2019 Training Reports

[coley]

Cheers for the feedback guys. Apparently theres another intraclub next friday. I'll try and get up there and report back.

 

[FreoMonocle]

If there was a training report team, I think you folks played your way into the b22... All gave good effort

 

[rgauci]

Refresh 100x today. Gold medal to Coley.

 

[Halfbaked]

Can not add much to what has already been written.

Both teams started each bounce with a very deep forward.

The other 4 forwards are inside the 50m area but are very high and in a huddle.
At last a forward to the bomb the ball to.

Ballas first run for the season was ok, reasonably sure he kicked goal for both teams.
Logue again played with B teams defense for most of the game. Cox playing with A teams defense, until injuried.
Darcy much better today.
Crowden did a few nice things.
Banfield is a lot bigger this year.
Cam started on the B team and moved to the A team. He popped up now and then look ok.
Tabs was good but still dropped a few you would llke him to take.
Tucker started in the middle for the A team and was great in the first quarter, didn't notice him as much after that.
Giro was good for the B team.
There is every chance that Watson will make it, didn't do a lot but doesn't look out of place.
Dixon did some nice things, but still a year away.
The one hand mark by Fyfe was very very good.
Just couple points about the ball usage. Most players didn't get a rest mid game, no rotations. Also once or twice mid quarter they shopped the clock and made them do a side on leap frog thingy.



This, I guess is to add to their fatigue.
Ps. written with out glasses, so be nice

 

[Glaucus]

and beat him like he owed him money

Lols, great reports,

Walters - Hogan - Switta
Matera - Tabs - Lobb

I like this shape, Matera the one with most work to do to hold his place, but otherwise they all have different strengths.

 

[Unique Name]

I like this shape, Matera the one with most work to do to hold his place, but otherwise they all have different strengths.

Yeah agreed. Matera kicked a miracle goal but not much else. The others all showed quite a bit today.

 

[AAACockburn]

Can not add much to what has already been written.

Both teams started each bounce with a very deep forward.
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The other 4 forwards are inside the 50m area but are very high and in a huddle.
At last a forward to the bomb the ball to.

Ballas first run for the season was ok, reasonably sure he kicked goal for both teams.
Logue again played with B teams defense for most of the game. Cox playing with A teams defense, until injuried.
Darcy much better today.
Crowden did a few nice things.
Banfield is a lot bigger this year.
Cam started on the B team and moved to the A team. He popped up now and then look ok.
Tabs was good but still dropped a few you would llke him to take.
Tucker started in the middle for the A team and was great in the first quarter, didn't notice him as much after that.
Giro was good for the B team.
There is every chance that Watson will make it, didn't do a lot but doesn't look out of place.
Dixon did some nice things, but still a year away.
The one hand mark by Fyfe was very very good.
Just couple points about the ball usage. Most players didn't get a rest mid game, no rotations. Also once or twice mid quarter they shopped the clock and made them do a side on leap frog thingy.


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This, I guess is to add to their fatigue.
Ps. written with out glasses, so be nice

Jeez those pics reminded me of the horrible times I had to go watch Sowfs play at the horrendous East Fremantle oval.
No shade and that F****en yellow dirt pile that never ever had grass on it.

 

[JammoMonty]

Early drills were all fairly lowkey. Just kick to kicks at different distances then moved into some basic 2v2 handball drills, nothing special but Mundy did thread the eye of a needle with a beautiful handball that caught his two oppenents completely off guard.

Moving onro the match sims. The midfield started out as Darcy/Fyfe/Brayshaw/Tucker v Meek/Mundy/Giro/Crowden. Darcy/Fyfe combo was winning out early and lead to some early goals for Switta. The Purple side had the advantage of the B22 KPP's and they found moving the ball alot easier.

