Training Training Thread 2023

[the big lebowski]

heard a lot today, majority positive.
Loving the rules which they will live by. On and off field.


Stevo back to the fwd line. Not sure how we fit them all in.

Powell is in a great place

Comben has everyone talking amd so has Sheezel.

One of our fittest said he’s never worked this hard.

Howe amd Shiels leading the way on the track.

Al Clarko very happy with how it’s panning out.

Can you ask what the plan for the warlord is when you get a chance.

Please and thank you

 

[SmallRoo]

heard a lot today, majority positive.
Loving the rules which they will live by. On and off field.


Stevo back to the fwd line. Not sure how we fit them all in.

Powell is in a great place

Comben has everyone talking amd so has Sheezel.

One of our fittest said he’s never worked this hard.

Howe amd Shiels leading the way on the track.

Al Clarko very happy with how it’s panning out.

Wap?

 

[shinboner magic]

No breaks

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I truly do not recall a bunch of young players at North putting in so much extra work this early. The benefit of drafting for character I suppose.

I’d like wilphi to take a break - he’s been going since aug/sept.
Don’t want him to get any stress related injuries from over doing it

 

[Troy Make Peace]

heard a lot today, majority positive.
Loving the rules which they will live by. On and off field.


Stevo back to the fwd line. Not sure how we fit them all in.

Powell is in a great place

Comben has everyone talking amd so has Sheezel.

One of our fittest said he’s never worked this hard.

Howe amd Shiels leading the way on the track.

Al Clarko very happy with how it’s panning out.

Where will Powell most likely fit into the side? Midfield minutes? Or looking like a wing/flank?

 

[roos 10]

heard a lot today, majority positive.
Loving the rules which they will live by. On and off field.


Stevo back to the fwd line. Not sure how we fit them all in.

Powell is in a great place

Comben has everyone talking amd so has Sheezel.

One of our fittest said he’s never worked this hard.

Howe amd Shiels leading the way on the track.

Al Clarko very happy with how it’s panning out.

This is all great news to hear I am so excited for next year and I think Ben McKay will resign very soon just a feeling
5or 6 years

 

[Devington]

I’d like wilphi to take a break - he’s been going since aug/sept.
Don’t want him to get any stress related injuries from over doing it

I suspect trying to fight Glandular Fever and the related carry on has made him an expert at listening to his body, so I wouldn't be too concerned.

 

[TennisPlayerAndy]

Played 22 matches but he's not rated highly by the club?

He’s replaceable.

Unlike others.

 

[Flawed Genius]

He’s replaceable.

Unlike others.

And yet wasnt replaced for 22 games?

 

[Devington]

And yet wasnt replaced for 22 games?

It was odd he didn't breach the top 10 with that many games tbh. I suspect his game tally had as much to do with what he did off field, plus his versatility.

Throw some weight onto those shoulders and stick an extra tackle or two a game (preferably those great flying attempts) as well as increased contested ability and he'll be golden.

 

[The acurate one]

al Clarko knows we’ve lost our way over the last few years but we’re back on track

Am sure other players will come up in conversation after they all return to the track In the new year.

It is all about being the very best version of yourself.

And as I said I had a feeling not everyone will be up for this challenge. And that may well be a young Tassie fella who is finding the going tough

Time is on his side of course

 

[Themanbun]

Wouldn't go that far Big Benny but am always struck at how highly rated he is on here.

His game is a disparate set of isolated strengths to me still. The biggest TBC on him is what role he can consistently play in an improving team.

He has a lot of mid-forward competition, TBC as a "win his position" winger, not built for inside roles and not aware of him being tried defensively.

He's a good height for a utility, has heart, good marking and pretty decent kicking. There are qualities there I just struggle where to place him in a projected successful NMFC side.

It's weird, when I watched him come through the VFL he had X factor in spades. Now he seems exactly as you describe. Needs to hit the gym properly, that's the only future I can see for him.

 

[amaz199]

I think Taylor will make it. Not because of his ability but because Brad Scott is not coaching him.

 

[Passmore]

al Clarko knows we’ve lost our way over the last few years but we’re back on track

Am sure other players will come up in conversation after they all return to the track In the new year.

It is all about being the very best version of yourself.

And as I said I had a feeling not everyone will be up for this challenge. And that may well be a young Tassie fella who is finding the going tough

Time is on his side of course

I was going to ask what fell outside “majority positive”….

 

[TennisPlayerAndy]

And yet wasnt replaced for 22 games?

We had very few players who can run all day on a wing.

We now have more.

I simply don’t rate him as a long term player.

He’s 22 and still built like a 12 year old.

 

[The acurate one]

We had very few players who can run all day on a wing.

We now have more.

I simply don’t rate him as a long term player.

He’s 22 and still built like a 12 year old.

Don’t worry yourself Noble had his favs and that won’t be the case as we work out our best side for the future .

 

[zoomba23]

al Clarko knows we’ve lost our way over the last few years but we’re back on track

Am sure other players will come up in conversation after they all return to the track In the new year.

It is all about being the very best version of yourself.

And as I said I had a feeling not everyone will be up for this challenge. And that may well be a young Tassie fella who is finding the going tough

Time is on his side of course

Any further comments on the young Tassie fella? Does he look uninterested, resentful?

 

[Kanga Glory]

Clarko dropped into Collingwoods pre season training. Never have we had a senior coach do this.

 

[Psicosis]

 

[FootySmartSimpson]

I suspect trying to fight Glandular Fever and the related carry on has made him an expert at listening to his body, so I wouldn't be too concerned.

Yep, he is as professional as any player we have had in the last 20 years. He will be doing all the ice baths, warm down exercises, check ins with physios and medicos. If there is something niggling, I don’t think he is going to risk pushing himself.

 

[Shermanator]

This is all great news to hear I am so excited for next year and I think Ben McKay will resign very soon just a feeling
5or 6 years

 

[shimaburnsgrieg]

Played 22 matches but he's not rated highly by the club?

CT was an average player in a shit side - if he is an every week player next year we have not progressed much at all OR we have suffered another bad injury run.

He is the sort of 2022 player we need to move on if we are to get better as a team.

 

[Devington]

CT was an average player in a s**t side - if he is an every week player next year we have not progressed much at all OR we have suffered another bad injury run.

He is the sort of 2022 player we need to move on if we are to get better as a team.

Or he's improved with another preseason under his belt

 

[The acurate one]

Any further comments on the young Tassie fella? Does he look uninterested, resentful?

Nah it’s just extremely taxing playing under Al Clarko with the standards he desires.

Edit; demands I should have said

 

[Psicosis]

Ft. Clarko on bike

 

[giantroo]