I find it hard to make subjective judgments on individual players. Because they are mostly doing uncontested drills, I am a distance away and I keep shifting my focus.
From today I liked the drill where they moved the ball upfield. Even though it is 6 att vs 3 def or 5 att vs 2 def. It puts the players in a more realistic situation where they are under some pressure, need to be accurate with their kick and think about where they want to move to. I liked Gulden in that drill because he was always running hard to create a passing option further upfield and trying to stay involved in the sequence. He seems very driven so it would not surprise me if he got a debut fairly early.
Of the players in group 5 Heeney looks in Ok condition despite injuring his ankle last season. He was running quick and doing changes in direction. He approached Laidler to do several 1 on 1 drills with him for at least 30 minutes. He was making leads on the turn and then with changes in direction. He would usually mark without jumping but sometimes he would do a small two footed leap. He also practiced picking up ground balls and getting a flat pass away. As well as picking up ground balls then having a shot 35m out under pressure or on the run . Then did agility stuff behind the goals with the fitness coach. I spent the end of the session mainly watching Heeney. He seemed self motivated.
Unsurprisingly Fox looks in very good physical condition. He could do the shuttle runs then immediately after sprint around the boundary at full pace. Also McCartin looked to be running well in the running drills despite looking very built in the upper body.
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