Training Summer Footy Fix - 2022 training watch

[threesixpio]

I would have been very unhappy had that trade gone down...

Getting rid of a stalwart/possible 500 goal small forward for a 10-pick upgrade. Blurggghhh

If it was pick 13 on its own, yes, you'd have to try to do it, I guess...

And it would have stopped the “trade Bruest” posts which I know you love. I am happy that we will continue to have these posts until he retires

 

[Yardie]

And it would have stopped the “trade Bruest” posts which I know you love. I am happy that we will continue to have these posts until he retires

No one ever thinks of the kittens. They should have traded him.......

 

[Toasted]

This is the team we picked to play Richmond in Rd 2:

B	Frost	Hartigan	Howe
HB	Impey	Hardwick	Morrison
W	Moore	O’Meara	Day
HF	Breust	Koschitzke	Phillips
F	O’Brien	Ceglar	Hanrahan
FOL	McEvoy	Mitchell	Worpel
INT	Jiath	Burgoyne	Shiels	Brockman
EMG	Cousins	Morris	Lewis	Scrimshaw

Not a lot of size in that team. We will be bringing a lot more grunt to the context this year - the youngsters will have had another pre-season and Newcombe and/or Nash will add hurt to the midfield.

TOB, Ceglar and Hanrahan as our FF line. Can’t work out why we couldn’t kick a winning score…

 

[Big Hotdog]

Hi guys, I’m a new resident in Waverley Park and am pretty keen to head down to the track to watch the intra club tomorrow. Is anybody ontop of the time it starts or any further information etc.

I am reasonably sure Jaeger asked us are we coming to the intra club on Tuesday afternoon.
There are a number of very informed residents that live around Waverly that will put you in the loop.

 

[Big Hotdog]

TOB, Ceglar and Hanrahan as our FF line. Can’t work out why we couldn’t kick a winning score…

To be fair we were getting domianted for periods on their transition and our attempted transitions.
The Richmond defense man handled us.

 

[Dewyyyyy]

I reckon worps is pushing 90kg now. Looks huge.

 

[CHUBBSS]

I reckon worps is pushing 90kg now. Looks huge.

That’s massive, his still so lean to, if Worpel goes to another level this year would a captaincy be insight?

 

[Dewyyyyy]

That’s massive, his still so lean to, if Worpel goes to another level this year would a captaincy be insight?

He looks to be the poster boy, heaps of pics of him and he looks huge. As you said still lean and explosive. And maybe.

 

[rei154]

I reckon worps is pushing 90kg now. Looks huge.

Hawks site has him listed as 88kg- unsure as to whether that's from a recent weigh in or from last years.
I get the feeling he will pack on a bit more weight either way as he matures.

 

[Dewyyyyy]

Hawks site has him listed as 88kg- unsure as to whether that's from a recent weigh in or from last years.
I get the feeling he will pack on a bit more weight either way as he matures.

He could even be more than 90. Looks it.

 

[cryptor]

You wouldn't want to be caught flat footed with the ball at a centre clearance with Worpel, Newcombe and Nash looking to bury you.

 

[Dewyyyyy]

Extremely bullish and super biased but Worpel could be the modern type mid, he’s not tall but he’s a decent height at 185/186cm. If he’s 90+ with good explosiveness he can really push to become that ig “Dusty” type.

 

[Pessimistic]

This is the team we picked to play Richmond in Rd 2:

B	Frost	Hartigan	Howe
HB	Impey	Hardwick	Morrison
W	Moore	O’Meara	Day
HF	Breust	Koschitzke	Phillips
F	O’Brien	Ceglar	Hanrahan
FOL	McEvoy	Mitchell	Worpel
INT	Jiath	Burgoyne	Shiels	Brockman
EMG	Cousins	Morris	Lewis	Scrimshaw

Not a lot of size in that team. We will be bringing a lot more grunt to the context this year - the youngsters will have had another pre-season and Newcombe and/or Nash will add hurt to the midfield.

There was quite a bit of progress over the 2021 season

 

[mknaven]

Me and my teenagers are in there as well.

My observations from what was a family day was that Duke gives Worpel a run for his money in contests and has a presence.
Ward is just so fast in mind and neat with disposal. He looks like a lad that has had two or three preseasons already.
Will Day doing drills for touch makes the difficult look easy.
Mitch Lewis told us he has been eating heaps since Christmas and he is in ripping nick with added size.
Ned Reeves has also put on size and is not a bad kick for someone his size.
Finn misses kicks regularly as opposed to Moore who has vision and the ability to hit them.
Fionn the Irish lad didn't look out of place considering he has just arrived.
McEvoy and Shiels (and Sam)run like they are old blokes whilst Gunston runs smooth over the ground. Hopefully he can handle some physicality.
Harry Morrison enjoys the work and puts in. There maybe a bit of a point to prove this year.
DGB is a funny bugger and has "good bloke" in spades. Potential captain qualities is the years to come.

