Training 2023 Pre Season
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- May 24, 2011
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They are going to be an interesting team this year the dockers. But losing 4 players out of you best 22 since their last game is massive. I know they weren’t stars (except for Mundy) but they were all very experienced and were vital in Fremantles best 22.
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It looks like they are happy to take Jackson and shed a few to set the premiership clock back slightly but improve the chance of winning one to me. I think they're a wait and see. Sydney and Collingwood as well. Could go either way.
- Nov 7, 2012
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Love the monkey's plaintive hand holding the cigarette hahahaha
If we lose badly on the weekend I won't be all doom and gloom. Ross and co deserve some time before I judge them harshly. It's a long season.
One thing I know about Ross is he has a habit of correcting things when they're not heading in the right direction.
Excited to see what happens.
One thing I know about Ross is he has a habit of correcting things when they're not heading in the right direction.
Excited to see what happens.
It's not the same thing but I reckon we would have got smashed by close to 20 goals a game in 2021 if not for Steele
Was a hairline fracture to the fibula- see below from doc Google
It is called a hairline fracture due to repetitive stress on the fibula bone. The fracture fragments are not separated completely. One can think of it as a crack in the bone. During long distance running, hiking and so forth, the bone reacts to the excessive stress on it, resulting in the hairline fracture
- Jul 29, 2007
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Well he had done his hammy before Xmas remember.
Generally it’s pretty common to tear a calf after a hamstring injury, as once again the lower leg can start to over compensate.
- Jan 10, 2011
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Well a guy at my footy club broke that bone in an incident on the ground. And billings also had an incident at the game. It’s a bone. It can break due to incidents. I’m not putting it down to training to hard. I saw the actual incident. Didn’t seem much at all but Fyffe played with that bone broken so it isn’t usually a big collision. And to be honest I guessed the smaller bone because 8 weeks seems short for the big bone but it could easily be that bone.
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I'm saying that the idea that Lyon inherited an incredible list and he just had to get them all running in a line is a myth. Our top 6 was very good but still young. Rooey, Ball, Dal, Lenny were all in their prime. Joey and Kosi looked on their way and Fisher, Goddard, Gram etc were on the list but not yet at their peak. GT was about to trade Milne who played his best most consistent footy under Lyon. He topped up with role players like Farren Ray, Schnider, King and Dempster etc. We probably need to top the top end more but it's not that different from whet he took over last time.
King is looking top tier, the midfield off Steele, Crouch, Ross, Gresham, Windy, Jones, Bytel is decent. Hill, DMac, Wood, Byrnes, Billings as outside runners.
Defence probably does need another premium tall option.
I think we need Butler to get back to his best or replace him and a tall forward ruck like Stavro says....just not sure where you find those. There aren't many good ones that teams are happy to sell off.
Possibly chase a guy like Elliott Himmelberg...or try to grab the GWS one who s a free agent but less capable ruckman.
Agreed it seems that way.
There has been a noticeable lift in training intensity and standards but that has come at a price by the looks of it.
Or playing kids because you have run out of AFL capable players which is what happened to Ratts, hence why we saw Sharman playing in defence. Lyon is starting the year off much worse than Ratts with regards to player availability.
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- Jun 2, 2012
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If I hear one more time that all these injuries are because of our so called curse I will spew.
There has to be something to it. Players coming back from Long Term Injuries too quickly, pre-season too long, bad surfaces, road running, poor advice from sports scientists, too many physical contests.
I am also of the opinion that you can't train for a physical contact sport for 11 months of the year. You are just asking for injuries, every single contest (marking, tackling, blocking etc) is an opportunity for an injury to occur.
There has to be something to it. Players coming back from Long Term Injuries too quickly, pre-season too long, bad surfaces, road running, poor advice from sports scientists, too many physical contests.
I am also of the opinion that you can't train for a physical contact sport for 11 months of the year. You are just asking for injuries, every single contest (marking, tackling, blocking etc) is an opportunity for an injury to occur.
I think the first RL pre-season means you break a few eggs. Happened in 2007 too.
You don't think it's the StKilda curse again?
If you truly believe in a curse, the only (somewhat) rational responses are to work towards ending the curse (find the antidote "spell) or do something else. Nothing at all rational about supporting a club known to be cursed. It also removes all responsibility from those whose job it is to make sure the club succeeds.
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A mate of mine always said we needed an exorcism.
