Training Training Thread 2023

[FootySmartSimpson]

I know it’s been said before but geeez what a nice line up of coaches, Rats, Clarko, Gibbo, Blakey, Boomer, Kearney etc…

Sort of makes you wonder what might have been had we been able to splurge during our 2007 dash or 2013-2016 campaigns.

But yes, a bloody dream team. The players don’t have any excuses not to get everything out of themselves.

 

[Kangaroos4eva]

 

[shinboner magic]

So wardlaw hey - jury’s out on this kid.
Hasn’t played a game yet but surely he should have won a Brownlow by now.

 

[FootySmartSimpson]

Bonar is looking huge.

 

[Heaps of fun]

Does Josh Gibson

Josh Gibson

Age

40

Ht

189cm

Wt

93kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

17.4

4star

K

9.0

3star

HB

8.4

5star

M

5.1

5star

T

2.1

4star

MG

196.5

3star

No current season stats available

D

13.8

4star

K

6.2

3star

HB

7.6

5star

M

3.4

4star

T

2.6

4star

want to play for us again? Looks in better shape than a lot of the boys out there.

 

[The Dingrel]

Out of interest track watchers, have Chom and Benny McKay played on each other in any of the match sims or are coaches holding that one back for fear of some sore of dragon ball style Kamehameha cataclysmic event?

 

[Jasemon]

I know it’s been said before but geeez what a nice line up of coaches, Rats, Clarko, Gibbo, Blakey, Boomer, Kearney etc…

Don't forget Patch Adams who single handedly pulled us out of the quagmire of Noble's dog breakfast in the last part of 2022.
He's a ripper!!!!

 

[zoomba23]

Bonar is looking huge.

No need to brag

 

[Tiberius]

sensitive bunch

help yourselves to some tissues

Fun fact: Facial tissues, unlike Wardlaw apparently, aren't actually made out of tissue paper.

 

[r00boy96]

Given the type of player he is, I wouldn't mind if Wardlaw misses most of the senior football for 2023, I think they need to get their body and their muscle mass up to compete with mature players, it takes time.

Harris, Greenwood, Swallow, Cunners, etc all had up and down first few years.

I agree, it would be fine if he missed most of this year, the dude is 18yo. We have a glut of mids on the tail end of their careers in Greenwood, Cunnington, Shiels. Wardlaw will take one of their spot when he is ready.

 

[Mixed Results]

I'm all aboard the Wardlaw patience game as I think we're years away from seeing his dominance at AFL level, but if he gets a run of games in the VFL then he may end up in the seniors due to our lack of depth up forward.

This is no criticism of Clarko, as one of my many criticisms of Noble was his reluctance to move players down back despite that being where the entirety of our games were played, but a lot of our forwards have been moved into other roles this offseason.

Ziebell, Thomas, and Drury are the obvious three who could have played a lot of games for us as forwards this year who have been transitioned into defensive roles. Sheezel is potentially a fourth name after his minutes at Half-Back last week.

Curtis, Zurhaar, Larkey, and Comben are the four forwards who we can reasonably expect to rely on this year. I'd include Sheezel as well dependent on what position he ends up in. After that you have the following groups as depth:

Resting Rucks: Xerri, CCJ, Free, and Edwards
Small Forwards: Spicer, Mahony, and Turner
Medium Forwards: Ford
High Half-Forwards: Stephenson, Taylor, Harvey, and Lazzaro

Given that two or three of those may have to play round one, if Clarko doesn't want the additional ruck and a triple towers setup then you're looking at us being about five to seven deep up forward. Just with injuries we'll cycle through all of those names, but once form comes into the equation then Wardlaw could easily get some gametime if he puts together a string of full games in the VFL.

 

[Colby Cheer Squad]

So wardlaw hey - jury’s out on this kid.
Hasn’t played a game yet but surely he should have won a Brownlow by now.

He has failed to reach 150 games on the bounce without injury and is therefore made of tissue. Or something.

 

[Reagan Smash]

Every AFL team’s best 23 for ’23: North Melbourne Kangaroos — Zero Hanger

After a horror show in 2022, which magnets will be thrown around this year?

apple.news

 

[LB2Snake]

Every AFL team’s best 23 for ’23: North Melbourne Kangaroos — Zero Hanger

After a horror show in 2022, which magnets will be thrown around this year?

apple.news

Interesting no mention of TT. He looks done.

 

[zoomba23]

Every AFL team’s best 23 for ’23: North Melbourne Kangaroos — Zero Hanger

After a horror show in 2022, which magnets will be thrown around this year?

apple.news

Someone was paid to write that. Someone was paid to write that Comben 'is a fighting chance' and that Xerri is a better player than Goldy. I need a lie down

 

[The Nostradamus]

Interesting no mention of TT. He looks done.

Lol because a random on zero hanger posted a round 1 team without him?

 

[JGreezy]

Goldstein as an emergency and CCJ at FF are interesting choices.

