Fitness

[tugga]

Peter Burge needs to be sacked on the spot.
is nothing more than a glorified personal trainer.
We ran rings around them in the first half and they have done the same to us in the second, despite coming back from Perth last weekend.

 

[Tiger_man322]

Bigger issues then fitness

 

[MR]

He was sacked by the Saints. It seems we even take rejects from crap clubs in the coaching department too.

 

[wart101]

Bigger issues then fitness

nope. it is the biggest issue.

 

[Tiger_man322]

nope. it is the biggest issue.

When the players can't even do the basics...

 

[Infamy]

Was going to come and post the same thing, amazing how hard we chased for Burgess who has Port as the fittest team in the competition and now it seems like we are the least fit team. He said he had to only do 90% last year as he assessed the loads for each player, well we have gone backwards.

 

[DustinsGuns]

Agreed. Has to be sacked on Monday.

The whole team was spent by half time.

 

[Calcium Man]

Fitness and a stop start game plan where our guys stop and kick sideways or backwards allowing the opposition to get back in numbers. Gives our forwards no hope...

i do wonder how much our stop start game plan is designed to conserve energy because it was a massive failing in the elim final

 

[Infamy]

Bigger issues then fitness

Nope, we showed we could play in the first half
We ran out of petrol in the 2nd and couldn't compete, fitness is absolutely our biggest issue

 

[Heisenberg_]

When the players can't even do the basics...

You don't reckon the fact they have zero fitness plays a big part in that?

 

[Tiger71]

IMO we should all email and ring the club to sack the fitness bloke.

 

[wart101]

When the players can't even do the basics...

You don't reckon the fact they have zero fitness plays a big part in that?

I was gonna say that but i couldn't be ****ed trying to argue reason with someone who is being unreasonable.

 

[Stylo]

Unbelievable. We must be the least fit side in the comp. How the **** does that happen. We're certainly not under-resourced.

Sack Burge immediately. We really needed his female couterpart. Burgess

 

[wart101]

IMO we should all email and ring the club to sack the fitness bloke.

Change.org, lets start a petition.

 

[tugga]

Bigger issues then fitness

Rubbish. The first half was the way we played last year. Brutal, accountable, running footy.
Second half was the result of our personal trainer.

 

[DrMike]

Sounds like they did actually listen to Richo and go over the road to the park and pick up a Personal Trainer

 

[living_in_syd]

Yeh I made a thread about this pre season based on last season.

A blind man could see our fitness was shit last year and even worst this year.

 

[Rodney Dangerfield]

Is it fitness or lack of courage/want/desire/belief??
Blokes running uo and down in the spot second half.
One thing for sure Martin is not as fit as he could be.
Was enormous tonight but he completely ran out of gas and looked so leg heavy.
I don't put it down to desire he just couldn't go. He was. ****** .
Not pointing at him far from it just using him as an example.
I think we are definitely not fit enough but it's between the ears too.
Suppose it goes hand in hand.

 

[Dragonss]

IMO we should all email and ring the club to sack the fitness bloke.

What's the email mate?

Jesus christ, our fitness is deplorable, horrific and abysmal. Why did we even get him? What were the driving forces in his recruitment? We now know where the best fitness coaches are, and that's from English Soccer teams. I don't want to see Burge or whatever his name is at the end of the season.

 

["The Roar Is Back"]

I agree we looked a different side in the second half , however it was directly after the second half after we were running all over them in the 2nd . We have to many players that coast when they think they have done enough or get clamped down .
I did notice dusty and Lids talking to someone that appeared to be Grigg at half time no more needed to be said .
We are half way through the year and it has been happening for years. .
Low tank with no muscles or big heads with no will to be the best they can , I'm sticking with the later. .

 

[Calcium Man]

Sack Burge immediately. We really needed his female couterpart. Burgess

Boys might run a bit harder and player a bit harder if there was a girl to impress.

 

[Tigerland]

Who's call was it to hire him?
Gale? President mouse?

 

[Livonski]

Yeh I made a thread about this pre season based on last season.

A blind man could see our fitness was shit last year and even worst this year.

Agreed. I assumed with another preseason our younger brigade would develop a better tank and naturally improve.
How wrong was that?
And as good as dusty was in H1 he was invisible in H2, just as an example. Ad yet pricks like Deledio are streaming past for handbills with 2 mins to go and yet was unsighted in Q3. Reiwoldt the same. Those blokes are fit enough, just go missing.

 

[Calcium Man]

Is it fitness or lack of courage/want/desire/belief??
Blokes running uo and down in the spot second half.
One thing for sure Martin is not as fit as he could be.
Was enormous tonight but he completely ran out of gas and looked so leg heavy.
I don't put it down to desire he just couldn't go. He was. ****** .
Not pointing at him far from it just using him as an example.
I think we are definitely not fit enough but it's between the ears too.
Suppose it goes hand in hand.

I think its a lack of desire but how much is that due to Burge/Dimma giving them a pat on the back? "You did well have a drink and a break"? No one here can probably answer that as we are not in the inner sanctum but Burgess and Hinkley don't accept that crap Wingard kicks a goal and comes off for a break and Ken says no you're just being soft.

The boys need a massive amount of tough love.

 

[Madison]

I've said all season we've looked unfit. We have had no intensity around the footy and looked flat except for one quarter against Carlton, three quarters against Geelong and the first half tonight.

We need a new fitness team. We played our best footy in 2012. We won more games last year but I think we still didn't look as good. And we look worse again this year. Which lines up exactly with the change over we had in fitness staff.