First the bad news. Redman went down in a lot of pain after a marking contest drill with Heppell. He was writhing around in pain for a good couple of mins before trainers took him off.
He reappeared later in a moonboot and on crutches. So a lower leg, possibly ankle, problem.
The kid doesn’t have much luck. Hopefully he dodges a bullet this time.
More positively, Jok looks impressive. He spreads well, runs all day, has a nice sidestep, puts a lot of defensive pressure on.
Ridley and Mynott also impressed. In a photo I’ll post Ridley was asked to spoil the ball coming in against Houlihan and he did just that.
He (Ridley) is bigger and has another gear he can go to when blokes are chasing him.
Francis was charged with kicking the ball from deep in the back half and not surprisingly hit blokes all morning long.
A lot of guys trained on the other oval. More than usual. Including Hooker, Zacka, Begley, Laverde, McNeice, Guelfi.
Guys who didn’t train: McKenna, Gleeson (both helping with drills), McKernan, Daniher, Mosquito, Gown, Ham. Smith came out briefly to do some bike work.
Fantasia trained on the other oval doing pretty much everything with one hand.
I have heard people comment about the mood at training being good. I agree. Bouyant is the word. Never seen it better.
A time trial was held today. So, who won ? Jok, Ambo, Clarke ?
Or are we rating players against their PBs these days, since how fast you do a time trial basically does not correlate with footy ability much at all.
Should we be concerned that Smith is consistently reported as training indoors or on light duties? Is he joining in the drills? Thanks Beggars for the pix and report. Good stuff that keeps us pumped.
