Training 2025 Pre-Season

[Mutineer]

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Indigenous All Stars clash: Darren Burgess allays injury fears, Kozzie Pickett cleared to play
High performance guru Darren Burgess has promised clubs their stars will be looked after in the Indigenous All Stars clash, while the AFL has decided if Kozzie Pickett can play despite being suspended.
High performance guru Darren Burgess says clubs can be comfortable in letting their players be part of the Indigenous All Stars team with ensuring they return to their clubs in good shape his number one priority.

The highly regarded Adelaide high performance specialist has been appointed as the high performance manager for the All Stars’ clash against Fremantle on February 15.

Burgess joins Port Adelaide’s Jason Williams, the Dockers’ Roger Hayden, North Melbourne’s Jarrod Lienert and West Coast’s Chance Bateman in supporting the Kangaroos’ Xavier Clarke as head coach.

“I can’t wait to get over there and if anything just sit on the sidelines and watch the show that the players are undoubtedly going to put on,” he said.

 

[AFC979810]

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Indigenous All Stars clash: Darren Burgess allays injury fears, Kozzie Pickett cleared to play
High performance guru Darren Burgess has promised clubs their stars will be looked after in the Indigenous All Stars clash, while the AFL has decided if Kozzie Pickett can play despite being suspended.
High performance guru Darren Burgess says clubs can be comfortable in letting their players be part of the Indigenous All Stars team with ensuring they return to their clubs in good shape his number one priority.

The highly regarded Adelaide high performance specialist has been appointed as the high performance manager for the All Stars’ clash against Fremantle on February 15.

Burgess joins Port Adelaide’s Jason Williams, the Dockers’ Roger Hayden, North Melbourne’s Jarrod Lienert and West Coast’s Chance Bateman in supporting the Kangaroos’ Xavier Clarke as head coach.

“I can’t wait to get over there and if anything just sit on the sidelines and watch the show that the players are undoubtedly going to put on,” he said.

Do we have any players involved. Hope not. Only thing that can come out of a game like this is bad news.

 

[Cromulant]

Rankine is playing

 

[AFC979810]

Rankine is playing

Bloody hell.

 

[1970crow]

Double teaming again Boys, that’s sooooo cute.

1970crow/George Kramer, I have made 1,128 posts in just over 4 years, less than one a day.
Please provide evidence of the 564 posts that refer to Tools and Trolls or admit that you were lying/making up this shit.

No.

 

[Cromulant]

Bloody hell.

Pretty much.

I'll enjoy watching the game, just because it means the real stuff isnt too far away but id prefer he not play.

 

[Mutineer]

Had to condense this a fair hit due to BF rules

Hard to condense it more and still make sense

Mods can remove if it's too much.

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Track Watch: The latest pre-season scouting notes and news from Adelaide Crows
In an exclusive interview, Adelaide’s high performance boss Darren Burgess lifts the lid on how a number of key Crows are really shaping up – from Taylor Walker to Sid Draper.

Adelaide talisman Taylor Walker is “sprinting higher and running at higher speeds” than the last couple of years, Crows high performance boss Darren Burgess has revealed ahead of the veteran’s 18th season at AFL level.

Riley Thilthorpe...
“When I first came to the Crows he was doing stuff physically that I have not seen players of his size do in terms of his physical output.

“So to see him in the shape he is now is exciting and let’s hope that translates. Obviously he had a pretty tough year last year but he has completed everything we have asked of him this pre-season and it will be exciting for us all if he can complete a full season as to what he can do.

“Because he came to us with such an impressive athletic profile, sometimes you want to put size on players but that impacts their running or agility but because he was such a unicorn in that sense he had this unbelievable agility and speed and endurance profile so we could be a bit more aggressive

Sid Draper...
“His speed and agility are outstanding and really exciting to watch.

“He is just learning about an AFL pre-season and he is being managed throughout the pre-season so far.

“In terms of what is really exciting about him it is that agility and quickness, he also has a really good football brain and he is a complete professional. His IQ of what is required both in and out of footy is outstanding.

“So it is an exciting starting point but just like Tyler Welsh and Toby Murray to an extent those younger players they are just learning what it is like to manage through an AFL pre-season.

Isaac Cumming...
“Isaac knows what he needs from his body and because he has had some issues in the past with his body he knows what works for him and what doesn’t.

