Past Josh Drummond (2004-2012)

[Kochie 16]

THANK GOD HE SIGNED BACK UP!

It makes me proud as punch when a player plays footy for loyalty rather than money. Good onya Drummo!

 

[notliondown]

THANK GOD HE SIGNED BACK UP!

It makes me proud as punch when a player plays footy for loyalty rather than money. Good onya Drummo!

Amen!!!! Thats the sign of a quality person as well as a quality player. I wasn't sure I could think more of Drummo... he already had my respect and admiration as an example of perseverance and determination... but I was wrong!

Awesome work Josh. May your stay be a long and fruitful one!!!!!

 

[notting18]

When fit he is one of our most valuable players - i was really happy to see him re-signing.

 

[Grimreepah]

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Maroochydore product sticks with Lions
12:00a.m. 18 October 2007
By Jon Tuxworth

Brisbane Lion Josh Drummond has rejected tempting overtures from Carlton to re-sign with the Lions for the next three seasons.
The Maroochydore product met with senior Blues officials in Melbourne last week, who put a deal on the table to sign Drummond believed to be well in excess of Brisbane’s initial offer.
Drummond’s camp were reportedly unhappy with the Lions’ opening offer and decided to test the defender’s value on the open market.
Carlton showed interest immediately and threw everything but the kitchen sink at Drummond to lure him to Princes Park.
While Drummond was hesitant to reveal details yesterday it is believed the Lions, after hearing of Carlton’s interest, acted quickly to upgrade Drummond’s deal to a level that was acceptable to all parties.
Drummond’s preference was always to stay at Brisbane, a club for which he hopes to play out his career.
He chose not to reveal just how close he came to signing with the Blues.
“It’s hard to say because it was a pretty whirlwind 24 hours,” Drummond said.
“One minute I was in Brissy and 12 hours later I was down south; it happened really quickly.
“I just went down to see what it was all about. There was no harm in hearing what they had to say.
“I racked my brain and put the pros and cons together and decided that being a Queenslander, and living here my whole life, I wanted to stay.”
Drummond said money was never going to be the deciding factor in his decision.
“It didn’t really matter what money they offered, it was a lifestyle thing,” he said. “I’m 24 now so hopefully I’ve got a good six or seven years left and hopefully I can stay here for the rest of my career.”
Drummond said a return to September action next year is the Brisbane Lions’ main priority.
“Obviously we want to play finals, there’s no denying that,” he said.
“But then again everyone rates their chances at this time of the year and we don’t know how all the other clubs are going to come up.”

 

[xplo]

It that Josh being chased by Kent Kingsley?

 

[Grimreepah]

It that Josh being chased by Kent Kingsley?

It looks like it. That was his 3rd game back. We had a lot of average players that night but Drummo was in fine form.

 

[notting18]

It looks like it. That was his 3rd game back. We had a lot of average players that night but Drummo was in fine form.

Drummond is like Adcock - i really struggle to remember them playing a poor game, although they have missed a few through injury.

 

[Marklar_33]

Drummond is like Adcock - i really struggle to remember them playing a poor game, although they have missed a few through injury.

I love them both!

Great pair of players you guys have, two of my favourites for sure

 

[Snuka]

Good call nots...and while were having a love-in...best thing about his game IMO is his extreme cool..always looks to have time and really takes advantage of that beautiful, long left kick by never panicking and making the right decisions. He really should be called 'Fonzie'.

 

[Grimreepah]

End of Season Player Review

Josh Drummond’s year got off to a bad start by suffering a preseason leg injury, and as a result he missed the NAB Cup and the start of the season. In the meantime the new look defensive unit at the Lions had performed above expectations, and by the time Drummo was fit there was a reluctance to tamper with what was already working. There was talk of whether he would be best suited to the backline or the forward line, and he ended up having to wait 5 weeks in the reserves. He finally got the call up for his first senior game in round 8 against Essendon.

Perhaps in hindsight it was a mistake making him wait so long because he had an immediate impact topping our disposal count in 3 of his first 5 games. He was also able to dramatically improve our kick ins. While Adcock is a good kick, he didn’t really have the required penetration, and the opposition were able to set a compressed zone. But with Drummo able to hit players on the chest with flat 60 metre passes, suddenly there were a lot more options open, which allowed us to instigate some quick ball movement.

Josh was playing the quarterback role (excuse the terminology) which allowed him to cover for a few of our defenders who have below average skills. It was the ideal role for him, as being the best kick in our team he was the guy you wanted with the ball in his hands, and he finished the season averaging 15 kicks (21 disposals) a game. The importance of Drummond was realised when he missed 4 weeks late in the season with another leg injury, which stifled our ability to rebound out of defence. It also left Roe to take the kick ins, and while he was reasonable, he was a long way from Drummond’s class.

