Bigman’s Training Reports

[Archie87]

Nicks writes down his best 22 in crayons using form vs traffic cones in early Jan. He then needs to be dragged kicking and screaming to clean up his mistakes weeks later.

The guy is literally a toddler.

 

[ams4crows]

How is Nank not in the best 22? I don't even think it should be debatable, he is class and has AFL footballer written all over him, why do we keep shooting ourselves in the foot to appease a great club man.

Just from the trial games alone it was obvious that Nank should be best 22, if you add in his performance in the best 22 last season it should be bloody concrete.

 

[Peter Doherty]

Curtin, from back pocket to sub to forward pocket now
I don't think this is the best way to develop him

They should have left him down back?

 

[SugarShane]

So you're basically saying we have to wait for Milera to serve up six weeks of shit before injury forces Nicks to do what should have happened six weeks prior and get Nanks in.

Stage 1: Denial - "Nank is only in the B's to give the A's some competition. He'll be in the A's come Round 1."
Stage 2: Anger - "Why the hell is Nank always in the B team? Nicks is an idiot."
Stage 3: Bargaining - "Surely Milera plays SANFL for a few weeks to get up to speed after being out so long."
Stage 4: Depression <- We are here
Stage 5: Acceptance

 

[Betts are off]

Draper - not a heap of clearances but he often got the second possession out of stoppage and looked to put the jets on when he could. Had one outstanding moment at half forward where he blind turned and sped past a defender, sadly his kick just missed the target. Also liked his hands to the advantage of teammates today. Didn’t do any of the end of session running but he looks confident and ready.

I think when Draper gets his midfield minutes this year we are going to see his frenetic energy / burst be both his 1 wood and his biggest source of errors.

He'll look like he's shot out of a cannon compared to what we've been use to for the last decade and a half, which will be awesome. But I suspect he's also going to throw some fairly wild looking possessions out to teammates, and likely get intercepted on a relatively high click.

Having said that, I'm totally down with taking the good with the bad with Sid, particularly this year. Get that kid to 80 games as soon as humanly possible!

 

[Betts are off]

Stage 1: Denial - "Nank is only in the B's to give the A's some competition. He'll be in the A's come Round 1."
Stage 2: Anger - "Why the hell is Nank always in the B team? Nicks is an idiot."
Stage 3: Bargaining - "Surely Milera plays SANFL for a few weeks to get up to speed after being out so long."
Stage 4: Depression <- We are here
Stage 5: Acceptance

Stage 6: Is 10am too early for a beer?

 

[Scorpus]

How is Nank not in the best 22? I don't even think it should be debatable, he is class and has AFL footballer written all over him, why do we keep shooting ourselves in the foot to appease a great club man.

Just from the trial games alone it was obvious that Nank should be best 22, if you add in his performance in the best 22 last season it should be bloody concrete.

When he wasn't picked in the As for the first trial against Port he wasn't going to be picked for round 1.

That's Nicks, that's how he operates. He doesn't care about trial form, he's already picked the side

 

[Punchy Bassett]

When he wasn't picked in the As for the first trial against Port he wasn't going to be picked for round 1.

That's Nicks, that's how he operates. He doesn't care about trial form, he's already picked the side

Hence why he should be sacked.

 

[Betts are off]

Hence why he should be sacked.

Hence why we got Balme right? And Murray.

 

[maxlilly]

They should have left him down back?

I think he needs to play around the ball more.
I reckon the forwards and backs are pretty settled at the moment

 

[The Smith Revolution]

Thank you Bigman. You are an excellent contributor who makes this forum a better place.

 

[Eric The Red]

So you're basically saying we have to wait for Milera to serve up six weeks of shit before injury forces Nicks to do what should have happened six weeks prior and get Nanks in

I think when Draper gets his midfield minutes this year we are going to see his frenetic energy / burst be both his 1 wood and his biggest source of errors.

He'll look like he's shot out of a cannon compared to what we've been use to for the last decade and a half, which will be awesome. But I suspect he's also going to throw some fairly wild looking possessions out to teammates, and likely get intercepted on a relatively high click.

Having said that, I'm totally down with taking the good with the bad with Sid, particularly this year. Get that kid to 80 games as soon as humanly possible!

