Roast Our fitness is a huge problem

[Wargreymon90]

Fitness should not be a factor. Every team should be fit

 

[Ilias M]

11 season in individual talent has kept the Hinkley trotting along. Fitness is one thing but predictability is another. We need changes big changes across the coaching aspect

 

[klem22]

11 seasons plus 5 games
The coach is a dud how can anyone be given so much and deliver so little.
And koch is happy with this.
What a mess we have at Alberton.

 

[El Zorro]

Yes. This obviously a real issue now.

 

[Power Raid]

embarrassing we couldn't run over a depleted seconds side today

 

[PAFC_FOREVER]

Don't think fitness is the issue. We ran down two good sides B2B.

 

[Enviable Tradition]

Nah, were good Burgo.

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[ClintEastwood]

We are timing our run for September.

 

[Long live PAFC]

Manage to somehow look smaller, slower, less agile and be less fit.

Finlayson, Wines, Jonas, Boak all carrying something and taking awhile to get up to speed. Lycett looks like he would struggle keeping up with the amateurs. Rioli, JHF, Hayes, Lord, Williams, Fantasia - all seem to be unable to run out a full game, JHF gets some leeway because he didn’t have a preseason.

Adelaide and West Coast out worked us and highlight that effort and work rate will overcome talent that doesn’t put in. West coast picked a side from 26 players they had fit, they had mids playing as key forwards and key backs - and yet we only best them by 40 points. It’s not good enough. Our fitness is not up to scratch at all.

And how could the club let Burgo (traitor) work at the crows!

 

[Launchpad McQuack]

Don't think fitness is the issue. We ran down two good sides B2B.

Sydney were down a rotation for at least the entire second half. Last week was just a slogfest, something that suits our plodder side.

 

[JakeNeadeFan]

West Coast clocked up 9 more kilometres than us. That makes 5 out of 6 games where the opposition has had a higher distance covered, the only exception being round 1 where we blew Brisbane out of the park with 15km more than them.

It is a bit concerning...

 

[PJ Power]

West Coast clocked up 9 more kilometres than us. That makes 5 out of 6 games where the opposition has had a higher distance covered, the only exception being round 1 where we blew Brisbane out of the park with 15km more than them.

It is a bit concerning...

It’s also how fatigued we look despite running less km’s.

We are playing a low possession style this year. Consistently, we’ve had less total possessions than opponents and virtually no-one getting more than 30 touches which is unusual especially for midfielders. There’s a bit of Josh Carr about that. He was a lowish possession mid himself who was awfully effective.

Not saying it’s a bad thing but a clear point of difference from other seasons and other teams.

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

It's never been about physical fitness.

Saw Stuart Graham walk out with Ken at 3 quarter time and thought, we wont run out of legs today, but are we tough enough and skilled enough to win??

Early in the year its was about our mental weakness that has been a huge issue.

We have learnt to win the close ones, as we hardened up.

 

[Poo Eckert]

What has happened here? After the preseason and 3 games in I thought our fitness was cooked.

 

[VineValerian]

It's never been about physical fitness.

Saw Stuart Graham walk out with Ken at 3 quarter time and thought, we wont run out of legs today, but are we tough enough and skilled enough to win??

Early in the year its was about our mental weakness that has been a huge issue.

We have learnt to win the close ones, as we hardened up.

Fitness is partially between the ears.
If the will is strong enough, the legs will follow.

 

[Ford Fairlane]

Daddy tell me the story again of how Port ran so far in the Hawthorn game they couldn't possibly run that hard in the Bulldogs game. It's funny.

Our fitness wasn't the problem early, we just hadn't managed the balance of our attacking and defensive games. We have now.

Trial games, bah. Rubbish designed to practice what you learned over summer. Way too much emphasis on their importance.

 

[RangaInTeal]

Daddy tell me the story again of how Port ran so far in the Hawthorn game they couldn't possibly run that hard in the Bulldogs game. It's funny.

Our fitness wasn't the problem early, we just hadn't managed the balance of our attacking and defensive games. We have now.

Trial games, bah. Rubbish designed to practice what you learned over summer. Way too much emphasis on their importance.

We didn’t win last night because we were fit enough, we won because umpires paid Ollie an in the back free kick in the goal square and then Rioli molested Dureya…

Ask social media or any Crow supporter today!

 

[Peninsula Boy]

Daddy tell me the story again of how Port ran so far in the Hawthorn game they couldn't possibly run that hard in the Bulldogs game. It's funny.

Our fitness wasn't the problem early, we just hadn't managed the balance of our attacking and defensive games. We have now.

Trial games, bah. Rubbish designed to practice what you learned over summer. Way too much emphasis on their importance.

I think this is a big way in which we play our game.

Sometimes we are on the gas pedal and sometimes we are chill.

They seem to try and manage that in game.

 

[Chewy316]

Fitness is partially between the ears.
If the will is strong enough, the legs will follow.

A lot of it at this level is between the ears.
Imagine you've just run a marathon and theoretically have nothing left in the tank. You cross the finish line, are completely spent and then see a tiger coming up behind you. You bet your arse you'll find something to keep going.

Our bodies are capable of a lot more physically than what the mind "thinks" we are capable of.

Good job to the players this past 10 in particular for keeping on going when it gets tough.

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

A lot of it at this level is between the ears.
Imagine you've just run a marathon and theoretically have nothing left in the tank. You cross the finish line, are completely spent and then see a tiger coming up behind you. You bet your arse you'll find something to keep going.

Our bodies are capable of a lot more physically than what the mind "thinks" we are capable of.

Good job to the players this past 10 in particular for keeping on going when it gets tough.

I saw Billy Ocean being interviewed the other day, prior to him departing the UK for his Oz tour. He wrote and sang about the right mindset needed;

 

[Long live PAFC]

We’ve certainly been better. I wonder how it’ll hold out for the season? Several players look like they need the bye and others will need to be managed year long - Lycett, Dixon, etc.

Do we up the training ante to build for finals and risk a few losses post bye?

 

[TazD]

Tredders comments post the showdown clearly improved the players aerobic capacity. Thanks champ.

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

3 x 6 day breaks in a row mid season as the legs are starting to get heavy - all night games. We usually get 2 x 6 day break night games at this time of year for the last few years.

Geelong get a bye and they have a poor history post bye, but they had a good 12 day break after playing Saturday to Saturday before the break.

We ran them off their legs after 1/4 time and pressured them hard. No fitness issues at Alberton.