Training Pre Season ‘25

[Do the Dew]

Had one good kick to Deledio. his only for his career

Was that the spear pass inside 50 against the undefeated Freo in 2013 or so?

 

[DickieKnee]

Was that the spear pass inside 50 against the undefeated Freo in 2013 or so?

His highlight reel will be that one pass filmed from 30 different angles.

 

[Sir_Loin]

His highlight reel will be that one pass filmed from 30 different angles.

Clearly a fluke

 

[Joey longshadow]

1. Dustin Martin
2. Kevin Bartlett
3.Mathew Richardson
4. Maurice Rioli snr
5. Trent Cotchin
7. Geoff Raines
8. Francis Bourke
9. Dale Weightman
10. Brett Deledio

Hard to fault this list. Think Hart should be in there though

 

[Drunken Wookie]

Nice one, Feckchop. Term of endearment. Much like campaigner

I'm quite partial to scrotumelbow.

'get away from my time machine you scrotumelbow!'

 

[Boxo004]

I'm quite partial to scrotumelbow.

'get away from my time machine you scrotumelbow!'

Trying to decipher that without the BF filter

 

[DickieKnee]

Hard to fault this list. Think Hart should be in there though

Think it's players he has seen play live. Hart may have been before his time.

 

[THE_GUN]

Hard to fault this list. Think Hart should be in there though

The 2 players that have missed out for me were Royce Hart & Alex Rance
whilst he was a champion he still only played 187 games and just under 2 goals a game in a high goal scoring era
Rance due to pulling the pin with 3-4 years left me angry

Raines and Lids would have been the players to miss if they were included

 

[Rubber Hips]

From PRE The Mole

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I dropped past PRO about halfway thru training this morning. Not too much to report. Nank, Lefau and Dow running only and McAuliffe and Hotton walking. Dow was doing a LOT of running to the point of exhaustion.
I didnt see Simms, Vlastuin, Faull, Gibcus, Balta, Clarke, Colina, Prestia or Young at all on the track. They may have been there earlier and gone inside (like McAuliffe and Hotton).
Drills I saw were movement into the forward line and kicking snap shots at goal. Prominent were Campbell, Mansell, Alger, Steely and Fawcett. Lalor later in the session was having a few snap shots and didn't miss one. Wearing the non-contact fluoro green caps were Brown (still) and Bauer. Lynch looked fit and did everything.

 

[Coach_Required]

From PRE The Mole

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I dropped past PRO about halfway thru training this morning. Not too much to report. Nank, Lefau and Dow running only and McAuliffe and Hotton walking. Dow was doing a LOT of running to the point of exhaustion.
I didnt see Simms, Vlastuin, Faull, Gibcus, Balta, Clarke, Colina, Prestia or Young at all on the track. They may have been there earlier and gone inside (like McAuliffe and Hotton).
Drills I saw were movement into the forward line and kicking snap shots at goal. Prominent were Campbell, Mansell, Alger, Steely and Fawcett. Lalor later in the session was having a few snap shots and didn't miss one. Wearing the non-contact fluoro green caps were Brown (still) and Bauer. Lynch looked fit and did everything.

So basically, we have #injuries

This bit annoys me, really want this kid in the side so people dont write him off so quickly.

"McAuliffe and Hotton walking"

 

[sregit]

From PRE The Mole

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I dropped past PRO about halfway thru training this morning. Not too much to report. Nank, Lefau and Dow running only and McAuliffe and Hotton walking. Dow was doing a LOT of running to the point of exhaustion.
I didnt see Simms, Vlastuin, Faull, Gibcus, Balta, Clarke, Colina, Prestia or Young at all on the track. They may have been there earlier and gone inside (like McAuliffe and Hotton).
Drills I saw were movement into the forward line and kicking snap shots at goal. Prominent were Campbell, Mansell, Alger, Steely and Fawcett. Lalor later in the session was having a few snap shots and didn't miss one. Wearing the non-contact fluoro green caps were Brown (still) and Bauer. Lynch looked fit and did everything.

