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Got there just as match practice started.
Players missing/I didnt see
Andrejs Everitt
Nathan Eagleton
Wayde Skipper
Daniel Cross
Injured/working on sidelines
Tom Williams
Jarryd Boumann
Josh Hill
The match practice I saw was fairly slick with emphasis on moving the ball quickly on the skinny side of the ground. Skills were fairly good-
Cooney looks in particularly good form, most of his pick ups were one touch and he seemed to feed off Hudson pretty well.
Hudson made a few mistakes in his judgement of where to dispose of the ball
Welsh played across half back-takes a good mark is a beautiful kick of the ball
Acker looks more like Brisbane Acker-more defined and quicker over the ground
Hargrave played on a wing and looked good there
Johnno had shots from all over the place but actually centred the ball from a difficult angle
Mitch Hahn looked quicker than last preseason and really hit the ball with a lot of confidence
Bobby Murphy was just Bobby Murphy-making opponents look silly with his judgement and overhead marking ability
Cam Wight held a couple of good marks at CHB and otherwise spoiled really well
Street looks huge but actually picked the ball up of the ground and went for a run.
Ryan Griffen was fairly quiet
Guido came on late but had no knee padding or anything-didnt notice him otherwise.
Shaun Higgins really likes to make sure his teammates hears his voice when he wants the ball.
Farren Ray has gotten bigger again over the preseason-he looked comfortable on a half back flank and delivered the ball well. Hopefully he has found a spot-might be Jordy's instant replacement in defence.
Noticed Mc Dougall when he fell over in front of us at one stage.
Jarrad Grant will never die wondering-wants the ball everytime it came into the forward line and worked hard to make good position-I liked what I saw of the kid-big, clever, good skills and not afraid to present himself.
Jarryd Boumann-If the kid cant play footy he can certainly fight. Huge unit who will keep getting bigger. He was working with the boxing coach and throwing really quick combos that thudded around the ground. Could well be Australias first heavyweight boxing champ if the footy thing doesnt work out.
Brian Lake(Harris). Played some of the match practice and then sauntered of the ground, did some stretches and disappeared-didnt look injured though.
It's the first session I've been to this year. My impression was that skills were more prominent than last preseason and the players look bigger, some much bigger. There's lots more players in the sessions, last year for instance Cooney hadnt done anything but walk laps of the ground the whole year, so we shouldnt peter out halfway through the year like last year. I think we'll go back to the really slick gamestyle we went with in 2006.
Players missing/I didnt see
Andrejs Everitt
Nathan Eagleton
Wayde Skipper
Daniel Cross
Injured/working on sidelines
Tom Williams
Jarryd Boumann
Josh Hill
The match practice I saw was fairly slick with emphasis on moving the ball quickly on the skinny side of the ground. Skills were fairly good-
Cooney looks in particularly good form, most of his pick ups were one touch and he seemed to feed off Hudson pretty well.
Hudson made a few mistakes in his judgement of where to dispose of the ball
Welsh played across half back-takes a good mark is a beautiful kick of the ball
Acker looks more like Brisbane Acker-more defined and quicker over the ground
Hargrave played on a wing and looked good there
Johnno had shots from all over the place but actually centred the ball from a difficult angle
Mitch Hahn looked quicker than last preseason and really hit the ball with a lot of confidence
Bobby Murphy was just Bobby Murphy-making opponents look silly with his judgement and overhead marking ability
Cam Wight held a couple of good marks at CHB and otherwise spoiled really well
Street looks huge but actually picked the ball up of the ground and went for a run.
Ryan Griffen was fairly quiet
Guido came on late but had no knee padding or anything-didnt notice him otherwise.
Shaun Higgins really likes to make sure his teammates hears his voice when he wants the ball.
Farren Ray has gotten bigger again over the preseason-he looked comfortable on a half back flank and delivered the ball well. Hopefully he has found a spot-might be Jordy's instant replacement in defence.
Noticed Mc Dougall when he fell over in front of us at one stage.
Jarrad Grant will never die wondering-wants the ball everytime it came into the forward line and worked hard to make good position-I liked what I saw of the kid-big, clever, good skills and not afraid to present himself.
Jarryd Boumann-If the kid cant play footy he can certainly fight. Huge unit who will keep getting bigger. He was working with the boxing coach and throwing really quick combos that thudded around the ground. Could well be Australias first heavyweight boxing champ if the footy thing doesnt work out.
Brian Lake(Harris). Played some of the match practice and then sauntered of the ground, did some stretches and disappeared-didnt look injured though.
It's the first session I've been to this year. My impression was that skills were more prominent than last preseason and the players look bigger, some much bigger. There's lots more players in the sessions, last year for instance Cooney hadnt done anything but walk laps of the ground the whole year, so we shouldnt peter out halfway through the year like last year. I think we'll go back to the really slick gamestyle we went with in 2006.
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