Training 2022 Training Reports

[poshman]

We’re not comparing each side to it’s own recent history. We’re highlighting who could play this year but aren’t or can’t.

I am not sure that the difference means much. They are big outs from their last team. Shep not a planned retirement and Darling out wasn't known last season.

Huge losses for this game and the season in Sheps case, who knows about Darling. Either way it is big for us this season. Both losses will accelerate their decline as Shep should have been able to continue for a few seasons to lead the back half after hurn finishes. Darling the same in the front half for JK.

 

[Eski3]

People underestimate what a loss Sheppard is going to be to that backline, has been a very important player for them over recent years. No surprises he went down in round 12 and (amongst a few other things) their form absolutely plummeted

 

[Docker82]

People underestimate what a loss Sheppard is going to be to that backline, has been a very important player for them over recent years. No surprises he went down in round 12 and (amongst a few other things) their form absolutely plummeted

Their backline looks quite shaky once Hurn retires imo… McGovern is 30 this year too.

Barrass will have a lot of weight on his shoulders.

Don’t rate Nelson, Cole, Edwards etc. at all.

 

[dropbear101]

Their backline looks quite shaky once Hurn retires imo… McGovern is 30 this year too.

Barrass will have a lot of weight on his shoulders.

Don’t rate Nelson, Cole, Edwards etc. at all.

nah, i rate edwards. he is 2 to 3 years away though.

 

[theGav56]

I am not sure that the difference means much. They are big outs from their last team. Shep not a planned retirement and Darling out wasn't known last season.

Huge losses for this game and the season in Sheps case, who knows about Darling. Either way it is big for us this season. Both losses will accelerate their decline as Shep should have been able to continue for a few seasons to lead the back half after hurn finishes. Darling the same in the front half for JK.

They've elected to keep an aging list together rather than introducing and developing the youngbloods. Comes with some risks.

 

[theGav56]

Their backline looks quite shaky once Hurn retires imo… McGovern is 30 this year too.

Barrass will have a lot of weight on his shoulders.

Rumour is Barrass plays forward.

 

[poshman]

Their backline looks quite shaky once Hurn retires imo… McGovern is 30 this year too.

Barrass will have a lot of weight on his shoulders.

Don’t rate Nelson, Cole, Edwards etc. at all.

Rotham will have to step up in a big way. He is a good size and has speed but is shaky.

Gov has started to miss games, Barrass is going to be playing with inexperienced defenders behind a depleted midfield. I am looking forward to it.

 

[wayToGo_]

Don’t rate Nelson, Cole, Edwards etc. at all.

I rate Nelson highly. His turnovers are helpful for Fremantle's scoring.

 

[Silversurfer]

The slime's pre season has been just about as bad as it gets. It's very satisfying.

 

[more_of_bito]

We already have Brodie, O'Driscoll and Erasmus itching to debut.

Don’t disagree but if Rogers is better than Brodie then he’s already ahead in my opinion. O’Driscoll and Erasmus are 1st and 2nd year players who against a 2022 Geelong/ Melbourne midfielder doesn’t exactly give me high hopes of a decent contest come rnd 15 onwards. In a few years great but 2022 they’re not playing regularly in the middle like Valente would have been earmarked with the list planning.

 

[more_of_bito]

The slime's pre season has been just about as bad as it gets.

These posts make me nervous. Don’t like messing with the footy universe.

Flashback memories of the Lobb injury preseason and the in season bulldogs 3 injuries in 10minutes. A week is a long time in footy especially preseason let’s not get ahead of ourselves. Can say this when we have a 40 fit players ready for rnd 1 not 4 weeks before.

 

[s_wd6]

These posts make me nervous. Don’t like messing with the footy universe.

Flashback memories of the Lobb injury preseason and the in season bulldogs 3 injuries in 90 seconds. A week is a long time in footy especially preseason let’s not get ahead of ourselves. Can say this when we have a 40 fit players ready for rnd 1 not 4 weeks before.

FTFY

 

[blue shark]

Rotham will have to step up in a big way. He is a good size and has speed but is shaky.

Gov has started to miss games, Barrass is going to be playing with inexperienced defenders behind a depleted midfield. I am looking forward to it.

The boys club has been over paid for years. NN and McFatty over a million each.
Rotham was getting under paid with $150 grand offer.
Their stand alone wafl club is a graveyard for talent. It’s so obvious that Simpson
has backed in His players.
With Adams web, it was all about ball retention, the lack of speed is going to tell.
Feel sorry for that kid Johnson they cut, apparently Simpson didn’t even call him
in person with the bad news.

 

[Bring back Drum]

They've elected to keep an aging list together rather than introducing and developing the youngbloods. Comes with some risks.

They had to once they sold the farm for Kelly.
Eggs in 1 basket & all that stuff.

 

[BigRang]

They had to once they sold the farm for Kelly.
Eggs in 1 basket & all that stuff.

