Roberton back at training

[sabras]

Down at training and my eyes do not deceive me

Dylan is on the track doing full drills with the main group.

Is this his first training back or has this gone under the radar?

[barneyboyz]

Down at training and my eyes do not deceive me

Dylan is on the track doing full drills with the main group.

Is this his first training back or has this gone under the radar?

Great news

[saynta]

Excellent news.

[The Fireman]

awesome..has the club said anything ?

I'd rather hear from the club before "scoop" starts muddying the waters with his 3rd hand news..

[Saint wagga]

Good for the person on personal and life level...zero interest with regards a footy sense and we are still a mathematical chance for finals, our season is still alive, so don't care for the distractions that Roberton's return/McCartins trials and tribulations bring. Only interested in things that can impact the here and now for our season. This isn't a dig at the OP or either Roberton or McCartin. I just get frustrated when the AFL writers and media in general bring up these sort of things, because they are pure distraction for our playing group and while our season is alive (Barely and on life support I know), I'd love it if the pure focus was on things that can impact our side to win games here and now...The McCartin and Roberton sagas have been a drag on the club for 2 years now in a negative sense, so the less spoken about them the better I reckon

[sabras]

Good for the person on personal and life level...zero interest with regards a footy sense and we are still a mathematical chance for finals, our season is still alive, so don't care for the distractions that Roberton's return/McCartins trials and tribulations bring. Only interested in things that can impact the here and now for our season. This isn't a dig at the OP or either Roberton or McCartin. I just get frustrated when the AFL writers and media in general bring up these sort of things, because they are pure distraction for our playing group and while our season is alive (Barely and on life support I know), I'd love it if the pure focus was on things that can impact our side to win games here and now...The McCartin and Roberton sagas have been a drag on the club for 2 years now in a negative sense, so the less spoken about them the better I reckon

Spot on, let’s not talk about any football at all.

Thanks for reminding me why I don’t post on here often.

I was so happy to see him out there, wanted to share the news with fellow sainters.

[tony74]

Down at training and my eyes do not deceive me

Dylan is on the track doing full drills with the main group.

Is this his first training back or has this gone under the radar?

Been running and doing a lot of coaching with the boys. For the last fortnight has been participating in drills etc. Usually wears the pink hat re Louie , Longer and Paddy meaning no physical contact

[The Fireman]

Good for the person on personal and life level...zero interest with regards a footy sense and we are still a mathematical chance for finals, our season is still alive, so don't care for the distractions that Roberton's return/McCartins trials and tribulations bring. Only interested in things that can impact the here and now for our season. This isn't a dig at the OP or either Roberton or McCartin. I just get frustrated when the AFL writers and media in general bring up these sort of things, because they are pure distraction for our playing group and while our season is alive (Barely and on life support I know), I'd love it if the pure focus was on things that can impact our side to win games here and now...The McCartin and Roberton sagas have been a drag on the club for 2 years now in a negative sense, so the less spoken about them the better I reckon

Tend to disagree , I see our finals chances as zip,
I honestly don't think we are being well coached and look forward to that being remedied , in the meantime any news of a chance, even if it's a slight chance, of getting
back a star of our club , I see that as very positive.
Positive in the sense that it buoys the supporters and club at such a dark time and gives hope for the near future.

[The Fireman]

Down at training and my eyes do not deceive me

Dylan is on the track doing full drills with the main group.

Is this his first training back or has this gone under the radar?

Been running and doing a lot of coaching with the boys. For the last fortnight has been participating in drills etc. Usually wears the pink hat re Louie , Longer and Paddy meaning no physical contact

Has there been talk of him maybe returning to playing in the future or is this just keeping him involved ?

[The Fireman]

Good for the person on personal and life level...zero interest with regards a footy sense and we are still a mathematical chance for finals, our season is still alive, so don't care for the distractions that Roberton's return/McCartins trials and tribulations bring. Only interested in things that can impact the here and now for our season. This isn't a dig at the OP or either Roberton or McCartin. I just get frustrated when the AFL writers and media in general bring up these sort of things, because they are pure distraction for our playing group and while our season is alive (Barely and on life support I know), I'd love it if the pure focus was on things that can impact our side to win games here and now...The McCartin and Roberton sagas have been a drag on the club for 2 years now in a negative sense, so the less spoken about them the better I reckon

Spot on, let’s not talk about any football at all.

Thanks for reminding me why I don’t post on here often.

I was so happy to see him out there, wanted to share the news with fellow sainters.

Thanks for the feedback sabras

[HighettMan]

Down at training and my eyes do not deceive me

Dylan is on the track doing full drills with the main group.

Is this his first training back or has this gone under the radar?

Thanks Sabra. This type of news is great for clubs, you know the ones that are built on human lives.

[tony74]

Down at training and my eyes do not deceive me

Dylan is on the track doing full drills with the main group.

Is this his first training back or has this gone under the radar?

Been running and doing a lot of coaching with the boys. For the last fortnight has been participating in drills etc. Usually wears the pink hat re Louie , Longer and Paddy meaning no physical contact

Has there been talk of him maybe returning to playing in the future or is this just keeping him involved ?

The latter at the moment. They’re still analysing all the results and data over an the states

[mad saint guy]

Tend to disagree , I see our finals chances as zip,
I honestly don't think we are being well coached and look forward to that being remedied , in the meantime any news of a chance, even if it's a slight chance, of getting
back a star of our club , I see that as very positive.
Positive in the sense that it buoys the supporters and club at such a dark time and gives hope for the near future.

