Training Pre Season ‘25

[Hoos]

the weirdest ball drop in vfl/cfl history

Weirder than Clokey?

 

[Noidnadroj]

Not sure why Richmond think we can make sonsie into a small forward.

The ridiculous thing and this is why some of us tear our hair out is because when Sonsie doesn't make the senior side the club will be playing him in the VFL midfield.

Problem is : Hopper, TT, Prestia, McAuliffe, Smillie, Lalor, Ross are all probably ahead of him for midfield minutes … then in the near future there’s Hotton and at least one of our 2 x top-6 picks next year. Then they may see Seth Campbell or MRJ having a role to play in midfield as soon as 2025.

So if Sonsie wants to play regular senior level in 2025, he simply has to develop in other areas of the ground. A regular midfield opportunity may open up if we have injuries, and that’s when Sonsie has to play to a level where he cements his spot there.


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[Drunken Wookie]

the weirdest ball drop in vfl/cfl history

he'd drop the ball onto other peoples feet.

 

[Sir_Loin]

Don’t make too many comments, just enjoy all up your banter. Having said that I need to put my two bobs worth into the ACL talk. My son busted his ACL at 15 years old. Originally diagnosed with “just” a subluxed patella, he did about 6 weeks of rehab. Then at training in a warm up he changed direction and we heard the dreaded crack. We prayed it was his joint moving a bit but after a scan it was the big one. Not a shred of the bloody thing could be seen - as if it just exploded. Went to the surgeon who was a legend. He said he normally would not operate on a 15 year old straight away because the outcomes for kids are boosted by a period of “pre-hab” where the surrounding structures are strengthened to support the eventual rehabilitation process. Since he had done six weeks of painful, disciplined work he agreed to do the op. To cut a long story short the lad got to play open aged cricket 7 months later and footy training and playing 11 months later.

Hotton is younger than Gibcus (3 or 4 years is heaps at their age) so his prognosis will always be better than Gibcus, genetic issues notwithstanding. So comparing these lads is pointless. Also, depending on where the graft is harvested from, hamstrings (3 of them), patella tendon or cadaver donor (not sure if these are still done), the rate of recovery varies greatly. Seeing as Gibcus had horrendous hamstring issues leading up to his ACL, the hamstring option may not have been right for him. This may be why he is further back, combined with the comparative youth of the bloke some are comparing him to.

All our ACL blokes will have vastly different recoveries so we should chill a bit and let them get it done. Our new fitness bloke is certainly on the right track and his pre-hab approach in teaching young blokes running techniques and body development is certainly an improvement on what looked like a one size fits all approach of the past. Whilst not preventing ACL ruptures per-se, he is giving them a fighting chance in the expectation a certain percentage of these blokes will hit the dreaded jackpot. Genetic luck aside, this is about all anyone can do.

Would prefer it if you had a massive melt

 

[Maurice Mitchell]

Don't know if posted here yet.