Players keeping their shorts on during training is a good sign.
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Not as fat as you Iāll bet
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Strange. Unsighted on Wednesday too
Was Cox perhaps holidaying in NSW?
Fielding phone calls from Hartley
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Looks like Moore to me
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Whereās 2MP?
If that oval were anymore sloped we have some trouble keeping Melbourne supporters off it during winter
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The academy kids once again joined in today. They trained with Eyre, Brand and some of the other draftees. Wanganeen, Misiti, Moore and Hird trained. Luca Alessio may have been there too, I canāt be sure.
Wanganeen - moves like his dad, gets very low and wide stance for the ground balls.
Misiti - matched up against the likes of Brand and did ok in marking contests. Moves like his dad too. Nice kick.
Moore - again moves like his dad and weights his kicks and really nicely.
First time I had a good look at Johnson. He was paired with Shiel and they trained on the second oval. They did a big load of running and Johnson did everything Shiel did. Johnson doesnāt have a stand out feature. His pace is ok and his kicking is ok too. Perhaps he will be like his dad, just solid and smooth and very good one-on-one. Re Shiel, he would do a gruelling ground ball drill then spin around and do a 30 metre pass. His passing on both feet was centimetre perfect.
Heppell looks restricted. Didnāt see him kick with his left foot and for most of session just did handballs.
I didnāt see him in running drills but Stringer looks flat in the stomach region.
I have rarely been successful posting pics here but will post stuff on Twitter
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Is the one with the backward cap Misiti? Because he doesnāt look like a highschooler
maybe heās looked to improve his kicking
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First time watching training, so Iāve no benchmark to compare today to. Hereās a brain dump as we drive home.
4 groups of 10 rotating through drills with different coaches. By and large little to no contact, so skills were unpressured and fairly clean.
Modified was Johnson, Sheil, Guelfi, Cutler, Zacka
Not sighted: Cox, Heppell, Mozzie, Ambrose, McBride
F/S: Hird, Wanganeen, Moore, Misiti
No other unknown faces training.
Johnson was doing a fair bit of running and agility work. Standard knee rehab stuff. The guy looks BUILT. Iām really looking forward to seeing him at vfl level soon.
Sheil and Cutler were just running laps. Sheil just glides, reckon he did over an hour of running and didnāt show any signs of slowing down.
Wright is a unit. Rather amusing watching Tom Hird try to put pressure on the giant. Seemed clean at everything, but no contested marking drills to judge. When you compare Wright to our skinny beanpoles, itās going to be a tough call to not play Wright in the seniors round 1.
Caldwell looked good, but heās still young and will take a few more years to fully bulk up if heās going to be an inside weapon. He and Ham were getting focused coaching on contested contact. Ham looks to have a similar amount of muscle as Caldwell.
Now for what youāre all afterā¦
Highlight of the day was Alex Hird doing the finger lick before attempting the specie marking pad drill. Heās small, but also the youngest out there. NLMās boy has the same walk and posture of his dad, spookie. He was the pick of the crop today. Misiti seemed a good kick, BIG boy, not fat but lacks a bit of tone. Great frame once he has a solid fitness program. Wanganeen seemed ok, didnāt really stand out.
The F/S boys trained with Perkins, Reid, Brand and Eyre. Reid is crazy agile. Perkins looks AFL ready. There was a drill where the guys hand passed around as a couple of players applied pressure, Perkins ignored the drill, just did a few sidesteps and ran through the lot unscathed.
Brand looked absolutely destroyed at the end of the session. Doing laps well and truly in struggle town. Walla joined him to give the guy someone to run with, good to see. Hurley joined the other draftees to run out their final laps.
Of the senior players running, Langford was always in front. Tom Hird always close behind in second place. Hirdy seems one of the fittest in the side, good speed in drills. That being said, in the final run Langford just turned it on and won by about 20m. Langford is one to watch.
Hooker looks athletic and trim. He has a fair bit of pace. Donāt write him off, I thought he looked fantastic.
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Yep, that was Misiti.
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Smokin Josh Misiti
Iāll be disappointed if we donāt pick him up in one of the drafts.
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One drill Alex Hird sidestepped Brand and got a handball away. Brand was a tad irritated and gave Hird a fair push. Hird went absolutely flying, hat flew off. Quite funny.
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Hulkin Josh Misiti
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ā¦ comparing the real height of players, especially with the length of the that grass.
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Isnāt there a third Hird boy?
Nahh, ā¦ āRockinā Josh.
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Thanks. Training. What better excuse to drag ourselves away from the US Political Clusterfark thread.
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