups were as follows, with A being the fastest and D the slowest (players are not in order, also keep in mind I might not be 100% accurate as there’s a lot going on at once):
Group A: Jones, Keays, Berry, Thilthorpe, Dawson, Rankine, Neal-Bullen, Dowling, Smith, Sholl, Bond, O’Brien
Neal-Bullen took the honours. Was hard to make out the rest as there was a bit of a log jam and they finished at the other side of the ground, but looked to be Bond who finished second which is no surprise. Thilthorpe was actually leading for a fair chunk of the race before blowing up a bit on the last lap, seemed like he went out too hard.
Group B: Curtin, Pedlar, Soligo, Schoenberg, Nankervis, Laird, Milera, Ryan, Drury
Honestly difficult to figure out who won this group but looked to be Soligo, Drury and Milera out front.
Group C: Crouch, Rachele, Nick Murray, Walker, Cook, Michalanney, Burgess, Worrell, Peatling, Borlase, Gallagher
Rachele took the honours ahead of Peatling.
Group D: Murphy, Edwards, Welsh, Taylor, Fogarty, Toby Murray, Mcandrew, Keane
Murphy and Fogarty finished first and second, with Keane coming in third. Taylor came home hard to beat Edwards and Murray, with Welsh finishing last by some way - possibly upwards of 30 seconds later than the rest of his group.
Draper and Butts did not test. In fact Draper only did some of the early drills before heading inside. He looked to be moving fine so I’m curious as to why he was held off - poor Welsh wasn’t afforded the same luxury.
After some light skills work the players then moved into a couple of larger drills focussed on ball movement and using players to run and receive. They were split into three groups.
Teams were listed as follows:
Defenders: Borlase, Worrell, Bond, Laird / Nick Murray, Smith, Ryan Nankervis / Edwards, Michalanney, Keane, Milera
Midfielders: Berry, Rachele, Dowling, Curtin, Schoenberg / O’Brien, Soligo, Sholl, Taylor, Dawson / Mcandrew, Crouch, Rankine, Jones, Peatling
Forwards: Fogarty, Welsh, Murphy, Cook / Burgess, Drury, Pedlar, Neal-Bullen / Thilthorpe, Toby Murray, Keays, Gallagher
The lads then finished with some skills work in their various positional groups as well as some goal kicking. A few young onlookers were allowed to join for a kick - Michalanney was the one to go over and invite them. Good to see.
I’d say it was a slightly scrappy session which tends to be the case first up after a break. Fair few dropped marks especially from the big blokes. Nothing alarming however.
Some player thoughts:
Berry - gone the buzz cut which took a bit of getting used to!
Curtin - ran well in the trial and did a few things that I couldn’t help but be impressed by including a lovely no-look handball in congestion to a teammate that appeared to get some feedback from Rankine. Also very hard to tackle, he’s a serious unit.
Murray - noticed he had some strapping around his lower calf and a slight limp. Hopefully not too much in it as we need him fit and firing.
Pedlar - looked sharp and spritely again after having some injury issues in December. He’s someone who needs to be fully fit to play well, fingers crossed.
Edwards - relegated to the slow group in the time trial after being in one of the higher groups in his first pre season. Why the drop off? He ran a sub 6:30 at the draft combine and definitely didn’t run that today. Was hoping he’d come back from the break improved but he was beaten by Taylor. Questions need to be asked of him.
Soligo - mentioned a month or so ago I thought he needed to fine down a touch and to my eye he’s already done that. Looks fit and could’ve ran in the top group I reckon.
Michalanney - there wasn’t a whole lot of large-scale drills today but in the few that were, he was one of the standouts. His ability to rebound with genuine speed has come a long way.
Taylor - definitely ran better today than last time, though with the speed in which he finished I think he had more in the tank and was too conservative early. Solid signs regardless. Also trained well with his typical pizazz and flourish, he’s fun to watch.
Peatling - a little surprised he battled to keep up with Rachele in the running. That’s no slight on Rash who has improved considerably but Peatling is a reasonably established midfielder at this point.
Schoenberg - looked sharp! Running was only solid but he looks in good condition and took his opponent on a number of times and often beat them with speed and agility. Up against it as we know but would appear he’s giving it a shot.
Fogarty - most of the talls struggled in the air today but not Fog, he was on on-song from the outset. Laced out at least three or four lovely passes on his left during the ball movement drills.
Sholl - thought he was again a bit of a standout with his ball use and ability to get involved repeatedly. Physically he’s never going to be a big lad but he’s come a long way in this regard, probably the most solid I’ve seen him.
Any questions feel free to ask!
Adam Kelly came out later on and inspected the surface, I wonder if he wasn’t overly happy with it.
The biggest positive today was the amount of players involved. A number of the lads who featured in the rehab group late last year completed the majority, if not all of today’s session, including the likes of Tex, Pedlar, Thilthorpe, Nankervis, Rachele, Milera and Soligo. Butts also did most of the session and looked to be in solid condition and without a limp.
Cumming was restricted to rehab but did a bulk of running work at a high intensity, which suggests to me he’s not far away from also rejoining the main group.
The only two to not train were Strachan and Hinge. Strachan made an appearance on the sidelines watching on (still in a moonboot) but Hinge was a no show. A poster recently mentioned Bond hurting his shoulder at a concert in the south east but I wonder if it was in fact Hinge? Bond didn’t appear to be carrying any sort of injury.
