Preseason training

[Dogs 24/7]

Look i didnt want to say anything about juh i thought i should leave it .But yeah i know he has been training then not training do u think he will be ready for round 1

I talked to Gaz yesterday, I'm sure he won't mind me saying that from his perspective we need to just set ourselves to wait and see. He mentioned that mature players like Treloar need 4 or 5 weeks of a good training block to be ready.
Marra might need slightly longer because he hasn't done the work over a longer career so while the clock is ticking, next week might provide a clearer picture.
That talk yesterday calmed me.

[GVGjr]

28 new and returning members have joined in the last 2 days.
Here is a snippet from the more detailed Doggy-bag Takeaways from Monday.

Pupdates
Hynes had a good outing for half of the game before coming off. Had a chat to David King he mentioned he caught the eye.
Jaques played as a forward but had some excellent marks and interceptions and kicked a goal after out positioning his opponent.
Dolan didn't play in the match sim.
Davidson was the pick of the pups and was excellent as a winger. One particular repeat defensive effort against Richards was very encouraging.
L.Kennedy has a decent game, he got a bit of the football and his kicking was once again a feature.

[bulldogtragic]

28 new and returning members have joined in the last 2 days.
Here is a snippet from the more detailed Doggy-bag Takeaways from Monday.

Pupdates
Hynes had a good outing for half of the game before coming off. Had a chat to David King he mentioned he caught the eye.
Jaques played as a forward but had some excellent marks and interceptions and kicked a goal after out positioning his opponent.
Dolan didn't play in the match sim.
Davidson was the pick of the pups and was excellent as a winger. One particular repeat defensive effort against Richards was very encouraging.
L.Kennedy has a decent game, he got a bit of the football and his kicking was once again a feature.

So Kingy is putting his money on Hynes for the RS?

asking for my bank balance.

[angelopetraglia]

28 new and returning members have joined in the last 2 days.
Here is a snippet from the more detailed Doggy-bag Takeaways from Monday.

Pupdates
Hynes had a good outing for half of the game before coming off. Had a chat to David King he mentioned he caught the eye.
Jaques played as a forward but had some excellent marks and interceptions and kicked a goal after out positioning his opponent.
Dolan didn't play in the match sim.
Davidson was the pick of the pups and was excellent as a winger. One particular repeat defensive effort against Richards was very encouraging.
L.Kennedy has a decent game, he got a bit of the football and his kicking was once again a feature.

All roads lead to WOOF. Fantastic to hear the news about the new and returning members.

[Willow18]

What’s the Poulter fwd role look like? He’s quite tall so is he just a bit of depth for the 3 bigs? Can’t imagine he can play in the same fwd line with those 3 and a resting mid?

[GVGjr]

So Kingy is putting his money on Hynes for the RS?

asking for my bank balance.

He won't play enough. Perhaps in 2026

[GVGjr]

Treloar and Marra not on the track.
Dale, Duryea, Gallagher, Davidson and now Jaques (calf?) in the rehab area

[GVGjr]

The big pluses from today's session was the return of Naughton and Weightman to a near full training session. They both left the track a bit earlier than the others but it was a big step forward

[Guest]

McNeil was very noticeable today and the fact that he nailed his shots really helped him.

Let’s hope he convert solid pre-seasons into a step up at AFL level. Hasn’t shown the class at AFL level as yet.

[GVGjr]

Let’s hope he convert solid pre-seasons into a step up at AFL level. Hasn’t shown the class at AFL level as yet.

That's his biggest challenge. If he can improve his goal kicking conversions he's right in the mix every week.

[Scott2016]

That's his biggest challenge. If he can improve his goal kicking conversions he's right in the mix every week.

He doesn’t get to to enough crumbing contents to be a good small forward. Only having around 8 possessions a game he needs to kick 2 goals a game like Tory Dickson did

[GVGjr]

This is the last Doggy-Bag Takeaway I will share here on this thread albeit it this one is from Mondays match-sim session.
If you are still sitting on the fence about making a contribution to discussions here on WOOF and still haven't responded to the welcome message you have received hopefully this might motivate you a bit more.
On Monday there was 4 reports from the members here posted on the Rewards Board.

