Training Pre season training

[longlivelenny]

Yeah, but having a good AFL career isn’t about being in a race to see who debuts first. We presume that he was only offered a 1 year contract?
Kid is a near 200cm tall project key forward, 20 years old, missed his first pre season and 6 months of his career with a torn meniscus. Has shown more than enough at VFL level, despite having to spend most his time learning a new position. I don’t know what people’s expectations are of someone in his position, considering he won’t hit his ceiling (an extremely high ceiling) until 24-26 years old. There should be no timeline for a tall to debut, as long as they are continuing to improve on an AFL standard trajectory.

I just can’t believe two posters on here are calling him delist material and another a bust. Same with Hall I feel like I’m taking crazy pills. No more bigfooty and defending the honour of our young emerging players for me today haha

I agree that it seems crazy to think he might be delisted at seasons end but it's not. Go ask James van es or Oscar Adams. Similar picks in the draft, young talls who had injuries and they are gone

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[True Believer]

Perfectly fine to talk up players in December.

Will be a few months before anyone can prove you wrong, and there are only a few people on BF who track what other posters say and can remember what a poster said a few hours/days/weeks/months ago.

Absolutely pumped to hear the track reporters are anticipating rising star noms for Keeler and Hall by round 5 next year.
To all you supercoach lurkers from visiting from other boards, get them in your team while they're cheap! Then get a life!

Remember what other posters said!!

Christ, I can't remember what I said 10 minutes ago!!

That's why my line of bullshit changes regularly - the upside is that the variety helps keep the punters entertained.....

 

[stfan]

I know it’s only training drills but looks to be leading and moving around a lot more as well.
I wonder if new players and coaches come in from other clubs and give their previous clubs opinions of our players which give them something to work on their weaknesses.

Is there anyone on this forum, or in the AFL in general, who did not know that Max needs to to do more of both?


Personally I think that his various injuries last season combined to limited him in both.


He had two games early on last year where he was moving up and around the ground a lot more and looked really good.

 

[stfan]

If someone shrunk him he'd be a lego figurine

That just makes him a Maxifigurine

 

[Plus One]

Didn't Hotton kick 5 last season for Sandy?

To gauge anyone on Sandy form from last season is a bit irrelevant now. Membrey is gone and I hope he goes well at the Pies. Keeler looks like he has worked hard over the off season so far to fill out and has been prominent so far at training giving some hope that he is improving.

I apologise if that view (and thats all it is, an opinion) upsets some and they feel the need to disparage some on here who are in the fortunate position to get to training. There is always the caveat that it is a personal opinion. From a personal perspective, I am just a mug punter that gets much more wrong than right and me going to training is for my own enjoyment, not out of some misplaced utilitarianism or some superiority over anyone else, or a moral obligation to post training reports.

As we are all on BF and talk football even in the off season, I opine that we are all mad Saints football nuffies and that it is only fair that I put down my thoughts about what I am seeing. Blokes like kick it lace out, the Jackal, Saintmike65 and others who post here about training will have differing views on individuals and how training is going. Probably best to triangulate all the reports and see if there is any common ground/views/opinion on certain players or training standards, and also the context in which we are discussing the subject.

So for example mentioning Keeler looks good, has filled out and is catching the eye at training is in the context of a 22 y.o project ruck/forward who was a late second rounder, and hasn't played a seniors game compared to talking about Phillipou who is a highly regarded top ten player who is closing in on 40 senior games and who really showed his promise in a block of four games late in the season.

So while the discussions are good, and I understand nothing else is going on, dont take training reports as gospel, we all have our biases, our favourites and our incorrect opinions.

/rant.

Hey Joffa. I really appreciate the training reports from you and all the other track watchers. Not wanting to be pedantic but it's worth mentioning that Keeler is only 20 yo, not 22 as you said. I believe that just strengthens the point you were making about him. The thought bubbles that some posters are blowing about delisting him at the end of next year if he doesn't step up are beyond ludicrous. He would be rookie listed by every other club in the comp and we should immediately allocate funds to build a monument to our stupidity at RSEA park.

