Jiggling Jenneke?jackcass wrote:Can we find someone with a tad more pace and agility, Penny Taylor maybe.stui magpie wrote:Can we get Darcy to hook up with Liz Cambage?Mugwump wrote: Breed from them, quickly, and then make sure we get 100 games into him.
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Too good for Darcy, she's mine.didick wrote:Jiggling Jenneke?jackcass wrote:Can we find someone with a tad more pace and agility, Penny Taylor maybe.stui magpie wrote: Can we get Darcy to hook up with Liz Cambage?
Every dead body on Mt Everest was once a highly motivated person, so maybe just calm the **** down.
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if he was a racehorse, Darcy would go straight to stud about now, I'd think. No point flogging him on the track. So all three suggestions are in the book.didick wrote:Jiggling Jenneke?jackcass wrote:Can we find someone with a tad more pace and agility, Penny Taylor maybe.stui magpie wrote: Can we get Darcy to hook up with Liz Cambage?
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Great Article about James Aish by Emma Quayle
http://www.theage.com.au/afl/collingwoo ... qukxh.html
http://www.theage.com.au/afl/collingwoo ... qukxh.html
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For those unable to access The Age website:
How Collingwood recruit James Aish rediscovered his instinct
Emma Quayle
Emma Quayle
James Aish was right where he was supposed to be, standing in all the right spots at all the right times. He was following the rules, sticking to the game plan and doing all the things he had been asked to do. There was just one minor problem: he wasn't getting the ball. "I was trying to be in the perfect position every time," he said. "I was trying too hard to do every single thing exactly right. I wasn't really playing the game."
Aish did not expect to become an automatic member of Collingwood's first-choice team, after he was traded there at the end of last season. In fact, he knew he wouldn't be: Nathan Buckley told him so when they spoke before the trade went through. What he knew, though, was that the coach would push him to get there, as soon as he could. He wanted to get there, and he asked it of himself.
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"I wasn't expecting it, but that's where I wanted to be. I wanted to come over and do all the work and make sure I was in the team," he said. "I put a lot of pressure on myself, and it wasn't meant to be."
At times, Aish wondered why. "I started worrying a little bit about how I was going," he said, "and it was in my head that I wasn't where I wanted to be. But I knew I just had to keep going." He knew he had left the Brisbane Lions at the right time, and was sure he had chosen a club that would help him become the player he was determined to become and knew he could be.
Right fit: James Aish knew coming to Collingwood would help him become the player he wants to be.
Right fit: James Aish knew coming to Collingwood would help him become the player he wants to be. Photo: Jesse Marlow
He liked Melbourne; while the thought of moving home to an Adelaide club crossed his mind, living in the bigger football city was something that appealed to him more. He got along with his new teammates, he loved the club and he had moved in with his sister and her partner.
His parents were coming over from Adelaide every couple of weeks and he had other good things happening away from work: a new relationship with runner Morgan Mitchell, who made a semi-final at the Olympics in Rio this week, for one, and a behavioural science course to get started on.
Aish spoke to Travis Varcoe, who said it had taken him a couple of months to get used to the way Collingwood played, and to find a way to fit in. He watched some video with midfield coach Scott Burns, who told him he was doing everything right but that he was allowed to abandon the rules and get after the ball when it was right there in front of him.
Sent back to the VFL team after his first five games he was told by the coach there, Dale Tapping, that if he concentrated on the simple things, all other parts of his game would start to flourish. So Aish went after the ball, laid some tackles, got a few kicks and started to feel much better. "I was able to relax a bit more, and just enjoy playing football again," he said. "It was a tough start but I was able to get some of my instincts back. I started to play with some confidence again."
He has kept it up, gradually and in different ways, since he got back into the senior team eight weeks ago. One week he felt like he got a lot of the ball, and that his possessions were meaningful ones. In another game his marking felt good; in another he did all the defensive things he wanted to and in two of them he kicked a couple of goals.
Aish didn't arrive at Collingwood a fully-formed player: he was 20, at the end of an interrupted and messy second season when he asked the Lions to trade him and he knew he had a lot to work on even before Buckley told him so. That he chose the right club to go to was clear to him before he was dropped back to the reserves, but has become even more apparent since he has been brought back into the senior team.