The last observation that stood out to me was how quickly the lads stopped sweating post training. I reckon they might be fit.
I havent seen the lads up close for a while and this current side has the feel of a young side that will be dominated by bigger experienced teams.

Well worth the drive out to Waverly for the morning.

Thanks for the observations Hotdog - even if ppl disagree with some comments, it's good to get a range of opinions/insights from those who were there.

 

[threesixpio]

Much like I would say that Sam Butler comes in around 185.3789cm-185.38765cm height I would also suggest that the above posters are kidding themselves with Worp’s weight. Very unlikely to be a micro-gram more than 89.48956kgs

 

[Strapping Young Lad]

Extremely bullish and super biased but Worpel could be the modern type mid, he’s not tall but he’s a decent height at 185/186cm. If he’s 90+ with good explosiveness he can really push to become that ig “Dusty” type.

Dom, pls.

 

[Simon Crawshay]

Extremely bullish and super biased but Worpel could be the modern type mid, he’s not tall but he’s a decent height at 185/186cm. If he’s 90+ with good explosiveness he can really push to become that ig “Dusty” type.

I feel that Worps at 90kg can be a much more valuable player for the Hawks than at 85kg

5kg might not seem much but if its an extra 5kg of pure muscle his ability to break tackles, etc will improve a lot.

I personally don't trust the player stats (height, weight) on the Hawks website, always feels like its a couple of years out of date!

 

[Dewyyyyy]

Dom, pls.

I did sorta warn it by saying i'm bullish and super biased HAHA

 

[Dewyyyyy]

I feel that Worps at 90kg can be a much more valuable player for the Hawks than at 85kg

5kg might not seem much but if its an extra 5kg of pure muscle his ability to break tackles, etc will improve a lot.

I personally don't trust the player stats (height, weight) on the Hawks website, always feels like its a couple of years out of date!

Yeah for sure, if it's says 88 there, he'd be a fair bit bigger than that. I mean Sicily is for sure taller than what he's listed at like 188 or whatever, he wouldn't be too dissimilar to Scrimshaw.

 

[Brant]

I personally don't trust the player stats (height, weight) on the Hawks website, always feels like its a couple of years out of date!

They could have them accurate to the day if they wanted to.

At the end of the day, there's just no advantage to giving out bio data to your opponents.

 

[H00t]

Dom, pls.

James “Cousins” Worpel already got his name on the Brownlow

 

[Kambo]

it seems no-one can answer the question about WHEN training is on though... IIRC Monday and Thursday mornings, but then sometimes Friday morning. Oh, family day is different, and then if it's finals time, forget it...

But seriously, how many of us can you have on the balcony ?

Hahaha if I can bolt down the time, I’ll provide a full match report. Might have to keep an eye out throughout the day.
3 weeks leave, and all-round just stupid excited to see footy start up again.

 

[Buttonsticher]

I heard his real name is Frank

 

[Blackhawk42]

It was a beautiful, warm evening in country NSW as the Bulldogs boys took to the track this evening. Great numbers tonight, with 35+ in attendance.

Coach was almost late but set the cones up in between drills to make up time.

Karen informed us of the new registration process but spoke for so long we needed a second warm up.

Off the fence work to start for 15 minutes with variations with everybody blowing hard by the end.
Running sets filled the gaps between drills.

Each drill gradually expanded out in distance which got tougher after each running set as fatigue set in.

Finished with ruck set up into full ground ball movement. Then ANOTHER running set.

Weekly fines followed this. Blackhawk42 copping a whopper for a rare double falcon thanks to overcommitting to a footy that got lost in the sun.

None of the young boys pulled on the weekend so that was disappointing.

My almost 32 year old body after a 2 hour Monday training session makes me question everything now 4 days of work are to follow.
The Red Rooster my wife picked up on the way home was placed in the oven to keep warm since I wasn't able to consume it until quarter past 8.

I may not make it to Wednesday but I'll try my hardest.

 

[Roger Rogerson]

His numbers were down on his career averages last year. May not mean much but at his age, he is a year by year proposition.

Agree. A couple of signs last year he was starting to slow down. Had long periods in games of not touching it and numbers were down. His brilliance around goal remained however. Who knows we were a poor side so let's hope lack of supply was the reason but agree he is on the watch list due to being closer to the end than the beginning. One of my all time favourites the great man.