2nds The 2016 Casey thread

[Demon 16]

Nice one, that's moving for a big fella.

I was sitting in the low 9's for 3km in my prime a few years back, before injuries set in and I hung them up. Would be lucky to break 11 at the moment!

That is elite level fitness. Even for professional AFL players.

 

[Demon 16]

I could run a 14 beep test in my prime, but was absolutely crap at 3km for some reason.

I could also run a 2.8 second 20 metre sprint which was my best bragging right.

Once I stopped playing under 18's, my athletic abilities went to ground very, very quickly.

I've been living in the past for 20 years..

 

[VitalDread]

Couple of the development boys aiming to play mainly VFL this year.
This group is very hunger
really want to make up for last year

 

[TheCount]

That is elite level fitness. Even for professional AFL players.

Yeah my training regime was pretty intense. I've always had natural speed, so I went pretty hard at my endurance, training 6 times a week, clocking up 70+km's a week, most of them in the middle of the day of Queensland summer. I went on and had a ripping season until about Round 14 when my back just about completely packed it in ... I battled on for the rest of the year, but was never the same.

 

[DemonTim]

Yeah my training regime was pretty intense. I've always had natural speed, so I went pretty hard at my endurance, training 6 times a week, clocking up 70+km's a week, most of them in the middle of the day of Queensland summer. I went on and had a ripping season until about Round 14 when my back just about completely packed it in ... I battled on for the rest of the year, but was never the same.

I did the same last off season. Was running 10-12km a day through summer. Went to a new club in the ammos which required more running, and less physicality. Hated life there, so went back to my old club, was sitting at 90kgs and 196cm when I went back to country footy and got absolutely smacked first game back. So spent the year trying to put weight back on. It's impacted my time trial, but I play better footy when sitting 95-100

Was sick last week so didn't make my actual time trial for training, so did a make up on sunday. Still was 100% and ran a 10:30 2.5km, posted in our footy group how annoyed I was at that time. Got a text from an assistant coach saying "might want to calm down calling that a s**t time. You're currently top 4 at the club"

 

[TheDarkDwarf]

Ah, reminiscing, the good old days. I remember when I could down 6 stubbies in less than ten minutes, have two pies, another 6 stubbies and then have the missus screaming in ecstasy in less than 45 seconds, (she had no choice, it wasn’t lasting much longer) god I was a legend, (in my own lunch box of course).



Took me ages to work out why she called me Victa.

 

[VitalDread]

3km time trial done in the wet
fastest time in my group was 10:11

 

[DemonTim]

3km time trial done in the wet
fastest time in my group was 10:11

I don't feel so bad now. My best 3km was 10:32 last year

 

[Devastating Boris]

Sing it with me everyone

 

[DemonTim]

Good luck to the three potentials tonight. Let's hope they all get picked up

 

[VitalDread]

Welcome to Casey Mitch Hannan

 

[PerfectFooty]

Welcome to Casey Mitch Hannan

if you can't beat them. Steal their players!

 

[DemonTim]

None of our boys taken yet

 

[LeverPuller]

Run...ning. Ath...lete. What are these?

 

[ponsdale]

Can you imagine the buzz at Casey training now. Two Casey players rookied into MFC. The dream is real. Train and play hard, listen to Plapp, and who knows what could happen.

Recruiting to Casey just got easier.

 

[DemonTim]

Can you imagine the buzz at Casey training now. Two Casey players rookied into MFC. The dream is real. Train and play hard, listen to Plapp, and who knows what could happen.

Recruiting to Casey just got easier.

As far as I know they get around 70-80 there until they make a cute. They do alright for getting players because there's a heap of local leagues around there that noone else taps into.

 

[VitalDread]

Can you imagine the buzz at Casey training now. Two Casey players rookied into MFC. The dream is real. Train and play hard, listen to Plapp, and who knows what could happen.

Recruiting to Casey just got easier.

a few second and third year players appear to be training harder since the news

 

[The Dr]

Can you imagine the buzz at Casey training now. Two Casey players rookied into MFC. The dream is real. Train and play hard, listen to Plapp, and who knows what could happen.

Recruiting to Casey just got easier.

Plus Oscar McInerney got rookied at the Lions, so three Casey players got call-ups. Great stuff.

 

[DemonTim]

Ben Ainsworth also played about half a game down there as 23rd man lol

 

[VitalDread]

Problem here is that the vfl cap isn't that big so you can't go out signing big guns esp with the alignment
Can't recruit a gun midfielder that will push afl players out

 

[Russian Demon]

I wonder what the pay difference is like between VFL and AFL Rookie....

I imagine its a decent jump from VFL to Senior list Draftee, but the Rookies still make s**t don't they?

 

[DemonTim]

I wonder what the pay difference is like between VFL and AFL Rookie....

I imagine its a decent jump from VFL to Senior list Draftee, but the Rookies still make s**t don't they?

Rookies base is around 55k to 60k, plus I think its around 3k+ per senior match.
VFL does not pay much, get more playing local footy in most cases.

 

[Russian Demon]

Rookies base is around 55k to 60k, plus I think its around 3k+ per senior match.
VFL does not pay much, get more playing local footy in most cases.

Wow.... i know some of the EFL players get paid huge cash sums per match even down in Div 4, when they mercenary out as marking goalkicking forwards... but i figured it had to be better at VFL level.

As far as making a crust goes i guess you could do worse. I've done jobs at 30-40k a year, and playing footy would have been preferable.

 

[DemonTim]

Wow.... i know some of the EFL players get paid huge cash sums per match even down in Div 4, when they mercenary out as marking goalkicking forwards... but i figured it had to be better at VFL level.

As far as making a crust goes i guess you could do worse. I've done jobs at 30-40k a year, and playing footy would have been preferable.

Nah the VFL doesn't pay a hell of a lot. I play divi 2, and a lot of our players earn more than probably 99% of development players, and a lot of seniors.

 

[Russian Demon]

Nah the VFL doesn't pay a hell of a lot. I play divi 2, and a lot of our players earn more than probably 99% of development players, and a lot of seniors.

Maybe the Toump could go play 4th Div and earn anough for that Datsun 120Y he's always wanted