I have not seen any training prior to Xmas as I was in NZ. Can you tell me what you think of Alger, Is he any chance of a game in 2025?

 

[Coach_Required]

I have not seen any training prior to Xmas as I was in NZ. Can you tell me what you think of Alger, Is he any chance of a game in 2025?

Yes

 

[Boxo004]

I have not seen any training prior to Xmas as I was in NZ. Can you tell me what you think of Alger, Is he any chance of a game in 2025?

Watched him at Maroochydore and he was a stand out. Very lively. I like the kid

 

[sregit]

Watched him at Maroochydore and he was a stand out. Very lively. I like the kid

Thanks. What attributes does he have? Footy smarts number one I hope.

 

[Boxo004]

Thanks. What attributes does he have? Footy smarts number one I hope.

Smarts was a highlight. Quick can find the footy. Gets to the right spots. Good user by foot. Bullish about him.

 

[Sir_Loin]

any top 10 list without mrj isn’t worth shit

He said from 92 onwards mang

 

[Aristotle Pickett]

I look up to our players as I raced my 12yo nephew over 60 meters and lost and still have sore quads.

 

[RobsJourney]

So basically, we have #injuries

This bit annoys me, really want this kid in the side so people dont write him off so quickly.

"McAuliffe and Hotton walking"

I think we should just relax and not worry, we're in for a few years of pain, doesn't matter who plays really, as long as we do get a good look at all of the kids at some stage.

But yeah, unlike 2017-23, we shouldn't come in with the same stress this year or worry about how we're faring injury-wise, we should embrace getting pick 1 or 2 again (and hoping North gets pick 1 or 2), stock up before Tas comes in, we'll be the best placed team to have sustained success 4-6 years from now.

 

[Rubber Hips]

I have not seen any training prior to Xmas as I was in NZ. Can you tell me what you think of Alger, Is he any chance of a game in 2025?

That wasn’t me posting about training…that was a poster on PRE

however, from the anecdotal reports from various posters including Caesar on PRE it seems Alger is impressing with his footy IQ and willingness to learn and train hard

Being barely 18- he’ll play mostly vfl…depending on how that goes for him…he could be a sneaky

The club has said they’re not sure exactly what position he plays (based on assessments when they observed him throughout 2024) …so it will be interesting to see where the club goes with this

I’m excited about Jasper …he is a mad tiger fan …is obsessed with playing afl…and has the skills to nurture and develop

 

[Drunken Wookie]

I look up to our playings as I raced my 12yo nephew over 60 meters and lost and still have sore quads.

need to get yourself a white van if you want to catch 12 year olds

 

[juss]

The 2 players that have missed out for me were Royce Hart & Alex Rance
whilst he was a champion he still only played 187 games and just under 2 goals a game in a high goal scoring era
Rance due to pulling the pin with 3-4 years left me angry

Raines and Lids would have been the players to miss if they were included

Rance was easily a better player than Deledio, at no point was Lids anywhere near the top few of his position whereas Rance was the premier KPD of the comp for 3-5 years

 

[Groupie_]

Was that the spear pass inside 50 against the undefeated Freo in 2013 or so?

and here come fremantle

 

[Groupie_]

wtf is this first 4 games lmao we finished last

cfl KUNTS

 

[beema limapep]

Reckon most of our players got their injuries hanging round the coffee machine

 

[biaseddustyfan]

I think we should just relax and not worry, we're in for a few years of pain, doesn't matter who plays really, as long as we do get a good look at all of the kids at some stage.

But yeah, unlike 2017-23, we shouldn't come in with the same stress this year or worry about how we're faring injury-wise, we should embrace getting pick 1 or 2 again (and hoping North gets pick 1 or 2), stock up before Tas comes in, we'll be the best placed team to have sustained success 4-6 years from now.

i wanna make finals this year
no excuses (except injuries and umps)