Apples' Training Reports

[The Magnificent Seven]

Like the theory

I have a bottle of Shane Woewodin Melbourne port at home. Used to have a bet with a Melb supporter for a bottle of wine each time we played. When we beat them after Woey had come to us he gave me that for the win even after I told him I didn't think it qualified on the basis of a good quality red

I haven't worked out a good use for it yet.

It's only really good for one year and then it turns to water.

 

[pablo disco bar]

I’m the same way that you’re in the top 10 worst posters? #curious

Lol thanks mate
Im heading to finland I'm sure its a beautiful place!
Dont understand your hate??
Mods how is this tolerated?
Anzacday Vicky Park
What have i done to you Finnishpie
Not that i really care

 

[pablo disco bar]

Al

I’m the same way that you’re in the top 10 worst posters? #curious

Also do you not think oxley is a dud?
#grammar

 

[Jasper84]

It's only really good for one year and then it turns to water.

Strangely it won "Port of The Year" in 2000 despite not even being nominated for the competition.

 

[Anzacday]

Lol thanks mate
Im heading to finland I'm sure its a beautiful place!
Dont understand your hate??
Mods how is this tolerated?

The indicated it was a joke.

Anzacday Vicky Park

Might want to read this

Not that i really care

Oh, but we know you do

 

[Saintly Viewed]

Like the theory

I have a bottle of Shane Woewodin Melbourne port at home. Used to have a bet with a Melb supporter for a bottle of wine each time we played. When we beat them after Woey had come to us he gave me that for the win even after I told him I didn't think it qualified on the basis of a good quality red

I haven't worked out a good use for it yet.

Drainage cleaner.

 

[Daicos Torpedo]

Apparently it's okay to clean silverware with.

My Mum got a Colliwobble Port in 1982 to piss Dad off... It sat on a shelf in their house, then mine until about 2007 or so when out of curiosity the good lady and i popped it open....my word... What ever it was it aged beyond belief!!! Amazing complexity! Much like the ups and downs of following this great club!!!

 

[Finnishpie]

Al

Also do you not think oxley is a dud?
#grammar

He’s on his last legs, it’s true. But you know, I support our players until they’re no longer our players. Even Blair, who has been a good servant.

 

[Buckley is my hero]

He’s on his last legs, it’s true. But you know, I support our players until they’re no longer our players. Even Blair, who has been a good servant.

Oxley has done most of the preseason training and I can't remember the last time he did that, so it's a good sign he will be able to contribute something this season.

 

[Buckley is my hero]

Nice to hear Murphy is looking the goods. I can't help but think that Murphy and Stephenson could turn into a Pendles Daisy like combination. One with speed and xfactor and another who plays clean and clinical. Here's hoping.

Apologies if I have missed it but just wondering how Tyler Brown is traveling? What position is he playing during match practices drills?

I don't think he's doing any specific training meaning he's not seen as being a first picked 22 player just yet. I assume they will play him off the wing or around the centre of the ground in the VFL this year. He's very skinny and belongs in the VFL until he can put some weight on.

 

[Finnishpie]

Oxley has done most of the preseason training and I can't remember the last time he did that, so it's a good sign he will be able to contribute something this season.

Yeah, I'd be happy to see him succeed. I remember the excitement when he first debuted.

 

[Apex36]

Like the theory

I have a bottle of Shane Woewodin Melbourne port at home. Used to have a bet with a Melb supporter for a bottle of wine each time we played. When we beat them after Woey had come to us he gave me that for the win even after I told him I didn't think it qualified on the basis of a good quality red

I haven't worked out a good use for it yet.

Use it to caramelise onions. Works a treat.

 

[jackcass]

Use it to caramelise onions. Works a treat.

red wine and sugar in 1 bottle.

 

[Lord of the Pies]

I don't think he's doing any specific training meaning he's not seen as being a first picked 22 player just yet. I assume they will play him off the wing or around the centre of the ground in the VFL this year. He's very skinny and belongs in the VFL until he can put some weight on.

Fair enough. Just seems a bit weird for a father son to be flying under the radar, especially for this board.

 

[Anzacday]

Delete my posts ey...your unprofessional
Im gonna look into a complaint against you

I haven't deleted any of your posts.
Happy to discuss your concerns via PM

 

[frizzle]

Hey Apples - Formerly Mazzarjo lol

A little look into perhaps why Geoff Walsh was very suspicious of you at training at times.

