The pre-season 2026 thread

Les Misérables said:
People were definitely too quick to write him off as a prospect towards the end of his stint in FG, after debuting strongly, despite having next to no FG training and maybe a dozen games of NSW Cup to his name as a teenager.

I still expect him to continue to grow. He'll offer us plenty over the next year or two
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I think he will end up in ESL etc. sharpe, de courcey, kepaoa all in front of him and higher ceilings alongside young and marzhew imo.
 
Krambach said:
I think he will end up in ESL etc. sharpe, de courcey, kepaoa all in front of him and higher ceilings alongside young and marzhew imo.
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I'm usually pretty aggressive when it comes to writing players off early. But I reckon he has something special. He's a physical footballer and understands the game and is finely skilled.

If by 21 he isn't that guy, fine. But I wouldn't write him off before then. Pretty sure he hasnt even had a FG preseason.
 
Les Misérables said:
I'm usually pretty aggressive when it comes to writing players off early. But I reckon he has something special. He's a physical footballer and understands the game and is finely skilled.

If by 21 he isn't that guy, fine. But I wouldn't write him off before then. Pretty sure he hasnt even had a FG preseason.
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I think he’s got a lot of football smarts, which isn’t a super common thing. Maybe physically he won’t ever quite get there, that remains to be seen when as you say, he hasn’t had a first grade pre-season yet. But I’m with you, he’s definitely worth plenty more chances at this stage.
 
I swear I saw an article that said Dylan Brown and Bradman Best supposed to be back training this week? Obviously not there as they would have been in the new training photos if they had been
Anyone know if there back this week at all?
 
Talking of the photos from today, Chase Butler is still training with the big boys.
I'm trying to remember someone going from Mats to a firstgrade pre-season - can't think of anyone.
They are probably only using him to stand in for Dylan Brown because he has an elite kicking game for a young bloke.
 
Billy said:
Talking of the photos from today, Chase Butler is still training with the big boys.
I'm trying to remember someone going from Mats to a firstgrade pre-season - can't think of anyone.
They are probably only using him to stand in for Dylan Brown because he has an elite kicking game for a young bloke.
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surely bradman did
 
So Brown says his first impression of Holbrook is he tells a lot of jokes.

O'Brien Joke;
Q; Why did the chicken cross the road?

A; Why aren't you all crossing the road you lazy gits.
 
Am I mistaken in thinking that he is still 16 yo?

DOB Jan 24th 2009, meaning, the exemption to train with FG will come into effect on Jan 24 in the new year?
 
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Pretty sure that's Aiden Gow practicing his leap over Marzhew. We heard in the off season that him and Dacre would be training with firstgrade. I think that's the first pic of Gow and haven't seen Dacre yet.
 
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