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2024 Training With The Ooze Crew

monsab said:
Yep! And this morning SEN said Ben King about to sign a 2 year extension, so the Balta move makes even more sense, considering we’re unlikely to bring in a star key forward through trade/FA (they’re all re-signing/have already re-signed).
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As time goes on, i am more & more in favour of raiding the draft.
 
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DavidSSS said:
Balta forward is an interesting question. I am not convinced he has the smarts, or possibly the eyesight especially at night, to succeed up forward. He has a lot of other attributes though and it could work.

My only wish is that if they try this they try it for at least 12 weeks, don't call it a failure after 4 or 5 weeks, give it a proper go. Bit of an adjustment there from the backline so worth a decent trial.

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Think it may depend on how well the backline holds up without Balta.
Unless Balta fwd is doing far too well forward to move him back.
 
I'm excited that Yze is transitioning Balta to the forward group, with time & further education he can be an incredibly dangerous asset for us moving forward. The question is how our defensive group will cope in his absence, my thinking is that with greater midfield & F50 defensive pressure & the presumed growth of Gubcus we should be able manage.

The key though is in the midfield & F50, #1 from a clearance dominance perspective allowing our backs to setup in general play & #2 being better without the ball, remembering that in the premiership years our defence was massively assisted by our defensive pressure which meant the ball was coming in dirty making it easier to neutralise.
 
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TigerPunk said:
I'm excited that Yze is transitioning Balta to the forward group, with time & further education he can be an incredibly dangerous asset for us moving forward. The question is how our defensive group will cope in his absence, my thinking is that with greater midfield & F50 defensive pressure & the presumed growth of Gubcus we should be able manage.

The key though is in the midfield & F50, #1 from a clearance dominance perspective allowing our backs to setup in general play & #2 being better without the ball, remembering that in the premiership years our defence was massively assisted by our defensive pressure which meant the ball was coming in dirty making it easier to neutralise.
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If Lynch can have a good run with injuries, he and Balta can be our two tall forwards with Kozi down back, I reckon he would do ok in defence.
 
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Out of interest what do the players do on non training days (Tuesdays and Thursdays)? are these gym days or something else?
 
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Stewlander said:
Been training down back before injury. And it’s his hammy again he’s been struggling with.
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That's the problem, Bauer does his hammy in first minute of AFL debut, I ask him in November when the boys start pre-season why he is not with the main group and he says, "am just a bit tight, IT'S ONLY NOVEMBER", now middle of February and he has not fully re-joined. I reckon between Nov when they returned and now he has had a maximum of 2 weeks when he has trained with main group :(, hopefully he is close to returning, like Lynch did the 30 minute warm up on Sat.
 
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Go The Tiges! said:
Out of interest what do the players do on non training days (Tuesdays and Thursdays)? are these gym days or something else?
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Happy Hour Drinking GIF
 
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uhuh uhuh said:
Bad news re injury but good to hear that he is going well otherwise
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Bauer hasn't been going well as he hasn't been training, I am baffled we have been given nothing in club injury updates, he will probably resume without anything being mentioned, same with Coulthard who was injured and carried off at training on the 18th December and has yet to rejoin main group fully but does look close??
 
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