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2018-02-...+feed:+AFL+Latest+News&utm_content=FeedBurner

You may have unwittingly met some opposition analysts if you're a rusted-on fan who attends training sessions.

An opposition analyst told AFL.com.au he would spend "thousands of dollars on footy gear" to blend in as a supporter.

Another, Damien Zanic, who studied the opposition for Leigh Matthews' legendary Brisbane sides between 2001 and 2004, occasionally brought his son to training as part of the ruse.

He would quiz fans, acting as one of them, about certain players and the team in general: Who is injured? How are they going? What position is he training in?

Sometimes Zanic's young son would even do the questioning.

"I'd go to opposition training and no-one would know who I was," Zanic said.

"There was one day – I think I was at the Western Bulldogs – and I had my son with me and we were having kick to kick on the ground.

"I'd take the camera out and look like I was taking photos of him, but instead of doing that I'd be taking photos of the stoppages in the background."

 

[Vicky Park]

Hey Apples - Formerly Mazzarjo lol

A little look into perhaps why Geoff Walsh was very suspicious of you at training at times.

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2018-02-18/secret-spies-the-life-of-an-opposition-analyst?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=RSS+feed:+AFL+Latest+News&utm_content=FeedBurner

Interesting. I saw Luke Chambers at one of our training sessions in December. Does he work for us now?

 

[Buckley is my hero]

Personally when I go to training sessions, you know who the Collingwood people are and those are the ones you generally talk to. Also when I post on a public forum like this one I'm careful what I post and don't post anything that someone in the media who's at the ground, wouldn't be seeing the same things as myself. Also to point out, there can't be any closed training sessions at Holden centre because the ground isn't closed off, so the only closed sessions are indoors.

 

[TradeDraft]

Personally when I go to training sessions, you know who the Collingwood people are and those are the ones you generally talk to. Also when I post on a public forum like this one I'm careful what I post and don't post anything that someone in the media who's at the ground, wouldn't be seeing the same things as myself. Also to point out, there can't be any closed training sessions at Holden centre because the ground isn't closed off, so the only closed sessions are indoors.

Well the Club would not know that you are just a Collingwood Fans that post stuff on a Forum?

 

[Babylove]

So now that the De Goey sentence has been handed down can we go back to talking about football? Anyone see training today?

 

[TradeDraft]

So now that the De Goey sentence has been handed down can we go back to talking about football? Anyone see training today?

Just bit behind Jurno's on the News

 

[Apples]

TRAINING REPORT: THURSDAY MAY 31, 2018

A confluence of events has prevented my attending training these last few months, so it was fantastic to get down to Olympic park this morning. The weather was cool and windy (12C), but the weak sunshine kept us from feeling too uncomfortable.
Not Training:
Tim Broomhead: turned up on the sidelines for a chat and then went back inside for his rehab. Pleased to report he’s had a haircut; I almost didn’t recognise him. Speaking of hair styles, Adam Oxley has gone ‘total bogan’ with a blonde rat-tail hair style.
Alex Fasolo: not sighted
Ben Reid: not sighted

Limited Training:
Darcy Moore: ran a few laps, but didn’t extend himself. Won’t see him until after the bye.
Jamie Elliott – ran a slow lap with Moore and then disappeared inside. Appeared to be miles away from a return.
Nathan Murphy: trained alone – concentrated on 100m sprints. Ran at close to full pace. Not far away.
Josh Smith: trained alone. Says he won’t be ready until two weeks after the bye.
Brayden Sier: ran slow laps and half laps at moderate pace. He says he doesn’t think he’ll be back until after the bye.
Travis Varcoe: did light running.
Kale Kirby: did all the drills
Tom Langdon: did limited work. Did some 100 metre work.

It was a fairly light session today with the players rotating through a number of drills. We concentrated on the in-close drill where a player had to retrieve a ground ball under extreme pressure and then attempt to legally dispose of it. Two ‘bufferers’ holding pads, hit the player as he was tackled. For the tacklers emphasis was on legal tackles to a player bending low to retrieve the ball. For the ball winner, they attempted to evade the tackle and handball head high.

