How were he, and the rest of the team, moving?
I didn't get to see much - just the last maybe half hour. They were working on set pieces, mostly stoppages in the forward half. No 1st years, no Goldy. Not sure who else was missing. Jacobs was ding some run throughs on the side but while he looked in good nick is clearly being managed. Saw Wrighty on crutches in the foyer. I've got new glasses but my sunnies are non-prescription so I had a bit more trouble than usual making out who was who.
All the ruckwork was Preuss vs Maj. Preuss' tap work was excellent but Maj's follow up and second efforts to become an extra midfielder were outstanding. normally when you talk about a ruckman becoming an "extra midfielder" it refers to blocking, tackling, maybe getting hands on the ball and feeding out a handball, but Maj adds the ability to burst from a contest unlike any ruck I can remember.
The usual suspects did their thing. Gibbo was busy, JZ seemed to be making an effort to lower his eyes going forward, Mullett used his right foot almost every time in the game sim (been told that having a useful right side will be good for his career?), Neilson broke even with Waite in the air I thought.
I think it was Arj mentioned the levels of energy and intensity the other day, and while it might be because I wanna believe, I thought the same. Considering it was the arse end of an (apparently) 3-hour session coming into Christmas it was very lively, blokes being pumped up for good efforts, no signs of slacking. Weird watching training without Drew, Boom and WELLSY in particular (*snif* my iPad's autocorrect still wants to capitalize WELLSY and I can't bring myself to stop it, at least until he actually plays a game for the filth) but seeing it up close for the first time I reckon it will be ok.