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My $0.02 worth.

Agree with all the above esp re Tucker and Cox.

It was a good session I thought, some kicks were shanked but there was some good stuff. There is a good vibe about the place I feel.

One negative was that I did not notice Sturt once - either he did not play or I am as blind as a bat. All the other players got involved

Rehabbers were Amiss, Walker, Mundy, Fyfe, Treacy. Unsighted - Benning and Johnson
 
Joose said:
My $0.02 worth.

Agree with all the above esp re Tucker and Cox.

It was a good session I thought, some kicks were shanked but there was some good stuff. There is a good vibe about the place I feel.

One negative was that I did not notice Sturt once - either he did not play or I am as blind as a bat. All the other players got involved

Rehabbers were Amiss, Walker, Mundy, Fyfe, Treacy. Unsighted - Benning and Johnson
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I was only there for about a half hour, but saw Benning coming from the rehab group just as the sim began. Did not look like he had extended himself at all.
Walked past where I was standing.
 
FD2646 said:
My training notes are below:
Josh and jye in rehab with Roy - running laps and kicking with trainers.

Match Sim Q1
Blakely 1st possession out of the middle - shocking kick across the ground results in turnover. He later coped a bake from Logue for letting Brayshaw get loose twice, both times resulting in deep F50 entries.
Cox starting forward in match sim opposed to hamling. Got a Joe the goose goal from Shultz after a good marking contest.
Tabs, Mundy running laps with Fyfe, Treach and Amiss during Sims.
Henry on the wing did some nice things early. Tucker active on other wing/on ball.
Erasmus couple of nice things
Schultz awesome 1-1 vs Logue and another Joe the goose to Cox.
Clark kick out intercepted by Lobb who went back from 50m and drilled it.

Q2
Freddy v fast in f50 - 2 goals
Will Brodie smashed Henry in the middle in 1 contest resulting in free kick. He certainly doesn't mind the in and under stuff and looks to get hands free every time.
Freddy and Luke Ryan 1-1 in f50. Luke laughing and corralling did the job and Freddy missed his 3rd goal.
Meek nice mark at full forward and goal.
Nice goal by Schultz from free kick after the siren to end second quarter. JLo didn't appear to be happy with yellow group and called them in, whilst purple group headed inside.

Q3
Walker off and doing runs with trainer in second half - doesn't appear to be anything wrong.
Cox roved off marking contest set up beautifully by Henry and put it on the boot and sailed through for his 3rd goal.
Sonny couple nice things in 2nd half playing more on ball.
Tucker goal set up by Henry.
Cox contested mark opposed to hamling, set up by a beautiful Wilson kick. Kicks his 4th goal.

Q4
O'Driscoll playing midfield, looked a little lost at times and wanted to go sideways which in the last earnt him a big bake from Sonny.
Nice rundown by Schultz earnt western a goal from the advantage. Western has shown little glimpses today.
Darcy Tucker second goal from 50m on the run caused by turnover.
Sturt unfortunately invisible and beaten by Wilson all day.
Beautiful mark by Tucker sets up play resulting in Cox getting it , kicking to Schultz in the pocket who centres to Sonny - goal. Purple destroying yellow.
Fredrick kicks his 3rd for yellow off a snap from approx 35m.
Clark, a little quiet snapped great goal on the left.
Cox a little sore after marking contest and hobbling, but looks to be ok.

Interesting umpires doing warm down lap talking to each other saying that Freo had alot more spring in their step as opposed to WCE. This might be because we are younger and more enthusiastic or might be because the eagles are old and suck - I'm choosing the latter.

That's all from me.
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I see the cox for Coleman campaign is well and truly underway
 

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Training report - Match sim 28/01 (3 of 3)
You guys are being spoiled today with multiple training reports! Don't believe anything you read in The West today either, the press left before match sim started. Probably had to get to Lathlain...