After playing fourteen games in 2005, seven in 2006 and eleven in 2007, Drummo will be hoping he can play a full season next year. In terms of improvement, perhaps he can become a bit stronger, as sometimes he can be bumped off the ball a bit too easily. Also he needs to be able to tighten up on a defender when needed, as sometimes his direct opponent was able to kick a few goals. Nevertheless he will go into 2008 as one of our most important players.

 

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The core of the business
3:36 PM Wed 19 December, 2007
By Simon White
for lions.com.au

STAR forward Jonathan Brown is already a convert and now teammate Josh Drummond hopes Pilates and other core strength-building techniques can help deliver an injury-free season.
The creative defender has become a key player for the Lions with his willingness to run forward and find teammates with his raking left foot.
But his three seasons of AFL football have also been interrupted by a succession of injuries, including hamstring and shoulder problems.
Last pre-season, ankle and hamstring woes put Drummond on the back foot in the lead-up to the home-and-away campaign.
I’ve been done all the training so far but I’ve varied my workload a bit in terms of work-rest ratio,” he said.
“I’ve been doing things that suit my body more – Pilates and then also some work to improve my running technique.
“The back-related hamstring injuries I’ve had built up over a couple of years so by improving my core strength, hopefully I won’t be breaking down again.”
As might be expected, Drummond says altering a running technique is no easy matter at age 24.
“The toughest bit is changing your running style when you’ve been doing it for years,” he said.
“But it’s just a matter of developing good habits and the Pilates work helps with that as well.
“It’s not so much changing your technique in terms of how your legs and arms work but more making sure I activate the right core muscles to reduce the stress on my hamstrings.
“Running properly when you are by yourself is one thing and doing it in a game or training is a whole different story.
“But I’m doing exercises two or three times a day to help make sure I activate those muscles.”
While Drummond is working intensively on his core strength, the kick-in specialist won’t begin full-scale work on match simulation foot skills until later in the summer.
Drummond’s ability to pinpoint long targets has become even more important to the Lions since the introduction of new kick-in laws in 2006 which allow kickers to put foot to ball before the goal umpire finishes waving his flags.
“We’re doing our physical and skill development stuff now - we’ll get to the match situation work as we get towards February,” he said.
“That part of the game has changed a fair bit in the last couple of years and it’s probably become a bit easier.
“Under the old rules teams would generally be able to zone off and there was a bit more skill involved in freeing up a teammate and then being able to find him.
“But it’s still amazing how opposition teams are able to get back into position even though you are kicking in quicker.”

 

[danielcan]

Creative defender?

What's wrong with saying bloody excellent defender?

 

[BigCat2]

Creative defender?

What's wrong with saying bloody excellent defender?

They say Bradman was a handy batsman...

 

[Hollow Knight]

I've always wondered if Simon White is Blacky's alias when he moonlights as a journalist.

 

[Grimreepah]

having a good pre season so far?

From the horse's mouth:

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Personally, I am looking forward to getting back on the field given some of my frustrations with injury last season.

I’m confident that my injury problems are now behind me after having my best pre-season in about three years. I’ve built my training load up a little slower than in the past, but I have hardly missed a training session.

I’ve taken a bit of a different approach this summer – with more of a focus on strengthening up my body through the core and legs by doing more pilates exercises.

So fingers crossed the trend continues and I can play a more regular role in the senior team this year.

It’s an exciting time for the group at the moment, with a really good group of young guys – half a dozen of which will probably reach 50 games this year.

 

[Grimreepah]

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Revitalised Coast star ready to tackle West Coast
12:00a.m. 19 March 2008
By Peter Gardiner

While Lions key backline player Josh Drummond is wary of the wounded West Coast Eagles, they should be watching out for the revitalised Coast star.
Considered a gifted footballer since his rookie days with the Lions, his physical fragility in the past two seasons is the only thing that has held him back.
But he flies out tomorrow with the top side bound for Subiaco Oval to try and repeat’s last year’s ambush of the Eagles by the Lions with a new inner strength.
Brisbane’s 2008 seasons bounces in to life on Saturday afternoon.
Physically Drummond has been doing Pilates to shore up his core muscle structures that he blames for last season’s debilitating back problems which restricted him to 11 top grade games.
And mentally he has been steeled by these setbacks to hopefully play the season of his life.
“I really haven’t gone close to playing a full year (in the seniors) yet and I really want to do that for the team and see what I’m capable of,” Drummond said.
“I thought we played some pretty good football in patches and it’s a matter of doing that more often.”
He said coach Leigh Matthews given him the same sort of defensive role added with his kicking game that can get the Lions on a roll.
“I really enjoy taking the kicks.”
After a 2006 season plagued by a bad shoulder which required a reconstruction, Drummond was powering in the 2006-07 off season until around Christmas when his back came unstuck.
This time around he has had the physical build up and preseason game time he’s been looking for. “For me it’s not a case of bulking up, but balancing the muscles I use so they don’t get injured.
He said so far on the field his skills have been “a little rusty” but were coming together well enough to give him confidence over in Perth.
Drummond believes the whole team will need to be sharp because he does not believe that the Eagles will be that much poorer without Chris Judd and Ben Cousins.
“People are saying that they will drop away this season, but they havesome good young players coming on.

