Training 2019 Preseason Discussion

[Grand Uncle Horace]

Wait what?


Horse, Harley and co went to a world leading sports medicine hospital and didn't take Sam Reid?

"Reported". What an unpleasant image. That's the sort of thing I'd expect on the #lolCameNinf Board.

 

[Tesla Tenet]

Wait what?


Horse, Harley and co went to a world leading sports medicine hospital and didn't take Sam Reid?

The foot broker Mills and the arm broker Rampe, fixed but but no Reid and Melican hamstrings, Ling's Toe Turf, Naismith's ACL.

 

[Heeney2Franklin]

There isnt a fix for hamstrings.

 

[sthmelb_dimmies]

"Reported". What an unpleasant image. That's the sort of thing I'd expect on the #lolCameNinf Board.

why?

 

[Grand Uncle Horace]

why?

Teasing

Hanson and the bunch of Boganistas on the #lolCameNinf Board are a perfect match.

 

[connolly]

Manbuns aside, which should be banned, I don't have a big problem with creative haircuts provided that the people sporting them are getting a kick.

Same with beards etc. I didn't have a big problem with Shaw and Malceski's beards but I was furious with Demons players on behalf of their supporters when they were strutting around with club beards whilst not giving a yelp on the field.

Yes its a rule - if you look ridiculous you have to play well. One that I always breached in my prime unfortunately

 

[Kirkswan]

Wait what?

Do you reckon that photo is giving a hint of the future?

I see the coaches, medicos, leadership group and Heeney and Mills...

 

[Dan87]

Do you reckon that photo is giving a hint of the future?

I see the coaches, medicos, leadership group and Heeney and Mills...

Gives you a hint at their contract size and marketing value

 

[Deccas]

Well, contrary to what I said last night in my over tired mood, no problem at all with a man bun & most look pretty cool, so apologies if I offended.
But Aliir & Naismith's 'efforts' over the last few years? Give me a spell. The circus is in town & you better hit the ground running Aliir or you'll cop a deserved caning from all & sundry. Seriously though, what if he does end up taking the mark of the century with that haircut & people in 80 years time look at the 'famous' picture of him with that hair style in the Swans jumper?

I shudder to think. Then again, we look back at some of our 80's haircuts like Derm's & Ayre's................scary sh.t that stuff.

In 80 years it's gonna be too hot to have opinions on people's hair from a century ago.

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[TheMase]

Do you reckon that photo is giving a hint of the future?

I see the coaches, medicos, leadership group and Heeney and Mills...

Near future? Straight into the leadership group, announcement probably pending!

 

[Grand Uncle Horace]

Yes its a rule - if you look ridiculous you have to play well. One that I always breached in my prime unfortunately

No matter how dross weasel I looked, I managed to play worse.

 

[Punts]

Doesn’t sound good for melican and going into the season

 

[ScrewInStuds]

Doesn’t sound good for melican and going into the season

?

 

[Tedeski]

?

Melican doesn't hear things good I think.

 

[caesar88]

Injury updates plus the latest on how all 18 teams are preparing for 2019 http://m.afl.com.au/news/2018-12-08/wheres-your-club-at

 

[ScrewInStuds]

Based on this I think:

"Lewis Melican: After his horror run with hamstring injuries this year, the key defender also had knee surgery post-season. He's back running but looks some time away from full training."

http://m.afl.com.au/news/2018-12-08/wheres-your-club-at

 

[Grand Uncle Horace]

Should have been done months ago. When Horse goes he should take our Un-fitness team with him.

 

[Ticky009]

Based on this I think:

"Lewis Melican: After his horror run with hamstring injuries this year, the key defender also had knee surgery post-season. He's back running but looks some time away from full training."

http://m.afl.com.au/news/2018-12-08/wheres-your-club-at

Good heavens that’s a heck of a long injury list.

 

[Heeney2Franklin]

Good heavens that’s a heck of a long injury list.

Surgery, Surgery and more surgery!

 

[RobbieK]

Should have been done months ago. When Horse goes he should take our Un-fitness team with him.

I have no idea how you can make such a claim. What are your medical qualifications? So you have access to Melican's health records?

The answers are none and no, aren't they? If so you are just spouting uniformed BS.

 

[caesar88]

Should have been done months ago. When Horse goes he should take our Un-fitness team with him.

Not sure which you’re referring to, but if Melican, i’m no expert but I can’t imagine it would be good for his recovery from hamstring issues to be simultaneously undergoing surgery on a knee. That just seems like a bit of an ordeal for an athlete’s body. It’s possible they may have waited for him to recover from his hamstring concerns before doing surgery on his knee.

Or maybe he injured his knee while training once he had recovered from the hammy, in which case no one but s**t luck is to blame. I’m just spit-balling here.

 

[Grand Uncle Horace]

So was I..

I am not an orthopaedic surgeon, however I have considerable experience in knee, quad and hamstring issues.

 

[tombomb]

Long injury list already including Franklin, senior players in decline, temporary training grounds, only picking up fringe (possibly useless) players from other teams in the trade period. Then I think a back to some of those seriously horrible losses in the second half of last year ... Gold Coast, Geelong, Richmond, Essendon, GWS ...

I think this could be our first really bad year in a long time. I dont blame anyone, it is just the reality of a socialist competition and how well we have done for so long to stay up the top. I think our medium term prospects are very bright with the amount of good young players we have, but next year could be tough.

 

[Grand Uncle Horace]

Long injury list already including Franklin, senior players in decline, temporary training grounds, only picking up fringe (possibly useless) players from other teams in the trade period. Then I think a back to some of those seriously horrible losses in the second half of last year ... Gold Coast, Geelong, Richmond, Essendon, GWS ...

I think this could be our first really bad year in a long time. I dont blame anyone, it is just the reality of a socialist competition and how well we have done for so long to stay up the top. I think our medium term prospects are very bright with the amount of good young players we have, but next year could be tough.

Hmmmm. Agree, though socialism embodies optimism about the potential of humans. I will go

 

[caesar88]

Long injury list already including Franklin, senior players in decline, temporary training grounds, only picking up fringe (possibly useless) players from other teams in the trade period. Then I think a back to some of those seriously horrible losses in the second half of last year ... Gold Coast, Geelong, Richmond, Essendon, GWS ...

I think this could be our first really bad year in a long time. I dont blame anyone, it is just the reality of a socialist competition and how well we have done for so long to stay up the top. I think our medium term prospects are very bright with the amount of good young players we have, but next year could be tough.

Eh

If that’s the case then so be it as I think it will become very good in 2020/2021.

But I remember thinking all doom and gloom after 2015. We’d had a shambles of a season where we never looked like contenders (yet still finished fourth? #equalisation), we lost a heap of senior experience (including our GOAT), we’d been embroiled in sagas all year (the Goodes debacle, Buddy’s mental health and the BS conversation around it, the mass injury crisis in September, the COLA crap) and we’d also been humiliated in a grand final the prior year. It felt like it could only go down from there. Then in 2016 we rejuvenated the playing list and the best 22, and suddenly this newfound sense of buoyancy infected the club and took us to a grand final.

Not saying that’s what will happen in 19, but our club has a very high standard and seems to breed competitiveness from within. They may spring a surprise on us