Training 2021 Preseason Training

BrunoV · Feb 2, 2021

owen87 said:
I think people assume because it's less creative, that it's easy. They're a different kind of mental requirement, being able to stay focused on a man for 2 - 3 hours is hard work.

Playing in a zone, knowing when to mind your man and knowing when to help out a team mate.

andleanback · Feb 2, 2021

BrunoV said:
Playing in a zone, knowing when to mind your man and knowing when to help out a team mate.

Everyone plays in the zone these days moreorless. Winning your own ball is a lot harder than following around a man.

Howard Moon · Feb 2, 2021

I think the trouble with being a pure lockdown is that you are dictated to by your man, when's leading?, where's he going?

The best defenders are super readers of the play, they can nearly play the ball as much as the man

BrunoV · Feb 2, 2021

andleanback said:
Everyone plays in the zone these days moreorless. Winning your own ball is a lot harder than following around a man.

Whether it is or it isn't it's very hard to see Laverde in defence.

He doesn't play well off the ball. He's just a different type of player.

We'll see how it goes.

Howard Moon · Feb 2, 2021

BrunoV said:
Whether it is or it isn't it's very hard to see Laverde in defence.

He doesn't play well off the ball. He's just a different type of player.

We'll see how it goes.

yeh i know what you mean, there is no nuance to his game, he's like a bull in a china shop - doesn't often translate well do being a defender

fairbump_playon · Feb 2, 2021

Yoda_ said:
Wouldn’t they need 4 touches to kick 4 goals?

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Ach. I meant small forwards only need 2 or 3 touches a quarter to kick 4 goals in a game.

As in a stats line that says 6 kicks, 3 handballs, 2 marks, 4 goals.

As a defender you could think “he hardly touched it”. But you’ve been towelled up.

BrunoV · Feb 2, 2021

Howard Moon said:
yeh i know what you mean, there is no nuance to his game, he's like a bull in a china shop - doesn't often translate well do being a defender

It could help his game to learn how to work in the zone at the other end. Some of it has to be translatable because the sides are essentially all doing the same thing. It must help to know how a defender thinks and to then also get the opportunity to see a gun forward up close.

Haychh · Feb 4, 2021

owen87 · Feb 4, 2021

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andleanback · Feb 4, 2021

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Megabattimus · Feb 4, 2021

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BrunoV · Feb 4, 2021

Sucks re Stringer.

He was a very durable player, at least in terms of game missed, until he suffered what was essentially a contact injury last year (his legs got caught fairly violently underneath his body in a tackle if memory serves me correctly).

andleanback · Feb 4, 2021

Let’s just hope he doesn’t put the weight back on with how much every time he has off

ant555 · Feb 4, 2021

Cal has been hanging around outside the fence with the blitz track watchers.

There have been reports of a few players in the "modified group" but I can tell you that most of those in that group have been doing plenty of work in other areas like the pool and bike sessions simply to manage work loads. Stringer was one they considered had done enough work pre Christmas to not have to be doing a lot of work on the track and there have been a few sessions that have been hidden away from the public eye so to speak.

Old Campaigner · Feb 4, 2021

Why would they conceal the fact that a player is training?

TDay · Feb 4, 2021

Old Campaigner said:
Why would they conceal the fact that a player is training?

He probably has a new tattoo

Maxabillions · Feb 4, 2021

Old Campaigner said:
Why would they conceal the fact that a player is training?

New secret midfield weapon

GUMBLETRON · Feb 4, 2021

BrunoV said:
Sucks re Stringer.

He was a very durable player, at least in terms of game missed, until he suffered what was essentially a contact injury last year (his legs got caught fairly violently underneath his body in a tackle if memory serves me correctly).

The big one came from landing awkwardly in a marking contest at the end of the Collingwood game.

I Remember Bluey · Feb 7, 2021

Injured Bomber Zaharakis making solid progress

The Bombers have a few injury concerns a month out from their first official practice match against Geelong.

www.theage.com.au

Forgotten Essendon veteran David Zaharakis is building up his running in rehab a month out from the Bombers pre-season practice match against Geelong, as he recovers from off-season posterior cruciate ligament surgery.

It remains unclear when the 30-year-old will be back on the track for the Bombers, having recovered from the quad injury that finished his season in August. However, a club source confirmed he was making solid progress.

The Bombers will not rush Zaharakis back as he looks to find a role to extend his career beyond the end of this season.

Meanwhile, key position player Michael Hurley is on the mend from an infected leg that saw him visit hospital during the week. Yet the Bombers are uncertain when he will return as he looks to adapt to a forward role this season.

Hurley and Zaharakis were among several key Bombers who did not train with the club on Saturday, with Jake Stringer absent after having scans on Thursday to assess a troublesome Achilles that forced him from the track midweek.

Stringer had only just returned to training with the main group before the issue flared again.
Ruckman Sam Draper - who trained on Thursday - and defenders Patrick Ambrose and Aaron Francis were also noticeable absentees from the light session.
On a positive note, skipper Dyson Heppell is training well following an ankle injury that ruined 2020 while Jordan Ridley has overcome a minor calf strain and is back in full training.

Veteran swingman Cale Hooker has also lost six kilograms in an injury free pre-season with the 32-year-old preparing to play in defence during 2021, supporting a young backline that includes reigning best and fairest winner Ridley.

ghostdog · Feb 8, 2021

Stringer's replacement has been found; Snello kicked 3 in match sim today.

As an aside, I just had to edit because when I looked I realised that I'd accidentally written Syringer, not Stringer. Sorry, had to share that. And sorry about that, too.

Falcon27 · Feb 9, 2021

That injury update put up on the website is pathetic. All that was said was monitor their progress and ramp up their training over the next few weeks.
That Ambrose prognosis doesn't look good, used the dreaded "hasn't progressed as quickly as the club would have liked". Ominous for Ambrose.

Tang · Feb 9, 2021

Worried about ambrose

a shame about stringer too

owen87 · Feb 10, 2021

Falcon27 said:
That injury update put up on the website is pathetic. All that was said was monitor their progress and ramp up their training over the next few weeks.
That Ambrose prognosis doesn't look good, used the dreaded "hasn't progressed as quickly as the club would have liked". Ominous for Ambrose.

What more do you want though? Copies of medical reports and scans?

Mr Mojo Risin · Feb 10, 2021

owen87 said:
What more do you want though? Copies of medical reports and scans?

That would be good, but if they could also send out urine samples on request that would deliver the value add we need from our club.

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