Dawson with the 2km win
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Wow Budwah looking trim!
Rubbish is not acceptable either. It is a value judgement and an emotive word. Some people get emotional about emotive wordsIf someone not being a superstar is what frustrated football fans there'd be very few left, because there are very few superstars actually in the game.
What frustrates me is dropping easy, uncontested chest marks, missing goals that are very gettable, getting pushed out of contests way too easily. Every. Single. Week.
That makes him rubbish IMO (since that term is acceptable by this board's standards, as opposed to another word that means the exact same thing but was considered mortifying.)
If anyone knows the answer to this, keep it to yourself.Where is Naismith at? Is he training yet? Not sure what his medical status is.
Yeah crazy eh? I don't know whether to be impressed or concerned.Wow Budwah looking trim!
Id be happy if we just went with the initial face value and be ecstatic our superstar is back looking trim, taught and terrific without making up some drama none of us can confirmYeah crazy eh? I don't know whether to be impressed or concerned.
Oh unless it's bad & makes Longmire, Harley & Gardiner look bad. That stuff will be happily lapped up.
Well, I swung by training this morning. I don't have a lot to report (I didn't run into Tom Harley again) but here it is:
The good news first
* It seemed that pretty much everyone was there. I didn't notice anyone missing, except I don't think I saw McCartin (but I think he was there two weeks ago). Maybe someone else saw him?
* Dawson AGAIN crossed the line first in the time trial - this time ahead of Fox, Heeney, Rampe and Mills. I think they were the first five across the line. He even finished ahead of Lloyd Perris who is used as a pacesetter. He is setting himself for a super season - I'm so excited to see what he'll deliver. It's incredible how much he is stepping up.
* Knoll ran well again. Rampe seemed to approach it like a Melbourne Cup, he seemed to take it pretty easy for the first half of the time trial and then flew home, overtaking plenty. I don't think they all started together and for all I know he had the best time.
* The 'rehab group' seemed fairly small maybe half a dozen or so. I think they included: Buddy, Reid, COR, Ling, Naismith.
The bad news:
* Ling is still (again?) in the rehab group. When is he ever going to come good? He was the last player I recognised, that's how little I've seen of him.
* Squizzy Taylor doesn't just look "heavy", he IS out of shape. He and Amartey were the last to finish the time trial. I can't see him playing round 1 in the midfield at this stage. Not an auspicious beginning.
* Papley was towards the end of the players to cross the line in the time trial.
Random extra:
* I saw Horse go over to Papley and engage in a bit of banter, they were both smiling and laughing. But I thought it was a touch awkward also.
* I didn't see Tom Harley but Charlie Gardiner was there. He was with another guy, maybe Brian Tyson from the Board? That's just a guess but whoever it was was dressed in executive gear unlike all the coaches and trainers and I think he was there two weeks ago also.
* There were some extras training, I'm not sure who they were. I saw Hebron. Not sure if Bartholomaeus was there. Ditto Johnson. And there were others including small kid with dark hair that a couple of players got around at the end of the time trial. I wondered if he might be Errol Gulden.
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I don't think Parker ran the time trial either.
Fox, Reynolds, BOC, Dawson were all training with the backs.
So Taylor out off shape
Good to see he taking his career serious
What’s up with Ling now?
Body not up to it
4-6 weeks.Where is Naismith at? Is he training yet? Not sure what his medical status is.
How long does it take a broken toe to heal ? Sometime I wonder if players might have an injury that's too sensitive to discuss publicly, like a torn scrotum, an infestation of pubic lice or an anal fissure. I had a mate who had a huge boil on his butt which needed lancing in hospital. He was a good looking young guy and the nurses were changing his dressing several times a day.Probably just building him in slowly given his injuries and he has never completed a preseason with us.
and Callum Sinclair in the rehab groupAnother training update. Thanks for the RWO poster!
They think the “small” kid was Jai Florent.
So Taylor out off shape
Good to see he taking his career serious
How long does it take a broken toe to heal ? Sometime I wonder if players might have an injury that's too sensitive to discuss publicly, like a torn scrotum, an infestation of pubic lice or an anal fissure. I had a mate who had a huge boil on his butt which needed lancing in hospital. He was a good looking young guy and the nurses were changing his dressing several times a day.
How long does it take a broken toe to heal ? Sometime I wonder if players might have an injury that's too sensitive to discuss publicly, like a torn scrotum, an infestation of pubic lice or an anal fissure. I had a mate who had a huge boil on his butt which needed lancing in hospital. He was a good looking young guy and the nurses were changing his dressing several times a day.