Meeennhh........still a few million short of the numbers we requested.
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Training For 2023
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Expect our players to slim down over this preseason. A few posters would do well to follow Luke's program
To be honest - Dimma should wear some of the responsibility for Balta's up and down year. The FAILED experiment of Balta up forward took away from his development down back.
Blind Freddy can see Noah is a much better defender than forward.
I think that's harsh, he might be better now but it is easier to be a defender so that's to be expected.
Forwards are harder to find and more important, if he can become a good one it is well worth the disruption.
Yeah I agree, Balta played forward and back as a junior and with Tarrant coming in he was the logical choice to try up forward but at this stage it certainly looks like he is more suited to the backline. I guess if you don't try, you don't know so I had no problem with the experiment.
Tony Braxton-Hicks
There are no stupid ideas, just stupid people
Balta's only shown promise when running from defence, right from his early days when he'd take off and boot it long. He's shown very little when used further up the ground. This year was a backward step, and his foray forward along with a new backline of Taz and Gibbo didn't help.
In Truck we trust.
Na, he's played some good games forward. He was good when moved forward in the second half of Round 1 v Carlton. He was good the next week when he kicked 4 goals against GWS. He played a good CHF's game in the draw against the Dockers, brain fart notwithstanding. Forward is harder and he's done less of it, so of course he looks better down back.
Yeh, its why there are so few gun key forwards. Such a physically and mentally demanding position. It was worth a try, but no point if we have both Tom & Jack playing. Noah doesn't have the forward smarts to work with them. But he will be better for the experience and worth trying if either of them miss some games next year (which is likely).
If you have ahleticism as a backman its not that hard a job. And once they get a bit of confidence they can start going for marks like Rance did as his career progressed. He became a very good contested mark. It's purely because your opponent is also trying to mark it and not spoil. Much easier to take a mark when your opponernt isn't do everything to stop you.
I don't mind him having the occassional run as relief ruck either.
Griffens "Like's" this.The Low Hanging Fruit Report does occasionally have the odd gem.
But there are a lot of reruns too
Yes but if Dimma hasn’t tried Balta forward then we wouldn’t know. Cant blame Dimma - he tired, it didn’t work so Balta returned to the backline.
Hindsight is wonderful in hindsight.
With taz and gibbo included it gave us the flexibility to try , why not
Great to see the new boys getting in early and getting amongst it.
On a side note re Mansell, he needs a big preseason and to show improvement in 2023 or he will likely come under the blowtorch at years end.
Good sign he is also in getting some early work in.
Hes got the attitude and is hard at it unquestionably but is untidy and undisciplined and those two aspects are what will stop him progressing unless he tidies them up.
I like the lad and hope he kicks on but he does need to tidy his game up a bit in those areas.
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Best take out of this is the Sonz getting in some early running sessions.
Especially with a mentor like Taranto who is an elite runner.
I’m pumped
Yep good news on Sonsie. Especially as I heard he was injured again recently??
That's also why Melee is still on the list ahead of some others too.
That's also why Melee is still on the list ahead of some others too.
I didn't see Sonsie running in that channel 7 clip, as they showed Tarranto running laps I just caught the briefest of a shot of the Sonz stationary in his training singlet. Did you see him actually running?
I didn’t see it Caesar.
Azzatiger reported it.
But if you didn’t see it, it probably didn’t happen
It was a 10sec grab of TT running laps in baggy shorts and an even baggier muscle top that all the kids are into these days.
There was a few players there training.