 

[Grimreepah]

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Lions lose defensive plank Drummond

The Brisbane Lions expect a quad injury will sideline key defender Josh Drummond for at least a month.
Drummond was injured in Friday night's two-point win over Collingwood at the Gabba.
Coach Leigh Matthews says it is a big blow ahead of Saturday night's round three clash against the Sydney Swans.
"You want the ball in his hands coming out of defence, but he'd already had two or three goals kicked on him however, so the other side of the defensive job is defending," he said.
"But that aside it'll cut down our offensive surge out of defence because he does it better than anyone."

 

[eugene_tomas]

diaspointing

 

[Ruse]

Thank god we got Johnstone last year. He's the optimal replacement for Drummo, although both players playing at the same time would be more ideal.

 

[brenjay]

If Johnstone fills Drummond's position well over the next month, Drummond should be moved further up field as not only can he provide just as good scoring assists as Johnstone, he is a more dangerous kick for goal IMO

 

[Grimreepah]

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Drummond's loss is a huge blow for the club. His value to the team extends far beyond what his modest record of 34 games would suggest.
The former rookie-listed Sunshine Coast product is Brisbane's most attacking defender and the best kick at the club, as he proved with a sweetly struck 65m shot for goal last Friday.Matthews was confident Drummond's defensive contribution could be covered by his replacement, but said the work he does rebounding out of the defensive 50m arc would be sorely missed.
"It's unfortunate. He's such a good kick," Matthews said.
"You want the ball in his hands coming out of defence. It will cut down our offensive surge out of defence because he does it better than anyone."
The coach admitted to frustration at the emerging pattern of injuries to the young defender who managed just 11 games last year and seven the year before.
"Josh seems to have a significant injury every year," Matthews complained. "Medically we try to make sure the players are conditioned but he keeps finding a way to hurt himself in some shape or form.
"A quad is always a month at least on the sidelines. There is either a very bad quad or a bad quad. It is not his kicking leg, but it's a quad injury which is always a significant number of weeks out of the team."

 

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Lions keep faith with former Maroochydore junior
12:00a.m. 12 May 2008
By Jon Tuxworth

Brisbane’s second round win over Collingwood summed up Josh Drummond’s AFL career thus far perfectly.
The former Maroochydore junior was still on a high after kicking a brilliant 70m running goal when he broke down with a quad strain not long after, continuing his wretched run of injuries.
The defender is respected as one of the best kicks in the league. It’s why the Lions have kept the faith, despite the fact he has played just 34 games since his debut in 2005. And why they acted swiftly to upgrade his contract offer when Carlton was ready to swoop last year.
The 25-year-old was at Weyba Road alongside fellow Lion and Caloundra product Daniel Dzufer to cheer his old club Maroochy-Northshore on against Noosa on Saturday.
Unfortunately, that’s all that “Drummo” has been doing lately when it comes to football. Watching. But he is confident that will change with a return to action against Carlton on Saturday night.
“If there had of been a game this weekend, I would have played,” he said.
“Everything’s going well and I’m just looking forward to getting out there.
“It’s been really frustrating sitting on the sidelines and unfortunately I’m more than used to it, but I think the luck will turn.”
Drummond is using Lions teammate Daniel Bradshaw’s brilliant form this season after missing all of last year with a knee injury as inspiration.
“It makes you think that, as bad as my situation is and it makes you feel down, his is a lot worse,” he said.
“He did a knee and missed 12 months and I’ve missed five weeks, so it pales in comparison.
“(Fellow Lions defender) Joel Macdonald did the same thing, coming back and playing better footy post-knee recon, which is basically unheard of.
“It is a great inspiration and with him (Bradshaw) and ‘Browny’ (Jonathan Brown) firing, hopefully in the second half of the year we can build a good platform to play finals.”
Drummond said consistency is the key to the Lions returning to finals football, pointing to their 20-point over Port Adelaide after being behind by 47 points in round four as a prime example.
“I don’t think we played that well for 90% of the game, but it shows if we play our best footy we can be devastating,” he said.
“We shown this year we can do it in bursts, but if we want to play finals footy and be challenging for a premiership, we have to do it more consistently.

Brisbane Lions players Daniel Dzufer (left) and Josh Drummond were at the AFL match between the Noosa Tigers and Maroochy/Northshore Roo's at Noosa's home ground on Weyba road Noosaville.

 

[Lace Out]

I am very much looking forward to see Drummond back in the side

 

[danielcan]

I am very much looking forward to see Drummond back in the side

I have much faith that he will be back.

Considering just how good he is, it is hard to believe that he has only played 34 games. He plays like a 50+ game player.

 

[Hollow Knight]

I have much faith that he will be back.

Considering just how good he is, it is hard to believe that he has only played 34 games. He plays like a 50+ game player.

150 game player.