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[Life Long Saint]

Can I just remind people that it is the 6th November!
We don't play our first game until 22nd March!
That's five months away!

There is absolutely no point being buff and super fit now!

[st_Trav_ofWA]

Tom Lee had surgery on both shoulders, and wouldnt have been near to much weight on his upper body, basic compound upper body and some curls is about all he would be doing up until he gets into the swing.


Same for Jack Newnes (shoulder) and Sippos

also i hear there was more focus put on the guys to get their endurance and running ability up over the break ... i think the days of Big Fraser Gehrig sized arms over summer are a think of the past its all about explosive speed and unrelenting endurance over bulk

[busso mick]

Ill be the first to congratulate him should it work out, I'm not stubborn like that.

I'm just putting how I feel about stuff out there.

Actually been accused of being too positive in the past, this is a change for me.

“You're sounding a bit half Mart. NEVER go the full Mart!”

K Mart?

[plugger66]

Brief Synopsis of their first run today.
Webster.... Beefed up.
Pierce........Same
Wallace ( Yankee import ) huge man, very skilful. Handballs with both hands and guides the ball on to his left foot. Honestly if you didn't know different you would have thought he grew up playing the game.
Longer..... Big brute
Marksworth.... Looks like he hasn't missed a beat
Bruce....... Good size about him as well
Siposs....... Ran laps, and needs too
White..... Wrist still with the guard on but looks super fit
Carl Peterson..... Training with the boys

Carl Peterson (born 3 July 1987) is an Australian rules footballer, who formerly played in the Australian Football League (AFL) with the Hawthorn Football Club.

Peterson was born in Meekatharra, Western Australia and moved to Kununurra when he was two, before moving to Perth to finish Year 12, where he trained and played football with the Clontarf Football Academy. He was then recruited by Claremont Football Club in the Western Australian Football League (WAFL).[1] He played five games for Claremont in 2006, including two finals.[2]

Peterson was originally drafted by Richmond in the 2006 AFL Draft. He was a fourth round pick, number 60 overall, but he was delisted by the Tigers at the end of the 2007 season without playing a game. Following this, he joined Northern Territory Football League (NTFL) club St Mary's and was in the Saints' 2007/08 premiership side. He was then redrafted into the AFL by Hawthorn with the 61st overall of the 2009 Rookie Draft.[3]

He made his AFL debut in the opening round of the 2010 AFL season and performed well, kicking a goal and gathering 15 disposals in the first half before copping a heavy knock early in the second half.[4] He played seventeen games for Hawthorn, all in 2010.

In 2012, Peterson signed to play for the Victorian Football League's Northern Blues.[5]

Would make an interesting selection perhaps a rookie pick ?

Did Delaney train today Tony74 ?

He was a gun Peterson. I watched the Hawks play one day with a mate and he'd only played a couple of games and this guy looked close to BOG in a side with all the Hawks stars in it. I can't remember why he left but he was not short on talent. He took some really strong grabs and used it like a surgeon. Exciting type.

He is not a gun at all. Average footballer and means nothing that he is training with us. Surely we are better to have a crack at unproven players as rookies. We now have plenty from other clubs. Id rather try and fail than take the soft option of another recycled player.

[plugger66]

Bloody Sippa should be demoted to the rookie list.

Maybe then he will extract the digit and actually get to his potential.

After one training session? Yep that sounds good.

[Cairnsman]

Bloody Sippa should be demoted to the rookie list.

Maybe then he will extract the digit and actually get to his potential.

After one training session? Yep that sounds good.

It's the new tough Saints. We are ruthless!

[kp83]

Newnes has got little to no upper body at all it looks like,

Also same for Tom Lee.

Nathan Wright, however, looks in terrific nick!

Very surprised at the lack of size with a number of the boys - looks like they have not touched a weight in the off season. Hopefully the new fitness guy can put a rocket under them as strength is a key factor in their improvement...

Geez people, it's only day 1 of pre-season! What would be the point of killing yourself, bulking up in the gym over summer only to come back and lose it all with the huge amount of running that goes on over pre-season? From an injury-prevention (soft tissue) point of view, it would be ludicrous to instruct players to do this.

[saintspremiers]

Bloody Sippa should be demoted to the rookie list.

Maybe then he will extract the digit and actually get to his potential.

After one training session? Yep that sounds good.

It's the new tough Saints. We are ruthless!

That was under Watters. Worked well.

Nah, re Sippa he's shown nothing last season. Maybe a proper coach will help??

[SemperFidelis]

Thanks Tony74 and grrrr for the link.

There's a video up the website now. Holmes is absolute huge. In fact, overall in this group we look tall. Thank God.

Newnes and Dunell used to look like twigs but both - yes, even Dunell - seem stronger looking to me. And Curren and White look amazing (think my son and I might hang onto the number 18 guernsey after all).

