Training 2020 Training - pics, reports etc

[murphster]

Interesting comments by Teague when asked about the game plan for next year.

Curnow's recovery on track, Betts rolls up to first day of training

Carlton star Charlie Curnow remains on track in his recovery from a knee dislocation suffered while playing basketball in the post-season.

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“Teague said he hadn’t settled on a game plan for the Blues coming into his first pre-season as coach, and that he would let the players have a big say over its direction.

“It’s a little bit different, most clubs I have been at there’s probably been a game style handed to them at the start and then it evolves,” he said.

Very David Parkin 1995 style with player empowerment and buy in by the sounds of it, I like the idea of getting the fundamentals and basics down pat first and then letting the game style evolve over pre season as long as we keep a strong team defence in place while we let our attacking prowess evolve over time. Also as long as he keeps a steady hand on the rudder and doesn’t let it get away from him.

Having Doc out there will certainly help if he is going to implement this style of coaching as you need strong and smart leaders on the field to really make it work and derive all the benefits from letting the players have a big say in future direction, with Doc, Cripps, Murph, Simmo, Kreus and Eddie I think it could work quite well as we have leaders on all lines to provide the input and implement the outcomes.

 

[Lukeblueboy]

Love the look of how fish has entered pre season! Shaved head and looks a lot stronger to me. Big season coming up

 

[ferrisb]

Interesting comments by Teague when asked about the game plan for next year.

“We have got some thoughts but we will come to a final game style together by watching vision and learning together.”

AKA 'We have no ******* idea what our gameplan is going to be and if we did, we wouldn't tell you anyway.....'

 

[HBF]

That's why we need to get Stephens if still available at pick 9.We have Setters, Jsos, kennedy and Crippa all feeding the ball out to the runners.

Kennedy hasn't proven himself as a mid yet. I'd keep him in the forward line for 2020.

 

[HBF]

Curnow's recovery on track, Betts rolls up to first day of training

Carlton star Charlie Curnow remains on track in his recovery from a knee dislocation suffered while playing basketball in the post-season.

www.theage.com.au

Look at you posting links like a boss.

 

[AndyLucimitis]

AKA 'We have no ******* idea what our gameplan is going to be and if we did, we wouldn't tell you anyway.....'

I like it - it's the Jeff Thompson school of tactics - "When I bowled I had no idea where the ball was going so there's no hope the batsman had any idea".

 

[Jimmae]

 

[tarczonandjane]

I’m guessing your caption is key defender plays on key forward?

 

[Jimmae]

I’m guessing your caption is key defender plays on key forward?

I'm mostly stirring with this one, as the only other ruck candidate in training is Pittonet.

 

[Blue Flame]

Good point Jimmae , Weits should have a run in the ruck

 

[The Old Dark Navy's]

How does your cousin Vinny like living at Niagra Falls?

 

[HBF]

Good point Jimmae , Weits should have a run in the ruck

You don't put a Rolls Royce in the ruck.

 

[The Old Dark Navy's]

Bit like reading a travel blog, did you do anything other than eat?

Walked a lot. But yeah, it was a dull itinerary. Next time I'll add in rest days.

 

[MrsEddieBetts]

ew 9am training no thanks

 

[Funk]

Nice to see Williamson there for the first main session. Setterfield looks business, has made the most of his time off, clearly.

Yep - got a decent haircut........

 

[Funk]

You know, when I was in the States, I didn't see anything supersized. Was most disappointed.

Pamela Anderson............

 

[HyphensBack]

Caption: "Don't PUMA make footy boots?"

 

[Eiffel 65]

Boys look in great shape.

So excited about 2020.

 

[The Old Dark Navy's]

Pamela Anderson............

Didn't see any celebrities aside from Jon Voight. My ex thought every black man was Will Smith though.

 

[branedotorg]

Interesting comments by Teague when asked about the game plan for next year.

Curnow's recovery on track, Betts rolls up to first day of training

Carlton star Charlie Curnow remains on track in his recovery from a knee dislocation suffered while playing basketball in the post-season.

www.theage.com.au

Very David Parkin 1995 style with player empowerment and buy in by the sounds of it, I like the idea of getting the fundamentals and basics down pat first and then letting the game style evolve over pre season as long as we keep a strong team defence in place while we let our attacking prowess evolve over time. Also as long as he keeps a steady hand on the rudder and doesn’t let it get away from him.

