Training 2026 Pre Season & Training Reports

[marklovesbeer]

How has the Roos pre season gone? Surely set for a crack at the top 8 this year with the talent on the park. How has George Wardlaw looked? He has always shown flashes and hard in the contest. Do you guys think he will become a key midfielder this season?

Sounds like a Fantasy Football enquiry…

 

[gokangas]

How has the Roos pre season gone? Surely set for a crack at the top 8 this year with the talent on the park. How has George Wardlaw looked? He has always shown flashes and hard in the contest. Do you guys think he will become a key midfielder this season?

Doin ok - sorta. We beat ourselves in a praccy match or lost to ourselves in a praccy match depending which way you look at it. Other than that no form to discuss yet.

 

[kaboom kid]

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I'd be a little surprised if he plays round 1 but he could plausibly be next selected if any of Simpkin, Stephens, Daniel, FOS or McKercher are injured/ill. Has tank, will run.

I would pay serious money for that just for the Nostramelts.

 

[chubbspeterson]

How has the Roos pre season gone? Surely set for a crack at the top 8 this year with the talent on the park. How has George Wardlaw looked? He has always shown flashes and hard in the contest. Do you guys think he will become a key midfielder this season?

By all reports good intensity, but same issues with turnovers and defending the ground.
But watching a few other preseason matches it looks pretty scrappy with lots of turnovers, so who knows.
We'll find out when the real stuff starts but I think we'll be in the bottom 7 group (WCE/Tigers/NM/Blues/Ess/Dees/Port) as we're not likely to be better than Dogs, Swans and Saints with their lists.
I think to push for the 8 we'd have to be a lot better defensively. The backline mix is a worry.
Wardlaw out with the hammy, needs a good run at it. I'd think FOS becomes an important mid for us.
Hopefully Wardlaw can get back and stay on the park and find some consistent form.
Good luck to your boys this year. Sad to hear about Curtin.

 

[Nylex]

Finger issue

Too much contact and match sim at training these days

 

[marklovesbeer]

Let’s go Bath, Banch & Wardlaw straight up after this ‘A grade’ game.

 

[marklovesbeer]

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Let’s go Bath, Banch & Wardlaw straight up after this ‘A grade’ game.

He has got a very weird tongue.

 

[TennisPlayerAndy]

Wait.

He’s playing the VFL game?

Surely not.

 

[Sphynx]

Wait.

He’s playing the VFL game?

Surely not.

Yep

I’d love to have been a fly on the wall

“You know what worked well for those 3 years, Larkey, Zurhaar and Darling with CCJ roaming is so dynamic and proven”

“Clarko, what about Trembath? 3 goals a game and 2 contested marks to end the season?”

“Happy with the setup, proven to be great..”

 

[Lomas]

Wait.

He’s playing the VFL game?

Surely not.

Hiding him worked last year?

 

[TennisPlayerAndy]

Yep

I’d love to have been a fly on the wall

“You know what worked well for those 3 years, Larkey, Zurhaar and Darling with CCJ roaming is so dynamic and proven”

“Clarko, what about Trembath? 3 goals a game and 2 contested marks to end the season?”

“Happy with the setup, proven to be great..”

He utilised the Constanza Opposite method.

Bloke is cooked.

 

[Nylex]

He utilised the Constanza Opposite method.

Bloke is cooked.

The old recruit 4 smalls, play 3 Talls
Can we please give Darren Crocker the keys to the men’s team, this is plain stupid

 

[king rising]

The cheek of Sonia Hood aiming to change the constitution to enable an extra term of her ‘leadership’.

She is a woeful president. The fact is that the women’s team doesn’t exist without the men’s- that’s a fact. In her tenure we’ve (the men’s team and reason the club exists) never finished outside the bottom four.

We never hear anything strong from her regarding the teams gross under performance, just limp statements around record membership (these figures are suspect at best too with the introduction of ‘digital memberships’…)

Well done to the North community on vetoing this frankly pitiful proposal.


She must go. Must.

 

[FootySmartSimpson]

By all reports good intensity, but same issues with turnovers and defending the ground.
But watching a few other preseason matches it looks pretty scrappy with lots of turnovers, so who knows.
We'll find out when the real stuff starts but I think we'll be in the bottom 7 group (WCE/Tigers/NM/Blues/Ess/Dees/Port) as we're not likely to be better than Dogs, Swans and Saints with their lists.
I think to push for the 8 we'd have to be a lot better defensively. The backline mix is a worry.
Wardlaw out with the hammy, needs a good run at it. I'd think FOS becomes an important mid for us.
Hopefully Wardlaw can get back and stay on the park and find some consistent form.
Good luck to your boys this year. Sad to hear about Curtin.

We need 2 of FOS - one as a rounded defender and one as a defensive running mid.

 

[andana]

A little pre season hype before tomorrows game.

What happened???

 

[SnowRoo]

What happened???

Lol complete failure.

Trying to let the emotion subside a bit before posting anything.

Crushed over Hards ankle that's for sure

 

[andana]

 

[Kangaroos4eva]

 

[Possession]

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JFC...

 

[scottywiper]

JFC...

Our plan is to get the ball into Daniels hands!

 

[Joshen]

Hopefully a wake-up call for the selectors.

 

[DunderHead]

To start the year and already be playing with 0 confidence is heckin'g frustrating.

 

[Shinboner1]

Hopefully a wake-up call for the selectors.

There's nobody left mate.
Should have cut deeper again in the trade period but we didnt and now getting affected by it

 

[Supa_Nova]

If trembath doesn't play Rd 1 and we put up a pitiful performance, I'd be happy sacking clarko and the board

 

[ChopChopDigDig]

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17 tackles for the game. (I know these stats aren’t accurate as Pink def had two frees against at least, but even if you double them it’s embarrassing)