Tabs took a lovely mark 1v1 against Pearce near the beginning of the game about 70m out. That eventually lead to a goal, can't remember who Tabs kicked it towards, maybe Walters? I'd confidently say Tabs took more marks than anyone else on the ground. Some smart leads, alot of running, broke away for Pearce and Logue a few time and got 5m clear to take some easy marks. Took a couple nice contested marks aswell. Logue panicked at one point as Tabs gathered a loose ball quite nicely and broke towards goal, Logue dragged him down around the head. Annoyingly Tabs missed the easy shot on goal 35m dead in front. He got another free kick later on again from defenders panicking and infringing him. This one from 45m out on a 40° he slotted beautifully. He still dropped a few marks throughout the game that he got first hands to which was unfortunate but he was by far the most influential KPP out there today. At times Tobe Watson and Logue double teamed him and when Logue hits a contest he makes it bloody difficult for the forward to hold onto the ball.

Tabs best play was when a ball was kicked just too high for him, loose ball about 60m out Hamling v Tabs, Tabs just beats him to the ball, scoops it while still running and just barrels through poor Hamling who came off second best. Tabs got the handball off to a teammate who centred the ball 20m out from goal.

One negative/positive to Tabs' game today was that because he was running probably more than any of our other KPPs he was getting quite a lot of ball on the wings which meant he was delivering the ball forward. A bit hit a miss, some of his kicks were quick and on target, picking a free player who could then move the ball straight on. Some though I thought were just kicked too high and allowed the defenders too much time to setup and spoil.

When they shuffled what seemed to be the best Fwds vs best Backs it was:

Walters - Hogan - Switta
Matera - Tabs - Lobb

Lobb took by far the best contested mark. Middle of a pack, had little room to take a run and jump, up against Pearce/Hamling and Logue coming in from the side. Just stuck his arms up and jumped on the spot, defenders just couldn't reach his outstretched arms. I wasn't confident he was going to kick the goal because he missed every shot on goal I saw him take during the warmup... but almost 50m out on a slight angle he slotted it through.

Apart from that Lobb didn't do too much from what I saw, not sure if it was by design or just Tabs working harder but a lot of the forrays forward went through Tabs. Hogan kicked 2 or 3 goals and as said above finished up after 3qtr time. I actually didn't notice him all that much, he just kept on being in the right spot to finish off and kick the goals. Seems to find space easily and took a few uncontested marks, crumbed a few packs nicely and kicked one of his goals from seagulling the edge of a contest 20m out from goal.

Walters cost a goal to his side when he dropped a simple chest mark (ball bounced straight off his chest). B22 side coming out the backline when Walters dropped it 70m out of the backline. The B side swarmed like rabid dogs and the pressure caused a few fumbles from the B22 side. Bewley who was on the B-side managed to gather the ball and slot a goal from 25m out on a 45°.

Other than that Walters was good, very vocal, very physical and just a smart player with beautiful skills. Speaking of Walters and Bewley though, Bewley absolutely levelled Walters at one point going for a loose ball, Walters stayed down for a bit and was looking at the umps. It was a heavy hit, Bewley got some applause from his teams mates and Walters got up gingerly. Bewley got some comeuppance about 5mins later going for a loose ball, Tabs gave him a shove and he went flying. A few laughs were heard as Bewley slide on his chest for a good few metres once he hit the floor.

Matera kept busy but wasn't super influential on the game. He did kick the best goal of day though. Received a hanpass from Switta along the boundary, Matera kicked on his left about 20m out deep in the pocket and somehow the ball went through for a goal.

The two best passage of play both invloved the captain. Centre square bounce, Darcy tap to Cerra, who dished off to Fyfe who ran into some troubled, Cerra kept running through and received the ball back from Fyfe. Cerra ran into the 50 and kicked a goal from 40m.

The other was the ball going slightly over McCarthy who turned and gathered, handball to Fyfe coming through, handball to Walters, back to Fyfe who had kept running along the boundary line, checkside kick from the pocket... goal! Very exciting play.