And yes, it's only November …

On the website, I noticed Pierce on the Senior list. I doubt that is significant given that Dal seems to have been given the number 15 … ?! I guess they'll fix it up in due course (a few other things happening, it seems)

[Jarred]

Newnes has got little to no upper body at all it looks like,

Also same for Tom Lee.

Nathan Wright, however, looks in terrific nick!

Very surprised at the lack of size with a number of the boys - looks like they have not touched a weight in the off season. Hopefully the new fitness guy can put a rocket under them as strength is a key factor in their improvement...

Would you be doing weights at Golds Gym if you were in Vegas or would you be enjoying your holiday?

[stinger]

Nah, re Sippa he's shown nothing last season. Maybe a proper coach will help??

well.....when you take the coach out of it and let the boys play as they naturally want to..with a bit of pride for their mates and the jumper......feo game.for example...shows what they could do......

[stinger]

Thanks Tony74 and grrrr for the link.

There's a video up the website now. Holmes is absolute huge. In fact, overall in this group we look tall. Thank God.

Newnes and Dunell used to look like twigs but both - yes, even Dunell - seem stronger looking to me. And Curren and White look amazing (think my son and I might hang onto the number 18 guernsey after all).

And yes, it's only November …

On the website, I noticed Pierce on the Senior list.

pierce has always been on the senior list....

[saintspremiers]

Nah, re Sippa he's shown nothing last season. Maybe a proper coach will help??

well.....when you take the coach out of it and let the boys play as they naturally want to..with a bit of pride for their mates and the jumper......feo game.for example...shows what they could do......

Freo game doesn't count. They were tanking not trying at all

[stinger]

Nah, re Sippa he's shown nothing last season. Maybe a proper coach will help??

well.....when you take the coach out of it and let the boys play as they naturally want to..with a bit of pride for their mates and the jumper......feo game.for example...shows what they could do......

Freo game doesn't count. They were tanking not trying at all

still 22 players against 22 and some of them were playing for their careers.....

[Wayne42]

Thanks Tony74 and grrrr for the link.

There's a video up the website now. Holmes is absolute huge. In fact, overall in this group we look tall. Thank God.

Newnes and Dunell used to look like twigs but both - yes, even Dunell - seem stronger looking to me. And Curren and White look amazing (think my son and I might hang onto the number 18 guernsey after all).

And yes, it's only November …

On the website, I noticed Pierce on the Senior list. I doubt that is significant given that Dal seems to have been given the number 15 … ?! I guess they'll fix it up in due course (a few other things happening, it seems)

Pierce has been on the Senior List since the 2012 AFL draft...

2012 AFL Draft

Pick 24: Nathan Wright, Dandenong Stingrays
Pick 40: Brodie Murdoch, Glenelg
Pick 43: Josh Saunders, Geelong Falcons
Pick 75: Lewis Pierce, Dandenong Stingrays
Pick 90: Sam Dunell (rookie upgrade)

[WinnersOnly]

Daniel MARKWORTH is another who looks to have improved his size - looking very strong !

[saintbrat]

[... i think the days of Big Fraser Gehrig sized arms over summer are a think of the past its all about explosive speed and unrelenting endurance over bulk

did someone forget to tell TC

[saintbrat]

video on saints.com.au

http://www.saints.com.au/video/2013-11- ... k-on-track

[fingers]

I have no other way to put this....I have thought long and hard about it and mean no disrespect.........here goes.....who is the chubby fellow at about 49 seconds into the video?

[Con Gorozidis]

Nate Wright looks fit as a string quartet

[saintbrat]

I have no other way to put this....I have thought long and hard about it and mean no disrespect.........here goes.....who is the chubby fellow at about 49 seconds into the video?

Carl Pederson... as previously discussed.

[fingers]

I have no other way to put this....I have thought long and hard about it and mean no disrespect.........here goes.....who is the chubby fellow at about 49 seconds into the video?

Carl Pederson... as previously discussed.

Thanks!

[Enrico_Misso]

Wallace ( Yankee import ) huge man, very skilful. Handballs with both hands and guides the ball on to his left foot. Honestly if you didn't know different you would have thought he grew up playing the game.

It's a HUGE ask for this guy to pick up the skills and tempo of AFL.
But if he does he could be anything with that physique and agility.

[saintly]

Brief Synopsis of their first run today.
Webster.... Beefed up.
Pierce........Same
Wallace ( Yankee import ) huge man, very skilful. Handballs with both hands and guides the ball on to his left foot. Honestly if you didn't know different you would have thought he grew up playing the gamally gonee.
Longer..... Big brute
Marksworth.... Looks like he hasn't missed a beat
Bruce....... Good size about him as well
Siposs....... Ran laps, and needs too
White..... Wrist still with the guard on but looks super fit
Carl Peterson..... Training with the boys

Did you see Milera? or is he really gone back to SA?

[saintbrat]

same question here saintly
viewtopic.php?f=1&t=83848

he 'left the building' last week when the journos were down there and the tweet was that he had 'left seaford without making comment'

basicly he went home ..

photos in the ones published by the saints and visionfrom Ch 7