News Preseason 2012

[DeadlyAkkuret]

Journalist question regarding Walsh;

"Do you think he was underused a bit at St. Kilda?"

Longmire says: "No, well I just think he's only played a couple of years of football, so in the end..."

Longmire thinks: "Trolololololololooollllllll!"

 

[magic.merkin]

Official Gallery is up:

How to view the gallery:

- When you click on the link, scroll down to the bottom of the page to view the photo gallery titled '2012 Pre-Season: Day 1 (November 10)'.

- Click on the image of the boys starting the time trial to begin the gallery

- To cycle between photos, move your mouse to the top right hand corner of the photo and click the next button.


http://www.sydneyswans.com.au/photo galleries/tabid/16822/default.aspx

 

[SydneyPhilly]

Anyone know how Gaz checked out? Did the marathons work for him?

 

[magic.merkin]

Lol wtf Morton, but kickboxing is an incedible way to build fitness so at least his mind is right.

Add me to the brigade who are nonplussed by Jetta's lack of fitness. We can only assume/hope they were running into the wind.

Bloody Oath, I saw a fight night in Phuket at the end of September. Those guys are crazy fit to fight in that humidity for 5 rounds.

 

[robamiee]

Gee Walsh is bigger than what i thought. Everyone said he was a bit of a man mountain, but gee he has some size about him.
By all accounts he is pretty quick of the mark as well....

 

[baja]

Surprised to read Spangher took out the 3km time trial, Go Spang!

Anyone have times for the different groups?

 

[Riders of Rohan]

They won't post the official times unfortunately. You might hear mention of it for an individuals time in a review or something like they'd knocked off 30 seconds or beat their personal best. But never the official time.

 

[S120]

Spangher wasn't going up against Kruger/Gordon/Hannebery, so wasn't taking on the fittest at the club. Still a good sign though.

 

[grimlock]

He beat Kizza though which surprises me. Perhaps that's a reflection on Kiz rather than Spang

Re the times theyve mentioned in the past that they don't do official times because it's not an exact course

 

[baja]

ok, thanks guys but I didnt really care about how good the times were specifically for 3kms but I was interested in the times between the kids, seniors and the old farts.. I noticed in the photo gallery that a few at the start who wore watches clicked their times.. Pretty sure there would be some sort of rough result somewhere.

 

[Riders of Rohan]

Thought I'd post this here, any of the ressie watchers know much about Harry Cunningham? I heard a way back that if he wasn't taken by GWS as a zone selection we'd be looking at him with pick 43. Obviously that didn't happen but we have invited him to train with us for the moment. Is he good enough to earn a rookie spot? What type of player is he?

 

[grimlock]

Paul Kelly mentioned him when talking about possible GWS zone selections. I remember he kicked a nice, long goal against us in a practice match.

 

[Kyusss]

Can someone tell me what I'm missing looking at your list changes I keep getting 1 more out than in,

Out
Currie
Bevan
Bolton
Bradshaw
Sumner
Johnston
Heath
Kennelly

In:
Armstrong
Walsh
Morton
Mitchell
Lockyer
Kelly
Gordon (upgrade)

 

[grimlock]

Can someone tell me what I'm missing looking at your list changes I keep getting 1 more out than in,

Out
Currie
Bevan
Bolton
Bradshaw
Sumner
Johnston
Heath
Kennelly

In:
Armstrong
Walsh
Morton
Mitchell
Lockyer
Kelly
Gordon (upgrade)

We had 1 inside and 1 outside veteran in 2011, we moved the outside vet back to inside.

 

[Riders of Rohan]

In: Kelly?? You mean Alex Brown?

The reason for the discrepency is because last year I believe Goodes was a veteran outside the list, this year they put him inside.

Edit: Already Said

 

[Kyusss]

Great thanks guys

 

[Bonz]

http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/126876/default.aspx

SYDNEY Swan midfielder Lewis Jetta admits his fitness deteriorated during a break from the club and he is now feeling the effects of one of the toughest pre-seasons he has endured.

Jetta told sydneyswans.com.au that he was throwing up after a training session on Monday and when he returned to the club a month ago he was "shocked" by his poor times during 3km time trials.

Walsh left St Kilda at the end of the season and has the Swans - and their fans - salivating after impressing in the International Rules Series where he represented Ireland.

Jetta had nothing but praise for "the big dude", saying his pre-season form was also outstanding.

Others who have been performing well in the pre-season are South African-born Eugene Kruger, Trent Dennis-Lane and and Craig Bird, who enjoyed a breakout year in 2011.

Not the greatest way for LJ to come back especially after a somewhat disappointing year...

Great to hear about TLD training well though... (I still have allot of hopes for him)

 

[Bourky23]

how's Cam Heath tracking?

 

[swansfan51]

Not the greatest way for LJ to come back especially after a somewhat disappointing year...

Great to hear about TLD training well though... (I still have allot of hopes for him)

That is seriously pathetic from Jetta. Shows you what happens when someone is undeservingly gifted senior games and not made to earn their place through an extended period in the reserves.

 

[DeadlyAkkuret]

For a club that's respected for it's work ethic and culture, we know how to find the soft lazy ones with first round picks.

Walsh on the other hand, what a beast.

 

[baja]

That is seriously pathetic from Jetta. Shows you what happens when someone is undeservingly gifted senior games and not made to earn their place through an extended period in the reserves.

he has acknowledged it though..

 

[CAS79]

sounds like he might have had a serious assessment and shake up form the coaches. We can only hope so.

 

[.Shotties.]

Well if nothing else, Morton is saying all the right things. Let's hope he can deliver.

 

[swans4eva]

Well if nothing else, Morton is saying all the right things. Let's hope he can deliver.

Yeah agreed, he didn't seem to have the arrogance about him which I've previously thought. He seems to know his place at the club and realise that he'll have to work his butt off to get into the side. Exciting times for Mitchy.

 

[GoTheSwannies]

There's a small bit of footage during a goodes interview which shows jetta walking along the boundary while goodes comes bolting past him, he has a look at goodes approaching and starts to jog. It may just be the small piece of footage (jetta looked spent and may have been training for a while before goodes started) or it may just be me being overly critical, but combined with his self-assessment that he hasn't come back in the greatest shape, I'm concerned about his application. He looked a little flabby for such a skinny guy as well.

On a positive note, Reid looked great in his footage, can't wait to watch him in 2012, and Walsh looks like a beast, seems like he's got every bit of determination required to get the best out of himself