2 minutes later Fyfe took a runnining back one handed juggled mark on the boundary right in front of us all. It was bloody impressive and deserved the round of applause he got.

Fyfe's kicking left a little to be desired, a few just sailed straight over the intended targets head. He wasn't alone though, a few kicks today weren't great. Some too high that allowed the defenders to spoil, some just falling way short of target which lead to contesting loose balls and slowing the play up.

Mundy just amazes me, in the drills he impressed me and some of his clearance work during the match was just beautiful. He just knows how to wrong foot oppostion players, find space and time then deliver the ball to advantage.

- Tobe Watson surprised me, really got stuck in. Unfortunately I think it was him who missed kicked coming out the backline delivering the ball to Dixon 30m directly infront. Dixon doesn't miss much, especially dead in front. Dixon just needs to up his fitness.

- APearce easily dealt with Jones who stared to struggle near the end.

- Darcy copped a loose elbow from someone (not Meek) and gave it to Meek who gave it right back. They made up about 5minutes later but definitely some heat in the moment.

- Hamling obviously not too sore after pulling out of AFLX, still managed to play the whole sim.

- Disappointed not to see any change to the kickouts. Quite a few kicks to the bloke in the pocket :-( I think Duman was the only defender to just run straight out the square before kicking long. Easily got the ball 65m out from goal to a loose player. Shame didn't see more of it.
(Edit good to hear Tobe running it out, didn't see it myself, blame it on my daughter getting bored).

- Ballas tried, but just never quite came off for him today.

- Bewley had quite a decent game. Kicked a goal, quite a few inside 50's, lovely run along the wing before kicking to the hotspot. He rotated between the B22 side and yellow vest side so not sure where he's at.

- Banfield did some nice midfield work for the b side. Strong contested work and applying pressure. Probably needs to look at dishing off to an outside player more, tended to just throw it on the boot and go long like last year.

- Giro looked good on the outside, twice he surprised me with beautiful kicks to advantage to a bloke inside 50. Hopefully he keeps it up looked good.

- Tucker did alot of centre square work alongside Fyfe and Brayshaw, switching with Cerra. His foot must be fine, kicking looks good, nice hands.

Switta easily best on ground. Kicking goals, setting goals up. Very involved and didn't make any mistakes that i saw.

Overall a good performance some postives some negatives. A few knocked up by the end of it all.

Tabs is 1000% Best 22.

Great report, well written. Tabs sounds hungry for round one. Kick the man the ball already. Sounds like Freo need to brush up on the footskills, as always. After what you saw today, would Logue earn a spot in the starting back 6?

 

[theGav56]

I like this shape, Matera the one with most work to do to hold his place, but otherwise they all have different strengths.

I swim slightly against the tide here. I think, with 3 tall forwards, we need more speed. Walters and Matera are slower than I would like, but of course Walters is comfortably in our best players, let alone best 22. Matera really needs to be productive because we need speed and defensive pressure badly in that forward 6.

 

[Unique Name]

After what you saw today, would Logue earn a spot in the starting back 6?

Logue's preseason as a whole has impressed me. Today was much the same. Defensively he is very good. Haven't seen much yet from him offensively.

Yeah he's in my B22. I think our backline is going to become a strength for us again.

 

[theGav56]

Did you see what happened between Meek and Darcy? I missed what started it all.

I was pleased to hear there was a bit of aggro between them. On-field of course. Darcy stands between Meek and an AFL career, and he needs to do as much as he can to get Darcy out of his way, and get himself into that starting position.

