Training Training Reports, Pics 2017

[Boltfromtheblue]

"Yes, we have a video!"

It's a toaster

 

[Blue For Life]

there is no answer to such an earth-bound question - charlie has already entered the realm...........

Just goes to show that the last 2 drafts, Weiteing we got at #1, and a bonafide talent but these 2 could also have laid claim to the #1 pick C.Curnow and SPS.
With C.Curnow his ceiling is that much higher than most and once he's reached 40 to 50 games he will be amongst the AFL's elite.
He's the modern day blueprint of what an AFL player should be like. The perfect package with the right skill set with the right balance of natural footballer and athlete. For the CFC, could we again replicate a modern day Kouta with possibly more talent and X-Factor. Early days but from what we've seen and how highly this kid is rated, there's every chance.

 

[Bluey24]

Just had a look at players' profiles.
We now have:


Charlie Curnow......was 191 now 194...........Charlie is not 194. 192/3......not 194
Sam Docherty.......was 184 now 187............Sam has not grown 3 cm.
Lach Plowman.......still at 191.....................Plowman is 193/4................not 191
Levi Casboult........was 199 now 201...........Really? Grown 2 cm at 26?
Andrew Phillips......was 201 now 203...........Really?
Glass- MacCasker..was 198 now 195...........Jesse has shrunk? Is that even possible?

Lol. Great post.

I read once that people are on average 2cm taller in the morning....... (spine stretches out during sleep)

Maybe it can explain some of the variation

 

[therubbernub]

Boekhorst gearing up for JLT

Nice work Zac Fisher.

BB was reminding me a bit of warwick capper in that interview

 

[LanceRomance]

He looked fine on Wednesday. Sure he's a bit chubby but Sumner proved us wrong on that too. Still very young and missed a year with an injury that meant he couldn't run.

I think he is just one of those guys that looks like he is carrying more weight than what he is.

 

[ferrisb]

That's my story too, Lance...

 

[OnceWeWereKings]

Add me

 

[HARKER]

I think he is just one of those guys that looks like he is carrying more weight than what he is.

He didn't look particularly overweight to me and certainly not chubby in the way Sumner was, this time last year.

Maybe he is, but he does have a rounder face that can make one think that he is carrying something extra.

 

[ShanDog]

He didn't look particularly overweight to me and certainly not chubby in the way Sumner was, this time last year.

Maybe he is, but he does have a rounder face that can make one think that he is carrying something extra.

Very little muscle striation even in still shots from training - it's a giveaway that his body fat % is too high (relatively speaking of course). Looks like he has a decent body shape under it all though, and should be pretty powerful off the mark.

 

[HARKER]

Very little muscle striation even in still shots from training - it's a giveaway that his body fat % is too high (relatively speaking of course). Looks like he has a decent body shape under it all though, and should be pretty powerful off the mark.

That may well be true but he didn't stand out as some fattie to me.

We don't yet really know whether he's in full training or not. Maybe he's just being managed as seems to be the case for several others.

 

[passmark]

So we can agree.

He's lost a fair bit since being traded .

He lacks definition and has a bit of work to do.

 

[SurreyBlue]

Just goes to show that the last 2 drafts, Weiteing we got at #1, and a bonafide talent but these 2 could also have laid claim to the #1 pick C.Curnow and SPS.
With C.Curnow his ceiling is that much higher than most and once he's reached 40 to 50 games he will be amongst the AFL's elite.
He's the modern day blueprint of what an AFL player should be like. The perfect package with the right skill set with the right balance of natural footballer and athlete. For the CFC, could we again replicate a modern day Kouta with possibly more talent and X-Factor. Early days but from what we've seen and how highly this kid is rated, there's every chance.

There was only 1 Kouta! For those too young to remember, just imagine a complete Carlton crowd cheering out during the game - Kouta, continuously.... expecting him to do his next act with the ball on a string....it truly was just an awesome experience and a feeling we couldn't possible imagine on a footy field with 36 players!
One of the best experiences and I will never forget a couple of individual performances at Princes Park against West Coast and of course the Essendon prelim.

