Training was short and sharp this morning.
Players spent approx an hour out on the track and the main focus from the drills was direct movement of the footy. It appears that we are going to play mainly down the corridor this week against the blues.
The main drill had four groups, one in each end and one on either wing (right on the boundary) the ball would move from one to the wing and then to a leading forward. Staff and Clever were the two leading forwards down my end and i think Richo and maybe Chubba were down the Brunton Ave end (not 100% sure)
The talk amongst the group was fantastic with all the players sounding very upbeat and talking tomorrow's game as a big one in the context of our season. David King and Wheadon conducted most of the drills with a big demand on a high skill level and a high intensity also. Knobel and Krak also trained with the main group, Knobel trained well and looks back on track, Krak was a disgrace and is just too lazy for my liking. He does do some good things, but doesnt seem that interested out there on the track. In particular they performed a drill were they had three lines on either side and the players had to run through and handball under pressure from two guys in red tops who were meant to tackle. Krak was in a red top for a while and i dont think i seen him lay a hand on someone with maybe one exception (he tackled Staff) and he is meant to be our best tackler.
Wallace spoke with Tuck and Deledio at the same time, obviously about their roles for tomorrow night. He also spoke with Hartigan at length and it appeared to me that Hartigans body language changed after that and i think he may be dropped this week. Raines looks great out on the track and his skill level is great. Clever looks to be a great mark and he also seems to be failry confident within himself.
If there is going to be 2 changes, it would more than likely be Knobel and Clever for Hartigan and Pattison.
All in all it was a fairly good session ahead of tomorrow nights game.
I have taken some photos which i emailed to MT and WP, i never have much luck posting them on here.
Got a few close ups of Simmo and Raines, that should keep Julz and Moi happy
