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I mentioned this a couple of weeks ago, but it's quite obvious when you compare pictures with last year, that Dal has trimmed down enormously. Makes you think that because he is losing some of the bulk, perhaps he is being moulded into more of a receiver type mid? I know I quite like the idea of a silky skilled Dal receiving the ball and pushing forward.
Ross wants the team to play more exciting footy, me thinks this could be one of the ways in which he will make it so?
Perhaps this in turn gives opportunity to Armo to come in and rotate with Lenny in more of the engine room type role?
certainly a good point. pics can be deceiving. but certainly helpful if they are making it easier for him to cover the ground and as u said using polo/steven/armo as more inside grunt.
from the looks of it a few of the boys look slimmer this preseason ... most years the boys look like body builders at this time of year ..not so much this year
"The team that wins in the most positions and makes the least amount of mistakes, usually wins the game." -- Allan Jeans
I wouldnt be deceived by the photo. Every year I hear on here that a player looks bigger or smaller but to me most of the time when the season starts they look the same. The only ones that have really any change are 2nd and 3rd year players IMO.
My first thought when I saw Dal in this year's photos was stress-induced weight loss.
"... You want to pose a threat to the opposition in as many ways as you can, both defensively and offensively. We've got a responsibility to explore all those possibilities - and we will."
plugger66 wrote:I wouldnt be deceived by the photo. Every year I hear on here that a player looks bigger or smaller but to me most of the time when the season starts they look the same. The only ones that have really any change are 2nd and 3rd year players IMO.
plugg surely with all you knowllege on every thing and your use of both eyes would recognise that players in the preseason build bulk on their frame in the early months of preseason and then taper off as they focus more on running in the later months to end up at their optimal playing weight by round one .... this year the photos have not shown much of the bulk building .. maybe an effort to concentrate more on the running style of training ?
"The team that wins in the most positions and makes the least amount of mistakes, usually wins the game." -- Allan Jeans
You cant lose fat without losing at least some muscle... but he's definitely shed a bit of weight.
And I doubt it would be an accident, cos it's not easy!
Reasonable to suggest it may be with a slightly new strategy in mind... Dal streaming in and slotting a goal from just on the 50 is one of my favourite sights at the footy, seeing that or similar more often would be great.
He still has unfulfilled potential to draw on, IMO, and could still be the best in the game.
NDS is a receiver and playmaker, not an under the pack hard nut, and it's no good bulking up if you're an outside runner, you need to be nimble and quick, so the more bulk he sheds the better IMHO
plugger66 wrote:I wouldnt be deceived by the photo. Every year I hear on here that a player looks bigger or smaller but to me most of the time when the season starts they look the same. The only ones that have really any change are 2nd and 3rd year players IMO.
plugg surely with all you knowllege on every thing and your use of both eyes would recognise that players in the preseason build bulk on their frame in the early months of preseason and then taper off as they focus more on running in the later months to end up at their optimal playing weight by round one .... this year the photos have not shown much of the bulk building .. maybe an effort to concentrate more on the running style of training ?
I know what the photos show but i have seen nearly all the players live and they all pretty much look the same to me. Wait till the games start and people will say hasnt so and so bulked up and hasnt so and so lost weight. By the start of the season nearly everyone will be the same weight as last year apart from the really young guys. I read here people saying Stanley had bulked up but I know for a fact he is exactly the same weight as last year and wants to remain that way.
markp wrote:You cant lose fat without losing at least some muscle... but he's definitely shed a bit of weight.
And I doubt it would be an accident, cos it's not easy!
Reasonable to suggest it may be with a slightly new strategy in mind... Dal streaming in and slotting a goal from just on the 50 is one of my favourite sights at the footy, seeing that or similar more often would be great.
He still has unfulfilled potential to draw on, IMO, and could still be the best in the game.
Why can't you lose fat without losing muscle? Are they dependant on eachother?
Surely ur not one of the believers who proclaim that people can turn fat into muscle...???
markp wrote:You cant lose fat without losing at least some muscle... but he's definitely shed a bit of weight.
And I doubt it would be an accident, cos it's not easy!
Reasonable to suggest it may be with a slightly new strategy in mind... Dal streaming in and slotting a goal from just on the 50 is one of my favourite sights at the footy, seeing that or similar more often would be great.
He still has unfulfilled potential to draw on, IMO, and could still be the best in the game.
Why can't you lose fat without losing muscle? Are they dependant on eachother?
Surely ur not one of the believers who proclaim that people can turn fat into muscle...???
In my experience you just cant... even though plenty of people may tell you that you can.
Best you can do is restrict it by doing weights and eating enough protein... and if you're doing a lot of cardio that makes it all the more difficult, too.
It's why body builders dont do any/much cardio, and have really regimented routines when (if) they try to lose fat and get cut without losing too much of their precious muscle.
But hey, these footy players do have full-time nutritionists and trainers monitoring them every day.
Now he just has to actually play the way reputation says he does, rather than the way he actually does.
NDS has always won his fair share of his own ball, yet continues to be labelled an outside runner. If he were to actually run enough to get the same amount of ball as an outside runner, given his disposal skills, he might yet get the brownlow attention predicted early in his career.
That said, becoming a 25-30 disposal outside guy is a LOT of running...
"Everything comes to he who hustles while he waits"
- Henry Ford
plugger66 wrote:I wouldnt be deceived by the photo. Every year I hear on here that a player looks bigger or smaller but to me most of the time when the season starts they look the same. The only ones that have really any change are 2nd and 3rd year players IMO.
It's not just the official club photo though, he looks skinnier in all of the recent shots...
I'll stick to the theory that Armo will be stepping up to handle more inside work, and Dal will be running and creating more.
Oh, I reckon he could just win his brownlow this year, if he does become more flashy.
plugger66 wrote:I wouldnt be deceived by the photo. Every year I hear on here that a player looks bigger or smaller but to me most of the time when the season starts they look the same. The only ones that have really any change are 2nd and 3rd year players IMO.
It's not just the official club photo though, he looks skinnier in all of the recent shots...
I'll stick to the theory that Armo will be stepping up to handle more inside work, and Dal will be running and creating more.
Oh, I reckon he could just win his brownlow this year, if he does become more flashy.
Couldnt give a stuff about the Brownlow but I hope he get a premiership medallion.
I read here people saying Stanley had bulked up but I know for a fact he is exactly the same weight as last year and wants to remain that way.
Glad about that - all the talk about Stanley bulking up gives me the Shytes. He has way more potential as a mobile athletic tall that can use bursts of speed. Why would you want to turn him into a Gorilla?
I've never seen a bad St.Kilda player - that's just how they are.
