Training Pre-Season 2024

[Golumless]

Maybe if this was such an issue then Hamish shouldn't have picked him and the usual suspects wouldn't have called for him to be our pick and then quickly drop off him.

I watched him live destroy Port this year in a clutch game, the kid has it.

Yup. It's just confidence and needing a bit of faith from the coaches that's holding TT back at this point.

Give him a key role and everything with TT will just click into being an elite player. The fact he's in the top 20 for contested marks per game - off one of the lowest average TOG% in the league - tells you he's ready.

 

[cleanhands]

Yup. It's just confidence and needing a bit of faith from the coaches that's holding TT back at this point.

Give him a key role and everything with TT will just click into being an elite player. The fact he's in the top 20 for contested marks per game - off one of the lowest average TOG% in the league - tells you he's ready.

Faith from the coaches, how many games did he play last year? As for contested marks stat, how many were pack marks, how many against 5 ‘ 10” how many times does he run under the footy when he has a defender trailing behind him, geez don’t just keep looking the good

 

[skam85]

I'm punchy on Billy Dowling having a breakout 2024

 

[ams4crows]

I'm punchy on Billy Dowling having a breakout 2024

As much as I would love this I'm not sure where he would play

 

[MRB37]

As much as I would love this I'm not sure where he would play

If we follow the Berry/Pedlar development path then he spends a year at HF.

 

[GreyCrow]

If we follow the Berry/Pedlar development path then he spends a year at HF.

It's worked so well for us before

 

[skam85]

As much as I would love this I'm not sure where he would play

Ahead of Harry and Sloane

 

[Truck25]

We're training the house down, we're burning up the track

But we're driving and striving and hugging the turns
And thinking of someone for whom is Scott Burns
we're going the distance
we're going for speed

 

[Coopers]

It's worked so well for us before

I think it's important to play them where the ball isnt

 

[Golumless]

If we follow the Berry/Pedlar development path then he spends a year at HF.

Pretty much the only spot available to him.

Hopefully we've learned our lesson and let him cook there for a couple of seasons without any meaningful inside midfield minutes seeing how much of a mess we've found ourselves in with Harry, Jones and Berry when we have rushed it.

 

[DJ75]

Positive note I saw - Rachelle, Soligo, Nank training at the gym yesterday.

Said to Soligo, are you boys try to bulk up to take over the midfield? He said we are trying.

I like the bond those 3 have got going on.

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Don't underestimate the role Rachele has had in this. He's come into the club, immediately embraced it and gone out of his way to build a real culture with the other young kids. Says a lot about his family (if you ever meet mum or dad you will immediately understand).
These 3 in particular are very close, but others including Pedlar are also often in the mix. They really do get on well together.

 

[DJ75]

I'm punchy on Billy Dowling having a breakout 2024

I really hope so. I saw in Billy a bit of the same as what I saw in Soligo - someone who, under the most heat, makes the right instinctive decision. Soligo tends to do it by foot, while Dowling does it by hand, but both open the game up by doing it.

 

[SuperBashBros]

Few good numbers available for the recruits or current players to slide into. Who's going to take the #6....

6, 11, 21, 23, 36, 39

 

[Crow-eater]

Don't underestimate the role Rachele has had in this. He's come into the club, immediately embraced it and gone out of his way to build a real culture with the other young kids. Says a lot about his family (if you ever meet mum or dad you will immediately understand).
These 3 in particular are very close, but others including Pedlar are also often in the mix. They really do get on well together.

A fair few of the lads went to Bali for their off-season holiday. Was a big group of them and great to see.

 

[GreyCrow]

Few good numbers available for the recruits or current players to slide into. Who's going to take the #6....

6, 11, 21, 23, 36, 39

Curtin 11

 

[jenny61_99]

That's dreadful.

I think that's what Tex says... "cutla".

 

[Carmo]

Thilly needs to spend the summer in the boxing ring with the gloves on and get some aggression into his big strong body and use it to his advantage.

This board needs to spend the summer on the chill pills

 

[Coopers]

Have the draftees shown up for training yet?

Bit slack.

 

[betterthanu]

When are they all back out on the track? Advertiser said 20th but have seen nothing from club

 

[George Kramer]

When are they all back out on the track? Advertiser said 20th but have seen nothing from club

Monday

 

[Play On Advantage]

Josh Worrell looking seriously fit here

Really hoping he takes the next step as his talent is unquestionably good

 

[DJ75]

Have the draftees shown up for training yet?

Bit slack.

Expecting a blast from Karen Cornes any moment now

 

[Jeffcrowe]

Berry is the one that needs to pull his finger out.

Thilthorpe also needs to spend the entire off season on Marking and set shot kicking.

Just a phase re his set shot kicking and likely more mental than anything

My advice would be not to get too hung up about it as is generally a very good set shot

Would love to see him get stronger and more aggressive

 

[Jeffcrowe]

As much as I would love this I'm not sure where he would play

Probably on the wing

Endurance is a strength and has an innate ability to find the ball

His contested game is still evolving

 

[WeeBlake]

Probably on the wing

Endurance is a strength and has an innate ability to find the ball

His contested game is still evolving

I read a AFL coach recently say wing is one of the hardest positions, because the player is involved in all of the (sorry, have to say it) structures, from defence to mid to forward.

Maybe why you don’t see too many first years there? (altho Hollands at Carlton did this year for example)