“How we manage it is by consulting with the player, we have also consulted with some really good people at GWS and we are just trying to manage him the best we possibly can.

“But it is a process, a balance between getting the right loads into him so he is ready for a heavy season.

“What I guess many people don’t know about Isaac Cumming is his workrate is phenomenal, his outputs for games are as high as I’ve been involved with so those players are always going to be at risk and he just knows no other way.

“So at lot of the time it is us saying calm down to him and the only way to do that is to take him off the field so it will be a management process because he will be a pretty important player for us so we need to have him on the field as much as possible.”

Burgess on Wayne Milera’s return to football;

“I’m not sure most people understand just how good of a player he actually is. Everyone is so excited about having Wayne back and playing in our match sim.

“He is moving really well, and is slowly getting his confidence back so it is pretty exciting to understand what he can do off our half-back line, his ball delivery and speed is going to be really important for us this year.”

If the Crows are cautious with Reilly O’Brien following Kieran Strachan’s injury...
“It is a good question, it is a balance.

“ROB is really durable and as he has shown over his career he has had amazing durability in games and in pre-season.

“He is important to us but you also have to put a certain amount of load in someone like ROB so he can run out and ruck out games.

“So it is a balance but if I came to ROB and said “you need to be managed in these sessions” I would get a pretty short answer.

“So he knows what it takes but yeah we do have to look after him a bit that’s for sure.”

 

[Coopers]

“Comparison is the thief of joy”

"Perfect is the enemy of Good"

 

[StickerMan]

Had to condense this a fair hit due to BF rules

Hard to condense it more and still make sense

Mods can remove if it's too much.

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Track Watch: The latest pre-season scouting notes and news from Adelaide Crows
In an exclusive interview, Adelaide’s high performance boss Darren Burgess lifts the lid on how a number of key Crows are really shaping up – from Taylor Walker to Sid Draper.

Adelaide talisman Taylor Walker is “sprinting higher and running at higher speeds” than the last couple of years, Crows high performance boss Darren Burgess has revealed ahead of the veteran’s 18th season at AFL level.

Riley Thilthorpe...
“When I first came to the Crows he was doing stuff physically that I have not seen players of his size do in terms of his physical output.

“So to see him in the shape he is now is exciting and let’s hope that translates. Obviously he had a pretty tough year last year but he has completed everything we have asked of him this pre-season and it will be exciting for us all if he can complete a full season as to what he can do.

“Because he came to us with such an impressive athletic profile, sometimes you want to put size on players but that impacts their running or agility but because he was such a unicorn in that sense he had this unbelievable agility and speed and endurance profile so we could be a bit more aggressive

Sid Draper...
“His speed and agility are outstanding and really exciting to watch.

“He is just learning about an AFL pre-season and he is being managed throughout the pre-season so far.

“In terms of what is really exciting about him it is that agility and quickness, he also has a really good football brain and he is a complete professional. His IQ of what is required both in and out of footy is outstanding.

“So it is an exciting starting point but just like Tyler Welsh and Toby Murray to an extent those younger players they are just learning what it is like to manage through an AFL pre-season.

Isaac Cumming...
“Isaac knows what he needs from his body and because he has had some issues in the past with his body he knows what works for him and what doesn’t.

“How we manage it is by consulting with the player, we have also consulted with some really good people at GWS and we are just trying to manage him the best we possibly can.

“But it is a process, a balance between getting the right loads into him so he is ready for a heavy season.

“What I guess many people don’t know about Isaac Cumming is his workrate is phenomenal, his outputs for games are as high as I’ve been involved with so those players are always going to be at risk and he just knows no other way.

“So at lot of the time it is us saying calm down to him and the only way to do that is to take him off the field so it will be a management process because he will be a pretty important player for us so we need to have him on the field as much as possible.”

Burgess on Wayne Milera’s return to football;

“I’m not sure most people understand just how good of a player he actually is. Everyone is so excited about having Wayne back and playing in our match sim.

“He is moving really well, and is slowly getting his confidence back so it is pretty exciting to understand what he can do off our half-back line, his ball delivery and speed is going to be really important for us this year.”

If the Crows are cautious with Reilly O’Brien following Kieran Strachan’s injury...
“It is a good question, it is a balance.

“ROB is really durable and as he has shown over his career he has had amazing durability in games and in pre-season.

