Training The 2019 preseason training REPORTS thread

[Chris_6678]

Josh Smith won the time trial again.

 

[Miguel Sanchez]

Josh Smith won the time trial again.

I reckon he'll play a bit of senior footy for us this year.

 

[Chris_6678]

He now equals with Cavka for the 2km at the club.

 

[kerr87]

Sub 6 minute 2km run. Impressive.

 

[CoastersFlag No.5]

I reckon he'll play a bit of senior footy for us this year.

Think Masten might be looking over his shoulder. He equalled the record at the club that Cavka set in 2015 for 2k time trial. If he can match Masten in terms of run and can kick goals he may well get a chance in the seniors.

 

[Dark Sharks]

Control yourself ladies

http://www.westcoasteagles.com.au/video/2019-01-11/training-week-1-in-slow-mo

 

[FKASC]

“Who wants a lift from training?”




Hmm

 

[kaiserchief13]

Petrucelle looks to have put on some size this summer, bodes well

Doesn't look like he hits legs though

 

[RookiePick]

Control yourself ladies

http://www.westcoasteagles.com.au/video/2019-01-11/training-week-1-in-slow-mo

Homo-eroticism set to 11 in that vid.

Slow mo water guzzling a highlight

Also, Nelson still pale as buggery!

 

[avishka5]

Think Masten might be looking over his shoulder. He equalled the record at the club that Cavka set in 2015 for 2k time trial. If he can match Masten in terms of run and can kick goals he may well get a chance in the seniors.

Yeah I doubt would have to be careful. His competition is Sheed or Hutching as we would struggle to include all three plus Gaff. One of the would come out.

Plus the 2k time trial doesn’t show work rate. Gaff never wins it but is out works Masten come game day with his two way running.

Also seems like Smith kicking ain't flash either.

 

[avishka5]

http://www.westcoasteagles.com.au/n...z94eX7MqeKcqDPnILbWQcqDRnBr2_aNT_ETnIrSiNBbHs

Interesting read. Looks like the club want him to be a KPD now. I suspect they now identify O.Allen as a better KPF option.

 

[Keys]

I did go to Wednesday’s session but spent most of it chatting to some random supporter that wandered through the gate at the same time so didn’t make my usual notes

Only found out afterwards that the players did their 2k time trial earlier that morning which explained why they didn’t do their usual warmup routine and why there were fewer players than expected doing a full session

Unsurprisingly it wasn’t a full on session with drills focussing on ball movement from stoppages, work on defending space/slowing ball movement and a couple of aflx type games amongst other bits and pieces. They finished with some half ground competitive match sim

Absentees : JK, Yeo, Cripps, Ainsworth and McInnes were unsighted
Brief Cameos of varying duration: Naitanui, barrass, Venables and most of the first years - O’Neill, Williams, Cameron, Edwards and Bines (Foley and Riach did the whole session)

Random observations :
• Waterman trained impressively. Would be the current clubhouse leader to replace Lecras. Outmarked shepp at one stage in the match sim which is no easy feat
• Petruccelle again looked good and with Venables still some time away from joining full training I’d have Pet pencilled in for round one
• One of the drills required players to sprint from one wing to the other to cover a player (assistant coach) that was to mark a long kick in space. Rotham showed a turn of speed I hadn’t noticed before
• Watson has dyed the top of his head blonde in an johannsen/Odell Beckham style
• Masten may well be feeling pressure on his spot after losing the time trial as he looked very sharp
• Oallen did almost all the training with the main group which was a welcome change from the pre-Xmas sessions when he basically just ran laps
• Naitanui was nailing his set shots when having a bit of a kick around. Progressing much better than his last rehab

 

[Gugs9]

I did go to Wednesday’s session but spent most of it chatting to some random supporter that wandered through the gate at the same time so didn’t make my usual notes

Only found out afterwards that the players did their 2k time trial earlier that morning which explained why they didn’t do their usual warmup routine and why there were fewer players than expected doing a full session

Unsurprisingly it wasn’t a full on session with drills focussing on ball movement from stoppages, work on defending space/slowing ball movement and a couple of aflx type games amongst other bits and pieces. They finished with some half ground competitive match sim