Piggy's Report below:

I got to training just as the boys were starting to head out onto the track. Fyfe, Mundy and Taberner were doing some forward craft work with Jamie Graham at the goals where my old man and I were standing. Fyfe was practicing losing his man and getting out the back to take marks in goal scoring positions. Mundy was providing the kicks and Taberner was sort of just drifting around being an aerial presence but not really going for many marks. They then did a bit of practice where Fyfe and Mundy were getting front and square and hitting the ball at pace, Tabs was knocking it down and they were taking a quick snap at goal. Fyfe could not miss. He also looks in very good nick, whoever says he has lost some size should get down and see him in the flesh, he looks amazing for a bloke that couldn't train for months.

I initially thought Sturt was not on the track but I asked a team official on the boundary and he informed me that he had misplaced his Number 1 and was wearing 44. I am not sure who the team official was but he was a middle aged bloke in absolutely ridiculous physical condition. He says that Phil Merriman has being doing a lot of work on the running mechanics of the players and strongly believes that he can reverse our soft tissue injury fortunes by teaching the boys how to run properly. This gentleman also said that the boys are in far superior physical fitness than he's ever seen them at this stage of pre-season and that the club are very bullish that some of these young boys are going to transform our forward line. I don't know why, but I thought to myself 'Erasmus is playing round 1' after I heard that.

Rehab group was very small with Amiss, Treacy and Benning only running laps and not taking part in any ball work. Fyfe and Mundy also didn't take part in the match sim. I was taking phone calls for work in between watching so rather than give a blow by blow run down of the training as has been done already, i will focus on some players who have been the topic of some robust conversations in recent weeks.

Will Brodie: This guy can seriously get his hands free and get a handball out. He spent a fair bit of time running with Brayshaw and held his own well, albeit with the advantage of having big Darcy as his ruckman. Attacked the ground ball well and didn't let the opposition get a lot of easy clearances.

Sam Sturt: Sam is really lacking in his match awareness and touch. He struggled to get involved, I am not sure if he actually touched the ball. As mentioned earlier he was looking very dejected and although I gave him some encouragement about just being out there this time of year I can tell he's desperate to get involved. Hopefully by March he will be ready to go but he seems a long way off at this point in time.

NOD - This guys hits ground balls like a kamikaze pilot. He is looking bigger, stronger, fitter and just damn better than he did last year. He has a good tank too. He must be close to next in line for a debut with only maybe Erasmus ahead of him.

Liam Henry - Did some really nice things, got plenty of the ball and looked his best when in a bit of space and turning back towards goals. He has to play up the ground this year, he is not a small forward. My dad was most impressed with him out of the lot today.

Darcy Tucker - Fought hard and was involved in a lot of play. I wish he had a right foot as he got into trouble trying to get onto his left a couple of times but he's no orphan there, I can';t believe how many AFL players can't kick opposite foot. Even I could when i played colts for Gozzy, it musn't be trained like it used to be when i was young. Chapman was guilty of this pretty glaringly as well on one occasion that I can recall.

Speaking of Young - Hayden Young. Took some strong intercept marks and hit some nice targets. He went off for a little bit to see the trainers but didn't look like he was in any difficulty finishing the session.

As for the usual suspects - Serong worked hard sometimes head to head with Brayshaw but mainly just working on the ball without a close checking opponent. He got a lot of ball in the back half but set up some good play. Brayshaw did Brayshaw things and worked hard accumulating. Lobb was a good aerial presence and took some good clunks. Pearce was solid in defence.

As reported by pretty much all watchers today, Brennan Cox was the standout. He kicked 3 or 4 goals (pretty sure Logue was on him for most of it) and every time he went near it something happened. He crumbed a pack front and square and snapped a goal in traffic from about 25 out in front, took some really nice marks and used it really well. Not sure if we are going back to the future this year but I've always liked him as a forward out of all of our defenders and today reinforced that belief in my mind.

i wish I could report on Erasmus but TBH I didn't notice him much. Although as a first year player he is doing well to look right in place and not stand out for the wrong reasons.

Well that's all I can think of for now, hit me up if you want me to try and answer any specific questions.
 
