Training Training Thread 2023

[Shinboner1]

Anyone watching today?

 

[Footywizard]

Gee JHF looks good. Will be the best player in the comp in 2 years

 

[SunnyBoner]

Yeah Germo was automatic on the run

Germo was brilliant on the run.

I hate to bring his name up as he was cruelled by injury but Jessie Smith was a gun by foot.

 

[King Corey]

Wells

Not the one you're thinking of, but I still like the no look kick (starting at 0:45)

Sh*t Wells was smoother than 50 YO scotch. I had forgotten how beautiful it was seeing him about and gliding across the field. Thank you.

That clip should be trotted out anytime someone says "Brad Scott did really well with a shit list".

 

[speedy]

I’m going through withdrawal symptoms…. I need my hit! Were are the training reports? I might have to snort a couple of lines instead.

 

[Sillygit]

Gee JHF looks good. Will be the best player in the comp in 2 years

 

[Roos92]

He'll also be in a bottom 4 team in a couple years. Joke is on him.

Gee JHF looks good. Will be the best player in the comp in 2 years

On SM-G970F using BigFooty.com mobile app

 

[Gasometer]

New York Giants turned their fortunes around in one season with a new Coach and haven’t been in Playoffs since 2016.

Just won and proceed through to next week.

Omen

 

[roos_fanatic08]

Would love to have a series of interviews with the draftees, just to get an idea of how they are finding the club, thoughts on their first pre-season and goals for the year. Hasn't been a stack of content out of the club this pre-season.

 

[Mixed Results]

New York Giants turned their fortunes around in one season with a new Coach and haven’t been in Playoffs since 2016.

Just won and proceed through to next week.

Omen

The Jaguars also won a playoff game after finishing last two years in a row.

This was a fun article on them. Just replace Urban Meyer and Doug Pederson with David Noble and Alastair Clarkson and it’ll apply to us.

“Every time I hear a Jacksonville Jaguars player commend first-year coach Doug Pederson for “changing the culture” or “building trust” or bringing a sense of “reliability and professionalism” back to the organization, what I’m really hearing is this:

“My God, what a clown Urban Meyer was last season!”

Don’t get me wrong, Doug Pederson deserves a lot of credit, but the Jaguars could have hired any Doug — Doug Flutie or Doug E. Fresh or my high school coach Doug Feltner — and it would have been a vast improvement over Meyer. Pederson should get Coach of the Year consideration for leading the Jaguars from the worst team in the league a year ago to a division championship this season, but the turnaround in Jacksonville is also a massive indictment on just what a disaster Meyer was as an NFL coach.”

 

[Gasometer]

The Jaguars also won a playoff game after finishing last two years in a row.

This was a fun article on them. Just replace Urban Meyer and Doug Peterson with David Noble and Alastair Clarkson and it’ll apply to us.

“Every time I hear a Jacksonville Jaguars player commend first-year coach Doug Pederson for “changing the culture” or “building trust” or bringing a sense of “reliability and professionalism” back to the organization, what I’m really hearing is this:

“My God, what a clown Urban Meyer was last season!”

Don’t get me wrong, Doug Pederson deserves a lot of credit, but the Jaguars could have hired any Doug — Doug Flutie or Doug E. Fresh or my high school coach Doug Feltner — and it would have been a vast improvement over Meyer. Pederson should get Coach of the Year consideration for leading the Jaguars from the worst team in the league a year ago to a division championship this season, but the turnaround in Jacksonville is also a massive indictment on just what a disaster Meyer was as an NFL coach.”

Did Meyer move to Nascars this year for some nourishment?

 

[Gasometer]

The Jaguars also won a playoff game after finishing last two years in a row.

This was a fun article on them. Just replace Urban Meyer and Doug Peterson with David Noble and Alastair Clarkson and it’ll apply to us.

“Every time I hear a Jacksonville Jaguars player commend first-year coach Doug Pederson for “changing the culture” or “building trust” or bringing a sense of “reliability and professionalism” back to the organization, what I’m really hearing is this:

“My God, what a clown Urban Meyer was last season!”

Don’t get me wrong, Doug Pederson deserves a lot of credit, but the Jaguars could have hired any Doug — Doug Flutie or Doug E. Fresh or my high school coach Doug Feltner — and it would have been a vast improvement over Meyer. Pederson should get Coach of the Year consideration for leading the Jaguars from the worst team in the league a year ago to a division championship this season, but the turnaround in Jacksonville is also a massive indictment on just what a disaster Meyer was as an NFL coach.”

