Fitness coach Peter Burge [merged]

[Diocletian]

Percy Cerutty would be rolling in his grave. Get 'em back down to the dunes with Tommy.

[Yeahright]

1. Did we or did we not get over run by a GC side that was playing 2 players short for a half?

We really were only 1 down, we couldn't bring our sub on and off so really I don't think that had a bearing on who was fitter.

[gerkin greg]

rather start the season slow and be firing at the pointy end thanks

build me up buttercup 

[lamington]

rather start the season slow and be firing at the pointy end thanks

build me up buttercup 

+1. Essendon has been quick out of the blocks the past 2 seasons and their form drops as the season goes on. Of course you don't want to lose the first few rounds to keep some gas in the tank but we got the 4 points and with better ball movement by foot we won't need to running ourselves into the ground in the business end of the season.

[cub]

+2

We wont need to be extrodinarily fast against the dogs this week either, just have to beat them at chess.

[Phil Mrakov]

rather start the season slow and be firing at the pointy end thanks

build me up buttercup 

+1. Essendon has been quick out of the blocks the past 2 seasons and their form drops as the season goes on. Of course you don't want to lose the first few rounds to keep some gas in the tank but we got the 4 points and with better ball movement by foot we won't need to running ourselves into the ground in the business end of the season.

Essendon has done that every seasonssince like 2010

[Penelope]

rather start the season slow and be firing at the pointy end thanks

build me up buttercup 

+1. Essendon has been quick out of the blocks the past 2 seasons and their form drops as the season goes on. Of course you don't want to lose the first few rounds to keep some gas in the tank but we got the 4 points and with better ball movement by foot we won't need to running ourselves into the ground in the business end of the season.

yes but that drop off has come progressively later in the season over the last few years.

[one-eyed]

Going by today's newspaper article, if it was only about money we would've most likely got Burgess as our fitness coach. However, he and especially his wife love Port Adelaide so he obviously accepted less to go back there. We, of course, ended up with Burge instead.

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It was Burgess’s friendship with former coach Matthew Primus that first opened the door for his return, but when Primus was sacked at the end of 2012 and Adelaide and Richmond entered the battle for Burgess’s services, Thomas feared the worst.

“The money got a bit frightening for us and I got a bit annoyed that all of a sudden, really late in the piece, there was this competition on,” he said.

“I actually walked away from him which, in hindsight, would have been one of the most disturbing decisions I’ve ever made. I said we couldn’t get involved in an auction, the money is too big, we’re out.

“Thank God his wife Kristy then rang me and said: ‘We love Port Adelaide ... please keep talking’ and in the end we found a good workable solution and as history has shown it’s been absolutely fantastic for us.”

http://www.news.com.au/sport/afl/the-secret-behind-port-adelaides-elite-fitness-level-is-gut-busting-preseason-employed-by-worldclass-fitness-guru-darren-burgess/story-fndv8s6g-1226896817101

[Phil Mrakov]

Man wants to come home to Melbourne and work with a big city club, wife says no we will go to where I'm from and have lunch everyday with my family.

Haha we know who wears the pants there.

[Rampstar]

we never get the best people thats why we are where we are - on a road to nowhere going fast

[Phil Mrakov]

We can't let this slob be at the club past this season. Who else can we poach ?

[TigerLand]

Who ever was the guy we missed out on to PA.

Huge shame we didn't get him. Going OK at the moment.

[mightytiges]

Most of the problem is above the shoulders but having said that if we're (elite AFL standard) fit I'll go he.

[tony_montana]

"this is the first preseason we have been able to get the players to train at 100%"

 

[Phil Mrakov]

Burge the slob couldn't train a sloth to be lazy