The Swans website has posted a gallery of Friday training pics. McLean looks particularly ripped as does Heeney.
The Swans website has posted a gallery of Friday training pics. McLean looks particularly ripped as does Heeney.
We have them where we want them, everything is going according to plan!
I managed to catch ten minutes of training this morning on my way from work. Could not catch the details that SeanM so reliably provides for us RWOers, but I did get to note who has put on the necessary kgs.
Heeney - if that is even possible - and McLean were two who looked notably bigger than when I last saw them. So too Mills, though hard to tell with a T-shirt on as opposed to tank tops most were in. Stephens looks bigger, Florent looks bigger, Amartey more defined - baby fat seems to have gone off he and McLean. Blakey looks bigger, albeit from a low base. Warner is a unit. McCartin is becoming a man mountain. Wicks and Bell two locals also looked bigger. Papley and Ling are more defined than when I last saw them.
On the other end of the spectrum, Parker appears to have slimmed down a fraction, as has Franklin, and of course Gould.
Of the new faces, Sheather looks most senior-ready. Campbell, Gulden and McDonald are all decent sizes for their age. I did not notice Carruthers.
Among those who don't seem to have put any muscle on at all were Hayward, Rowbottom, Dawson and Clarke.
Nice updates there! What about Squizzy Taylor? Has he gotten himself fit or does he still look like he is carrying too much weight? For his career to go beyond 2021 he needs to get super fit in my view.
I don't remember seeing Taylor this week. But I think last week he was in the group that did light training.
He does. Keen to see how he goes in the preseason. If he can apply more defensive pressure and roam up the ground further, he should be a real bonus.
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If he came back a bit overweight, like last year, then surely it's Tubby, rather than Squizzy?
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A question to those people who've been supplying the informative reports about training: have there been any sightings of a VFL squad and/or an academy train on squad?
"If he came back a bit overweight, like last year, then surely it's Tubby, rather than Squizzy?"
Yes totally agree.
Monday morning training went from around 9am-12pm.
- The group doing light training is starting to do a bit more. They usually do light skills drills, high knee exercises and straight line running. But they are starting to do change of direction agility drills, ball movement drills and practicing leads. Of that group Naismith is further back. He does static exercises and straight line running. Malachy/Dawson joined that group at the start for skill drills, took it easy for most of the session and did a bit of running around the oval. I think I saw COR just hanging around on the side for a little bit but don't think he got involved.
- The main group did the usual warmup, skill and ball movement drills. But there is starting to be more of a focus on match sim. Initially I think it was 14 vs 10 resetting once it got turned over. But then they did 10 vs 10 with 2 players in yellow bibs joining whichever team was in possession. Which allowed both teams to get a chance to attack after each turnover. Also there is going to be more minor collision injuries like corks as there is more contact with players colliding and light tackles.
- The 1st year players had a lighter training load. So they sat out the extra sprints and shuttle runs. But it was interesting for the future watching them kick the ball among themselves. Campbell was doing long passes to Mcdonald on the lead, who would mark it and give a handball to Gulden running past to take a shot.
Thank you for the info SeanM.
Relieved Dawson is getting into some training.
Unsure I like the thought of McDonald giving off to Gulden for the shot at goal. As our primary KPF for the future, you'd like to see him taking those shots himself. If not at training, how can he be expected to do it in match situations??
It was more that they were working on their combination. It was the equivalent of McDonald tapping the ball down to Gulden running past him at pace.
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