Training notes - Monday 11 Jan

simon tonna · Joined: 24 Oct 2013 Location: carindale

unless frosty tells bucks to gf he's a lock for first 22. and rightly so as reliable defender who wears his opponent like a glove and releases to spoil time and again.

roar · Joined: 01 Sep 2004

^^ Wasn't last year and won't be this year. Brown has him edged out for the stopper role and Reid will be the other tall. Reckon Marsh will get the 3rd tall gig before him, too.

Pretty good full back but you can only have one in the team.

RudeBoy · Joined: 28 Nov 2005

Great report mate. Thanks

35forever · Posted: Tue Jan 12, 2016 3:15 pm

Many thanks for the report Slick! Great to have someone knowledgeable there to keep us informed, we definitely owe you a beer or six!

Sounds very interesting, Very disappointed to heat Aish & Treloar not doing full training loads, hope that changes soon. Apart from the 3 new guys, I'm most interested in seeing how Marsh and Brayden go in 2016, I think these two kids could be the future Pendles and Swanny with a few more Pre's behind them. I think Marsh will be a mid in the future and Maynard a Forward/Mid. But then theres also the development of Darcy and Degoey to look forward to.

I absolutely expect a top 4 finish in 2016, which might sound a bit over hopeful, but we should remember we were in the top 4 hallway through the last 2 seasons. All we have to do is avoid the complete crash of 2014-15, and pray they were aberrations. A third such crash would surely see the end of Bucks, can't keep doing that! We have the cattle to do the same in the first half as we have the last two years, when we were two games off top spot after Rd.12, needing only 3 or 4 more in the second half to play finals, and 6 or 7 to make top 4.

Looking forward to more news Slick!

simon tonna · Joined: 24 Oct 2013 Location: carindale

Fire Up · Joined: 17 Sep 2005 Location: in a house

is there any news on greenwood? has not been mentioned hardly all pre season.

or has he retired/delisted?

simon tonna · Joined: 24 Oct 2013 Location: carindale

^^ there's not much that can be said about a guy such as greenwood I suppose considering his role in the team. he's not a goal kicker/forward, a breakaway outside running forward, space finding midfielder. he's a in and under grunt machine and opposition midfield stopper.
but if I recall he hasn't had an injury to report about and I think was top five in a resent time trial.

roar · Joined: 01 Sep 2004

cityslick1 · Joined: 19 Jul 2007 Location: Melbourne

Few extra points...

Frosty was looking bigger in the upper body and in good shape. I like him as well and I'd have him in the side vs teams with 3 big forwards, but he doesn't have the size of Reid or Brown - Height and reach. He just wouldn't suit the bigger bodied Franklin, Boyd, Patton, Daniher, Dixon, Hawkins etc types, so I think will be fighting it out with Marsh for the 3rd tall defender position.

On Greenwood, I was mightily impressed with his tagging role at the end of last year, and think he will start in the middle or coming off the bench. We didn't see him at full fitness last year, so he should be up for a big one. Think Caff is his back up, and may struggle to displace him, after his knee injury. Levi was there though, and doing the close in clearance work all session, which is the grunt work that I alluded to earlier. & as another poster pointed out, it's hard to stand out in this role. Lots of handballs fired out... which I mentioned looked v slick and organised.

I'll also add that it's v hard to monitor 40 odd players all at once, with multiple groups doing diff things, at diff ends of the ground. I'd love to watch all players individually, to get a feel for how all are travelling, but you're instead limited to eye catching things, often in the groups closest to you. Just a heads up to not get concerned if you don't hear anything about a certain player. The full match simulation (soon I hope) should provide more insights into how all are travelling...

Cheers guys

think positive · Side By Side Joined: 30 Jun 2005 Location: somewhere

Awesome report, thanks, when you say early, what time do you mean?

jackcass · Joined: 01 Mar 2005 Location: Bendigo

npalm · Joined: 01 May 2005

^^ Agreed. We're blessed with quality key backs at the moment with Reid and Brown and the up-and-comers Frost and Marsh.
Depending on form and the opposition, I'd have Reid at CHB and Brownie at FB with Frost and Marsh fighting for the third tall back position.

I think we need to play Reid in the backline for now as I think he is the one most able to play the attacking\rebounding CHB position at the moment.