Training report- Family Day- 2nd February 2013

Neil Appleby · Joined: 11 Feb 1998 Location: Melbourne

Nice report WL and very entertaining to boot!
Thanks also to DTM and AP.

Didaksgoal · Joined: 12 Mar 2004

Love your work, Lad!

Were the gloves being used today at training by Q, Trev Cloke, and Maxy?

How does Bally look? I know in your opening post you said he looks in great shape, but how is he running and moving? I've got a spot for him in my supercoach team if he's raring to go.

Does the 'Q' do any ruck work? Cos Jolly is going to need a chop out. I really wish Hudson was in the 22, he's our best recruit since Bally and Jolly.

Hows 'Caff' going? hows his movements? much needed player in my opinion.

Thanks, Lad. You're like a well................and I've got many buckets! Smile

Go the Pies

Tannin · Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2013 9:45 pm

Funkadelic · Joined: 17 Feb 2010

Great stuff as always Mr. Lad thanks

warburton lad · Joined: 26 Aug 2003

Albert Parker · Joined: 13 Dec 2012

^QStick wore a black glove. Not entirely sure about trav or Maxy. Don't think so in the case of Maxy.

Ball looks very fit and ripped (and tanned). The hammy taking time to recover post surgery though obviously. He's been quoted as saying he was close late last year, so i am a little unsure why the kid gloves are still on if that was the case.

Saw Caff get on the end of a handball and kick a goal. Hard to tell a couple of the guys in the match simulation as they were wearing hats. Indicated at autograph signing time that the knee was feeling good (and he'd have himself in his Supercoach team if the boys wouldn't give him such a hard time about it!)

Didaksgoal · Joined: 12 Mar 2004

Thanks for the reply, Lad. Much appreciated. I get the feeling Bally might be warming into the season without exploding during the pre-season. Gee we need him though! I hope in seven weeks he's cherry ripe.

Also, thanks to Albert Parker for the info, much appreciated mate. Hopefully they've found gloves that are AFL compliant, and it's bugger all to worry about now. Caff could quite possibly make it into the supercoach team!

@Tannin: You'd hope like heck 'Q' is doing some ruck work..........as the last two years at west coast have all been Cox and Naitanui! Time will tell.

Go the Pies

DaVe86 · Man of Steele Joined: 08 Oct 2004 Location: Melbourne

thanks for the reports.

Any news on Jordan Russell?

McMonkey · Joined: 17 Sep 2012

Thanks for the family day training report Lad, excellent read, as always.

Really appreciate the info. and helps to get through the off season!

warburton lad · Joined: 26 Aug 2003

ANNODAM · Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2013 10:00 am

I hear that they're giving away free happy pills with every membership sold this year.

Is this true?

Tannin · Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2013 11:23 am

Cheers Lad, Didaksgoal.

This raises some interesting possibilities!

First, as I understand it, we can't go into Round 1 with Jolly and Hudson! Unless I've got this muddled somewhere, Hudson was recruited as a mature-age rookie, and is on our Rookie List. That means he can't play seniors, only reserve-grade football unless he has been elevated, and you can only elevate a rookie before mid-season if there is a vacancy from a long-term injury. (Well, that was true according to version 19534527.5342(a) of the AFL rules, we are probably up to revision 19534549.2956(c) now.)

Second, two old, immobile ruckmen in one team doesn't sound sensible - if we liked having two specialist ruckmen, we would have played Cameron Wood alongside Jolly more than once last year.

But if the Q-stick isn't doing ruck work - and given that, as you say DG, he hasn't done much at Wet Toast in recent years - then who is going to partner Jolly? It rather starts to look as though we are planning to play one of the two big young ruckmen - Witts or Grundy.

I dunno. Keep your eye on developments, please Mr Lad, 'cause this is shaping up to be a good little mystery.

stui magpie · Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2013 11:30 am

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My bet is that Witts is the man to play 3rd tall, mainly in the qoal square, with Q and Cloke alternating between the short and long lead up. Witts will be second ruck and Krak will be sitting in his pocket while he's in the square to shark crumbs.

Just did some checking on the rookie list deal. It's actually quite messy.

Firstly, all payments to Rookies are excluded from the salary cap, unless they are elevated to the senior list.

Apart from the long term injury deal, clubs can also nominate a rookie to be available for senior selection provided they only have one on the veterans list.

They can also nominate a rookie to be available for senior selection at the end of round 11.

In both those cases they have to be able to show to the AFL that the salary can fit under the cap.

http://www.aflpa.com.au/images/uploads/AFL_Player_Rules_-_March_2011.pdf

Not sure if it's been updated much since this one.

MagpieBat · Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2013 11:48 am

^^ For what it's worth, Tannin, the rookie list rules do allow a club to play as many as 2 of its rookies as "nominated rookies" from round 1 onwards if the club in question only has 38 players on its senior list.

Collingwood is in just such a position.

Therefore, if Collingwood so desires, Ben Hudson will be a nominated rookie and able to step into the breach at any time. Both Derek Hine and Nathan Buckley have flagged this scenario as a likely one since news of Hudson's arrival at the Pies was announced.

As for who helps out Jolly, Q-Stick will be our chop-out ruck. He doesn't need to be a world beater, just adequate relief for Jolly. No rucking at training for Q, I hear you say? Well, I'm sure the old skills will come back to him soon enough.