Dr.SHERRIN wrote:
Confirmation from Mark Riley on radio interview today that Hendo has had minor knee trouble. Had the 2 weeks off and was running indoors today - didn't participate at all in the match simulation session. Bomber said he didn't think it would impact him greatly - but didn't sound too confident in his answer.
yer, heard that ...
he said that henderson had a "grumble" with his knee and that he's had a fortnight off.
when asked by the SEN dudes whether it was serious he gave a frank response which came across as like "well, we don't think so but we're not entirely sure ... "
btw, thought riley handled the SEN boys well. seemed well prepared for the focus of their questioning and gave a very "daniher-like" performance.
some of what he said was:
- brock mclean joined us with a bee in his bonnet to prove a point. played well as a teenager under daniher in finals but got lost with the combination of injuries and demons youth emphasis. he hasn't missed a beat and all his stats returns show that his running / endurance are elite level (judd and walker level)
- yarran is flying and skin folds really good. at training today yarran and garlett reminded him of the krakouer brothers.
- bomber described kreuzer as a gift from the gods. amazing tank for a 19 yo. bomber, as the midfield coach, would love to have kreuze in the midfield but he may be required to pinch-hit up forward.
- hampson started pre-season a little restricted due to a patella injury. he was used today in a FF leading role from the square and given his amazing pace + height combo could be a real handful.
- warnock is in full training. good skills and covers the ground well for a big man.
- jacobs is also training well. riley stated that all 4 rucks are "training the house down".
- new facilities are FANTASTIC!! went into a little detail but i got caught behind a tram in brunswick and the static made this bit hard to hear.
- sounded really excited about the post fev carlton forward line. indicated that our challenge is to create multiple structures to kick a winning score. inferred that we will be much less predictable and that we will be a more difficult team to score against. seems they're looking at 13 goals as the game winning total, as opposed to 16 when fev was there.
- got hammered re booze cruize, esp from robbo, but acquitted himself well and sold the message that while people make mistakes it's all about what you learn from it. made sure SEN were aware that while the booze cruise revelations were very disappointing, the overwhelming majority of players on the list behave in exemplary fashion on the majority of occasions.
- henderson has a really good footy brain on his young shoulders. good kick and knows where to run.
- laughed off the grigg marriage garbage and pointed out that HUN made that "story" page 3 while haiti earthquake tragedy was on page 5 that day.
- robbo is on a mission to find out which player was handcuffed to casboult ... riley played a straight bat by saying he was on annual leave in "god's own country in WA"
i'm sure there's loads of stuff i've forgotten, but i felt riley performed well ...