Hmmm good idea, a little qi gong therapy. I wonder if hanging the weights from the nards helps hamstrings? Any physios in the room?If only Mr Miyagi was still around, he could remedy it.............RIP karate man...
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I reckon Mr Lifto from Jim Rose circus would know if its good for hammies considering he hangs weights off his schlong for a living......
I can’t see it on the website yet, but Geelong posted on Instagram that Cockatoo has signed a one year contract extension. It makes sense, gives him and the club a chance to see if he can actually play footy when he’s (hopefully) injury-free.
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Ill upodate catscan contracts list when the club puts it on the website.. embarressing they bypass that these days..
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Cockatoo extends for 2020
Nakia Cockatoo has signed a one-year contract extension.
And now its official
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Good move.
He's no chance to play this year, let's give him a pre-season to get fit and confident in his body and make 2020 an absolute make or break year.
Either you play 15 games, or you find a new home in the GFL for 2021.
Shame that his body might let him down, has immense talent, reminds me far too much of Paul Lynch.
He's no chance to play this year, let's give him a pre-season to get fit and confident in his body and make 2020 an absolute make or break year.
Either you play 15 games, or you find a new home in the GFL for 2021.
Shame that his body might let him down, has immense talent, reminds me far too much of Paul Lynch.
Can anyone advise if he is at training or remains in rehab?
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Training but only 70% i think from last report ill see if i can find it
From the preseason thread
Geelong midfield coach Matthew Knights admitted Cockatoo had plenty of work ahead of him to get the necessary continuity into his body but said Chris Scott and his team were keen to see the explosive ball winner back at AFL level in 2020.
“Nakia has done probably 70 per cent of the football so far and he tops that up with conditioning in the same day or the same session,” Knights said.
“He is using the ball very well in drills and his skill execution has been very good but now he just needs the continuity and to string sessions and weeks together.
“It has been really good so far but we are only in the infancy of pre-season so we would like to see him complete a good four or five months, which would be exciting for everyone to see … we have all referenced the long game with Nakia, which has been based on his body not being able to stand up to the rigours so far, but he has been able to do that (this pre-season).
“So there is no question if he gets through pre-season Chris would be the first to let him rip into football as soon as he can and we are all really looking forward to him playing football. I have got extremely high hopes he can be a strong contested midfield, which is where he is doing the majority of his training.”
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On the GFC Podcast Stokesy said he is compelting his modified tranig program fully and is expected to ramp it up after XMas.
When questioned about the modifoed part - Stoksey replied that he's doing everything asked of him and that the club is playing the long game... the inference being there is no need to have him going full speed now.. that will adjust post XMAS as he joins full training drills
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When questioned about the modifoed part - Stoksey replied that he's doing everything asked of him and that the club is playing the long game... the inference being there is no need to have him going full speed now.. that will adjust post XMAS as he joins full training drills
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Yep a full pre-season should be goal number one. If that happens, I'd be happy with a nice block of anywhere from 4-6 VFL games. Get him actually match fit and in form first. Then we'll see what can happen.
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The impression I got from it was they dont want him to be going full speed right now... but he probably could if he had to... he's modified currnetly thru load management rather than an injury management
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Didn't feature Thursday night vs the Pies. I queried that w Kingy from krock. From what Danger said in a recent presser, has been flying in pre-season despite the reigns put on him.
*I nearly fainted when one of the media outlets doing a piece on the trial labelled Cocky as "hard luck story" was also one of the players who didn't play. Thinking that he'd broken down since Danger talked him up.
*I nearly fainted when one of the media outlets doing a piece on the trial labelled Cocky as "hard luck story" was also one of the players who didn't play. Thinking that he'd broken down since Danger talked him up.
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He's one of those blokes about whom they used to say that if he didn't have any bad luck, he wouldn't have any luck at all.
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The hard luck story refers to the teams that don't have him on their list.
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He seems to be tracking ok at this point. Theystill cautious but he's been in full training or thereabouts. He just needs to stop out running his own body
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Cats look to 'bulletproof' Nakia Cockatoo
Geelong are being cautious with Nakia Cockatoo as Mitch Duncan steps up training in a bid to play round one.
"He seems to be tracking ok at this point. They still cautious but he's been in full training or thereabouts. He just needs to stop out running his own body " (Link to the Age)
mmmmmmmmmmmmm but I would expect that if he is in serious consideration for AFL selection before say round 4 this would have been the perfect platform to see how he is progressing.
My worry meter has fired up again.
mmmmmmmmmmmmm but I would expect that if he is in serious consideration for AFL selection before say round 4 this would have been the perfect platform to see how he is progressing.
My worry meter has fired up again.
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If he doesn't play at least 1 match in the marsh series I'll start to worry a little.
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For our sake (and his of course) I really hope they can sort out his body, could be one of the top handful of players in the game if he got a proper run at it.
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Maybe. As far as I can remember though he's always been selected when available for seniors. They may have just been looking to test kids they were unsure of the capabilities of. Like cockarfitt said, if he doesn't play a marsh match let the worry-o-meter spike
If he doesn't play at least one match in the Marsh series, the club is certifiable if they try to run him out in the seniors before Round 4.
Simply must have some continuity in actually playing football matches before being considered for the ones.
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I don't think anyone could possibly say that they think the club has been rushing him this time round.
Not on to the field, no.
But if he plays Round 1 in the seniors after anything less than a couple of competitive games in the lead-up, I think that's not even just asking for trouble.
It's much more like demanding it.
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