Anyone remember selling draft picks for talent??
Cough, cough…. Je$$e Ho@an…

We did it too when we thought we were thereabouts…


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[Daddoo]

The slime's pre season has been just about as bad as it gets. It's very satisfying.

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‘Just ridiculous’: The ‘arrogant’ blunder behind AFL’s worst off-season ‘by a million miles’

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[serial_thrilla]

Their backline looks quite shaky once Hurn retires imo… McGovern is 30 this year too.

Barrass will have a lot of weight on his shoulders.

Don’t rate Nelson, Cole, Edwards etc. at all.

They've got Witherden there too.

 

[Dockeroo]

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‘Just ridiculous’: The ‘arrogant’ blunder behind AFL’s worst off-season ‘by a million miles’

‘Just ridiculous’: The ‘arrogant’ blunder behind AFL’s worst off-season ‘by a million miles’

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I understand how the eagles were criticised about the Pride round thing.
However it’s ironic that the afl make such a big deal about pride in AFLW when the elephant in the room is that we are still years away from an AFL mens player coming out as gay.
One current mens player coming out would have a bigger societal impact than 20 years of pride rounds in AFLW, but I just don’t think it could happen right now given the culture around the mens game.
10 mins of listening to the old boys club on triple M on any given weekend in the season tells you all you need to know about the culture at present.

 

[SupermanCapes]

I understand how the eagles were criticised about the Pride round thing.
However it’s ironic that the afl make such a big deal about pride in AFLW when the elephant in the room is that we are still years away from an AFL mens player coming out as gay.
One current mens player coming out would have a bigger societal impact than 20 years of pride rounds in AFLW, but I just don’t think it could happen right now given the culture around the mens game.
10 mins of listening to the old boys club on triple M on any given weekend in the season tells you all you need to know about the culture at present.

This is such an underrated point.

Why doesn't the men's game have a pride round? Is the AFL less behind the lgbtiq+ community than the AFLW? It can't just be because there are openly gay players, although that has clearly been the impetus behind getting it underway.

I think it's hard to expect players to be comfortable being themselves before the league makes the effort to be as inclusive as possible.

 

[Shaymuhz]

Don't Sydney and St Kilda do a pride game? Reckon we're not too far away from there being an openly gay afl player - Gen Z is all over that kind of stuff and Josh Carvallo has already taken the plunge in the A-League, which generated a lot of support and goodwill.

 

[SupermanCapes]

Don't Sydney and St Kilda do a pride game? Reckon we're not too far away from there being an openly gay afl player - Gen Z is all over that kind of stuff and Josh Carvallo has already taken the plunge in the A-League, which generated a lot of support and goodwill.

Swans launch Pride guernsey

The Sydney Swans have today launched their inaugural Pride guernsey which the team will wear for the annual Pride Game against St.Kilda in Round 21.

www.sydneyswans.com.au

I didn't realise they did, but you're bang on. It's a bad look that this looks like an initiative from individual clubs, rather than something the league takes responsibility for.

 

[theGav56]

Swans launch Pride guernsey

The Sydney Swans have today launched their inaugural Pride guernsey which the team will wear for the annual Pride Game against St.Kilda in Round 21.

www.sydneyswans.com.au

I didn't realise they did, but you're bang on. It's a bad look that this looks like an initiative from individual clubs, rather than something the league takes responsibility for.

Does reek of inconsistency. But I quite like individual clubs driving change rather than mandated from above;

• WC doing things because they have to.
• Sydney pushing for something they believe in.

 

[Dale147]

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[poshman]

Does reek of inconsistency. But I quite like individual clubs driving change rather than mandated from above;

• WC doing things because they have to.
• Sydney pushing for something they believe in.

I don't want there to be more special rounds. I think we have indigenous round and anzac day. Both are incredible and vitally important. After that a fundraising round like Starlight, driven by each club is a great idea. One club could do domestic violence, another could do homelessness or how gambling destroys lives. Breastcancer week.. which is popular but gets more funding than other serious forms of cancer. Bowel, pancreatic etc. Have a heart health week, and only sell healthy foods at the ground. I can't watch a broadcast without dozens of gambling ads. If we truly want to influence the community for better and the AFL is trying to push that, they should stop promoting some of the things that cause the greatest harm.

There is a lot of debate within the rainbow community about the new addition to the flag that many feel their flag has been taken over by one small group within the community. Plus the new addition is ugly. The pride flag has always been aesthetically pleasing, now... it is a mish mash of ugly.

Once we go past the two rounds I would prefer it was driven from each club, like the starlight game. Or the Saints and Sydney game.

Anyway - just pleased things are not going very well for the scum!

 

[Scham]

Caroline Wilson agrees with you. [emoji13]

‘Just ridiculous’: The ‘arrogant’ blunder behind AFL’s worst off-season ‘by a million miles’

‘Just ridiculous’: The ‘arrogant’ blunder behind AFL’s worst off-season ‘by a million miles’

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Be a bit of a bummer if they beat us today straight after this is released...