"To be honest, the way Bucks presented it to me was pretty much how things have gone. He was honest about how far I had to go, but I knew I could be the player I wanted to be, here, and that he would push me to get there. When I went back, that didn't change at all," Aish said. "I think a lot of it has been instinct but it's been my intensity at the contest as well, being a bit harder and having the confidence to get in there and win my own ball.
"I was painted as that outside player for probably my whole junior career, but I'm definitely wanting to build into an inside-outside player. That's something I need to keep working on, because that's what the team needs."
He has two more weeks to do it this year, time he knows he is lucky to have. He met Mitchell earlier this year, and knew he wanted to know her better. "It was a six-month effort on my part," he said, smiling "She was working at adidas, so I had to keep getting boots."
Her motivation is different to his; he gets to train and play with a whole heap of friends every week, she trains as part of a group but has to race on her own. She has barely had a day off in the time he has known her; he has eight weeks holidays coming up. He gets to play every weekend; she can't run another 400-metre race at the Olympics for four years.
"She's basically been going two years without any break at all. We're lucky that we get our long break at the end of the season but she doesn't get any of that. I think she has six weeks off soon, then it's straight back into it for the next four years," Aish said. "It's an individual sport so it's all up to her and she's up early every day to train while balancing a bit of work and her life as well.
"The pressure and motivation to perform is pretty significant. It's a lot of pressure. There's the Commonwealth Games and the world championships and other things in between, but I guess the absolute pinnacle is the Olympics, so everything she does is geared up for one race, really. In the whole time I've known her, pretty much her entire focus has been going over there and performing well. She's a bit disappointed with how it went, but she will have learnt so much from it.
"She's really good, and the way she trains and commits herself is pretty amazing. It's been good to help each other through that side of things. She actually grew up a Saints supporter but she's just told me she's converted to Collingwood, which is good news I think!"
Aish is still learning too, about what he can do, how he can do it and how much he wants it to happen. "I still have a lot to work on and I need to keep improving to make sure I keep my spot, but I feel completely different to how I did earlier in the year my with confidence and with backing myself in," he said.
"Since I've kept things simple it's seemed to help and I just want to keep improving and finish off as well as I can, and keep going. That's what it's about, getting fitter and stronger and better every year and being here for as long as I can. I wanted to show my worth when I got here and that hasn't changed. That's still what I want to do."
How Collingwood recruit James Aish rediscovered his instinct
Emma Quayle
Emma Quayle
James Aish was right where he was supposed to be, standing in all the right spots at all the right times. He was following the rules, sticking to the game plan and doing all the things he had been asked to do. There was just one minor problem: he wasn't getting the ball. "I was trying to be in the perfect position every time," he said. "I was trying too hard to do every single thing exactly right. I wasn't really playing the game."
Aish did not expect to become an automatic member of Collingwood's first-choice team, after he was traded there at the end of last season. In fact, he knew he wouldn't be: Nathan Buckley told him so when they spoke before the trade went through. What he knew, though, was that the coach would push him to get there, as soon as he could. He wanted to get there, and he asked it of himself.
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Rohan Connolly previews all the footy action ahead of round 22 in the AFL.
"I wasn't expecting it, but that's where I wanted to be. I wanted to come over and do all the work and make sure I was in the team," he said. "I put a lot of pressure on myself, and it wasn't meant to be."
At times, Aish wondered why. "I started worrying a little bit about how I was going," he said, "and it was in my head that I wasn't where I wanted to be. But I knew I just had to keep going." He knew he had left the Brisbane Lions at the right time, and was sure he had chosen a club that would help him become the player he was determined to become and knew he could be.
Right fit: James Aish knew coming to Collingwood would help him become the player he wants to be.
Right fit: James Aish knew coming to Collingwood would help him become the player he wants to be. Photo: Jesse Marlow
He liked Melbourne; while the thought of moving home to an Adelaide club crossed his mind, living in the bigger football city was something that appealed to him more. He got along with his new teammates, he loved the club and he had moved in with his sister and her partner.
His parents were coming over from Adelaide every couple of weeks and he had other good things happening away from work: a new relationship with runner Morgan Mitchell, who made a semi-final at the Olympics in Rio this week, for one, and a behavioural science course to get started on.
