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Know the feeling, VP.Thanks. I enjoy these training reports more than our actual games.
Training Report No.6: Thursday 20th April
Weather: Warm & Sunny 22°
Not Training: Brayden Sier (eye socket injury), Mitch McCarthy, Adam Oxley, Josh Smith
Limited training: Ben Sinclair
I said it last week, but it’s as healthy a list as I’ve seen in years.
The players began quite late this morning, with drills not getting underway until 10:40, but it was an intensive session of kicking inside 50 and fast hand-work in close.
After quite a few kicking and handball under pressure drills, the players broke into two groups; I’ll call them A & B. Group A moved to the centre and broke into two competing teams to win the ball and deliver to a leading forward.
Group B went to the Social Club wing and broke into orange team v white team. These boys took part in stoppage clearance work with the emphasis on getting the ball to an outlier who would then deliver long to a leading forward. After 15 minutes, the teams swapped over.
The Group B drill was interesting to watch. Anthony Rocca and Burns oversaw this. White team tried to win the ball from the stoppage and kick backwards to a waiting Treloar, who then kicked long to a target leading from CHF.
A few match ups in this stoppage work: Pendles v Wills/Ramsay v Faz/Mackie v Wells/ Green v Varcoe
When the ball in won in this contest, it is centred and then taken forward to the waiting Moore, Max Lynch and Grundy.
Wills is very hard at the ball in the packs. He’s a strong body and is not afraid to use it. De Goey came off second best as Wills out-chested him and then delivered nicely by hand to Sidey.
Now Wills again wins it in close and hand-passes to Fasolo, on to Elliott and then to Treloar. Now they switch ends but Moore, Lynch, Grundy and Cox are the forward targets.
Burning it up:
Daicos – in everything and very clean around the contested stoppages. He will play soon.
Brown – like Daics, very clean at ground level and doesn’t mind it tough close in.
De Goey- worked really hard and looks as good as I’ve seen him. Unfortunately, he’s two more weeks away.
Wells- Alex Fasolo will be praying Wells is selected this week; he was terrific today. At one stage, Wells won the ball on the outer wing and then paused before delivering lace out to Fasolo on a fast lead 50 metres away. Fasolo kicked truly.
Crocker- worked really well and was very clean by foot. I’d like to think he’s not far off a run.
Shade- watched him closely this morning. Seems very poised with ball in hand. Used it very well by hand and foot. Doesn’t rush or panic under pressure.
Now we finally get to full ground match simulation and all eyes are on the forward line. Will Bucks try Reid or Howe down there to assist Moore? Well, not if this drill is anything to go by.
Backs: Maynard, Reid, Howe, Goldy, McLarty & Shade
Forwards: Cox, Moore, Hoskin-Elliott, Fasolo, Broomhead, Elliott
Key match ups:
McLarty V Cox, Mackie v Hoskin-Elliott, Dunn v Moore, Howe v Fasolo
From what I saw this morning Bucks is not going to move either Howe or Reid forward. Cox is the only option if today’s drills mean anything. Wells simply must come in after today’s run. He’s as ready as he’ll ever be.
I think you might be spot on. White was training slugger01 but let's put it this way, he didn't catch the eye. Neither did Cox for that matter, but Bucks put him next to Moore so that move looks to be on the cards. My heart did sink when I saw both Reid and Howe line up down back. Surely Bucks has to try one of these guys? Is Cox a smoke screen for Anzac Day? Both Howe and Reid judge the ball very well in the air. They make great position. Both can kick accurately. Oh yes, they can mark over head. Come on Bucks, your future depends on being bold.
Yeah, looks like Cox is in.
On a Very Wet. Is that a Good Idea
GREAT CALLRupert just can't come back quickly enough to my way of thinking....
On a Very Wet. Is that a Good Idea
Rupert just can't come back quickly enough to my way of thinking....
Your way of thinking is inaccurate then. What part of our midfield is screaming out for a one dimensional, slow, inside mid with iffy footskills?
If he were a dominant clearance and first possession player sure he'd be in consideration, but after being brained by a VFL player in Mellington on Saturday he's a long way off it!
A comparison with JDG gives a fair indication of where he's at!
