Training 2025 Training reports & Updates.

[Timmy from Thomastown]

A bloke who's missed as much conditioning as Bobby should be playing VFL this week otherwise we're being sold some bullshit.

Maybe they want to manage his training loads with more a tailored schedule compared to the randomness of a VFL game. We know from his cameos recently that match awareness is still good, it’s just aerobic fitness perhaps that’s the issue.

We aren’t being sold anything really. Nobody really knows what’s going on and I trust the club is managing the hill situation as well as they can.

 

[Hardas]

Maybe they want to manage his training loads with more a tailored schedule compared to the randomness of a VFL game. We know from his cameos recently that match awareness is still good, it’s just aerobic fitness perhaps that’s the issue.

We aren’t being sold anything really. Nobody really knows what’s going on and I trust the club is managing the hill situation as well as they can.

I suspect that if we'd escaped the Freo game with a narrow win, we'd have less angst about Bobby's situation.
Missing top four from where we were placed, is likely going to be tough to swallow unless...

 

[Timmy from Thomastown]

I suspect that if we'd escaped the Freo game with a narrow win, we'd have less angst about Bobby's situation.
Missing top four from where we were placed, is likely going to be tough to swallow unless...

Sorry but I can’t link any loss this year to any single player. Too simplistic. Ironically it’s Freo draw last year that cost us a spot in the finals

 

[Scodog10]

Close - there were 12.

Adams, Bianco, Ginnivan, Grundy, Henry, Madgen, Murphy, Noble, Poulter, Roughead, Ruscoe, Tohill.

I can’t quite tell if that was as good or as bad as I was expecting. I mean twelve is a lot, but considering five have been traded and two retired it’s not as mad as I was thinking. I had well and truly tuned out of footy by that stage of 2021 given how we were travelling and it was the depths of Covid…

 

[pablo disco bar]

The guy that never got close to a senior game looked more promising than the guy who debuted and left while contracted?

He played a senior game

At start he was really bad however improved out of site

Would of been a prestigiacomo style defender

 

[Scodog10]

He played a senior game

At start he was really bad however improved out of site

Would of been a prestigiacomo style defender

And that’s exactly what we need right now a caravan that can’t kick…

 

[Hardas]

Sorry but I can’t link any loss this year to any single player. Too simplistic. Ironically it’s Freo draw last year that cost us a spot in the finals

I'm not suggesting the one - I'm suggesting the other.
(I'm not saying it's right or fair - just that it's natural that had we beaten Freo, many would've held fire).

 

[Bianconeri]

Close - there were 12.

Adams, Bianco, Ginnivan, Grundy, Henry, Madgen, Murphy, Noble, Poulter, Roughead, Ruscoe, Tohill.

Cox and Macrae will soon be added to that list

 

[domus]

Cox and Macrae will soon be added to that list

I think Coxy might get another year

 

[Mollythedolly]

I think Coxy might get another year

It’ll come down to how many list spots we need, but I wouldn’t mind him getting 1 more year.

 

[riddick78]

I think Coxy might get another year

If Checkers leaves, i think he will, but then it will come down to list spots.

 

[Masked Magician]

Big week on the track, nothing short of a ruthless 4 quarter performance is acceptable on Friday night if we are still serious about this season.

Starts on the track today and importantly Wednesday as well.

 

[satty]

Fair to say all eyes will be in bobby until the teams get announced.

 

[ksardog]

It’ll come down to how many list spots we need, but I wouldn’t mind him getting 1 more year.

we need a back up ruck because if DC goes down, we currently dont have the depth to cover him for any extended period. i would rather give Cox another year than bring in someone new for 1 year

 

[VinnieB]

If the Bobby Hill situation is related to his wife moving back to WA, I can't see why he wouldn't be training or playing.
It seems to me the club is doing its best to support him, but it must be frustrating.

It may not be a popular opinion, but I'm disappointed in him. This has been going on for months now, and he should at least be able to train and play for his teammates.

Anyway, I hope we are able to get someone like Shanahan for him from the Eagles.

 

[Scodog10]

Big week on the track, nothing short of a ruthless 4 quarter performance is acceptable on Friday night if we are still serious about this season.

Starts on the track today and importantly Wednesday as well.

It’ll need to be 10 goals plus which is possible if the weather stays away and they bring the effort they did v Adelaide.

 

[Kes1984]

Round 24


Date: Monday 18 August
Time: 2pm - 3pm
Location: AIA Vitality Centre


Date: Wednesday 20 August
Time: 9:20am - 11am
Location: AIA Vitality Centre


Date: Thursday 21 August
Time: 11:15am - 12pm
Location: AIA Vitality Centre


Training times are subject to change.

 

[Doc1763]

Fair to say all eyes will be in bobby until the teams get announced.

so, situation normal

 

[yeah man]

I think we should preface this week with the expectation that Bobby won't be playing this week, and that's okay.

If he's at training, then that's good signs that he and the club are working on it together and hopefully he's on his way. McRae has already said he likely won't play, so let's save ourselves some unnecessary trouble and just be happy that he's at training and working on it.

 

[manicpie]

I think we should preface this week with the expectation that Bobby won't be playing this week, and that's okay.

If he's at training, then that's good signs that he and the club are working on it together and hopefully he's on his way. McRae has already said he likely won't play, so let's save ourselves some unnecessary trouble and just be happy that he's at training and working on it.

If he plays again it will be a huge bonus for us. I think he'll be back to training this week with a view to playing finals. Some say he's played his last game for us, I'm not so sure

 

[stormskye]

I think Coxy might get another year

We can’t go onto next season with Cameron and then Steene as back up. Lot will depend if we have any mature age rucks in mind

 

[danielnajdek]

If he plays again it will be a huge bonus for us. I think he'll be back to training this week with a view to playing finals. Some say he's played his last game for us, I'm not so sure

So we are going to pick him in a huge final after he has only played 1 game in like 2 months. That would be a big mistake imo.

 

[manicpie]

So we are going to pick him in a huge final after he has only played 1 game in like 2 months. That would be a big mistake imo.

Not just that, I would make him clean up the change room after the game. He's fit now and a couple of weeks conditioning will have him cherry ripe

 

[Finnishpie]

Anton tohill looked more promising than Keane imo

Nah. I know a lot of nuff buffs on this board wrote Keane off after about three games. But he obviously had creativity and athleticism. The club knew what they were doing when they tried to get him back.

 

[legendstatus]

It's always easier as a player like Keane to have good support around you, he still is a clumsy footballer but a tad better than what we currently have I dare say as the 3rd banana in defence..