Training 2019 Preseason

[luthor]

Went down to training this morning at Yeronga and watched the first 90 minutes or so.

1) Virtually full squad opposed full field possession/transition drills. Lots of basic drills in general, as usual a lot of non dominant side kicking and hand balling.
2) First time I've seen Ely Smith in person and the photos are accurate, he's a bloody big boy.
3) Tom Joyce and Tom Berry working by themselves doing stability drills and laps.
4) Charlie Cameron did the full field drills so must be very close to 100%, he is so fast and just glides over the ground, seemingly effortlessly. Marcus Adams did the full field stuff as well and did some good things.
5) I heard one of the trainers tell Nick Robertson to do a 20 minute high intensity bike session with Connor McFadyen.
6) Very upbeat and happy group, lots of talk, Mitch Robinson stands out with the talk and encouragement.
7) Chris Fagan doesn't have much to do with the instruction/teaching, he just sits back and watches and leaves it in the hands of his assistants.
8) They all looked good but the ones that stood out for me in the full field drills were, Allen Christensen, Mitch Robinson, Josh Walker, Charlie "lightning" Cameron, Dayne Zorko, Lewy Taylor to name a few.
9) Lachie Neale is short but very solidly built, tree trunk thighs, can see why he is hard to knock off the ball.

Can not wait for season 2019, lots of competition for spots in the first 22, for the first time in a long while there will be some hard selection decisions and some unlucky boys playing in the NEAFL, great signs.

Thanks Jason.

I didn't get around to phoning the club like I was supposed to do.

Any word/confirmation on the next couple of sessions as to where, when....etc?

 

[deklares]

 

[Big Sauce 21]

Went down to training this morning at Yeronga and watched the first 90 minutes or so.

1) Virtually full squad opposed full field possession/transition drills. Lots of basic drills in general, as usual a lot of non dominant side kicking and hand balling.
2) First time I've seen Ely Smith in person and the photos are accurate, he's a bloody big boy.
3) Tom Joyce and Tom Berry working by themselves doing stability drills and laps.
4) Charlie Cameron did the full field drills so must be very close to 100%, he is so fast and just glides over the ground, seemingly effortlessly. Marcus Adams did the full field stuff as well and did some good things.
5) I heard one of the trainers tell Nick Robertson to do a 20 minute high intensity bike session with Connor McFadyen.
6) Very upbeat and happy group, lots of talk, Mitch Robinson stands out with the talk and encouragement.
7) Chris Fagan doesn't have much to do with the instruction/teaching, he just sits back and watches and leaves it in the hands of his assistants.
8) They all looked good but the ones that stood out for me in the full field drills were, Allen Christensen, Mitch Robinson, Josh Walker, Charlie "lightning" Cameron, Dayne Zorko, Lewy Taylor to name a few.
9) Lachie Neale is short but very solidly built, tree trunk thighs, can see why he is hard to knock off the ball.

Can not wait for season 2019, lots of competition for spots in the first 22, for the first time in a long while there will be some hard selection decisions and some unlucky boys playing in the NEAFL, great signs.

You are Mr Pre Season on here.

 

[DashinD]

You are Mr Pre Season on here.

Lots of free time to a perk of being in the Over 50s clique Jason?

 

[M Malice]

Lots of free time to a perk of being in the Over 50s clique Jason?

My life is one big Perk Dasher.

 

[Mr Ripper]

Hi Kids. Piccies from yesterday HERE.

 

[inaralover]

Hi Kids. Piccies from yesterday HERE.

Great photos...thanks for snapping/posting!

 

[Section 5]

Hi Kids. Piccies from yesterday HERE.

Ripper photos Mr Sheep well done

 

[Saucery]

Geez some of the new guys seem a bit underdone.

 

[T Rick]

Hi Kids. Piccies from yesterday HERE.

Fantastic work Mr Ripper - much appreciated!

 

[rusty08]

Hi Kids. Piccies from yesterday HERE.

Awesome pics mate. Really appreciate. Gee our boys have a bit of size about them now. Clug has really put some weight on since he was drafted.

 

[Dalions]

Geez some of the new guys seem a bit underdone.

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Is that Tom Joyce?

 

[Balony_pony16]

Geez some of the new guys seem a bit underdone.

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Lester still needs to put on some size... very concerning

 

[luthor]

Lester still needs to put on some size... very concerning

Not half as concerning as how badly Hodge has aged

 

[Lace Out]

Re size of players they will weigh less come season start

 

[DashinD]

Archie thinks it's funny and Oscar thinks it's scary!

 

[Gadzorks]

The bit l like the most is Fagan just leaving it in the hands of the assistants. This is basically what happened in Hawthorn. All the coaches are on the same page and know exactly what to do. This is where Leppa went wrong, he tried to do everything himself and got burnt out. It also allows our assistant coaches to really develop their careers as they are allowed to run the session as the should.

Looks like the coaches are using Robbo as a trainer almost getting the guys up to fitness. Fantastic, hopefully he can have a few guys over the offseason train with him like last season with Matho.

I imagine it would be impossible to get robbo to stay quite and out if the way. He has one operating level and one pace - hyped and flat out. Not someone you'd take for a relaxing weekend but lots of fun on an end of season trip.

 

[SizeMatters]

Neale looks sick in those pics.

 

[Nunez]

Hi Kids. Piccies from yesterday HERE.

Awesome shots as usual. It is crazy comparing your photos of Eric to his draft year picks. Hard to notice his growth day by day but he's clearly a lot stronger than he was when he arrived at the club.

Cox is looking fit and Payne is a giant.

 

[M Malice]

Neale looks sick in those pics.

You mean-

Sick - This is one of many slang words that mean the opposite of its original meaning. If something is "sick" it actually means it's cool or awesome.

 

[Dalions]

You mean-

Sick - This is one of many slang words that mean the opposite of its original meaning. If something is "sick" it actually means it's cool or awesome.

Fully “sick” bro!

 

[Haso]

My key takeaways from Ripsy's picatures.

- J Lyons is much bulkier than I was expecting or remember
- Cox has got himself some stickers
- Neale does indeed look a bit tender

 

[MacMum]

Neale looks sick in those pics.

I agree......very sickly pale.

 

[M Malice]

At training on Friday when the players were doing some warm ups Lachie Neale would have been at the most 10 meters away from me and he looked fine, in great condition and was jovial.

 

[StevoJenkins]

Neale looks sick in those pics.

Could be that he isn't used to the weird whether up here just yet. I've been told our whether can take a while to get used to.

Have seen other athletes get/look sick whilst training around the joint.