As I’m sure the players were rapt about, today was again 2km time trial day. It’s always hard to compare to previous times but if it helps Neal-Bullen, who finished first once again, appeared to finish slightly earlier than he did in November (around 6:15-6:20) and he didn’t have as much of a gap on the rest as last time with Bond, Sholl, Dowling and Thilthorpe not far behind.
The boys were split into four groups depending on their running ability. I always find this interesting as it’s a good indication as to where the fitness gurus rate them, and sometimes they change up giving an indication of whether players are improving or dropping off with their running.
The groups were as follows, with A being the fastest and D the slowest (players are not in order, also keep in mind I might not be 100% accurate as there’s a lot going on at once):
Group A: Jones, Keays, Berry, Thilthorpe, Dawson, Rankine, Neal-Bullen, Dowling, Smith, Sholl, Bond, O’Brien
Neal-Bullen took the honours. Was hard to make out the rest as there was a bit of a log jam and they finished at the other side of the ground, but looked to be Bond who finished second which is no surprise. Thilthorpe was actually leading for a fair chunk of the race before blowing up a bit on the last lap, seemed like he went out too hard.
Group B: Curtin, Pedlar, Soligo, Schoenberg, Nankervis, Laird, Milera, Ryan, Drury
Honestly difficult to figure out who won this group but looked to be Soligo, Drury and Milera out front.
Group C: Crouch, Rachele, Nick Murray, Walker, Cook, Michalanney, Burgess, Worrell, Peatling, Borlase, Gallagher
Rachele took the honours ahead of Peatling.
Group D: Murphy, Edwards, Welsh, Taylor, Fogarty, Toby Murray, Mcandrew, Keane
Murphy and Fogarty finished first and second, with Keane coming in third. Taylor came home hard to beat Edwards and Murray, with Welsh finishing last by some way - possibly upwards of 30 seconds later than the rest of his group.
Draper and Butts did not test. In fact Draper only did some of the early drills before heading inside. He looked to be moving fine so I’m curious as to why he was held off - poor Welsh wasn’t afforded the same luxury.
After some light skills work the players then moved into a couple of larger drills focussed on ball movement and using players to run and receive. They were split into three groups.
Teams were listed as follows:
Defenders: Borlase, Worrell, Bond, Laird / Nick Murray, Smith, Ryan Nankervis / Edwards, Michalanney, Keane, Milera
Midfielders: Berry, Rachele, Dowling, Curtin, Schoenberg / O’Brien, Soligo, Sholl, Taylor, Dawson / Mcandrew, Crouch, Rankine, Jones, Peatling
Forwards: Fogarty, Welsh, Murphy, Cook / Burgess, Drury, Pedlar, Neal-Bullen / Thilthorpe, Toby Murray, Keays, Gallagher
The lads then finished with some skills work in their various positional groups as well as some goal kicking. A few young onlookers were allowed to join for a kick - Michalanney was the one to go over and invite them. Good to see.
I’d say it was a slightly scrappy session which tends to be the case first up after a break. Fair few dropped marks especially from the big blokes. Nothing alarming however.
Some player thoughts:
Berry - gone the buzz cut which took a bit of getting used to!
Curtin - ran well in the trial and did a few things that I couldn’t help but be impressed by including a lovely no-look handball in congestion to a teammate that appeared to get some feedback from Rankine. Also very hard to tackle, he’s a serious unit.
Murray - noticed he had some strapping around his lower calf and a slight limp. Hopefully not too much in it as we need him fit and firing.
Pedlar - looked sharp and spritely again after having some injury issues in December. He’s someone who needs to be fully fit to play well, fingers crossed.
Edwards - relegated to the slow group in the time trial after being in one of the higher groups in his first pre season. Why the drop off? He ran a sub 6:30 at the draft combine and definitely didn’t run that today. Was hoping he’d come back from the break improved but he was beaten by Taylor. Questions need to be asked of him.
Soligo - mentioned a month or so ago I thought he needed to fine down a touch and to my eye he’s already done that. Looks fit and could’ve ran in the top group I reckon.
Michalanney - there wasn’t a whole lot of large-scale drills today but in the few that were, he was one of the standouts. His ability to rebound with genuine speed has come a long way.
Taylor - definitely ran better today than last time, though with the speed in which he finished I think he had more in the tank and was too conservative early. Solid signs regardless. Also trained well with his typical pizazz and flourish, he’s fun to watch.
Peatling - a little surprised he battled to keep up with Rachele in the running. That’s no slight on Rash who has improved considerably but Peatling is a reasonably established midfielder at this point.
Schoenberg - looked sharp! Running was only solid but he looks in good condition and took his opponent on a number of times and often beat them with speed and agility. Up against it as we know but would appear he’s giving it a shot.
Fogarty - most of the talls struggled in the air today but not Fog, he was on on-song from the outset. Laced out at least three or four lovely passes on his left during the ball movement drills.
Sholl - thought he was again a bit of a standout with his ball use and ability to get involved repeatedly. Physically he’s never going to be a big lad but he’s come a long way in this regard, probably the most solid I’ve seen him.
Any questions feel free to ask!
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Pedlar - how are his skills looking? Biggest thing holding him back you'd think.
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People that include a condescending aspect in just about every post will tend to attract responses in kind. But you worrying about Waynus makes me genuinely concerned about your mental health. PM me if you want a chat.
He's a mod, he'd be on ignore if posters were able to put him there.