Brayden Maynard and Daniel Wells completed training without issues and so would expect them both to be selected.

Daics, DeGoey, Treloar and Wills were very sharp. Wills stayed on the ground after most of the players had left, doing a drill to retrieve ground balls. He was closely watch by Rivers and Harvey. I noted to my partner, that Wills seemed to have slimmed down. He’s broad in the shoulders and chest, but appeared quite slim through the hips and legs. Perhaps it was the tights; all of the players wearing tights appeared slimmer than on match day.
Likewise, Sharenberg did closely supervised ground work for ten minutes after the other players had exited.

On the walk across to Jolimont, my partner said he would be surprised if Maynard were to replace Appleby. Maynard, he reckons, wasn’t all that impressive on the track, whereas, Appleby was like a terrier.

Speaking of Appleby, I’d assumed his nick-name would be ‘Apples’; any Appleby I know has that nickname, but this is not what Robert Harvey calls him. Three times Harvey referred to him as ‘Pretty Boy’.

You can probably read too much into character from brief chats to players, but there are a couple of blokes who routinely spend time courteously addressing supporters. Daicos, Phillips, Appleby, Smith, Grundy and Blairy always acknowledge Lorraine and her sidekicks. Mason Cox shouted his greeting this morning; he’s a real character. A couple of the players routinely ignore supporters as is their right; these are the same blokes who seem to have poor reputations from inside the club.

Happy to try to answer any questions you may have.

••We made a 30-minute video of training today. I’m not sure how I can post this so that you can view it. This was a first try, but am willing to post if anybody can provide a few tips. I don't have Facebook.
Neil

 

[Chrispiesssss]

TRAINING REPORT: THURSDAY MAY 31, 2018

A confluence of events has prevented my attending training these last few months, so it was fantastic to get down to Olympic park this morning. The weather was cool and windy (12C), but the weak sunshine kept us from feeling too uncomfortable.
Not Training:
Tim Broomhead: turned up on the sidelines for a chat and then went back inside for his rehab. Pleased to report he’s had a haircut; I almost didn’t recognise him. Speaking of hair styles, Adam Oxley has gone ‘total bogan’ with a blonde rat-tail hair style.
Alex Fasolo: not sighted
Ben Reid: not sighted

Limited Training:
Darcy Moore: ran a few laps, but didn’t extend himself. Won’t see him until after the bye.
Jamie Elliott – ran a slow lap with Moore and then disappeared inside. Appeared to be miles away from a return.
Nathan Murphy: trained alone – concentrated on 100m sprints. Ran at close to full pace. Not far away.
Josh Smith: trained alone. Says he won’t be ready until two weeks after the bye.
Brayden Sier: ran slow laps and half laps at moderate pace. He says he doesn’t think he’ll be back until after the bye.
Travis Varcoe: did light running.
Kale Kirby: did all the drills
Tom Langdon: did limited work. Did some 100 metre work.

It was a fairly light session today with the players rotating through a number of drills. We concentrated on the in-close drill where a player had to retrieve a ground ball under extreme pressure and then attempt to legally dispose of it. Two ‘bufferers’ holding pads, hit the player as he was tackled. For the tacklers emphasis was on legal tackles to a player bending low to retrieve the ball. For the ball winner, they attempted to evade the tackle and handball head high.

Brayden Maynard and Daniel Wells completed training without issues and so would expect them both to be selected.

Daics, DeGoey, Treloar and Wills were very sharp. Wills stayed on the ground after most of the players had left, doing a drill to retrieve ground balls. He was closely watch by Rivers and Harvey. I noted to my partner, that Wills seemed to have slimmed down. He’s broad in the shoulders and chest, but appeared quite slim through the hips and legs. Perhaps it was the tights; all of the players wearing tights appeared slimmer than on match day.
Likewise, Sharenberg did closely supervised ground work for ten minutes after the other players had exited.

On the walk across to Jolimont, my partner said he would be surprised if Maynard were to replace Appleby. Maynard, he reckons, wasn’t all that impressive on the track, whereas, Appleby was like a terrier.

Speaking of Appleby, I’d assumed his nick-name would be ‘Apples’; any Appleby I know has that nickname, but this is not what Robert Harvey calls him. Three times Harvey referred to him as ‘Pretty Boy’.