Doggy-Bag Takeaways - 13/01/25 (12)

Muzzled Dogs
Ugle-Hagan was not sighted on the track today which has been the norm on Mondays.
Naughton was primarily in the rehad group for running. He is apparently 3 weeks away from a full return
Weightman, Gallagher, Dolan, Coffield and Treloar were also mainly having their workloads managed with Gallagher spending the most time there.
All players did a power of running. I should add that Hynes played 2 or the 3 match sim quarters before sitting out the 3rd quarter and the 4th quarter which was more or less a match scenario drill.

Skill Drills
With AFL umpires there it was a bit surprising to see the amount of running the players did before the match-sim started. They did a lot of running.
Offensive and defensive drills were done at a fast pace.
Plenty of keepings-off and midfield congestion type drills.

Match Sim
No Footscray boys to top up the numbers was a bit of a surprise.
Players were split into 2 teams, Blue and while. It seemed like it was 16 v 16 with a couple of players spare but we maintained a full wing and midfield set-up
I'll try and cover off as many players as a I can.
Poulter was used forward again and frequently he was matched-up Lobb. He's had a very good pre-season and has often been in a new role up forward.
Gardner vs English was the main ruck match-up. English was very good and must be a long way ahead of where he was 12 months ago. Gards did well and made a couple of marks down back and a couple of defensive spoils.
Scott rotated between midfield work in the centre square and half forward. He wasn't overly noticeable but used the ball quite well when he got it.
Garcia was in the midfield and seemed to have had some defensive assignments and was frequently trying to move Sanders away from the ball. I don't think he did that well today and overcooked a couple of kicks,
A.Jones was on the wing for the majority of the session and while if did okay he was also a little hesitant when he is looking for options to pass the footy. He was frequently against Davidson.
Baker got a lot of the footy and used the ball well for the most of the time but when he makes a mistakes it's a bad one. In one example he was having a shot from a fairly tight angle but somehow shanked it and it was OOBOTF.
Busslinger was the FB today and match-up on the forwards. On a couple of occasions he was against English who was resting forward and he was able to negate in the contests.
West was very competitive today and kicked to goals and was very good at clearing out his opponent when they got near the ball.
McNeil was also good today, he didn't get a lot of the footy but made the most of it when he did. He did his normal defensive acts.
O'Donnell was a CHB and performed well and went on one good run when he had the footy.
Last years picks Sanders and Freijah had excellent games. Sanders kicked the opening goal and got a lot of the footy. Freijah was used across half back so I expect we are going to play him there.
Croft was used in a couple of positions but I don't think the wing is a role we should consider for him. Smith was mainly played as the FF against Busslinger and he probably only spent 10 minutes in the ruck.
Bramble was across half back and frequently push forward. I liked his performance today.
Vandermeer kicked a nice goal and performed well. He fell victim to a English forearm when he tried to tackle him and had a bit claret coming out of his nose.
L.Jones and Khamis played as key defenders, Duryea sporting a headband was somewhat quiet.

The better players were Bontempelli, Richards, Darcy (3 goals) out marking Jones with 2 of them, Sanders, M.Kennedy and Liberatore.

Pupdates
Hynes had a good outing for half of the game before coming off. Had a chat to David King he mentioned he caught the eye.
Jaques played as a forward but had some excellent marks and interceptions and kicked a goal after out positioning his opponent.
Dolan didn't play in the match sim.
Davidson was the pick of the pups and was excellent as a winger. One particular repeat defensive effort against Richards was very encouraging.
L.Kennedy has a decent game, he got a bit of the football and his kicking was once again a feature.

[RobG]

Arty is one I am very interested in. He has talent and speed - just where is his best position?

[RobG]

Another question I keep asking is what is the best forward structure for us? Two or three talls? Which are the two that will fill the small forwards role, or we rotate a midfielder in one of those. We need that x factor up forward - a small zippy, busy player. Who can it be?

[GVGjr]

Arty is one I am very interested in. He has talent and speed - just where is his best position?

It appears at the moment we have a plan to play or try him on a wing. Williams has one spot locked, Jones, Davidson and Gallagher might be the best placed at the moment to get the other spot.
Poulter is being used as a forward and that is working quite well in match-sim and Baker seems to have also more of a forward at the moment.

[RobG]

Maybe I have some bias here but I would have thought small forward was his best spot. Time will tell