Open training TODAY

Saints Media · Mon 30 Mar 2009 10:11am

The St Kilda Football Club will hold an open training session at Linen House Oval from 2:00pm Monday.

matrix · Post: # 715399Post **matrix** » Mon 30 Mar 2009 1:51pm

which isnt far away now.....
hopefully someone trots down for a sticky beak and we get a report on how certain players pull up

Eastern · Post: # 715461Post **Eastern** » Mon 30 Mar 2009 3:58pm

Especially interested in reports on Raph, X, Dal, Milney & Roo. Newspaper reports this morning suggest that Raph might even be OK for this week !!

Quixote · Post: # 715464Post **Quixote** » Mon 30 Mar 2009 4:01pm

An update on Steven's ankle would also be helpful!

Not to mention Hayes.

Eastern · Post: # 715465Post **Eastern** » Mon 30 Mar 2009 4:01pm

Quixote wrote:An update on Steven's ankle would also be helpful!

Yes. I forgot about him

!!

loris · Post: # 715505Post **loris** » Mon 30 Mar 2009 5:33pm

Quixote wrote:
Not to mention Hayes.

2 weeks or would that be tilting at windmills?????

saintbrat · Post: # 715513Post **saintbrat** » Mon 30 Mar 2009 5:44pm

I saw some vision of training

wearing the training tops

http://www.saintscentral.com.au/Detail.aspx?id=649

Quixote · Post: # 715646Post **Quixote** » Mon 30 Mar 2009 9:06pm

loris wrote:
Quixote wrote:
Not to mention Hayes.
2 weeks or would that be tilting at windmills?????

It would seem the latter.

I blame the Bureaucratic Scurge down at Moorabbin. Never a straight answer and go to pieces under the slightest scrutiny they do. Head's need to roll - soon. And I'm not talking in a fortnight, but Now. Here's who needs ousting first:

Bernard Shakey · Mon 30 Mar 2009 10:49pm

There was no training.

Half the list out there fooling around and having a laugh.

Lenny looked fine. Roo had his left leg strapped from below the knee to the top of the thigh and did not kick a ball.

None of those that played for Sandy yesterday were there. Also no appearance from Gram as usual.

Iceman234 · Post: # 715741Post **Iceman234** » Mon 30 Mar 2009 10:50pm

Uh-oh, here comes that old no-training vs. training chestnut again.

Saints Media said it was an open training session.

But apparently it was just a play-date between mates?

saintbrat · Post: # 715743Post **saintbrat** » Mon 30 Mar 2009 10:52pm

if they are getting their hand on the football and managing to pass it in some fashion - by hand or foot to a partner / team mate IT IS training.

they are learning ' touch' they are learning 'trust' and they are PRACTICING both

Bernard Shakey · Mon 30 Mar 2009 11:16pm

saintbrat wrote:if they are getting their hand on the football and managing to pass it in some fashion - by hand or foot to a partner / team mate IT IS training.

they are learning ' touch' they are learning 'trust' and they are PRACTICING both

bratty, they were doing nothing except kicking at a teammate with his back to the kicker 10 metres away. If thats that's training in an elite sport, the I, in my 60th year, am an elite sportsman. The only thing that could be achieved is that the poor bunny could be knocked out by his stupid mates.

Clearly the board have insisted on at least one open session a week and the coach has said ok this is it. It is a blight on the club to advertise this rubbish as a training session. For heavens sake they even had Mini do the media interview. From what I saw, the media were not impressed.

Teflon · Post: # 715769Post **Teflon** » Mon 30 Mar 2009 11:23pm

Bernard Shakey wrote:
Roo had his left leg strapped from below the knee to the top of the thigh and did not kick a ball.

Odd cramp treatment...

saintbrat · Post: # 715772Post **saintbrat** » Mon 30 Mar 2009 11:26pm

Bernard Shakey wrote: For heavens sake they even had Mini do the media interview. From what I saw, the media were not impressed.

Well the media can learn- we are more than Nick Riewoldt--

it's actually nice to hear from others,

and from previous posts BS I understand you would not see it of being valuable but if it's providing vision of the team and encourageing supporters to be Interested then it has value in many ways,

even if it is just done' because the board says so' it's what many supporters want - they want to see what the team is looking like out of the intensity of game day, to know that they are touching the football in some way shape or form......

I understand that you seem to be able to ' get in' and see the ' real training' for those of us not able to be that close any vision is good vision, 'maybe ' members need to see.

I heard at the weekend that the crows are actually doing much of their training in a completely differant suburb at a ground they can lock up...

Bernard Shakey · Mon 30 Mar 2009 11:44pm

Love your loyalty bratty, but you do push the envelope a bit too far at times.

Supporters and members love to see the team, I agree.

What is happening now is showing disrespect to supporters and the whole idea is to make them not bother to turn at training anymore.

You, and many others, will say all that matters is that we win matches.

To me being a member of a club is more than turning up on match day.

I also think the media at least deserve to hear from a member of the leadership group. By the way Mini handled himself well.

sunsaint · Post: # 715790Post **sunsaint** » Tue 31 Mar 2009 12:05am

saintbrat wrote:if they are getting their hand on the football and managing to pass it in some fashion - by hand or foot to a partner / team mate IT IS training.

they are learning ' touch' they are learning 'trust' and they are PRACTICING both

you play the way you train.
I Understand it would have been scheduled as a light session, but surely a bucket of balls in front of the goals would have been more beneficial.

loris · Post: # 715807Post **loris** » Tue 31 Mar 2009 12:29am

Quixote wrote:
loris wrote:
Quixote wrote:
Not to mention Hayes.
2 weeks or would that be tilting at windmills?????

It would seem the latter.

I blame the Bureaucratic Scurge down at Moorabbin. Never a straight answer and go to pieces under the slightest scrutiny they do. Head's need to roll - soon. And I'm not talking in a fortnight, but Now. Here's who needs ousting first:

two weeks or will we get ready for a surprise

bigcarl · Post: # 715809Post **bigcarl** » Tue 31 Mar 2009 12:38am

Teflon wrote:
Bernard Shakey wrote:
Roo had his left leg strapped from below the knee to the top of the thigh and did not kick a ball.

Odd cramp treatment...

sounds more like a hamstring. since when is calf soreness above the knee?

matrix · Post: # 715820Post **matrix** » Tue 31 Mar 2009 1:12am

sunsaint wrote:
saintbrat wrote:if they are getting their hand on the football and managing to pass it in some fashion - by hand or foot to a partner / team mate IT IS training.

they are learning ' touch' they are learning 'trust' and they are PRACTICING both
you play the way you train.
I Understand it would have been scheduled as a light session, but surely a bucket of balls in front of the goals would have been more beneficial.

didnt a recent legend at our club who is elsewhere now, have this attitude?

from all reports i really dont see the point of having a 'training session" like that....
a few snaps at goal from the boundary would be at least 'practice'

thanks for the reports tho from those that went

kosifantutti23 · Tue 31 Mar 2009 2:03am

sunsaint wrote: you play the way you train.

I'd hate to see Sydney's training