At this stage I don't care if Keeler plays a single AFL game next year, nor do I care if he spuds up every second game in the VFL. As SaintWrld said, he's 5 years away from his peak and he has a massive ceiling. We just have to be patient.
My fear for him has been that he is a laconic type who really isn't all that interested in football and he wouldn't be prepared to do the things that would see him improve as a footballer over time. Track watchers have allayed those fears to an extent.
The fact he's commenced pre season with a bit more weight and he's engaged in the training drills is all I wanted to see at this point.

As for comparisons with James Van Es and Oscar Adams, Keeler is capable of the mercurial. Van Es and Adams were not.

 

[Saint Ray]

Hey Joffa. I really appreciate the training reports from you and all the other track watchers. Not wanting to be pedantic but it's worth mentioning that Keeler is only 20 yo, not 22 as you said. I believe that just strengthens the point you were making about him. The thought bubbles that some posters are blowing about delisting him at the end of next year if he doesn't step up are beyond ludicrous. He would be rookie listed by every other club in the comp and we should immediately allocate funds to build a monument to our stupidity at RSEA park.

At this stage I don't care if Keeler plays a single AFL game next year, nor do I care if he spuds up every second game in the VFL. As SaintWrld said, he's 5 years away from his peak and he has a massive ceiling. We just have to be patient.
My fear for him has been that he is a laconic type who really isn't all that interested in football and he wouldn't be prepared to do the things that would see him improve as a footballer over time. Track watchers have allayed those fears to an extent.
The fact he's commenced pre season with a bit more weight and he's engaged in the training drills is all I wanted to see at this point.

As for comparisons with James Van Es and Oscar Adams, Keeler is capable of the mercurial. Van Es and Adams were not.

Love your post mate, and your passion.

 

[SaintWrld]

Perfectly fine to talk up players in December.

Will be a few months before anyone can prove you wrong, and there are only a few people on BF who track what other posters say and can remember what a poster said a few hours/days/weeks/months ago.

Absolutely pumped to hear the track reporters are anticipating rising star noms for Keeler and Hall by round 5 next year.
To all you supercoach lurkers from visiting from other boards, get them in your team while they're cheap! Then get a life!

Spewing Keeler isn’t going to have DEF/FWD status in SuperCoach!

Didn't Hotton kick 5 last season for Sandy?

To gauge anyone on Sandy form from last season is a bit irrelevant now. Membrey is gone and I hope he goes well at the Pies. Keeler looks like he has worked hard over the off season so far to fill out and has been prominent so far at training giving some hope that he is improving.

I apologise if that view (and thats all it is, an opinion) upsets some and they feel the need to disparage some on here who are in the fortunate position to get to training. There is always the caveat that it is a personal opinion. From a personal perspective, I am just a mug punter that gets much more wrong than right and me going to training is for my own enjoyment, not out of some misplaced utilitarianism or some superiority over anyone else, or a moral obligation to post training reports.

As we are all on BF and talk football even in the off season, I opine that we are all mad Saints football nuffies and that it is only fair that I put down my thoughts about what I am seeing. Blokes like kick it lace out, the Jackal, Saintmike65 and others who post here about training will have differing views on individuals and how training is going. Probably best to triangulate all the reports and see if there is any common ground/views/opinion on certain players or training standards, and also the context in which we are discussing the subject.

So for example mentioning Keeler looks good, has filled out and is catching the eye at training is in the context of a 22 y.o project ruck/forward who was a late second rounder, and hasn't played a seniors game compared to talking about Phillipou who is a highly regarded top ten player who is closing in on 40 senior games and who really showed his promise in a block of four games late in the season.

So while the discussions are good, and I understand nothing else is going on, dont take training reports as gospel, we all have our biases, our favourites and our incorrect opinions.

/rant.

