Crows fitter than Tigers: Graham ...... (afl site)

[one-eyed]

 

Crows fitter than Tigers: Graham
By Harry Thring and AAP
2:15pm AEDT Monday, December 10, 2012

ADELAIDE is fitter than Richmond. That is the assessment of Tiger-turned-Crow Angus Graham who admits he has plenty of hard work ahead of him if he's to catch up to his new teammates' fitness levels.

The 25-year-old, who crossed from Richmond during the Gillette AFL Trade Period, admits he is "three or four weeks" behind the Crows, which is in part due to the fact that Richmond failed to make the finals.

However, the 201cm giant is confident he can reach parity with the Adelaide players' fitness levels within a month - even if it means training over the Christmas break.

"The fitness of the group probably surprised me, coming from Richmond. As a core group as a whole I think [the Crows are] a lot fitter group than what I'm used to," Graham said.

"I've probably had three or four weeks longer break so I'm probably still trying to catch up."

Graham - who joined the Crows amid the club's acrimonious split with the big forward - said he did not want to be known as the club's insurance policy for Kurt Tippett.

He managed just one game at Richmond last season, and only 48 for the Tigers since being picked up in the 2005 rookie draft.

But the Crows swooped on Graham mainly as depth to cover for Tippett's forward-ruck position.

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2012-12-10/graham

[Phil Mrakov]

Sour grapes

[tony_montana]

Doesn't surprise me. They'd have a more mature bunch who have done more pre seasons collectively.

Funnily enough 2 years ago before Sanderson took over, Adelaide had a lot of young raw players coming through and were criticised for not being able to run out games, ill hazard a guess they had a largish portion of their side on the lean side of several+ preseasons, not dissimilar to us.

[tiga]

Eff me, He was always three or 4 weeks behind our entire playing group's fitness levels when he was here. 

[Coach]

Get a stuffing life. You could post an article that says Gus has cancer and people would jump on here with comments about wishing him a painful death.

More moderating and less google searching of Angus Graham would be good.

[gerkin greg]

agree coach
it would be a big step up from training at coburg for miss king island 2005

[Dice]

agree coach
it would be a big step up from training at coburg for miss king island 2005

 

[Judge Roughneck]

Doesn't surprise me. They'd have a more mature bunch who have done more pre seasons collectively.

Funnily enough 2 years ago before Sanderson took over, Adelaide had a lot of young raw players coming through and were criticised for not being able to run out games, ill hazard a guess they had a largish portion of their side on the lean side of several+ preseasons, not dissimilar to us.

When I watched Adelaide up close vs Richmond,in Carlton. 2-3 years ago, maybe last?

Crows looked huge in comparison to us

[Mr Magic]

Not hard to believe. Anyone seen Chris Knights lately?
We've got a lot of youngster who haven't had many pre seasons in their legs yet, but we're getting there...

[Owl]

Boofcake cracks me up

[Ruanaidh]

You dont see Chris Knights or Chaplin bagging their ex clubs......."The fitness of the group probably surprised me, coming from Richmond"

[smasha]

He didn't want to be at Richmond.

Bye bye double agent.

[WilliamPowell]

Oh dear

The shed must be empty again 

[yellowandback]

Get a stuffing life. You could post an article that says Gus has cancer and people would jump on here with comments about wishing him a painful death.

More moderating and less google searching of Angus Graham would be good.

Yep, pretty much sums it up for me. 

[Coach]