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Training For 2023

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Yes I will take that and wouldn't be rushing him back, need to protect those damn powerful hammie's of his. Before he got injured he skyrocketed vertical off one step to take a grab and in another bit of play he took possession of the ball and left Castagna in his wake who was chasing, he was tracking something special this pre-season so certainly a shame.
 
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That's pretty good on Gibcus, available around 6-8,will do him good as long seasons tend to fade young players whom generally drop later in season.
 
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If the club just announced that he will miss the early rounds expect him back by round 15.
 
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If the club just announced that he will miss the early rounds expect him back by round 15.
Thats very much a possibility imo and i wouldnt be totally against the club being overly catious with this and making 100% sure before even coming back into training.

Lots for him to do off the legs and built strength and size and bring him back slowly with gradual increase in game time through the VFL
Just get him ready for after the Bye and im happy with that
 
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Thats very much a possibility imo and i wouldnt be totally against the club being overly catious with this and making 100% sure before even coming back into training.

Lots for him to do off the legs and built strength and size and bring him back slowly with gradual increase in game time through the VFL
Just get him ready for after the Bye and im happy with that
I dont understand why clubs dont put guys through a proper "preseason" later in the year more often, ie Gibcus is going to miss 8 weeks of training, so when he is fit give him about 8 weeks of working out before getting him back on the park actually playing, it would help him this year, and into the future.
 
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Who is 'Pettifier Burning the Track'































Have we got any players not injured?































What's with Graham no wonder Port s t

didn't chase him. What's with hioe?
 
Training Today - 150 minute session & about 30 minutes of Match Sim :love:

Firstly good turn out for open session and pleasantly surprised that the masses got to see not only the first match sim of the year but a pretty comprehensive set of drillls prior to that.
Pretty sure @tigerdell is pleased that he took his wavering young lad along and now has his sights firmly back in the tiger camp;).


Let's go straight to the Match Sim shall we:

Centre set-up
: Nank , Ryan, Hopper, Tarranto, Cotch, Sonz, Dow, George, Shai briefly
*Prestia did not do match sim.
*Soldo did not train.

Bang! Hopper explodes, (oh that's why we got him:)))
Sonz Taking the *smile* with his sublime delivery on his non preferred.
Ryan Gave a good account of himself against Nank, I am calling him an elite kick for a big man.
Duz Stayed forward but was powering up to half forward and forever a target and often the last to deliver into our forwards.
Bakes Whenever you said who was that tough nut that just did that? you knew it was Bakes.
Cotch Not taking a back seat, looked as impressive as anyone, I am sure his best mates are now Hopper and Taranto who are taking a load off.
Kaleb Smith Half back on JNR and gave him a bath some impressive moves and dash and even brought down Dusty who tried to steamroll through him.
Seth Cambell Has a lot of run this kid and was noticeable in several bits of play and earlier drills.
Cumberland Looking pretty powerful and roamed a bit further afield
Biggie Seemed to be a bit of a spare man in defence and was used a bit as an outlet.
Ross Not sure of his position was noticeable delivering into the fwd line on a few occassions.
Taranto Just solid and a comfort to have him in there.

A couple of match-ups:

Miller, (fwd) v Tarrant - (Miller did some relief ruck and also some ruck drills late on the bag so we may now know his role for 2023). Can also go back if required so will provide some much needed flexibility.
Tylar Young v Bradtke, (Tylar showed more promising glimpses as he did in earlier drills).


Rehab guy's:

Lynch : So glad he had that clean-up operation looking a bit better each time i see him.
Graham : Continuing to build his running.
Shorty : Still don't know why he is in there but was the life of the party in interacting with the crowd.
Marlion : Non contact drills and running, (bandaged thumb seems to be the issue)
Tigga : The cracked rib just has him running and a couple of non contact drills.


*Overall :
A lot to like today as long as we have Lynch for round 1 and most of the year we should all be looking forward to an exciting year.


** @tigerdell you're up:);)

A post training interview with Bake's is worth a listen, Duz,Hopper and Tarranto has Bake's excited as well :)

 
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No Kaleb is a small defender and a lot to learn, just mentioned him in my report as a promising kid and showed a bit
Yeah, my bad. Keep thinking he's a tall going by that video when he got drafted.
 
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