Mesc said:
Thanks for these reports guys ! awsome stuff ! .. although the Sturt reports are a bit deflating ..
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I wouldn’t worry about Sturt, he just needs to find some touch. He’s fit so that’s a big positive for me.
 
thanks for the training reports legends!
I heard Roy George from peel was getting involved in the in Match sims?
ive watched his highlights he seems to have some moves. Can anyone provide any details, can he step in for valente?
 
Piggy Smalls said:
...He says that Phil Merriman has being doing a lot of work on the running mechanics of the players and strongly believes that he can reverse our soft tissue injury fortunes by teaching the boys how to run properly.
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Given I posted on this very subject late last year (basically pointing out many AFL footballers run over the field like a rotary hoe) I can't tell you how pleased I am to hear this.

It also makes me think the FFC may keep a closer eye on these pages than they sometimes let on... An encouraging and disturbing thought frankly. 😂😂 (Either that or else somebody on the coaching panel saw the same things I did.)
 
Gekko71 said:
Given I posted on this very subject late last year (basically pointing out many AFL footballers run over the field like a rotary hoe) I can't tell you how pleased I am to hear this.

It also makes me think the FFC may keep a closer eye on these pages than they sometimes let on... An encouraging and disturbing thought frankly. 😂😂 (Either that or else somebody on the coaching panel saw the same things I did.)
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Early days yet but Melbourne certainly looked like they had some good fortune when it came to soft tissue injuries last year. Everyone likes to give Burgess credit because he’s the most successful in the biz but Merriman must have played some part.
 

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Interesting Erasmus seemed quiet from the reports but there are a lot of pictures of him with the ball in the training gallery. He did have a yellow bib covering his number though.
 
Good to see mundy is progressing well. Hopefully he will be right for round 1.

If he wants to get to 400 games he cant afford to miss any games. 46 games to go which equals 2 full h&a seasons and have to play 2 finals.
 
BStaff17 said:
Good to see mundy is progressing well. Hopefully he will be right for round 1.

If he wants to get to 400 games he cant afford to miss any games. 46 games to go which equals 2 full h&a seasons and have to play 2 finals.
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Followed by 5 consecutive premiership seasons after which he retires on exactly 500 games
 
Was just checking my training notes and realised I had intended to mention Jordan Clark in my earlier report. He looks to be very much central to a lot of our ball movement and he really impressed me. He looks taller than he is if that makes sense, covers the ground lightning fast and has a long leg. Kicked a nice goal in match sim too.
 
Kepfan said:
thanks for the training reports legends!
I heard Roy George from peel was getting involved in the in Match sims?
ive watched his highlights he seems to have some moves. Can anyone provide any details, can he step in for valente?
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Sad news about Valente but your comment about Roy George made me search for a highlights clip and I liked what I saw,, this guy looks like a jet,
 

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Slammen said:
Sad news about Valente but your comment about Roy George made me search for a highlights clip and I liked what I saw,, this guy looks like a jet,
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That's a pretty impressive high lights reel.
Go the step, go the awareness. works both sides of his body .Read the ball well. Looks quick.
 
Question for those who went down to training, was Henry hitting his targets?

Has a tendency to under kick and fall short, have been waiting for him to tidy it up and finish off his good work.
 
anchor man said:
That's a pretty impressive high lights reel.
Go the step, go the awareness. works both sides of his body .Read the ball well. Looks quick.
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Bit up and under on the kicks but they go to the right spots.
 
Piggy Smalls said:
You guys are being spoiled today with multiple training reports! Don't believe anything you read in The West today either, the press left before match sim started. Probably had to get to Lathlain...

Piggy's Report below:

I got to training just as the boys were starting to head out onto the track. Fyfe, Mundy and Taberner were doing some forward craft work with Jamie Graham at the goals where my old man and I were standing. Fyfe was practicing losing his man and getting out the back to take marks in goal scoring positions. Mundy was providing the kicks and Taberner was sort of just drifting around being an aerial presence but not really going for many marks. They then did a bit of practice where Fyfe and Mundy were getting front and square and hitting the ball at pace, Tabs was knocking it down and they were taking a quick snap at goal. Fyfe could not miss. He also looks in very good nick, whoever says he has lost some size should get down and see him in the flesh, he looks amazing for a bloke that couldn't train for months.