Totally agree. Roberton's return to training is great news in yet another season that is down the drain. We're all happy about Marshall and Billings, but other than that the club has pretty much nothing to celebrate. Richo's sacking will be another reason to celebrate when it happens, but that's not going to happen until the mathematical possibility of finals is gone.

[DJ Higgins]

Never expect him to play again but awesome that he is training and with any luck starting his career in the coaching world.

[barneyboyz]

Down at training and my eyes do not deceive me

Dylan is on the track doing full drills with the main group.

Is this his first training back or has this gone under the radar?

Been running and doing a lot of coaching with the boys. For the last fortnight has been participating in drills etc. Usually wears the pink hat re Louie , Longer and Paddy meaning no physical contact

Thanks mate, do you reckon they're looking at a less taxing approach for Robbo? i.e. instead of the sheer numbers through Nov - March, spread it out for him from now until March?

[SaintPav]

Good for the person on personal and life level...zero interest with regards a footy sense and we are still a mathematical chance for finals, our season is still alive, so don't care for the distractions that Roberton's return/McCartins trials and tribulations bring. Only interested in things that can impact the here and now for our season. This isn't a dig at the OP or either Roberton or McCartin. I just get frustrated when the AFL writers and media in general bring up these sort of things, because they are pure distraction for our playing group and while our season is alive (Barely and on life support I know), I'd love it if the pure focus was on things that can impact our side to win games here and now...The McCartin and Roberton sagas have been a drag on the club for 2 years now in a negative sense, so the less spoken about them the better I reckon

That’s a bit harsh.

Not everyone lives life through the hype of AFL.com and the footy media. It’s mostly noise anyway.

[tedtheodorelogan2018]

Great news for Robbo.

[Harves Man]

Tend to disagree , I see our finals chances as zip,
I honestly don't think we are being well coached and look forward to that being remedied , in the meantime any news of a chance, even if it's a slight chance, of getting
back a star of our club , I see that as very positive.
Positive in the sense that it buoys the supporters and club at such a dark time and gives hope for the near future.

Totally agree. Roberton's return to training is great news in yet another season that is down the drain. We're all happy about Marshall and Billings, but other than that the club has pretty much nothing to celebrate. Richo's sacking will be another reason to celebrate when it happens, but that's not going to happen until the mathematical possibility of finals is gone.

Also agree - at the end of the day, Roberton is easily one of our top 3 players and as such is potentially very important to us. A very, very sad (and freakish - as only StKilda can!) situation and terrible luck for the player.

[kosifantutti]

Good for the person on personal and life level...zero interest with regards a footy sense and we are still a mathematical chance for finals, our season is still alive, so don't care for the distractions that Roberton's return/McCartins trials and tribulations bring. Only interested in things that can impact the here and now for our season. This isn't a dig at the OP or either Roberton or McCartin. I just get frustrated when the AFL writers and media in general bring up these sort of things, because they are pure distraction for our playing group and while our season is alive (Barely and on life support I know), I'd love it if the pure focus was on things that can impact our side to win games here and now...The McCartin and Roberton sagas have been a drag on the club for 2 years now in a negative sense, so the less spoken about them the better I reckon

I’m interested because I’d like us to go back to back.

[B.M]

Good to hear that he’s back again running. Has been replaced by a very able Wilkie, so if he does ever return (doubtful) he’ll just squeeze one of Coffield, Clark or Wilkie out
Plus we have Webster, Savage, White, Paton, Geary, McKenzie all competing for a few spots.

We have way too many defenders on the list.

Along with all those small mediums,
Talls
Brown, Carlisle, Battle, Joyce, Clavarino, Austin, Marsh and Rowe (who really is a FB)

Talk about unbalanced!

Robbo’s been missed, but their were players to cover his loss.

McCartin and Steven have not been able to be replaced.

[Scollop]

McCartin and Steven have not been able to be replaced.

You're definitely not BigMart

[B.M]

McCartin’s output was easy to replace, and Parker has done that and then some.

McCartin the Key Forward was not replaced. The initial plan of playing two talls (Membrey is not a key forward) and this was trained all summer, then McCartin was injured, with no tall to replace him.

[HighettMan]

McCartin’s output was easy to replace, and Parker has done that and then some.

McCartin the Key Forward was not replaced. The initial plan of playing two talls (Membrey is not a key forward) and this was trained all summer, then McCartin was injured, with no tall to replace him.

Rote Learning?

[Scollop]

McCartin’s output was easy to replace, and Parker has done that and then some.

McCartin the Key Forward was not replaced. The initial plan of playing two talls (Membrey is not a key forward) and this was trained all summer, then McCartin was injured, with no tall to replace him.

Billy Longer started playing good footy for Sandringham earlier this year before his concussion. Billy played a half decent game for the seniors against the Crows if I recall. That Crows game was when Roma was rested and managed. In other words the coaches chose not to go with Longer and Roma the following week and that would have allowed Rowan to be the second tall.

Rounds 6 or 7 or even 6+7 or round 8 our coach could have tried Billy in the ruck with RoMa as a forward. Depending on the match ups it could have been something different to try when we lost a couple in a row. We could have gone with Acres relieving Longer (nothing too unusual there and Acres was already doing this)

Anyhow, I'd prefer Long and Parker in the forward line along with perhaps Hind as these guys provide a lot more forward 50 pressure

[WellardSaint]

Down at training and my eyes do not deceive me

Dylan is on the track doing full drills with the main group.

Is this his first training back or has this gone under the radar?

Been running and doing a lot of coaching with the boys. For the last fortnight has been participating in drills etc. Usually wears the pink hat re Louie , Longer and Paddy meaning no physical contact

Is that the same pink hat that Newnes wears on game day?
Asking for a friend