Very good and level headed post. Yours, and all of the track watchers training reports are highly appreciated I’m sure by everyone. Very time consuming trying to catch 3 main training sessions a week I’m sure.
The more reports the better. I think it’s best to collate the information from all reports in order to paint a big picture of what’s happening. As a saints nuffie this is probably the most exciting time of the year when all the new players start emerging, until it all comes crashing down in season.
Track watchers reports are worth so much more than reports of random fox footy or herald sun reporters, who seem to go there and report the same things for every club eg. A report on new recruits Macrae and Carroll, a report of a senior well known player hill, a report on our brightest young player pou, and a report on 2 or 3 players who played less than 10 games last year and are looking to break out such as Arie, Hastie, Garcia. They wouldn’t even know guys like Irish, Hall, Keeler, Gus existed. And literally every single one of their reports for every club follow this same formula.
Keep up the training reports guys it’s much appreciated and the only reason I tune in to bigfooty during the off season.

 

[saintkildaman]

If King is 100% fit and healthy for all of 2025, how many goals does he kick?

 

[Seaford_Saint]

If King is 100% fit and healthy for all of 2025, how many goals does he kick?

60.58

 

[Dard Ball Get]

If King is 100% fit and healthy for all of 2025, how many goals does he kick?

60+

 

[Saint Watto]

If King is 100% fit and healthy for all of 2025, how many goals does he kick?

IMHO.......lot's.

Hopefully all from CHF.......he's a massive kick.

It's been quite a while since he's had a full uninterrupted season.......if at all.

He's looking a million bucks atm......has added 6 kg and was at times in the main group yesterday.

I'm keeping my powder dry atm but sooner than later(if he's not impacted by injury) he will tear it apart.

 

[Armoooo]

If King is 100% fit and healthy for all of 2025, how many goals does he kick?

40-50 i think he's looked best spending more time up the ground.

Don't see him being in Coleman contention.

 

[Joffaboy]

Hey Joffa. I really appreciate the training reports from you and all the other track watchers. Not wanting to be pedantic but it's worth mentioning that Keeler is only 20 yo, not 22 as you said. I believe that just strengthens the point you were making about him. The thought bubbles that some posters are blowing about delisting him at the end of next year if he doesn't step up are beyond ludicrous. He would be rookie listed by every other club in the comp and we should immediately allocate funds to build a monument to our stupidity at RSEA park.

At this stage I don't care if Keeler plays a single AFL game next year, nor do I care if he spuds up every second game in the VFL. As SaintWrld said, he's 5 years away from his peak and he has a massive ceiling. We just have to be patient.
My fear for him has been that he is a laconic type who really isn't all that interested in football and he wouldn't be prepared to do the things that would see him improve as a footballer over time. Track watchers have allayed those fears to an extent.
The fact he's commenced pre season with a bit more weight and he's engaged in the training drills is all I wanted to see at this point.

As for comparisons with James Van Es and Oscar Adams, Keeler is capable of the mercurial. Van Es and Adams were not.

yes sorry about that, correct Keeler is 20, the same age as Phillipou, but should be seen in a totally different context. It's like saying Dodson should be gone by 21 if he is not dominating the AFL. These big blokes take time. Even Roh wasn't picked up until about 23 and then was know as 'the Prospect' because thats exactly what he still was.

Some need to cool their jets and let the kids develop. We are all success starved but we can't rush the big guys.

 

[Fehring]

Some blokes dominate at VFL level and don't make the jump.

Some blokes look scratchy at VFL level and look a lot better at the higher level.

Correct. I remember several years ago when quite a few people were demanding Koby Stevens come in on the back of outstanding VFL form, but he'd played at senior level quite a bit by then and never quite delivered. I think it's a good rule to take VFL form into account, but it's not the only thing to take into account.

 

[Sully111]

If King is 100% fit and healthy for all of 2025, how many goals does he kick?

76

 

[dudeintheswamp]

I firmly believe if we get some luck and a good run with injury we'll be right up there.