Your way of thinking is inaccurate then. What part of our midfield is screaming out for a one dimensional, slow, inside mid with iffy footskills?
If he were a dominant clearance and first possession player sure he'd be in consideration, but after being brained by a VFL player in Mellington on Saturday he's a long way off it!
A comparison with JDG gives a fair indication of where he's at!
Some guys always play s**t when playing against the sameAgree. Mellington clearly had the better of him on Saturday. Just as hard at the contest & comfortably outran him both ways.
I enjoy Neil's training reports as much as anyone, but calling for AFL inclusion because you read one is ridiculous. It's just training.
Watch a replay of last weeks VFL game & his matchup with the blonde guy Mellington & then tell me he needs to be in the seniors.
I think he is a long way behind players like De Goey, Wells and the current midfield groupRupert just can't come back quickly enough to my way of thinking....
Agree. Mellington clearly had the better of him on Saturday. Just as hard at the contest & comfortably outran him both ways.
I enjoy Neil's training reports as much as anyone, but calling for AFL inclusion because you read one is ridiculous. It's just training.
Watch a replay of last weeks VFL game & his matchup with the blonde guy Mellington & then tell me he needs to be in the seniors.
Yeah it was clear to anyone that watched that game closely that he isn't adding to the line up any time soon. Especially if you look at his body of work at senior level. He literally adds a tackling presence to our line up and that's it.
Considering our biggest downfalls currently are our ball movement and overemphasis on pressure it would be a huge error to bring Wills in unless it's replacing an injured Adams or Greenwood through the middle.
Some guys always play s**t when playing against the same
We need his toughness around the pack and big body
You forgot the finish to his previous season 115 super coach 5 games
Certainly the hawks didn't appreciate his work in close
THATS why he needs to come in
release Adams to the back line ,Sidey forward, Maynard and him as key smashers
Even pendles back and forward
Remember it's a lot like rugby now
Our slight evasive players are outside not inside
AT,pendles are finishers link ups not warriors
Adams is too small to play the role he wants to play, this was showed when blicavs tagged pendles , bigger and was able to keep him from the contest.
It's a given we need size
Don't be mislead by 1 game of vfl rubbish
Meant zip to us
We seem to want to hit forwards on the lead a bit more this year but we are moving the ball so slow there isn't much room to lead.
If we bring in Cox to play deep we could move the ball a bit quicker and kick it in long to a target. At worst he brings it to ground, no one is going to mark over him. We have Elliott back so our crumbing ability will improve. Allows Moore to play up the ground.
You're not wrong, I remember thinking at quarter time in both the tigers and the saints game that both teams were a rabble and it was only a matter of time before we were, as you say, about 5 goals up. Just never happened. Both games we stagnated for two quarters then allowed them to get on top and lose the game by a couple of kicks. Dogs game not too dissimilar, but I thought both the Dogs and Collingwood played at a better standard in that game than the other two.Bucks future depends on our goal kicking accuracy. We would be 4-0 if we kicked just 3-4 shots straighter in each loss. We've had enough scoring shots, just haven't converted. We've applied no scoreboard pressure in any game, yet in each game there were periods where we could've, and should've, been 5 goals up.
Our backline is holding up quite well so I wouldn't want to change much there. Our points conceded I think is the 3rd best. Our biggest loss is 19pts, Hawks are getting pumped by 80+. We get the ball into the f50 quite a bit.
We should spend an entire session just goal kicking. I think the rest of our game is ok, it's not as early as bad as it's made out to be.
I don't think our grunt work is fineI think our grunt work is fine. We need to add some speed & run to go with it. Wills adds to the grunt but that's it in my opinion.
He will get his chances again no doubt. I just don't see him making much difference.
I don't think our grunt work is fine
We have the players , just need to refine roles and use our players in better roles
Bigger blokes falling on you hurt more than a stick , bigger body's can block better
Some guys always play s**t when playing against the same
We need his toughness around the pack and big body
You forgot the finish to his previous season 115 super coach 5 games
Certainly the hawks didn't appreciate his work in close
THATS why he needs to come in
Yeah, looks like Cox is in.
boom tish.