Pre game last year there was an interesting interview with him where he talked about allowing the players freedom after the restriction of Bolton and adding extra tactical 'layers' week by week as they adapted.

 

[JohnnyFontane90]

Do we need to build a bigger training facility to fit weitering in?

 

[thylacine60]

Look at you posting links like a boss.

hugo..............hugo boss...........

 

[windows1]

I wonder, and worry, what role they are going to give Fish next year, really struggled playing as a forward, whether that had to do with coming back from his broken leg or just not suited to it is anyone’s guess.

He really needs to be around the contest to use his inate ability to win the ball and dish it out or step his way through the traffic and deliver the ball down field in his trusty left peg, but his light frame just doesn’t allow him to stand up in the contest or more importantly the tackle.

I’m not sure if Teague will be prepared to give him the time he needs in the middle and unless he can learn some tricks from Eddie about playing a small forward role I worry for Fish’s confidence and future, he might even look for a move back to the West if he doesn’t feel like his career is heading in the right direction which would be a damn shame as he really looked the goods in 2018 before he broke his leg.

I just really hope he can get back to that 2018 form next year as he is certainly best 22 when up and running on the ball, and one of my personal favourites, who can forget that double move followed by the diving handball that was turned into a GIF by someone on here, just poetry in motion.

Edit: Also needs to really work on his marking, could do a lot worse than working with Simmo to improve this side of his game, especially on out positioning his opponent, as Simmo is a very good mark for his size over a very long career and is a specialist at out positioning bigger opponents.

Was driving past today and I ducked in just cos....

Happened to see Weiters, Fish, Walsh and I think Plow.....playing NFL.

Weiters was quarterback. The other three playing wide receiver / cornerback. Weiters seriously has a cannon of an arm. He looked huge.

But I post because of Fish. He looked...thicker. Much thicker. I dare say he and the coaching staff agreed he really can’t continue to get rag dolled like he did last year. He looked borderline powerful out there today.

Oh....and Walsh. My first report on him for the summer: he has put on maybe 3kg I think. Looks a real man now. Moved as beautifully as ever. Just graceful in all he does. I’m so proud.

 

[windows1]

Jacob’s triceps have triceps.

 

[COBALT BLUE]

I'm not sure Kennedy will necessarily get another contract. Let's not leave Stocker out of the discussion either. Still happy for us to get another balanced mid with some explosiveness.


Everyone looks ok, though O'Brien and Dow need to stay away from the leg weights for a while and focus on running for leg conditioning. Weitering could probably use similar advice too.

Stocker looks like he rolls his ankles a lot in how he plants his feet when running, as does Gibbons. I reckon that wastes a fair bit of their power off the mark, and they'd be well served by sitting down with the pyhsios and working on conditioning up the supporting muscles around their ankles/heels and how they plant their feet then push through, not dissimilar from what Docherty was doing the other day in those instagram clips.

If you're regularly dealing with inflammation in that area, where it's quite compact and under a lot of mechanical and load-bearing stress, it's easy to wind up restricting blood flow in areas, and get in a pattern of not noticing how flat-flooted you can become. Further refinement of diet as well as targeted exercise are often forgotten until a player presents with an issue or injury.

Kennedy's another who struggles with this alongside Owies and Pittonet by the looks of it, meanwhile you can see the way Cripps, Fisher and JSOS have made strides (pardon the pun), likely through specialist coaching.

Away from that, the brief glimpses of Dow suggest he's added some strength through his arms, shoulder and upper back, which are great signs for his progress as a contested mid. Development of the supporting muscles in his back is essential, and should also assist him with his running issues by getting more value out of each stride (i.e. make him more economical when not at full pace).

Detailed observations.....sounds like you could be a physio yourself
Interested you said LOB has bulked up?....he is typically lean and a natural distance runner[a very good one]...LOB has quite a high ceiling in fact.
Kennedy i also have concerns,he lacks pace.Dow is still young but obviously will be no Walsh type at any stage,and will have to work a lot to improve,i dont want to rehash the usual,but he has been a little slow in his development even considering his age and the amount of opportunity he has already cost us.
I think Dow needs more Mongrel..in his game