Universal Love 2016/2017 Pre-season Thread

[MRB37]

Team doing warm-ups.

Lever running laps of the oval

 

[MRB37]

Looks like Brown and Dodee are sidelined with Lever.

 

[MRB37]

Coaches involved in a full ground ball movement drill.

Pyke tried to ping one from 50m out on the wing. Missed everything.

 

[MRB37]

Ben Jarman looks so tiny out there.

 

[MRB37]

Haven't seen Thommo, Seedsman or B Crouch yet. Still trying to spot Gallucci and Knight too.

 

[MRB37]

Got Greenwood, Beech, Milera Himmelberg and Atkins with the forward group.

Haven't seen Hunter either. If he's not out here could be a sign he's one dropping out.

 

[MRB37]

Looks like Brown and Dodee are sidelined with Lever.

It's Keith sidelined with Browny, not Doedee.

 

[MRB37]

Himmelberg set shot looks pretty solid.

 

[Pdub]

Got Greenwood, Beech, Milera Himmelberg and Atkins with the forward group.

Haven't seen Hunter either. If he's not out here could be a sign he's one dropping out.

What group is Beech with?

 

[MRB37]

Wiggy just about torped one from the goal square to the centre square.

 

[MRB37]

What group is Beech with?

Forwards it looked.

 

[baldandbroke]

Wiggy just about torped one from the goal square to the centre square.

Would love Wigg to come through and play a valuable role in our team ... so much angst when we did that pick swap.

 

[spexau]

Would love Wigg to come through and play a valuable role in our team ... so much angst when we did that pick swap.

Yeah I have a soft spot for him. He's got an elite leg though, something we need through the middle.

 

[MRB37]

Another interstate signee for the SANFL squad.

Northern Knights best and fairest Lachlan Murphy also strengthens this year’s squad as Adelaide’s second interstate signing alongside fellow Victorian Tyson Lever.

Murphy topped the Knights’ best and fairest count last year despite playing only 10 TAC Cup games. The 178cm onballer averaged 28 possessions, six tackles and five clearances per playing alongside Crows draftee Matthew Signorello at Under-18 level and also lined up alongside him for school football side Ivanhoe Grammar.

The SANFL’s annual licence review approved the ability for both AFL clubs to sign two teenage talents from interstate to their SANFL development lists for a maximum period of two years. Adelaide previously had access to South Australian players only for its SANFL development squad.

 

[DD#23]

Coaches involved in a full ground ball movement drill.

Pyke tried to ping one from 50m out on the wing. Missed everything.

Mackay: "See! Its harder than you think!"

 

[Jarman3]

Mackay: "See! Its harder than you think!"

Pyke: "Who are you?"

 

[Jarman3]

Ben Jarman looks so tiny out there.

He needs to bulk up like his dad.

If the AFL doesn't work out for him, I think there's a backup goalkeeper position going at Sutton United.

 

[DD#23]

"Brad hasn't done a lot since Christmas..."

 

[StickerMan]

"Brad hasn't done a lot since Christmas..."

He also said he is on track for round one.

His comment that there is a distinct difference between having players 'available' is very different to having players 'ready to play'

Seems to me Brad is ramping up his conditioning and doing a mini preseason. I don't think it is all doom and gloom as some posters would have you believe.

 

[JennyTalia]

Did anyone else think the comment Pyke made about being fair on players and not just giving them 25 minutes of game time to "sink or swim" was a bit odd? It's pretty much what he did with Grigg last year after talking him up in a few press conferences.

 

[marty36]

He also said he is on track for round one.

His comment that there is a distinct difference between having players 'available' is very different to having players 'ready to play'

Seems to me Brad is ramping up his conditioning and doing a mini preseason. I don't think it is all doom and gloom as some posters would have you believe.

The fact is we have a fairly bad injury list if we are honest with ourselves and a ball hasnt been bounced yet, by having such an injury list it means an interupted pre for a number of first 22 players, that seriously has to affect the team, percentages say it will. But you are right it could all come together

 

[Vader]

Did anyone else think the comment Pyke made about being fair on players and not just giving them 25 minutes of game time to "sink or swim" was a bit odd? It's pretty much what he did with Grigg last year after talking him up in a few press conferences.

I think he'd already made up his mind about Grigg, based on what he'd seen during the pre-season. None of the other players received anything like Grigg's treatment - everyone else had a reasonable amount of game time during the pre-season.

 

[the universal]

"Brad hasn't done a lot since Christmas..."

Was pretty encouraged by Pyke's enthusiasm towards both Hampton and Menzel.

 

[StickerMan]

The fact is we have a fairly bad injury list if we are honest with ourselves and a ball hasnt been bounced yet, by having such an injury list it means an interupted pre for a number of first 22 players, that seriously has to affect the team, percentages say it will. But you are right it could all come together

yeah, but we don't have any season ending injuries at the moment.

No different to any other club at this time of year as each club tries to push their players to the edge without breaking them.

Some break, others don't.

Now it is about managing their bodies weekly to ensure they are in the best shape come game day.

 

[marty36]

yeah, but we don't have any season ending injuries at the moment.

No different to any other club at this time of year as each club tries to push their players to the edge without breaking them.

Some break, others don't.

Now it is about managing their bodies weekly to ensure they are in the best shape come game day.

We didnt have this amount of issues last year.