I would like to see Bills or Giants win it fwitw

 

[Passmore]

The Jaguars also won a playoff game after finishing last two years in a row.

This was a fun article on them. Just replace Urban Meyer and Doug Peterson with David Noble and Alastair Clarkson and it’ll apply to us.

“Every time I hear a Jacksonville Jaguars player commend first-year coach Doug Pederson for “changing the culture” or “building trust” or bringing a sense of “reliability and professionalism” back to the organization, what I’m really hearing is this:

“My God, what a clown Urban Meyer was last season!”

Don’t get me wrong, Doug Pederson deserves a lot of credit, but the Jaguars could have hired any Doug — Doug Flutie or Doug E. Fresh or my high school coach Doug Feltner — and it would have been a vast improvement over Meyer. Pederson should get Coach of the Year consideration for leading the Jaguars from the worst team in the league a year ago to a division championship this season, but the turnaround in Jacksonville is also a massive indictment on just what a disaster Meyer was as an NFL coach.”

There’s certainly parallels.

Meyer just wasn’t cut out for the NFL. His bullying College approach didn’t work. Pro’s weren’t copping it.

Pederson has a title under his belt and instant respect.

 

[Colby Cheer Squad]

The Jaguars also won a playoff game after finishing last two years in a row.

This was a fun article on them. Just replace Urban Meyer and Doug Peterson with David Noble and Alastair Clarkson and it’ll apply to us.

“Every time I hear a Jacksonville Jaguars player commend first-year coach Doug Pederson for “changing the culture” or “building trust” or bringing a sense of “reliability and professionalism” back to the organization, what I’m really hearing is this:

“My God, what a clown Urban Meyer was last season!”

Don’t get me wrong, Doug Pederson deserves a lot of credit, but the Jaguars could have hired any Doug — Doug Flutie or Doug E. Fresh or my high school coach Doug Feltner — and it would have been a vast improvement over Meyer. Pederson should get Coach of the Year consideration for leading the Jaguars from the worst team in the league a year ago to a division championship this season, but the turnaround in Jacksonville is also a massive indictment on just what a disaster Meyer was as an NFL coach.”

Credit to Trevor Lawrence for going to Jacksonville as the #1 draft pick and appreciating that it was a rebuilding team and for not spitting the dummy when his teammates and his coach were so bad in his first season that they made him look like a dud pick. He rode out the bumps with his head held high and carried his team to playoffs in his second season. It's what you expect from a #1 pick but you don't always get that sense of maturity and perspective, do you?

 

[The Nostradamus]

Would love to have a series of interviews with the draftees, just to get an idea of how they are finding the club, thoughts on their first pre-season and goals for the year. Hasn't been a stack of content out of the club this pre-season.

Yeah surprised there hasn’t been yet

Usually the media team do this every year

 

[Event Horizon]

Went to training for the fist time in a long while on Friday morning. Thought the vibe among the group is visibly more positive than it has been for a long time. That alone should lead to a better season. Clarko factor can't be understated in every facet of the football program.

While it's obviously hard to make any individual player comments from such a light training session, here are a couple of observations:

CCJ looks set for his best season yet IMO
Sheezel is round 1 ready
Cooper Harvey looks to be a much better player/prospect than his low drafting position would suggest. Could be a 200 game player - just a gut feel
Wardlaw is going to take a long time to be the player he will eventually become. I thought he would be behind due to those hamstring injuries but it's more than that. His overall physical shape for the position he plays will take time, which is not unexpected. But just reckon it will take more time than I thought.
Have a feeling Bonar may be in for a good season in the backline, finally
Larkey is primed for a good year
Logue is bigger body than I thought
Tucker is absolutely huge for a mid
And finally, I reckon we will win a minimum of 8 games and possibly more.

 

[shimaburnsgrieg]

Just back from training - was a long session - close to 3 hours including the warm up which started at 9.

Only CZ missing from what I could see - Spicer, Tucker and Howe doing laps only and Griff and Corr doing solo running and ball work.

About 30-40 mins of match play at the end of training (with official umpires) after alot of skill based work in smaller groups.

Highlights were the midfield match ups in the match play.