You can probably read too much into character from brief chats to players, but there are a couple of blokes who routinely spend time courteously addressing supporters. Daicos, Phillips, Appleby, Smith, Grundy and Blairy always acknowledge Lorraine and her sidekicks. Mason Cox shouted his greeting this morning; he’s a real character. A couple of the players routinely ignore supporters as is their right; these are the same blokes who seem to have poor reputations from inside the club.

Happy to try to answer any questions you may have.

••We made a 30-minute video of training today. I’m not sure how I can post this so that you can view it. This was a first try, but am willing to post if anybody can provide a few tips. I don't have Facebook.
Neil

Thanks Neil!! I’ve missed these reports. Interesting to hear that Ben Reid missed training, but that explains Mihocek’s call up.

Have you tried uploading it to YouTube? Probably best, then link it to us.

 

[CFC2010]

Apples thanks for the report.

Going by that Reid is the out for Mihocek.

 

[Kirby]

TRAINING REPORT: THURSDAY MAY 31, 2018

A confluence of events has prevented my attending training these last few months, so it was fantastic to get down to Olympic park this morning. The weather was cool and windy (12C), but the weak sunshine kept us from feeling too uncomfortable.
Not Training:
Tim Broomhead: turned up on the sidelines for a chat and then went back inside for his rehab. Pleased to report he’s had a haircut; I almost didn’t recognise him. Speaking of hair styles, Adam Oxley has gone ‘total bogan’ with a blonde rat-tail hair style.
Alex Fasolo: not sighted
Ben Reid: not sighted

Limited Training:
Darcy Moore: ran a few laps, but didn’t extend himself. Won’t see him until after the bye.
Jamie Elliott – ran a slow lap with Moore and then disappeared inside. Appeared to be miles away from a return.
Nathan Murphy: trained alone – concentrated on 100m sprints. Ran at close to full pace. Not far away.
Josh Smith: trained alone. Says he won’t be ready until two weeks after the bye.
Brayden Sier: ran slow laps and half laps at moderate pace. He says he doesn’t think he’ll be back until after the bye.
Travis Varcoe: did light running.
Kale Kirby: did all the drills
Tom Langdon: did limited work. Did some 100 metre work.

It was a fairly light session today with the players rotating through a number of drills. We concentrated on the in-close drill where a player had to retrieve a ground ball under extreme pressure and then attempt to legally dispose of it. Two ‘bufferers’ holding pads, hit the player as he was tackled. For the tacklers emphasis was on legal tackles to a player bending low to retrieve the ball. For the ball winner, they attempted to evade the tackle and handball head high.

Brayden Maynard and Daniel Wells completed training without issues and so would expect them both to be selected.

Daics, DeGoey, Treloar and Wills were very sharp. Wills stayed on the ground after most of the players had left, doing a drill to retrieve ground balls. He was closely watch by Rivers and Harvey. I noted to my partner, that Wills seemed to have slimmed down. He’s broad in the shoulders and chest, but appeared quite slim through the hips and legs. Perhaps it was the tights; all of the players wearing tights appeared slimmer than on match day.
Likewise, Sharenberg did closely supervised ground work for ten minutes after the other players had exited.

On the walk across to Jolimont, my partner said he would be surprised if Maynard were to replace Appleby. Maynard, he reckons, wasn’t all that impressive on the track, whereas, Appleby was like a terrier.

Speaking of Appleby, I’d assumed his nick-name would be ‘Apples’; any Appleby I know has that nickname, but this is not what Robert Harvey calls him. Three times Harvey referred to him as ‘Pretty Boy’.

You can probably read too much into character from brief chats to players, but there are a couple of blokes who routinely spend time courteously addressing supporters. Daicos, Phillips, Appleby, Smith, Grundy and Blairy always acknowledge Lorraine and her sidekicks. Mason Cox shouted his greeting this morning; he’s a real character. A couple of the players routinely ignore supporters as is their right; these are the same blokes who seem to have poor reputations from inside the club.

Happy to try to answer any questions you may have.

••We made a 30-minute video of training today. I’m not sure how I can post this so that you can view it. This was a first try, but am willing to post if anybody can provide a few tips. I don't have Facebook.
Neil

Who are the ones that routinely ignore?