Training Sat 21st Jan of some year before 2023

b00bytrap · January 23, 2022, 7:52am

If only we had 2 of him.

Fozdog · January 23, 2022, 7:54am

Might develop tree trunks for legs.

ivan · January 23, 2022, 9:25am

Be careful, Whatley will see that and call us drug cheats again

bomberboy05 · January 23, 2022, 9:38am

Anyone heard anything further re jones’ knee injury mentioned above?

Knee injuries make me sick and can be innocuous.

CJohns · January 23, 2022, 10:19am

For those who were interested in seeing Essendon training… please note there is no session tomorrow while players are on a camp

Humble_NSW_Fan · January 23, 2022, 10:32am

Any comments on THird?

Exciting we may also have a WHird too.

Heppelltitis · January 23, 2022, 10:44am

Gee, he never washes that hat, does he!?

Nathan77 · January 23, 2022, 12:46pm

In regards to Reid, many people had him in front of Cox in the draft. He’s only been in the system for a year. I personally think we’ll end up with two great players.

Captain_Jack · January 23, 2022, 1:03pm

Please keep in mind that the knock he received is not even confirmed yet, as happening to the knee.

Tugg_Speedman · January 23, 2022, 1:47pm

It was very minor. He went to take a speccy on the bag and slipped as he went to take off and fell on his back/side hard. The boys there were having a laugh about it.

Considering the lighter run it was yesterday, I think the club just told him to back off for the remainder of the session

Bomber_Billy · January 23, 2022, 2:59pm

Reid is an athletic 200cm beautiful long kicking player with natural defensive instincts. Considering he is a defender, I’m confident he will eventually become a quality senior player EVEN IF he was injured like Gumbleton for 6+ years. The problem for Gumby was that he lost so much development time playing CHF the hardest position on the field.

In my mind Reid is a sure thing regardless of future injuries.

Jake_Brady_10 · January 23, 2022, 8:08pm

Laverde was taking it easy for his big day at Rivas mini festival Saturday arvo. Was in good spirits

Jake_Brady_10 · January 23, 2022, 8:13pm

We eernt necessarily going to pick Brand though… we did pass on our 2nd last pick rememeber before he was then bidded on

nickers · January 23, 2022, 10:02pm

Great news, cheers.

Fighterbomber · January 23, 2022, 10:08pm

Are they usually @9am or thereabouts? Thanks

Ants · January 23, 2022, 10:15pm

The other element is the odds are always that some don’t work out. Given where our midfield is at, over-investing in talls wasn necessarily a bad move.

Clone_Hirdy · January 23, 2022, 10:17pm

That’s not Stringer, that’s Phillips and Francis.

soundman · January 23, 2022, 10:20pm

Phillips and Francis, Stringer and Stringer, Davey and Davey, Hird and Hird… BT is going to have a nightmare commentating.

Benny40 · January 23, 2022, 10:24pm

Agreed. With the addition of Baldwin to Cox, Reid, Brand and Eyre, we shouldn’t need to spend draft picks on talls for another 2 years. It sets us up perfectly to focus on talent around the ground.

Taking Reid in that scenario would only happen if he’s seen as a probable elite player. Considering Dodoro’s track record with drafting key position players, I’m optimistic.

But that doesn’t change the fact that I was a bit stunned on draft night when we took 4 talls from 5 picks. Was a completely left field move.

saladin · January 23, 2022, 10:28pm

The Richmond bid on Eyre was the spanner in the works. That changed things, I’ve no idea who it was but we had a smaller player in the sights at that stage.

We’ll know in another year or so how that draft shapes up for us.