Scotty12000 wrote:
Went down to open training tonight at Metricon. Was pretty pleased with what I saw. Boys were very upbeat, very vocal during drills, clean hands and VERY accurate at goal. Murph had a very light sesion as did Kreuze, Armfield was off in a far corner for most of the session. McCarthy moving well, getting involved. Levi moving well. Intense ballwork with Murph, Ellard and Brock in particular, they all came through well.
Kicking drills and handball drills all looking pretty slick. Yazza out there practicing his golf swing with an invisible club between drills and Eddie was throwing little punches at him, bit of play fighting going on. Tuohy was a little sloppy in a couple of instances. Good spirits. Waitey moved well, slipped over during game simulation but was okay, slotting them from outisde 50 at will, Walker too. Mackay was out running around, looks fit anough to play this week. Must've been short on training gear - was wearing a 20 O'KEEFE training shirt.
Had a good chat to a fair few of the boys afterwards, all really switched on. Love it up here. Simmo said his jaw's 100%. McCarthy said he won't be playing but enjoyed getting brought up here with the team. Tuohy was hopeful he can get out there and deliver, seemed a little down in confidence so hopefully he has a blinder. Gibbsy and Eddie were pretty pumped. Someone mentioned Ablett having the flu and Gibbsy said doesn't matter in or out, doesn't change anything, we know the job we have to do. Gotta love Duigan, such a good bloke, seemed pretty relaxed. Even managed a minute with Judd. Asked Scotto about the court case, he reckons it doesn't look good but what will be will be. Talked to Ratts for a few minutes after everyone had left and he was pumped, reckons everything's how it should be and they're ready for the next couple of weeks.
Lovely weather up here at the moment, mid to high 20s, no rain. Gorund looks fantastic, there's no wind...I've got a feeling the boys will click again and this will be a large win with pretty accurate kicking.
