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pre-season 2015-16
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Training day 4 up north video is up.
Griffo trying to convince himself and us he'll be a marking beast this year.
Griff and Bean very similar size in the core in the vid although Griff has him around the chest and shoulders.
Beanie as always looks sharp in the tiny snippets.
Pre season is too long and the season is too short.
Lets cancel the Windies tests and get it on!!
Griffo trying to convince himself and us he'll be a marking beast this year.
Griff and Bean very similar size in the core in the vid although Griff has him around the chest and shoulders.
Beanie as always looks sharp in the tiny snippets.
Pre season is too long and the season is too short.
Lets cancel the Windies tests and get it on!!
lamb22 said:
It's not so much Griff's marking that concerns me. He took a lot more in 2015 and is now much better at creating crumbs when he doesn't mark. For me, it's what he does when he gets it. His goalkicking was shocking in 2015 and his kicks forward from marks up the ground were not much better (it's ok booting it 60m forward if we have blokes up there to provide a marking option but too often it is a 1 on 3 in that scenario)
lamb22 said:
Agree with this. People complain season is too long and thats its tough on the players bodies, yet they train themselves into the ground for more than 4 months during summer.
Season should finish at the end of Oct and preseason start after new year.
I reckon his changed his grip on the ball , seems to have the ball a lot more vertical .Jonesracing82 said:
He needs hypnotherapy not a grip change. For such a good kick of the football the only thing it can be is mental imo.CC TIGER said:
Its good to see the players at this stage of the pre season. The one who stands out to me physically is Brandon Ellis, he looks like he has been chiselled out of rock.
But when he first started playing firsts, he never did this. He had a great natural kicking style and was very accurate, and confident, from any range. Missed very few from in close.
Someone has got to him; altered his style ... and stuffed him up. I've posted this before.
Someone has got to him; altered his style ... and stuffed him up. I've posted this before.
Definitely more mental than physical with Ben Griffiths. He's the ultimate tease with some great tools but questionable mental strength.
Bit sick of it actually. Time to show it or it's a case of never was.
Bit sick of it actually. Time to show it or it's a case of never was.
Tigers of Old said:
Yeah maybe.
If he got 15 games in a row he'd really give it a shake.
His best run of games is 6 (r19 - EF in 2014).
As I've said before BGs main thought and thing he works on when taking a set shot is ball drop, like the fact he works on the kiss theory, however something needs to change as his abysmal , considering his action, IMHO I'd throw the ball drop thoughts out the window as I'm guessing he gets too tight in his right hand and drops the ball poorly too often....hope I'm wrong but I'm convinced his just a tease and even when he does tease it's generally first quarter stuff and then the concentration goes out the window...just my thoughtsSintiger said:
Just on goal kicking..the other two aside from Griff who miss far too many chances in front of goal are BEllis and Cotch.
For top shelf mids they pretty much crap themselves when lining up for goal these days. Both have the genuine yips in front of the big sticks. Either that or they simply don't have the skill to be able to execute. It's absolutely painful to watch and must be addressed..
For top shelf mids they pretty much crap themselves when lining up for goal these days. Both have the genuine yips in front of the big sticks. Either that or they simply don't have the skill to be able to execute. It's absolutely painful to watch and must be addressed..