 

[dudeintheswamp]

Funny, most of the new season prediction articles from the "experts" seem to have us in or near the bottom four.

 

[Dr Spaceman]

Funny, most of the new season prediction articles from the "experts" seem to have us in or near the bottom four.
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Molly Meldrum is supposedly an “expert” in his chosen field.

I once saw him look me in the eye from the television set whilst he predicted The Knack were going go be bigger than The Beatles.

Experts?

Texperts, choking smokers more likely (ho ho ho, hee hee hee, ha ha ha)

 

[Veer Right]

Funny, most of the new season prediction articles from the "experts" seem to have us in or near the bottom four.
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If the AFL was a horse race it would be like having 10 horses across the track at the finish line with less then a length seperating them.

Looking at it, Essendons probably the next team one would likely pick outside the obvious three and they could easily rack up 10 or so wins next year.

 

[saintmike65]

Funny, most of the new season prediction articles from the "experts" seem to have us in or near the bottom four.
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Trying to predict is a waste of time…the last 10 games this season we were ranked 5th!
That’s conveniently forgotten

 

[Tommy Wigs]

Didn't Hotton kick 5 last season for Sandy?

To gauge anyone on Sandy form from last season is a bit irrelevant now. Membrey is gone and I hope he goes well at the Pies. Keeler looks like he has worked hard over the off season so far to fill out and has been prominent so far at training giving some hope that he is improving.

I apologise if that view (and thats all it is, an opinion) upsets some and they feel the need to disparage some on here who are in the fortunate position to get to training. There is always the caveat that it is a personal opinion. From a personal perspective, I am just a mug punter that gets much more wrong than right and me going to training is for my own enjoyment, not out of some misplaced utilitarianism or some superiority over anyone else, or a moral obligation to post training reports.

As we are all on BF and talk football even in the off season, I opine that we are all mad Saints football nuffies and that it is only fair that I put down my thoughts about what I am seeing. Blokes like kick it lace out, the Jackal, Saintmike65 and others who post here about training will have differing views on individuals and how training is going. Probably best to triangulate all the reports and see if there is any common ground/views/opinion on certain players or training standards, and also the context in which we are discussing the subject.

So for example mentioning Keeler looks good, has filled out and is catching the eye at training is in the context of a 22 y.o project ruck/forward who was a late second rounder, and hasn't played a seniors game compared to talking about Phillipou who is a highly regarded top ten player who is closing in on 40 senior games and who really showed his promise in a block of four games late in the season.

So while the discussions are good, and I understand nothing else is going on, dont take training reports as gospel, we all have our biases, our favourites and our incorrect opinions.

/rant.

Love what you provide mate. I find it odd that there is backlash from people not in attendance. You’d think it would be people seeing different things at the same venue that might have a difference of opinion.

 

[PoppedCorn]

just read the reports and be thankful


quite frankly pumping up players gets everyone up and about and back into that cant wait for the season to start we are getting flags mode

 

[stfan]

The key to how good we will be, or not be, in 2026, ignoring injuries, is how much some of younger players step up including Max.

Our midfield was our Achilles Heel last year, but it while not being elite by any means, should at least be quite competitive in 2025 as we have improved its quality and depth.

Max, Nas, Owens, Sharman, Caminiti, Pou, Henry, Windy, Wilson...as well as players like possibly Arie, Keeler etc will be the group that determines if we rise, or just tread water. I think they will improve as a group, but just do not know if it will be in 2025 or 2026.

 

[Banger9798]

Molly Meldrum is supposedly an “expert” in his chosen field.

I once saw him look me in the eye from the television set whilst he predicted The Knack were going go be bigger than The Beatles.

Experts?

Texperts, choking smokers more likely (ho ho ho, hee hee hee, ha ha ha)

I am the Walrus

 

[Verdun]

I give Marshall as a forward 3 games at most.

Maybe but we can not flog him in the ruck constantly without any help.

He is to valuable - he needs help.