I definitely think that confidence on the ball was a major factor last season which is where Grundy's style of training will come into its own. Last year we struggled to get the ball under control, so people were on top of us before we had a chance to look up, or if we did get it under then people were nervous about asking for the ball so our options were limited.

The good thing is that we all know that we can do it, we just didn't, so with the right training it will come back and with our experience, be better.

Fitness was enough last time, so this year with fitness plus some technical practise we should benefit even more. You never know who you're gonna come up against, so you're only option is to be as good as you can be.

I think we're off to a good start. Sorry about your knee Matt, I'll try and stick away from the thigh shakers in future - make sure you rest it up properly, no point in pushing things at this point, you know you can get fit pretty quickly.

As soon as we're getting fitter I'm gonna mix up fitness with agility stuff because that's something I was never quite happy with even when we won the division. If you look at the best players, they're all agile to fuck, changing direction and going from standing still to good speed with the ball within a split second. Helps you turn 50:50 balls into 75:25 because as the ball spins out you've got the best chance of getting to it. Lots to be said for agility...