I guess you just never say never....

 

[ShanDog]

So we can agree.

He's lost a fair bit since being traded .

He lacks definition and has a bit of work to do.

Pretty much!

 

[HARKER]

16 months ago we were left with next to no x-factor in our squad.

Now, not all of these guys will work out but the general dynamic certainly looks to have changed since:
Petrevski-Seton, Cuningham, Pickett, CCurnow, Sumner, Fisher, Polson and LeBois.

Even if only 4 or 5 made it long-term, we certainly look a lot more exciting.

 

[passmark]

16 months ago we were left with next to no x-factor in our squad.

Now, not all of these guys will work out but the general dynamic certainly looks to have changed since:
Petrevski-Seton, Cuningham, Pickett, CCurnow, Sumner, Fisher, Polson and LeBois.

Even if only 4 or 5 made it long-term, we certainly look a lot more exciting.

True. Hardly any spark at all.

Just a few and I'll be happy, and one to be Petratty-Seton.

 

[thylacine60]

To think I've followed Carlton when players like Gorringe, KJ & Jones were the core group we depended on to succeed. I need to go outside now.....

 

[LanceRomance]

16 months ago we were left with next to no x-factor in our squad.

Now, not all of these guys will work out but the general dynamic certainly looks to have changed since:
Petrevski-Seton, Cuningham, Pickett, CCurnow, Sumner, Fisher, Polson and LeBois.

Even if only 4 or 5 made it long-term, we certainly look a lot more exciting.

You left out Pickett

 

[thylacine60]

not sure if serious

 

[omdd]

Answers.....so many questions.....so few answers.
How to read the whole pre-season into one training session?

Pickett was not engaged in the main group nor the outer rehab group.
Spent the bulk of the day with JGM and Gallucci doing little things.....very little things.

I might be wrong but wasn't it Polson who was doing laps and some light ball skills with JGM and Gallucci all day not Pickett?

 

[MightyMighties]

There was only 1 Kouta! For those too young to remember, just imagine a complete Carlton crowd cheering out during the game - Kouta, continuously.... expecting him to do his next act with the ball on a string....it truly was just an awesome experience and a feeling we couldn't possible imagine on a footy field with 36 players!
One of the best experiences and I will never forget a couple of individual performances at Princes Park against West Coast and of course the Essendon prelim.

I guess you just never say never....

To me, watching Kouta play was like watching a man playing against little kids.

 

[HARKER]

I might be wrong but wasn't it Polson who was doing laps and some light ball skills with JGM and Gallucci all day not Pickett?

No. Pickett, Gallucci and JGM spent a good chunk of time on their own and away from the main group and the primary rehab group.

 

[ShanDog]

To think I've followed Carlton when players like Gorringe, KJ & Jones were the core group we depended on to succeed. I need to go outside now.....

I hate to be that guy, but those guys barely have a game played between them. Don't even have to take my socks off to count I reckon!

 

[thylacine60]

I'm telling you I have followed a team where players of that ilk were the ones we were depending on to win us games - it was around the time I started going to football knowing my team would lose - a situation I had never experienced before

 

[rp84]

Very little muscle striation even in still shots from training - it's a giveaway that his body fat % is too high (relatively speaking of course). Looks like he has a decent body shape under it all though, and should be pretty powerful off the mark.

Reckon you're on the money. Most AFL players would roll around at sub 10%. He seems to be way higher.

Still, isnt the be all and end all. Could still be plenty quick enough to play mainly fwd for the first half of the year and move into midfield in the latter parts for spurts

 

[Soapy V]

To think I've followed Carlton when players like Gorringe, KJ & Jones were the core group we depended on to succeed. I need to go outside now.....

is that the opposite of having to go to the bathroom?