 

[shimaburnsgrieg]

Best 23


B: Aidan Corr, Ben McKay, Flynn Perez
HB: Luke McDonald, Griffin Logue

19

Griffin Logue

Age

26

Ht

193cm

Wt

100kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

9.8

2star

K

4.4

2star

HB

5.4

4star

M

2.4

3star

T

1.0

3star

MG

115.4

2star

D

9.8

2star

K

4.4

2star

HB

5.4

3star

M

2.4

3star

T

1.0

2star

MG

115.4

2star

D

9.8

3star

K

4.4

2star

HB

5.4

4star

M

2.4

3star

T

1.0

3star

MG

115.4

2star

, Aaron Hall
C: Bailey Scott, Luke Davies-Uniacke

9

Luke Davies-uniacke

Age

25

Ht

188cm

Wt

89kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

13.1

3star

K

6.5

3star

HB

6.6

4star

M

2.5

3star

T

2.2

4star

CL

2.0

4star

D

7.0

1star

K

3.0

1star

HB

4.0

3star

M

2.0

2star

T

1.0

2star

CL

2.0

4star

D

9.8

3star

K

5.0

2star

HB

4.8

4star

M

1.6

2star

T

1.8

4star

CL

1.2

4star

, Darcy Tucker

13

Darcy Tucker

Age

27

Ht

184cm

Wt

83kg

Pos.

D/M

Career

Season

Last 5

D

15.9

4star

K

8.3

3star

HB

7.6

5star

M

3.3

3star

T

3.3

5star

MG

239.7

4star

D

14.0

3star

K

8.5

3star

HB

5.5

3star

M

2.6

3star

T

3.3

4star

MG

240.5

4star

D

14.4

4star

K

8.0

3star

HB

6.4

4star

M

3.0

3star

T

2.8

5star

MG

234.8

4star

HF: Jaidyn Stephenson, Nick Larkey, Curtis Taylor
F: Paul Curtis, Callum Coleman-Jones

21

Callum Coleman-jones

Age

25

Ht

200cm

Wt

104kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

13.0

3star

K

6.0

2star

HB

7.0

4star

M

3.0

3star

T

5.0

5star

G

0.0

1star

No current season stats available

D

13.0

4star

K

6.0

3star

HB

7.0

5star

M

3.0

3star

T

5.0

5star

G

0.0

1star

, Cam Zurhaar
Foll: Tristan Xerri, Ben Cunnington, Jy Simpkin

12

Jy Simpkin

Age

26

Ht

183cm

Wt

77kg

Pos.

M/F

Career

Season

Last 5

D

16.0

4star

K

7.9

3star

HB

8.1

5star

M

2.4

3star

T

3.3

5star

CL

2.9

4star

D

20.6

5star

K

11.0

4star

HB

9.6

5star

M

2.0

2star

T

3.5

4star

CL

5.5

5star

D

10.0

3star

K

5.6

3star

HB

4.4

4star

M

2.8

3star

T

2.4

4star

CL

0.2

2star

I/C: Jack Ziebell

7

Jack Ziebell

Age

33

Ht

188cm

Wt

89kg

Pos.

D/F

Career

Season

Last 5

D

19.1

5star

K

12.8

5star

HB

6.3

4star

M

3.8

4star

T

4.6

5star

MG

369.5

5star

D

8.0

2star

K

5.0

2star

HB

3.0

2star

M

3.2

3star

T

1.6

3star

MG

125.8

2star

D

16.2

4star

K

11.4

4star

HB

4.8

4star

M

5.2

5star

T

3.0

5star

, Will Phillips, Harry Sheezel, Hugh Greenwood
SUB: Jackson Archer


Emerg: Todd Goldstein, George Wardlaw, Tom Powell

I have seen some poor best teams posted on this site but this one from the Zero Hangar takes the cake - Goldie and Powell not best 23; CCJ in for Chom; Young not even in the best 26.

 

[My Left Foote]

Every AFL team’s best 23 for ’23: North Melbourne Kangaroos — Zero Hanger

After a horror show in 2022, which magnets will be thrown around this year?

apple.news

Zero Hanger? More like zero research, zero clues and zero idea.

 

[Tiberius]

I swear this is true. I searched for zero hanger on Facebook and this is what came up:

 

[Sillygit]

I swear this is true. I searched for zero hanger on Facebook and this is what came up:
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it's good shit, buy a box, don't have to think about gettin toilet paper for months on end. Happened to get one just before people went nuts buying it all out at the supermarket, ended up giving some to friends who ran out.

 

[Ether]

Someone was paid to write that. Someone was paid to write that Comben 'is a fighting chance' and that Xerri is a better player than Goldy. I need a lie down

Warlord a chance for R1? I wish.

 

[Footywizard]

Best 23


B: Aidan Corr, Ben McKay, Flynn Perez
HB: Luke McDonald, Griffin Logue, Aaron Hall
C: Bailey Scott, Luke Davies-Uniacke, Darcy Tucker
HF: Jaidyn Stephenson, Nick Larkey, Curtis Taylor
F: Paul Curtis, Callum Coleman-Jones, Cam Zurhaar
Foll: Tristan Xerri, Ben Cunnington, Jy Simpkin
I/C: Jack Ziebell, Will Phillips, Harry Sheezel, Hugh Greenwood
SUB: Jackson Archer


Emerg: Todd Goldstein, George Wardlaw, Tom Powell

I have seen some poor best teams posted on this site but this one from the Zero Hangar takes the cake - Goldie and Powell not best 23; CCJ in for Chom; Young not even in the best 26.

Young stinks

 

[Ligma]

Young stinks

You stink

 

[Le Grille]

Young stinks

He’s earned his spot