Stuart Graham - Head of High Performance

[all seeing eye]

Majority of injuries have been impact related, the program has worked in previous years so I wouldnt be piling on as quickly as most. We havent had that extended preseason for years , so that will be a factor. However we do need to ensure whatever happens someone of quality is in place and a program is ready to go at the end of season.

 

[QPower]

Good to see Stu’s manager getting into the market early for his client.

 

[PeacefulWarrior]

Honestly we live in bizarr-o world.

 

[ctpower]

If he goes then perhaps we can get Andrew Russell back.

 

[bomberclifford]

Graham trying to convince us in pre-season that we are so healthy, so fit, so strong

Stronger, faster, fitter: Graham on pre-season focus

Stuart Graham spoke to Adelaide media today.

www.portadelaidefc.com.au

Who does he think he is? Daft Punk?

 

[Willsy10]

Who does he think he is? Daft Punk?

It’s a fitting nickname for him.

 

[rogerjames]

Lol "Head of High Performance"
Absolutely ridiculous that players are gassed at half time. Opposition players just bust through our tackles with ease.
Weak as piss.

Head of SHITE Performance. Sack him & his next in line. They've failed badly.

 

[RossFC]

Essendon must not be fading out in 4th quarters enough.

 

[Doctor Feel]

Who does he think he is? Daft Punk?

well he made Rioli Daft Chunk.

 

[Rigs]

Majority of injuries have been impact related, the program has worked in previous years so I wouldnt be piling on as quickly as most. We havent had that extended preseason for years , so that will be a factor. However we do need to ensure whatever happens someone of quality is in place and a program is ready to go at the end of season.

I don’t buy that for a second. There are other teams (Geelong) constantly in finals contention with limited pre seasons and I haven’t seen them affected.

His program is simply not good enough. We haven’t been the same since Ian left years ago.

 

[OneGreatClub]

I hate ****ing Burgess too, the traitor. When he was at Port, after that first year our players were wrecked, and still looked like sticks.
Still, I guess Ken wanted sticks for his crazy Hinkley Ball.

 

[Pt Augusta Power]

I hate ****ing Burgess too, the traitor. When he was at Port, after that first year our players were wrecked, and still looked like sticks.
Still, I guess Ken wanted sticks for his crazy Hinkley Ball.

Whatever experiments we let him do have paid off for other clubs. Everyone’s second fav club we aim to be

 

[Enviable Tradition]

Head of SHITE Performance. Sack him & his next in line. They've failed badly.

Next in line you say...

 

[JUSTWORK]

Let him walk and lets poach Burgess

 

[rogerjames]

Next in line you say...

I'm assuming he has a senior assistant. Whoever they are has failed as well. The whole program has failed.

 

[QPower]

Surely this bloke has to go after the soft tissue issues Port have had this year.

 

[gbear]

Seriously, when is this guy getting sacked?

 

[PortAdelFC1997]

Essendon

Take him off our hands.

 

[Windy Cindy]

Surely the last straw is a bloke missing a week with calf issues who then plays and rips his calf..

Should be sent on his way this week

 

[Kenny_Powers]

Does Koch know the Dons are after this guy?? We better keep it quiet or else he'll find out and recommit to him for umpteen years a la Ken in 2017.

 

[PeacefulWarrior]

Koch and this potato are the next ones we need to be making banners of.

Adelaide are the example of what we need to aspire to. They’re huge and they’re fiT.

 

[Willsy10]

it’s actually amazing how bad this guy is at his job.

 

[PeacefulWarrior]

 

[tribey]

Whatever experiments we let him do have paid off for other clubs. Everyone’s second fav club we aim to be

For the longest time he was convinced AFL players didn’t train enough, comparing them unfavourably with his experiences with the Socceroos and Liverpool (‘they play three games a week while travelling all over Europe and the World — and they still run further in a given week of training than AFL players do!’).

So he cooked the bejesus out of them in 2015 to the point where the midfield looked like it was running neck-deep in molasses when it wasn’t gassing out of games throughout winter.

Freshened right up and looked unbeatable just as a finals berth was mathematically out of reach, but!

 

[Andre]

Surely the last straw is a bloke missing a week with calf issues who then plays and rips his calf..

Should be sent on his way this week

Definitely deserves the arse, but you can be sure Hinkley has final say on players and we've played plenty across this season (and past ones) to the point of re-injury, just to get him as many Home & away wins as possible. Of course like everything this year, they couldn't even manage a decent H&A performance despite playing a bunch of injured / unfit players who should never have taken the field.

If Josh wants to show the players he'll treat them right, without being their daddy, telling them he'll push them hard and won't accept 'someone has to lose', but he also won't put them out there injured to save his own arse like Hinks did to them.