“He is important to us but you also have to put a certain amount of load in someone like ROB so he can run out and ruck out games.

“So it is a balance but if I came to ROB and said “you need to be managed in these sessions” I would get a pretty short answer.

“So he knows what it takes but yeah we do have to look after him a bit that’s for sure.”

Reading this after following training reports by bigman where he has queried the time that Cumming had spent on the sidelines and Tex running, seems this is part of the plans for them individually.

 

[FR0GGY]

Do we have any players involved. Hope not. Only thing that can come out of a game like this is bad news.

Just one of our lower value players..

 

[Mutineer]

Just one of our lower value players..

The problem is no doubt Izak and the other indigenous boys are obviously very keen to play, it would be a brave (dumb) club that would stop them. Burgo being in charge of the fitness etc is good but.

 

[FR0GGY]

The problem is no doubt Izak and the other indigenous boys are obviously very keen to play, it would be a brave (dumb) club that would stop them. Burgo being in charge of the fitness etc is good but.

Yeah it’s a tough position the club finds itself in.

 

[AFC979810]

Just one of our lower value players..

Absolutely hate this. It's a terrible time to do it.

Have it in September / October once the season is done. Have it as a curtain raiser the day before the Grand Final.

Ban Preseason games.

 

[BRL121]

Absolutely hate this. It's a terrible time to do it.

Have it in September / October once the season is done. Have it as a curtain raiser the day before the Grand Final.

Ban Preseason games.

He's unlikely to get concussed in this game, but could certainy do a hammy. How is sending Burgess over going to prevent this?

 

[Mr MysteryGuest]

Nope.

We rate them the same, its not that hard to understand, or at least I didnt think it was.

??

That’s what I just said, you rate them the same but you shouldn't.

I think if you rate them the same, you either underrate Hinge or overrate Bergman.

 

[Cromulant]

??

That’s what I just said, you rate them the same but you wouldn’t .

I wouldnt ??

Ok.......

 

[MRB37]

He's unlikely to get concussed in this game, but could certainy do a hammy. How is sending Burgess over going to prevent this?

I imagine it's to have someone there to monitor his GPS numbers/work rate etc in real time.

Burgess would know Rankine's body, what his normal/expected workload is like and could make sure he doesn't get pushed beyond that, or is maintained at an agreed upon level.

 

[Mr MysteryGuest]

Because you used shallow analysis ??

Huh?

if you're talking about referring to stats. You made your statement before i posted them.

2. Using stats to support an argument does not make it a 'shallow analysis'. lol

 

[Cromulant]

Huh?

if you're talking about referring to stats. You made your statement before i posted them.

2. Using stats to support an argument does not make it a 'shallow analysis'. lol

Well it kind of does. How many kick-outs did each player take, how many 40+ metre kicks to contests did they take. I reckon you'll find that Hinge had more of both, which counts as an effective kick.

Just one instance.

 

[Truck25]

Just one of our lower value players..

Yeah...They are all lower value that Izak

 

[AFC979810]

He's unlikely to get concussed in this game, but could certainy do a hammy. How is sending Burgess over going to prevent this?

Hammy, ACL, Achillies, MCL, PCL, Shoulder - the list goes on and on.

Best case scenario does nothing positive for the club.
Worst case is an absolute disaster for the club.

An absolute farce this game is.

 

[Cromulant]

Hammy, ACL, Achillies, MCL, PCL, Shoulder - the list goes on and on.

Best case scenario does nothing positive for the club.
Worst case is an absolute disaster for the club.

An absolute farce this game is.

These games should probably have stayed in the "State of Origin never again" file.

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

Absolutely hate this. It's a terrible time to do it.

Have it in September / October once the season is done. Have it as a curtain raiser the day before the Grand Final.

Ban Preseason games.

How about during the week's break before finals with players from 10 non-participating teams?

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

Hammy, ACL, Achillies, MCL, PCL, Shoulder - the list goes on and on.

Best case scenario does nothing positive for the club.
Worst case is an absolute disaster for the club.

An absolute farce this game is.

Hopefully Rankine avoids 1st gear in this game.

Ok if he plays most of the game forward.

 

[GROTTO]

Hopefully Rankine avoids 1st gear in this game.

Ok if he plays most of the game forward.

That potential small forward line of CC, Pickett,Bolton, Hill and Rankine is terrifying.