I initially thought Sturt was not on the track but I asked a team official on the boundary and he informed me that he had misplaced his Number 1 and was wearing 44. I am not sure who the team official was but he was a middle aged bloke in absolutely ridiculous physical condition. He says that Phil Merriman has being doing a lot of work on the running mechanics of the players and strongly believes that he can reverse our soft tissue injury fortunes by teaching the boys how to run properly. This gentleman also said that the boys are in far superior physical fitness than he's ever seen them at this stage of pre-season and that the club are very bullish that some of these young boys are going to transform our forward line. I don't know why, but I thought to myself 'Erasmus is playing round 1' after I heard that.

Rehab group was very small with Amiss, Treacy and Benning only running laps and not taking part in any ball work. Fyfe and Mundy also didn't take part in the match sim. I was taking phone calls for work in between watching so rather than give a blow by blow run down of the training as has been done already, i will focus on some players who have been the topic of some robust conversations in recent weeks.

Will Brodie: This guy can seriously get his hands free and get a handball out. He spent a fair bit of time running with Brayshaw and held his own well, albeit with the advantage of having big Darcy as his ruckman. Attacked the ground ball well and didn't let the opposition get a lot of easy clearances.

Sam Sturt: Sam is really lacking in his match awareness and touch. He struggled to get involved, I am not sure if he actually touched the ball. As mentioned earlier he was looking very dejected and although I gave him some encouragement about just being out there this time of year I can tell he's desperate to get involved. Hopefully by March he will be ready to go but he seems a long way off at this point in time.

NOD - This guys hits ground balls like a kamikaze pilot. He is looking bigger, stronger, fitter and just damn better than he did last year. He has a good tank too. He must be close to next in line for a debut with only maybe Erasmus ahead of him.

Liam Henry - Did some really nice things, got plenty of the ball and looked his best when in a bit of space and turning back towards goals. He has to play up the ground this year, he is not a small forward. My dad was most impressed with him out of the lot today.

Darcy Tucker - Fought hard and was involved in a lot of play. I wish he had a right foot as he got into trouble trying to get onto his left a couple of times but he's no orphan there, I can';t believe how many AFL players can't kick opposite foot. Even I could when i played colts for Gozzy, it musn't be trained like it used to be when i was young. Chapman was guilty of this pretty glaringly as well on one occasion that I can recall.

Speaking of Young - Hayden Young. Took some strong intercept marks and hit some nice targets. He went off for a little bit to see the trainers but didn't look like he was in any difficulty finishing the session.

As for the usual suspects - Serong worked hard sometimes head to head with Brayshaw but mainly just working on the ball without a close checking opponent. He got a lot of ball in the back half but set up some good play. Brayshaw did Brayshaw things and worked hard accumulating. Lobb was a good aerial presence and took some good clunks. Pearce was solid in defence.

As reported by pretty much all watchers today, Brennan Cox was the standout. He kicked 3 or 4 goals (pretty sure Logue was on him for most of it) and every time he went near it something happened. He crumbed a pack front and square and snapped a goal in traffic from about 25 out in front, took some really nice marks and used it really well. Not sure if we are going back to the future this year but I've always liked him as a forward out of all of our defenders and today reinforced that belief in my mind.

i wish I could report on Erasmus but TBH I didn't notice him much. Although as a first year player he is doing well to look right in place and not stand out for the wrong reasons.

Well that's all I can think of for now, hit me up if you want me to try and answer any specific questions.
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Is your old man going to post a report too?
 
Jezzitizle said:
Question for those who went down to training, was Henry hitting his targets?

Has a tendency to under kick and fall short, have been waiting for him to tidy it up and finish off his good work.
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I'm not his biggest fan, but thought he did well overall and his kicks were to the advantage of his teammates on most occasions.
 
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