Richmond chasing fitness guru Darren Burgess (Age)

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Richmond and Adelaide have turned their attentions to securing the services of Darren Burgess, a fitness guru who pays meticulous attention to his players' sleeping and eating habits. Burgess is currently head of fitness and conditioning with English Premier League soccer club Liverpool.

Richmond's general manager of football, Craig Cameron, is in London for discussions with Burgess and other fitness experts after Matthew Hornsby quit the Tigers after 11 years.

The Crows are also searching for a fitness boss after Stephen Schwerdt announced last week he was defecting to Gold Coast.

Burgess is a former fitness boss of Port Adelaide and the Socceroos, having been with the Australian soccer team at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. In his biography on the Liverpool website, Burgess says: ''We need to monitor everything from their sleep to their eating habits.

''Each session we know exactly how far they have run, walked, jogged, sprinted and turned, so we keep a pretty close eye on them and this comes under my role.''

http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/hird-faces-review-on-injury-scourge-20120825-24tmq.html#ixzz24ZRnNg9L

[bojangles17]

we need this guy, this is exactly the way football is heading, sports science

[Gigantor]

HMM not too comfortable with anyone associated with Liverpool FC being contracted to the Tiges.Cant we look to Old trafford for someone .At least there we will find people saturated in success

[Penelope]

Do man U have any fitness staff that have an understanding of Aussie rules and the unique fitness requirements of its players?

[Gigantor]

..LOL  Not sure Al.....lets enquire and find out

[dwaino]

Do man U have any fitness staff that have an understanding of Aussie rules and the unique fitness requirements of its players?

Kind of off topic but if anyone is interested in this sort of thing then YouTube Cristiano Ronaldo Tested to the Limit. It's some sports science dudes putting Ronaldo through all sorts of tests and trying to break down why he is freak athlete.

After watching that I'm sure the really clever EPL fitness staff could sit down and watch a few footy games and understand the requirements for Aussie Rules.

[Phil Mrakov]

Is he from Melbz or Radelaide?

[Penelope]

Sydney

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Could we really match or come close to the $$$ that he would be getting at Liverpool?

[Coach]

Could we really match or come close to the $$$ that he would be getting at Liverpool?

Exactly

[Penelope]

doesnt matter if his missus is nagging him to come home to australia

[10 FLAGS]

HMM not too comfortable with anyone associated with Liverpool FC being contracted to the Tiges.Cant we look to Old trafford for someone .At least there we will find people saturated in success

Why would we pinch someone from the 2nd biggest club in Manchester. 

[eliminator]

A little bit too early to call Manchester City the biggest club in Manchester

[WilliamPowell]

Posted this in another thread but Saturday's Age had a very small piece (2 paragraphs  ) saying we are very close to signing Burgess. For memory the story was by Jon Pierik

[Yeahright]

Gold digging whore