News Darren Burgess: new High Performance Manager

Deaneus!' Reaction:

  • He'll take it in his stride

    Votes: 5 13.5%
  • He'll get a bit angry

    Votes: 7 18.9%
  • He'll burn down Bigfooty

    Votes: 12 32.4%
  • Who is Darren Burgess?

    Votes: 13 35.1%

  • Total voters
    37

Betts are off

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Sholl back in the gym with Davis and a few others. Really looking forward to seeing what Burgo can do with Sholly. I think just another 5-6 kg's of muscle for him would probably do it. Don't want to weight him down too much, but just enough strength to push off players and not feel the bumps and bruises of AFL footy so much.

Sidenote, Davis is one shredded looking dude. I doubt he carries more then a 5% bodyfat!
 

Jarman3

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Oct 22, 2013
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So when does preseason training officially start? Interested to hear how things are going once Burgess gets a chance to really get stuck into them.
 
Aug 19, 2015
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So when does preseason training officially start? Interested to hear how things are going once Burgess gets a chance to really get stuck into them.

Not sure on specific dates but pretty sure 1st-4th year players start in the last week of November and then those over 5 years in December? But seems majority of the playing group are doing work already which is great to see. Obviously the incoming Burgess are making them all crap their pants.
 
Matt Crouch is having groin surgery

 
Aug 4, 2004
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Sholl back in the gym with Davis and a few others. Really looking forward to seeing what Burgo can do with Sholly. I think just another 5-6 kg's of muscle for him would probably do it. Don't want to weight him down too much, but just enough strength to push off players and not feel the bumps and bruises of AFL footy so much.

Sidenote, Davis is one shredded looking dude. I doubt he carries more then a 5% bodyfat!
Davis is one hell of a specimen. Also happens to be one of the nicest blokes you'd ever meet. If only his football matched everything else!
 
Jun 7, 2011
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Yeah he has, which is a concern.

I know that feet are always dicey, but is it a coincidence that 2 senior guys out of contract that both had limited preseasons and worked to get back on the field in 2021 had failed surgery outcomes? Countering that little conspiracy, Lynch did return but I'm not sure whether he had corrective surgery or not.
 
Oct 13, 2017
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So he sat out the entire season and only now he's going for surgery?

Yeah sounds like we f’ed this one up pretty badly.
He already went in for surgery at the start of the year..

obviously didnt work.. so they have now sent him in a second time.

probably wont see him until halfway through next year. Could be a blessing in disguise… we wont be seeing mcrouch added to the sloane/keays/laird mix of “go to” main mids…
 
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