Absentees : JK, Yeo, Cripps, Ainsworth and McInnes were unsighted
Brief Cameos of varying duration: Naitanui, barrass, Venables and most of the first years - O’Neill, Williams, Cameron, Edwards and Bines (Foley and Riach did the whole session)

Random observations :
• Waterman trained impressively. Would be the current clubhouse leader to replace Lecras. Outmarked shepp at one stage in the match sim which is no easy feat
• Petruccelle again looked good and with Venables still some time away from joining full training I’d have Pet pencilled in for round one
• One of the drills required players to sprint from one wing to the other to cover a player (assistant coach) that was to mark a long kick in space. Rotham showed a turn of speed I hadn’t noticed before
• Watson has dyed the top of his head blonde in an johannsen/Odell Beckham style
• Masten may well be feeling pressure on his spot after losing the time trial as he looked very sharp
• Oallen did almost all the training with the main group which was a welcome change from the pre-Xmas sessions when he basically just ran laps
• Naitanui was nailing his set shots when having a bit of a kick around. Progressing much better than his last rehab

Have heard from Masto that Nic Nat is aiming for a round 9 or 10 return and his way ahead in his rehab. His second knee was only ACL damage

 

[CoastersFlag No.5]

Yeah I doubt would have to be careful. His competition is Sheed or Hutching as we would struggle to include all three plus Gaff. One of the would come out.

Plus the 2k time trial doesn’t show work rate. Gaff never wins it but is out works Masten come game day with his two way running.

Also seems like Smith kicking ain't flash either.

No doubt there was a reason he got delisted from the Pies outside of his injury. Still it's good to have more speed even if it's just in the WAFL. I would have thought if he can improve the kicking and is faster than Masten he would be more vulnerable than Sheed or Hutchings. Still what's footy pre-season for apart from wild speculation!

 

[Quinz]

Have heard from Masto that Nic Nat is aiming for a round 9 or 10 return and his way ahead in his rehab. His second knee was only ACL damage

Reckon the club will be keeping that really quiet until he’s ready this time. Hopefully Masto is on the money.

 

[kerr87]

Have heard from Masto that Nic Nat is aiming for a round 9 or 10 return and his way ahead in his rehab. His second knee was only ACL damage

Huge if true.

BIG weapon. Game changer for us.

Premiership team + Naitanui Gaff and Sheppard. Wowee.

 

[Keys]

Next open session will be at Lathlain on Wednesday at 8.30am for anyone interested

 

[CoastersFlag No.5]

Darling just cast doubt on Cripps playing Round 1 but JK will be right for Round 1 joining in for everything except contact work.

 

[Chris_6678]

Whats up with Cripps?

 

[CoastersFlag No.5]

Whats up with Cripps?

"Foot soreness" that he has had at the end of the season. Hopefully not a stress fracture. No mention of Barrass who also has foot soreness.

 

[eaglespremiers]

Waterman trained impressively. Would be the current clubhouse leader to replace Lecras. Outmarked shepp at one stage in the match sim which is no easy feat

 

[FKASC]

"Foot soreness" that he has had at the end of the season. Hopefully not a stress fracture. No mention of Barrass who also has foot soreness.

Bodes well for Petroljelly

 

[squashface]

Bodes well for Petroljelly

Hopefully Petriecellulite can average more than 2 touches a game

 

[Quinz]

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2019-01-13/young-eagle-bulks-up-to-put-hand-up-for-key-defensive-post

Following the Eagles' memorable Grand Final win, Brander said the success his teammates had enjoyed had given him motivation to be part of things this season.

"As soon as the siren went I started thinking about the game and how awesome it was," Brander said of the Grand Final.

"Just celebrating with the boys that didn’t play, you think about how awesome it would be if you did play.

"I got back to Perth and got into the gym straight away, because I didn't want to waste any time. I didn't have much of a break because I was pretty hungry to play AFL as soon as I could and hopefully experience that one day."

Love this.

Brander and OAllen are going to be a serious duo, I can tell. Really hope they both end up forward.

 

[Zurgblade]

Think Masten might be looking over his shoulder. He equalled the record at the club that Cavka set in 2015 for 2k time trial. If he can match Masten in terms of run and can kick goals he may well get a chance in the seniors.

Any idea what the club record time is?