 

[Son of a Wizard]

good to see the sports science gurus advancing the cloning program - on track to do full size by 2020. By 2021 the team should look like this
Fyfe Fyfe Fyfe
Fyfe Fyfe Fyfe
Fyfe Fyfe Fyfe
Fyfe Fyfe Fyfe
Fyfe Fyfe Fyfe

Fyfe Fyfe Fyfe

Fyfe Fyfe Fyfe Fyfe

Best 22: Tough Fyfe, Tall Fyfe, Fyfe kicks in

Speedy run Fyfe, Tall back Fyfe, another runing Fyfe

Speedy Fyfe, Fyfe, speediest Fyfe

Fast goal Fyfe, big kicking Fyfe, faster goal Fyfe

Forward Fyfe, full Fyfe, other Fyfe

Tall Fyfe, Fyfe fyfer, Fyfer

Fyfey, fyfester, fifo, Fyfe Meister

Coach: Ross Fyfe

 

[tonygeeks]

I’ve no doubt Switkowski can have a year better than Willie Rioli 2018.

Whoa , I went close to breaking my ' don't get overexcited at anything that happens at Freo in the pre-season ' New Years resolution there


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[rgauci]

Whoa , I went close to breaking my ' don't get overexcited at anything that happens at Freo in the pre-season ' New Years resolution there


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It’s actually not that big of an achievement. Rioli was good, but he was nowhere near all Australian small forward.

 

[tonygeeks]

It’s actually not that big of an achievement. Rioli was good, but he was nowhere near all Australian small forward.

Don't know about that , the players who can slow down time are usually always good players


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[westy1]

huge thanks to all the training reporters

 

[jedi mind tricks]

How good has the training reports been?

The best thing for me is that many of the reporters have similar views of players which tells me it's a fairly acurate measure.

Thanks heaps

 

[FreoBraddles]

Cheers for the feedback guys. Apparently theres another intraclub next friday. I'll try and get up there and report back.

Hopefully this is true and will be interesting to see if the skills see a significant improvement after yesterday’s hit out.

With a JLT game the week after I’d hope that a lot of these fringe type players (Ballas, Cam, Tucker, Bewley, Switta) put in great effort as it will be their last major chance to push for selection in the JLT games. We’ll also be missing Fyfe, Wilson and Billy who will be over in Melbourne for AFLX which gives a few opportunities to others to step up in their absence.

Hopefully we see a few of the guys who were rehabbing yesterday out in the middle as well.

 

[Steinfreo]

Our training reporters are hungry, shame the best was a Hawks supporter hahaha.

 

[Superkoops]

Logue's preseason as a whole has impressed me. Today was much the same. Defensively he is very good. Haven't seen much yet from him offensively.

Yeah he's in my B22. I think our backline is going to become a strength for us again.

From what I’ve seen, read and heard, Logue and Cox are both being trained up to be that intercep defender (Michael Johnson, Jez McGovern). Cox taking some impressive marks across HB. Logue is still a little too defensive however great in that lock down role, but he will develop a more offensive aspect to his game I’m sure as becomes more confident.

Hamling and Pearce are locks at the key defensive posts, and as such either of Cox or Logue need to add to the offensive run that we have seen from the likes of Wilson, Ryan, Cerra, BHill & Blakely.

 

[sumavich]

Our training reporters are hungry, shame the best was a Hawks supporter hahaha.

We'll excuse him coz he seems like a good fella, and he likes Fyfe

 

[theGav56]

We'll excuse him coz he seems like a good fella, and he likes Fyfe

One of the best training reports I've read. And I've been here a while.

 

[Deveraux]

Yes.. he can stay

 

[PurpleReign]

Shit, I just realised coley is a hawker, I feel quite embarrassed by my efforts now.

 

[Jake_Pizzuto]

Great reports yesterday everyone,
Interesting that Nyhuis doesn't appear to be in our best 22 calculations.
Assuming the back six of Pearce, Hamling, Logue, Ryan, Wilson and Cerra, I think Nyhuis must be on the bench. Wilson, Cerra and Ryan are all best 22 locks, and after that there are no other defenders who you can comfortably have best 22. Ryan, Wilson and Cerra are all more offensive/intercepting type players so I think having Nyhuis as a sole lock-down small defender may be necessary. He did pretty well last season on the likes of Billings and Gray, so hopefully he's in Ross' calculations