2024 Pre Season

[waswan]

ie holding off extending at your current club to wait for FA?

the risk being you could have taken 5 years guaranteed at your current club.........but that could be watered down if injury strikes that compromises a new contract at another club

exactly

[giant]

Is that possible (getting to training)? Anyone have times/venues where one can watch?

Anyone got any thoughts about how/when to watch training?

[liz]

Anyone got any thoughts about how/when to watch training?

I suspect you need to get lucky to catch them at the moment. They seem to be using Bat & Ball as their main base at the moment (with Lakeside undergoing renovation) but I daresay they can decide to go elsewhere on a whim. Like Centennial Park. And even the time of training could well be flexible at the moment to fit in with the heat.

[Markwebbos]

The one that caught my eye in the top 10 was Campbell - basically finishing alongside two renowned runners in Errol and Lloyd.

As mentioned on here before, Campbell's had to develop his tank and that result suggests he keeps doing so. I thought he was good to very good last year, and his final against Carlton one of his better games.

But he hasn't yet dominated a game, the way a Chad or Errol can. I wouldn't be surprised based on his trajectory so far if this is the year he starts to do so on occasions. Same with Logan.

Great observation

[giant]

I suspect you need to get lucky to catch them at the moment. They seem to be using Bat & Ball as their main base at the moment (with Lakeside undergoing renovation) but I daresay they can decide to go elsewhere on a whim. Like Centennial Park. And even the time of training could well be flexible at the moment to fit in with the heat.

Thanks Liz, makes sense.

[stellation]

I suspect you need to get lucky to catch them at the moment. They seem to be using Bat & Ball as their main base at the moment (with Lakeside undergoing renovation) but I daresay they can decide to go elsewhere on a whim. Like Centennial Park. And even the time of training could well be flexible at the moment to fit in with the heat.

I'm sure this is just where my brain is when it comes to the end of the year/bothering to choof into the office, but I read Bat & Ball as The Bat & Ball and my first thought was "footy players- they're just like us".

[707]

Saints looking to poach Dalrymple after yet another sacking at the Saints.

[liz]

Saints looking to poach Dalrymple after yet another sacking at the Saints.

I thought they'd made the post redundant after "restructuring" their list management / recruiting team. Doesn't seem to make sense that they would then go looking for another highly experienced person to add to the team. Or was that just spin?

I rarely understand how the various list management and recruitment roles fit together at different clubs, but would anyone (senior) want to go to a club where Silvagni is involved? He seems to have more than his fair share of "quirks" or hang-ups when it comes to list management.

[i'm-uninformed2]

I thought they'd made the post redundant after "restructuring" their list management / recruiting team. Doesn't seem to make sense that they would then go looking for another highly experienced person to add to the team. Or was that just spin?

I rarely understand how the various list management and recruitment roles fit together at different clubs, but would anyone (senior) want to go to a club where Silvagni is involved? He seems to have more than his fair share of "quirks" or hang-ups when it comes to list management.

The weird thing about them shoving off their recruiting manager is I reckon for the first time in years, the Saints have nailed their last two or three drafts. They've got a way to go to recover from the disastrous list decisions in 18 and 19, but they've finally got a batch of excellent young players onto their list.

[liz]

The weird thing about them shoving off their recruiting manager is I reckon for the first time in years, the Saints have nailed their last two or three drafts. They've got a way to go to recover from the disastrous list decisions in 18 and 19, but they've finally got a batch of excellent young players onto their list.

They have, and I'd love any (or all) of Owens, Phillipou, Windhagen and Wanganeen Milera on our list - though two of them were no-brainers via their NGA academy (in the same way Gulden, Mills et al were gifts to our recruiting managers) and Phillipou kind of fell into their hands after all the clubs ahead of them passed on him. Some (including himself) would have had him as the number one pick that year.

[stevoswan]

Saints looking to poach Dalrymple after yet another sacking at the Saints.

Yeah, I read this in the Hun, written as if it was going to happen. Something along the lines of 'rumour has Dalrymple landing at the Saints' but the word rumour wasn't used, something else like 'gossip' or 'inside info' or similar.

Of course, that doesn't mean it's a fait accompli and I for one hopes he stays.

[stevoswan]

A new 'Inside Sydney' episode dropped yesterday, highlighting fitness and conditioning.....let's hope the boys are getting properly fit this season:

Inside Sydney - Episode Two: Building a base - YouTube

[wolftone57]

They have, and I'd love any (or all) of Owens, Phillipou, Windhagen and Wanganeen Milera on our list - though two of them were no-brainers via their NGA academy (in the same way Gulden, Mills et al were gifts to our recruiting managers) and Phillipou kind of fell into their hands after all the clubs ahead of them passed on him. Some (including himself) would have had him as the number one pick that year.

Yes they are good picks. But they stuffed themselves for a few years by bringing in injury plagued players like Dan.

[707]

I'm sure Bedford on BF won't mind me re-posting his obsevation "8 of our boys spotted at an oval in Hampton training very hard this week, including Blakey, MacLean and Papley"

Nice that players are not letting up on their break. I know Collingwood players committed last pre season to doing a lot of extra work and that paid off - unfortunately.

[liz]

I wondered for a split second why New South Welshman Blakey would be training down in Melbourne. Then I remembered his family is now in Victoria, so I suppose he's down to spend the holidays with the folks.