Aish spoke to Travis Varcoe, who said it had taken him a couple of months to get used to the way Collingwood played, and to find a way to fit in. He watched some video with midfield coach Scott Burns, who told him he was doing everything right but that he was allowed to abandon the rules and get after the ball when it was right there in front of him.
Sent back to the VFL team after his first five games he was told by the coach there, Dale Tapping, that if he concentrated on the simple things, all other parts of his game would start to flourish. So Aish went after the ball, laid some tackles, got a few kicks and started to feel much better. "I was able to relax a bit more, and just enjoy playing football again," he said. "It was a tough start but I was able to get some of my instincts back. I started to play with some confidence again."
He has kept it up, gradually and in different ways, since he got back into the senior team eight weeks ago. One week he felt like he got a lot of the ball, and that his possessions were meaningful ones. In another game his marking felt good; in another he did all the defensive things he wanted to and in two of them he kicked a couple of goals.
Aish didn't arrive at Collingwood a fully-formed player: he was 20, at the end of an interrupted and messy second season when he asked the Lions to trade him and he knew he had a lot to work on even before Buckley told him so. That he chose the right club to go to was clear to him before he was dropped back to the reserves, but has become even more apparent since he has been brought back into the senior team.
"To be honest, the way Bucks presented it to me was pretty much how things have gone. He was honest about how far I had to go, but I knew I could be the player I wanted to be, here, and that he would push me to get there. When I went back, that didn't change at all," Aish said. "I think a lot of it has been instinct but it's been my intensity at the contest as well, being a bit harder and having the confidence to get in there and win my own ball.
"I was painted as that outside player for probably my whole junior career, but I'm definitely wanting to build into an inside-outside player. That's something I need to keep working on, because that's what the team needs."
He has two more weeks to do it this year, time he knows he is lucky to have. He met Mitchell earlier this year, and knew he wanted to know her better. "It was a six-month effort on my part," he said, smiling "She was working at adidas, so I had to keep getting boots."
Her motivation is different to his; he gets to train and play with a whole heap of friends every week, she trains as part of a group but has to race on her own. She has barely had a day off in the time he has known her; he has eight weeks holidays coming up. He gets to play every weekend; she can't run another 400-metre race at the Olympics for four years.
"She's basically been going two years without any break at all. We're lucky that we get our long break at the end of the season but she doesn't get any of that. I think she has six weeks off soon, then it's straight back into it for the next four years," Aish said. "It's an individual sport so it's all up to her and she's up early every day to train while balancing a bit of work and her life as well.
"The pressure and motivation to perform is pretty significant. It's a lot of pressure. There's the Commonwealth Games and the world championships and other things in between, but I guess the absolute pinnacle is the Olympics, so everything she does is geared up for one race, really. In the whole time I've known her, pretty much her entire focus has been going over there and performing well. She's a bit disappointed with how it went, but she will have learnt so much from it.
"She's really good, and the way she trains and commits herself is pretty amazing. It's been good to help each other through that side of things. She actually grew up a Saints supporter but she's just told me she's converted to Collingwood, which is good news I think!"
Aish is still learning too, about what he can do, how he can do it and how much he wants it to happen. "I still have a lot to work on and I need to keep improving to make sure I keep my spot, but I feel completely different to how I did earlier in the year my with confidence and with backing myself in," he said.
"Since I've kept things simple it's seemed to help and I just want to keep improving and finish off as well as I can, and keep going. That's what it's about, getting fitter and stronger and better every year and being here for as long as I can. I wanted to show my worth when I got here and that hasn't changed. That's still what I want to do."
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Yes, i thought he was relatively poor tonight, compared to his recent form.
Hope he does better nxt week vs the Dawks. Without Darcy and probably DeGoey, not to mention Adams and Sinclair, and Fasolo, I expect we'll get a pasting next week, and Aish will need to be at his very best.
Hope he does better nxt week vs the Dawks. Without Darcy and probably DeGoey, not to mention Adams and Sinclair, and Fasolo, I expect we'll get a pasting next week, and Aish will need to be at his very best.
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Hopefully they Finally put Aish into the MidfieldMugwump wrote:Yes, i thought he was relatively poor tonight, compared to his recent form.
Hope he does better nxt week vs the Dawks. Without Darcy and probably DeGoey, not to mention Adams and Sinclair, and Fasolo, I expect we'll get a pasting next week, and Aish will need to be at his very best.
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