2019 Training Reports

[jinxd]

Anyone know when preseason training starts? Would have to be pretty soon?

Think it's the 5th Nov.
It's mentioned at the very bottom of this article:http://www.afl.com.au/news/2018-09-06/bell-may-chime-in-as-dockers-shuffle-the-deck

 

[poshman]

Walters would make a great captain

Based on this year and his lack of discipline on field I couldn't agree. Last season I would agree but this season there was a brain fade or selfish act every couple of home games, and some in games we were well and truly in. I hope he cleans this up as training wise and example there he is exemplary.

 

[mightymouse75]

Based on this year and his lack of discipline on field I couldn't agree. Last season I would agree but this season there was a brain fade or selfish act every couple of home games, and some in games we were well and truly in. I hope he cleans this up as training wise and example there he is exemplary.

Maybe. It was an incredibly frustrating year for the young man.

 

[AAACockburn]

Walters shat me this year with some of his performances.
His ego has passed his capabilities and he needs to reel it next year.
Maybe a bit of cranial acupuncture to reduce some swelling might be a benefit this pre season.

 

[dropbear101]

playing with a medial ligament wouldn't be fun for walters plus a frustrating year for the club
in saying that he should know better helping lead a young midfield. we were seriously lining up at some centre bounces with giro and Langdon on wings
cerra, brayshaw and banfield in the guts and darcy as a ruck no wonder when we lost this year we lost big

 

[mightymouse75]

I wish mcarthy had an ounce if walters professionalism

 

[wayToGo_]

I wish mcarthy had an ounce if walters professionalism

Lets hope he turns things around like Sonny did

 

[Steinfreo]

Walters shat me this year with some of his performances.
His ego has passed his capabilities and he needs to reel it next year.
Maybe a bit of cranial acupuncture to reduce some swelling might be a benefit this pre season.

I havent liked the way hes being played, his goal kicking power has dropped off and the increase in Clearance work hasnt really covered for that, hopefully someone else can take a portion of his role in the middle, I think hes maxed out his potential as a mid. Its interesting because youd think hes pretty much as fit and strong as hes ever going to be so I cant really see where the improvement in his mid work is gonig to come from. We all know his potential as a forward so maybe he needs to go back and fulfill some of that potential. Start thinking about those career goal milestones.

 

[freo1997]

When does pre season start for 1-4 years?

 

[Dale147]

Sometime Walters tries to make the easy so hard, very frustrating

 

[Okinakashi]

When does pre season start for 1-4 years?

On or about the 5th November.

 

[freo1997]

On or about the 5th November.

Hopefully the fat and lazy ones get there early!!

 

[theGav56]

I'm really interested to see if Bell can also have an impact here.

When Lyon arrived the players were told to lift their fitness base and came back in peak condition, ready to play, and there was an immediate impact. I think we are ready for that to happen again.

I also think that some new players coming in seem to hit cruise mode. McCarthy and Kersten come to mind. If Bell can take up lodgings inside their heads then we have some upside to be gained there.

Players like Hughes and Tucker should also be pushed to have an impact this season. There really shouldn't be any "next year" thinking for these guys. It is not just that with Neale gone, we need them now, but that is a part of it. It is also that their careers are at risk if they do not begin to lock themselves into a best 22 role.

We have some "confidence" players, which is a personal dislike of mine. Pre-season is a great time to be getting blokes like Taberner and McCarthy into a mindset that even when things are not going your way you have to find a way to impact and play a role.

Skills need to be taken seriously. They need to be hot hard in the pre-season.

The game plan needs more definition including players who have been between positions becoming more certain about where they will play and hat they need to do.

As a fresh face around the club and a bona-fide legend of the club, Peter Bell can have some influence here.

 

[masai]

I wish mcarthy had an ounce if walters professionalism

Needs to extract the digit very quickly. On the field he comes over as bone lazy.

I have McCarthy in my Peel list. Needs to improve 200% to get level with Cox & Tabs.

 

[Channels]

Needs to extract the digit very quickly. On the field he comes over as bone lazy.

I have McCarthy in my Peel list. Needs to improve 200% to get level with Cox & Tabs.

If Tabs, Hogan, Lobb, Cox even Apeness stay fit, I doubt McCarthy will get a game based on his form and fitness this year.

 

[Wally Walpamur]

I’m excited for preseason reports and I wouldn’t be surprised if a lot of non 1-4 year players are training with them. McCarthy and Bennell in contracts years, expect them to do work their asses off.

Training watchers, I hope to hear positive reports about fast, aggressive, direct ball movement from the back and the tall forwards not all leading in each other’s space.

 

[jedi mind tricks]

I find it harder to watch training at the new facility

At Freo oval you could get a higher vantage point. There's only really one place to be and that's standing roon. The other side of the ground is looking directly into the sun.

Nothing wrong with the allocated area but if you want to just watch it and be by yourself it's not the place for you.

It just makes it hard to focus and take it all in

 

[Cameron_K]

Sometimes I find it best to sit up in the gym and watch it.

 

[jedi mind tricks]

Sometimes I find it best to sit up in the gym and watch it.

That's because you are a member. The view would be better

 

[Unique Name]

When they don't block off the balcony it offers great views of what's going on... the problem is though they don't seem to like people standing up there.

 

[jedi mind tricks]

Pre seasons aren't the same anymore

 

[AAACockburn]

Pretty hard to compare high voltage power lines to fig trees...

 

[Danny82]

So who we are expecting to see in full training when the pre season is back?

Rehab group
Apeness
Hogan
Blakely?
Logue?
Bennell?
Brayshaw?

Anyone else that is still injured?

Hoping all the question marks above are good to go. Bell said Harley was in “ripping nick” but who knows if he has another calf injury.

 

[Joao]

So who we are expecting to see in full training when the pre season is back?

Rehab group
Apeness
Hogan
Blakely?
Logue?
Bennell?
Brayshaw?

Anyone else that is still injured?

Hoping all the question marks above are good to go. Bell said Harley was in “ripping nick” but who knows if he has another calf injury.

Everyone but Hogan should be right day 1 shouldn't they? Notwithstanding new injuries.

Maybe not Ape, can't remember his prognosis.

 

[theGav56]

So who we are expecting to see in full training when the pre season is back?

Rehab group
Apeness
Hogan
Blakely?
Logue?
Bennell?
Brayshaw?

Anyone else that is still injured?

Hoping all the question marks above are good to go. Bell said Harley was in “ripping nick” but who knows if he has another calf injury.

Gee I am hoping for a better start than that.

I guess we won't have any real information until closer to the time, but Logue not being fully ready for the pre-season would make me nervous, and Brayshaw may be kept away from contact work I guess, but I would be hoping he was firing. Blakely is suddenly one of our most important players, so anything but peak fitness is a setback.

It will be a really interesting pre-season. The club needs to put it all together. Fitness, individual development, structures, game plan.