Brisbane Beef Boys

[Harry]

Mal Michael stated yesterday that Leigh Mathews main goal with all his players was to get them as big and strong as possible.  Mal Michael is huge.  So is Johnson, Voss, Lynch, Leppitsch,....most of them. 

Surley the RFC can somehow follow what the medical, fitness and conditioning staff up in Brisbane are doing in terms of a medical, nutrition and weights/conditioning regime they have up there.  It can't be too hard to collect the necessary information as to what they are doing differently and try and adopt their procedures.

Akermanis was on the footy show last week and he said that they place great pride and emphasis on this aspect of their organisation, especially the medical area.  Surley all this stuff is common knowledge to someone in the sports medicine field.  Do we have anyone with half an idea in this area ?

What are our blokes doing because when you see players like Fiora, Hyde, Krakour etc running around, you have to query whether we really have our finger on the pulse regarding physical development of our players.

[JohnF]

Spot on once again Harry.

Seeing Aker talk about their medical/scientific awareness just made me respect the Brisbane beef boys that little bit more so and made me hope that they continue to treat the rest of the competition as the beef injection boys.

That we have so many underdeveloped players speaks volumes for Richmond's unprofessionalism and we rightfully deserve to be sitting on the bottom of the ladder.

And you can argue that they have heaps of money and that's why they have hyperbarric chambers and this and that and blah blah blah, but at the end of the day, if we were a serious institution we would too. I hope Richmond think abotu that when they are wasting their money on the next end of season trip.

The only trip they should be taking is down to the gymnasium. A nice 4 month travelling experience which will be more rewarding than hooking up with some hookers and cracking jokes over seas will ever be. 

[mightytiges]

Harry if you're able to get a hold of a copy of last week's Record look at the pics of Chris Johnson taken at 3 points in his career and then compare it with many of our blokes. Brisbane are so far ahead of the other 15 clubs both on and off field they could win another 3 flags. Scarey how amatuerish they make everyone else look. They squeeze everything out of every area in footy to gain an advantage.

[Ox]

Victoria will NEVER have a team like Brisbane or even WestCoast when they first arrived on the scene - We dont have the climate to cultivate such inspired levels of fitness.

Those guys life is the best.

Wake up go 4 run along beach or a surf.

Go home 4 brekky amd then go training.

After training go relax on a boat fishing somewhere or go surfing again - whatever !

Every day u actually want to do something for yourself.

This Melb/Vic weather is only good for ducks,not to mention training in the middle of one
of the busiest major intersections in the city.

Good luck to any Vic team that wants to catch them.

Maybe we should locate to Cairns and become The Mighty Cairns Tigers.

[JohnF]

LMFAOOOO@the Mexico Tigers training in high altitude and hydrating themselves from the water in cactus plants.

We aren't helped by the fact that we are smack-bang in the hustle and bustle of the city and the weather isn't great in Melbourne, but don't forget that the pre-season takes place in spring/summer time and there is plenty of sunshine for our boys to train in (and get sunburnt in  ).

But seriously, I think will-power, medical/scientific knowledge and proper training facilities i.e a good gymnasium and a place to get some poluution-free air, are the key-stones to catching up to the lions. We can match them if we get serious. 

[Cain]

Correct me if I'm wrong - but we've been playing footy in this town for a long time.
We all know that if ya hit the gym - you will get bigger and stonger
Your right JohnF  - it aint rocket science - just needs some commitment and protein.
They should get Venus and Serena Williams down to the club !

[Harry]

Good points Ox but I don't fully agree.

It's all about diet and training.  Weather might influence your motivation to an extent but these are professional footballers and if they want to sleep in all day on a cold winters morning (Fiora) then they should apply for the dole.

The correct diet, nutritional supplements, weights programs, cardio programs, recovery prorams, rest, etc is what its all about.  Brisbane are obviously doing things in these areas that other clubs aren't and it surprises me that in today's environment, where information is so easily accessible that other clubs can't gather and implement such information.

[Struggletown]

The right players,with the right attitude,played in their correct position, led by inspiring and tactically shrewd coach(es) following a rigid training and diet program can be successful.
Development of our young players hasn't produced the goods over the last 7-8 years as well as it should either.

[the_boy_jake]

Look what Matthews did when he took over - got rid of the runts...

Scotty Bamford, Tristan Lynch, Brett Voss, players who were not big enough were got rid of.

Players like Hilton, Heuskes, tubby players were sent packing too.

To Danny's credit he tried to do something similar by getting big bodied types, but the reality is that by then everyone had caught on, and big blokes who had a bit of skill were in high demand. The likes of Morrison, Weller, Fleming lack skill.

There is no doubt that the Brisbane fitness staff, led by Phil McGarry, are two years ahead.

[Ox]

Still Laffin @ Fill M'Garry !!!!

[JohnF]

Phil knows good beef when he feels it.

[Tivva]

This thinking will always change - a few years back the thought was to have a team of blokes that could run flat out all day long, now with Brissie it is a team of monsters.

Clearly our fitness guys are working towards a happy medium between the 2 - however the players are no good so it wouldn't matter if they built like Arnold and could run like De Castella!!