Pre season Training

[dimelb]

What a list of deletions above! Looks like it got totally out of hand - send them all to the naughty corner!

[Big Al]

What a list of deletions above! Looks like it got totally out of hand - send them all to the naughty corner!

It's all a double standard. The ladies can perv on shirtless footballers until the cows come home but when the gents make one comment on some ladies playing sport, it gets deleted.

It's an outrage I say...

(thank goodness I saved the photo)

[wolftone57]

The boys look very fit so the off season regime must have been pretty heavy (personal exercise regime). I like the fact that we are doing skills work immediately as last year we were the last side to take up the ball. This I fear may have been a catalyst to our poor use of the ball at crucial times last season.

[Rod_]

We need to improve our skills. Statement and we are very good a dropping the ball and regathering and the like. So the turnover bit is well sorted... LOL

Therefore I Agree and was pleased when I read that we were undertaking skill training this early in the season.

Fumbling and bumberling along is a style, however has become outdated, hopefully We can improve our skill..

Rod_

[erica]

http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/126876/default.aspx

Not happy, Jetts.

[Big Al]

http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsartic...6/default.aspx

Not happy, Jetts.

He did the program set by the Swans but got the intensity wrong which is hardly a hanging offense for a young bloke. Good to see he's working his bum off to make up the shortfall.

[jono2707]

He did the program set by the Swans but got the intensity wrong which is hardly a hanging offense for a young bloke. Good to see he's working his bum off to make up the shortfall.

I think the thing for Jetts to work on, and referred to in the article, is his skills. We all know he has the pace and hopefully he's improving his endurance, as expected of any younger player on a list. What I really want to see him further develop is his skills - I believe he can be one of the best kicks in the team and has the potential to be a really good ball distributer a-la an Aaron Davey. I'd like to see some more of this on offer from him in 2012....

[Wardy]

We need to improve our skills. Statement and we are very good a dropping the ball and regathering and the like. So the turnover bit is well sorted... LOL

Therefore I Agree and was pleased when I read that we were undertaking skill training this early in the season.

Fumbling and bumberling along is a style, however has become outdated, hopefully We can improve our skill..

Rod_

Agree 100% - get back to basics - ball skills, precision passing, positioning and kicking the bloody ball straight between the big sticks - surely thats what they should be focusing on.

[Nico]

I think the thing for Jetts to work on, and referred to in the article, is his skills. We all know he has the pace and hopefully he's improving his endurance, as expected of any younger player on a list. What I really want to see him further develop is his skills - I believe he can be one of the best kicks in the team and has the potential to be a really good ball distributer a-la an Aaron Davey. I'd like to see some more of this on offer from him in 2012....

What he needs to do is get where the ball is, not where the ball aint.

[Bas]

He did the program set by the Swans but got the intensity wrong which is hardly a hanging offense for a young bloke. Good to see he's working his bum off to make up the shortfall.

I can relate to that. It's like getting dyslexic between the meanings of wash board abs and washing machine abs. Surely the latter had to be better than the former.

It's also good to see that Kruger, TDL and Bird get a mention as making great aqdvances this pre-season.

I don't think Lewis has that much to lose off his bum. He could join his to TDL's and they would still be half a cheek short of some of the senior players.

[Primmy]

The kid had the guts to admit it in writing and we are all slagging off. His version of not fit is not exactly MY version of not fit. He now has a solid benchmark for his future of what "is" and what "is not".

As for skills - they are doing this already and I read somewhere that they are way ahead in timing for this than they were last year, when they were the last team in the comp to start on them. I have always maintained that one of the most important things a team needs is for each player to know each other's strengths, and importantly their weaknesses. If you know someone you are kicking a ball to has a yard of pace then you kick it out in front, if you are aware they are back in the pack you adjust y our kick to their needs.

It will be very interesting to monitor just how this works next year.....cannot wait.

[liz]

The kid had the guts to admit it in writing and we are all slagging off.

Agree with that. At least he has acknowledged it. If it happens again next year, maybe a different kettle of fish.

Gee it's great to be a female fan of this sport, I think us girls get soooooooo much more out of training photos then the males get!

It's all a double standard. The ladies can perv on shirtless footballers until the cows come home but when the gents make one comment on some ladies playing sport, it gets deleted.

And while we're on this topic, nice vid of Reid (and supporting cast)!

[SPC]

And while we're on this topic, nice vid of Reid (and supporting cast)!

Do we know if Reid has been signed up to get him out of GWS reach at the end of 2012?

[jono2707]

Do we know if Reid has been signed up to get him out of GWS reach at the end of 2012?

Not sure - but there are 16 other clubs that we should be equally concerned about getting their hands on him....

[SPC]

Not sure - but there are 16 other clubs that we should be equally concerned about getting their hands on him....

Agreed, but at least the non GWS teams would need to trade the world for him, as I understand it GWS can offer him the world and then take him if uncontracted in 2012 (which I believe is the current status) for a compensation pick. I am sure we would be trying to resign him now to take this particular situation out of play, so the longer he stays unsigned for 2013 the more worried I will get.