The firsts (Goldie, Cunners, LDU, Jy) had their pants pulled down by the 'seconds' team - Xerri, Greenwood, Will Phil and either PC/Powell/Wardlaw.

Wil Phil completely dominated the match play - Greenwood was his partner in crime with LDU the best for the firsts. Xerri won the ruck contest.

Clarko had the firsts forwards play on the first backline - BMac an absolute rock back there - just doesn't get beaten and Larkey was getting quite frustrated playing on him. Hall and Goater gave plenty of run and carry for the firsts defence. Hall is still the main go to main for run out of the back 50.

On some individual players

• JZ played only in the backline (in the seconds backline) - still giving plenty of voice and direction
• CCJ played only as a forward in the 'seconds' - didn't do any ruck work in the match
• TT played in defence with a bit of a run in the mids when the 'firsts' mids needed someone to stop Wil Phil. TT was exclusive in defence in the skills part of training
• Chom working hard on his goal kicking at the end of practise with Patch - trying to come up with a set routine that he can rely on. He is clearly not confident in his routine and has work to do
• Wardlaw played the whole match, participated in all of training; Cheezal was used as a pure forward. Both are still coming to grips with AFL demands.
• Sleevo played forward.

All in all an enjoyable session.

 

[spurs]

Yeah surprised there hasn’t been yet

Usually the media team do this every year

How are you ever surprised at anything?

 

[Psicosis]

Yeah surprised there hasn’t been yet

Usually the media team do this every year

Thinking out loud here. With the over the top media team focus on JHF last year, the club is taking a more conservative approach with promoting our new early picks.

 

[Harris 10]

Would love to have a series of interviews with the draftees, just to get an idea of how they are finding the club, thoughts on their first pre-season and goals for the year. Hasn't been a stack of content out of the club this pre-season.

Also wouldn’t mind hearing a 5 to 10 minute chat with Clarko about how it’s been so far and what it looks like going forward.

 

[Mjs94]

Oh to read that Will Phillips is dominating

 

[roos_fanatic08]

Just back from training - was a long session - close to 3 hours including the warm up which started at 9.

Only CZ missing from what I could see - Spicer, Tucker and Howe doing laps only and Griff and Corr doing solo running and ball work.

About 30-40 mins of match play at the end of training (with official umpires) after alot of skill based work in smaller groups.

Highlights were the midfield match ups in the match play.

The firsts (Goldie, Cunners, LDU, Jy) had their pants pulled down by the 'seconds' team - Xerri, Greenwood, Will Phil and either PC/Powell/Wardlaw.

Wil Phil completely dominated the match play - Greenwood was his partner in crime with LDU the best for the firsts. Xerri won the ruck contest.

Clarko had the firsts forwards play on the first backline - BMac an absolute rock back there - just doesn't get beaten and Larkey was getting quite frustrated playing on him. Hall and Goater gave plenty of run and carry for the firsts defence. Hall is still the main go to main for run out of the back 50.

On some individual players

• JZ played only in the backline (in the seconds backline) - still giving plenty of voice and direction
• CCJ played only as a forward in the 'seconds' - didn't do any ruck work in the match
• TT played in defence with a bit of a run in the mids when the 'firsts' mids needed someone to stop Wil Phil. TT was exclusive in defence in the skills part of training
• Chom working hard on his goal kicking at the end of practise with Patch - trying to come up with a set routine that he can rely on. He is clearly not confident in his routine and has work to do
• Wardlaw played the whole match, participated in all of training; Cheezal was used as a pure forward. Both are still coming to grips with AFL demands.
• Sleevo played forward.

All in all an enjoyable session.

Thanks for the report shimaburnsgrieg

Thrilled to hear that Wardlaw participated in the match. Did you get to see any of his burst out of the contest?

Was Phillips winning it at the coal face or was he also finding some footy on the outside?

 

[Jasemon]

Who stood out in terms of foot skills? Whether that be exiting defence, inside 50 entries, goal kicking or just actually hitting a damn target?

 

[blackshadow]

Radio Bergman starting to fill out. Won't be a twig forever.

Yeah hup.

He’s really gonna punch ‘em out.

 

[Sticksphat]

Cooper Harvey looks to be a much better player/prospect than his low drafting position would suggest. Could be a 200 game player - just a gut feel

Someone said he wouldn't be half the player his father was.