News Interesting Article On Cribbin - "Cribbos First Entry"

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The CFC website has an interesting piece by Paul Cribbin. Love hearing how the new blokes are going.

I am pleased to say that my first pre-season campaign as a Collingwood Football Club player is behind me and the 2011 football season here in Australia has finally arrived.

It has been a long, demanding pre-season campaign since all the players came together last November to start training, but I have thoroughly enjoyed it.

I have had to adapt to the vastly different training loads. Here we train five days a week, and on main training days we’d arrive at the club at 8am and leave at around 3 or 4pm. During that time we’d spend a couple of hours out on our training field doing drills and aerobic work, then we’ll have a couple of meetings, lift weights, and perhaps do some additional fitness/skill work inside our training facility - the Westpac Centre. It’s very tiring, and I’ve been doing a lot of sleeping, particularly in the afternoon when I get home.

When I first came over I was 77 kilograms, now I’m up around 84 or 85, which is good. When we had our first two-kilometre time trial at the start of pre-season, I wanted to display my endurance, so I set myself to win it and I did which was pleasing.

Watching players like Scott Pendlebury, Harry O’Brien and Luke Ball train has inspired me to work as hard as I possibly can. It’s no wonder those guys are stars of the AFL, given how hard they train and how professional they are......

Cribbos first entry.

 

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It's an interesting read and it's also of note that he nominated Pendles, Harry and Luke Ball out for special praise for their professionalism on the track.

They probably come across as the most professional and hard working of the group.

Though that said, clearly Daisy has worked very hard during the off season aswell, and maybe has changed his build more than most.

 

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Since then I have moved in with some fellow young players - Luke Rounds, Lachlan Keeffe, Tom Young and Josh Thomas. We are living at a house in Surrey Hills owned by Alan Didak, who is one of our club’s superstar players.

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Not a bad group of players to be living with. A collection of our most promising younger players.

 

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Another Ginge, love it!!