Looks fairly clean with his disposals from what I’ve observed.

 

[1970crow]

Saving this for next time the media has some negative story running about our football club followed by "Since when can we trust the media?"

It's widely acknowledged most to all journalism is tabloid at best these days and the standard has dropped dramatically prioritising quantity over anything remotely quality.

I'd believe a player commenting in his own socials over the vast majority of any "journalists" these days.

Believe none of them. But when a player is, "training away from the club", it pretty much means they've been told to eff off and don't return until they're serious.

 

[Crows I Am]

Disappointing that it seems as though Nank will be starting in the SANFL and Milera likely gets first crack. Nank was very solid last year and again looked good this pre season.

Nicks is obviously not a huge fan of Nank, he should easly be in front on Milera right now based on form.

 

[Cromulant]

Disappointing that it seems as though Nank will be starting in the SANFL and Milera likely gets first crack. Nank was very solid last year and again looked good this pre season.

Nicks is obviously not a huge fan of Nank, he should easly be in front on Milera right now based on form.

Not a big fan ?? He played him pretty much all the way through last season.

He did enough last week.

 

[1970crow]

Not a big fan ?? He played him pretty much all the way through last season.

He did enough last week.

He didn't play until Milera got injured. He didn't push anyone out of the backline, it was injury that got him into the 22.

 

[George CantStandYa]

He didn't play until Milera got injured. He didn't push anyone out of the backline, it was injury that got him into the 22.

And he was made sub for Smith.

And he was dropped in 2023 after coming in and performing.

To play Milera over him is a joke.

 

[adelaidecrows]

And he was made sub for Smith.

And he was dropped in 2023 after coming in and performing.

To play Milera over him is a joke.

Wasnt he sub for Curtin too. Which made it an obvious pre planned sub.

Nank should play.

 

[adelaidecrows]

Well Rory Lobb has already come out and said the stories re him and JUH circulating on social media are absolute bullshit.

So you've heard different from a reliable source it's not right that JUH has been back training with the main squad for several weeks now?

Its hard to know. All I know is there has to be a reason he needs to formally apologise and repair relationships with certain players. I dont overly care what he did so im not going to buy into the rumours. Something is clear that perhaps he has some attitude issues.

 

[TBM]

He didn't play until Milera got injured. He didn't push anyone out of the backline, it was injury that got him into the 22.

As is the case with most of Nicks’ changes - injury and then next-man-up on his hierarchy pecking order set in January. No adaptability whatsoever

 

[1970crow]

As is the case with most of Nicks’ changes - injury and then next-man-up on his hierarchy pecking order set in January. No adaptability whatsoever

Pyke was the same.

 

[adelaidecrows]

Pyke was the same.

Which players were overlooked during Pykes reign though. All our draftees would get games. Not sure who was a victim of pig headedness at selection.

As for Nicks, Nicks embarrassed himself last year by deliberately overlooking talent ripping it up in the Sanfl until he had to with injuries. I would be staggered if some younger players arent frustrated with the lack of opportunities while others seem to get games thrown at them regardless of performance.

Its still early, we havent seen the round 1 side yet. no point expecting the worst. Based on the trials the best 23 looks set to be decent.

 

[1970crow]

Which players were overlooked during Pykes reign though. All our draftees would get games. Not sure who was a victim of pig headedness at selection.

As for Nicks, Nicks embarrassed himself last year by deliberately overlooking talent ripping it up in the Sanfl until he had to with injuries. I would be staggered if some younger players arent frustrated with the lack of opportunities while others seem to get games thrown at them regardless of performance.

Its still early, we havent seen the round 1 side yet. no point expecting the worst. Based on the trials the best 23 looks set to be decent.

Wigg was told half way through the year that no matter how well he went, he wouldn’t be playing. Pyke stuck with the same deteriorating players to the foreseeable conclusion.

 

[adelaidecrows]

Wigg was told half way through the year that no matter how well he went, he wouldn’t be playing. Pyke stuck with the same deteriorating players to the foreseeable conclusion.

Wigg proved he wasnt up to AFL standard. Nothing wrong with a coach ruling a line through a player. Nicks did it with McHenry in the second half of the season once he was dropped.

 

[Cromulant]

Pyke was the same.

As are most coaches