Training Preseason 2024

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Full Intraclub Match #2 - 16-02-2024


Enjoy.


Or Cry.


Whatevas driving those emotions.

 

[Troy Cooked It]

Draper is a key position height flanker I reckon.

Also another mobile key forward in development if Corbett and Kuek go and Davies and Murphy show a bit at Peel. Swing key position players with great size and athleticism have there uses.

Although I think Kuek will get another go if he gets on the park. Forward talent with plenty to work with on minimum wage for another year, seems silly to let that go?

 

[freo1]

Also another mobile key forward in development if Corbett and Kuek go and Davies and Murphy show a bit at Peel. Swing key position players with great size and athleticism have there uses.

Although I think Kuek will get another go if he gets on the park. Forward talent with plenty to work with on minimum wage for another year, seems silly to let that go?

Kuek is one of those X factor guys everyone would love to see suceed and dominate, or at least get a couple games. I’d love to see him have a game or 2 at afl level.

In reality, he’ll be let go at the end of this season. He’s just not physically strong enough for afl. Watching him at WAFL level he’s not strong enough 1v1 but can sometimes use his athleticism to crumb exciting goals. This won’t work in the big league with the big boys.

 

[freo1]

Cox out for 4 weeks with a stress fracture in his fibula

Hopefully not from skate boarding

 

[go_the_dockers]

The more I hear about Sharp at training the more excited I get.

I don't see why he can't play the Langdon role.

Run all day on the far wing.

 

[blue shark]

I don't see why he can't play the Langdon role.

Run all day on the far wing.

Definitely have depth in the wings. Clark, Wagner, Walker down back.
Only real worry is the gameplan and how we setup for the kick ins.
Team has natural speed, that advantage should give us a home ground advantage
at least.

 

[Boppo]

Definitely have depth in the wings. Clark, Wagner, Walker down back.
Only real worry is the gameplan and how we setup for the kick ins.
Team has natural speed, that advantage should give us a home ground advantage
at least.

Home ground advantage. There’s a term we’ve not heard in while..been pretty good on the road but dismal at home especially last year.

 

[Joao]

Home ground advantage. There’s a term we’ve not heard in while..been pretty good on the road but dismal at home especially last year.

I turned on SEN "rating the teams for 2024" yesterday and promptly switched it off when I heard them say the only reason we might do ok is because of Perth stadium. That's when I became sure they had NFI.

All we'd have to change to become a top 4 team is to win 10-11 home games. We win enough on the road already.

 

[blue shark]

Home ground advantage. There’s a term we’ve not heard in while..been pretty good on the road but dismal at home especially last year.

Lions, Sydney, and WC early on used this to achieve top 4.
Unless we are in the same boat, critical to get 2 finals at home.
Its the pathway to a GF and we need to make opposition teams feel
like it’s mission impossible to win here.

 

[Dale147]

The coach and the Cox

 

[poshman]

The coach and the Cox

I agree on the game plan. And disagree on the wins. We need to win more games than last season and need to establish a home ground advantage. We must start to reward to fans at home and build an atmosphere at Optus.

 

[Taylor]

We need people to create a traffic jam leaving the airport once the opposition team are on their bus to the hotel, a three to four hour bus ride for every opposition team will give us one hell of an advantage.

 

[poshman]

We need people to create a traffic jam leaving the airport once the opposition team are on their bus to the hotel, a three to four hour bus ride for every opposition team will give us one hell of an advantage.

3-4 hours from Burswood would be hellish. I like it.

 

[The Lobbster]

We need people to create a traffic jam leaving the airport once the opposition team are on their bus to the hotel, a three to four hour bus ride for every opposition team will give us one hell of an advantage.

Could we do what India do and not let them into the state for a bit?

 

[Spirit Level]

I recon Hells Bells would give us more of an advantage

 

[BettercallSaul]

If memory serves, under Connolly in his early tenure, he stated that he noticed that the Freo crowd “got energised very quickly “ when the team started to play well during a game. As such he told the players to engage with the crowd especially after scoring. The Wiz was the gold standard for this. I reckon the current players should try a similar approach, get the crowd up and about which in turn spurs them on and creates a more hostile experience for the opposition.

 

[pK75]

If memory serves, under Connolly in his early tenure, he stated that he noticed that the Freo crowd “got energised very quickly “ when the team started to play well during a game. As such he told the players to engage with the crowd especially after scoring. The Wiz was the gold standard for this. I reckon the current players should try a similar approach, get the crowd up and about which in turn spurs them on and creates a more hostile experience for the opposition.

So more Freddy backflips is what you are saying, preferably in the first quarter

 

[DragoDelph]

Getting off to better starts will help get the crowd involved as well.

 

[Purple Suit]

So more Freddy backflips is what you are saying, preferably in the first quarter

Please no more Freddy flips. The Perth Children's Hospital can't handle the influx in the aftermath.

 

[BettercallSaul]

So more Freddy backflips is what you are saying, preferably in the first quarter

Not necessarily, a couple of fist pumps to the crowd would suffice.

 

[RonnieRaven]

Home ground advantage. There’s a term we’ve not heard in while..been pretty good on the road but dismal at home especially last year.

If memory serves, under Connolly in his early tenure, he stated that he noticed that the Freo crowd “got energised very quickly “ when the team started to play well during a game. As such he told the players to engage with the crowd especially after scoring. The Wiz was the gold standard for this. I reckon the current players should try a similar approach, get the crowd up and about which in turn spurs them on and creates a more hostile experience for the opposition.

They are probably a little hesitant because vfl/ west media are ready to shoot them down “what’s with the carry on, they’ve achieved nothing!”
Like some supporters they shouldn’t buy into it and do as you say.

 

[Taylor]

I'm not sure the supporter base could handle the elation should Cooper Simpson nail an early goal and celebrate with the crowd by tugging on his #29 top. They'd go absolutely bananas.

 

[Dockeroo]

If memory serves, under Connolly in his early tenure, he stated that he noticed that the Freo crowd “got energised very quickly “ when the team started to play well during a game. As such he told the players to engage with the crowd especially after scoring. The Wiz was the gold standard for this. I reckon the current players should try a similar approach, get the crowd up and about which in turn spurs them on and creates a more hostile experience for the opposition.

There is no doubt this is a marginal gain that is not properly tapped into by most.
Jack Riewoldt made it an art form for about 17 years. Running around exaggerating his celebrations and unnecessarily high fiving every single one of his team mates within range after every goal. It was demoralising for opposition fans and players to see that happening all the time.

 

[Sully90]

I'm not sure the supporter base could handle the elation should Cooper Simpson nail an early goal and celebrate with the crowd by tugging on his #29 top. They'd go absolutely bananas.

I'd probably faint.

 

[Sully90]

I recon Hells Bells would give us more of an advantage

Geez Hells Bells would go hard, especially at night.

 

[BettercallSaul]

They are probably a little hesitant because vfl/ west media are ready to shoot them down “what’s with the carry on, they’ve achieved nothing!”
Like some supporters they shouldn’t buy into it and do as you say.

Oh definitely the West et al would have a field day especially when we lost. To be clear though I wasn’t envisioning Freddy flips or Wiz arms to the heavens specifically just more interaction to help get the energy going. I reckon Delean might not Need a lot of convincing though!