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Parramatta Leagues Club board sacked, administrator appointed

Noise

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well if you were a qualified in that area your argument may have more weight

I understand that frustrated fans wanna bag the shit out of their team and staff etc, but thats just an unqualified opinion as distinct from and expert opinion

I am no marine biologist but am qualified in this area.
 

Gronk

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Never said I’m accredited or capable. But the club has monumentally fcked up, and some here are in complete denial.

Easy to be wise in hindsight. What signals should have BA and Paul Green looked for to see this shit season coming .
 

IFR33K

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Easy to be wise in hindsight. What signals should have BA and Paul Green looked for to see this shit season coming .


IIRC there were some merkins moaning about afl merkin before round 1. I jumped on the bandwagon after round 1.
 

Joshuatheeel

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Considering how much ball we havent had in quite a few games this year and we have only been flogged twice in the Manly and Souths game (and Maybe knights), I reckon our fitness has been pretty good!!

Even games like the tigers / Sharks which we made late comebacks which probably isn’t possible if we were “undone” in the fitness department.

I also reckon it’s unlikely a fitness coach from AFL (and a highly qualified one) is just going to walk into the eels and just put the players on an AFL fitness program. He wouId have been told / and wouId know what level of fitness each player / the side require.

Players are basically tested all the time and even during the games, so even if he was a goose, surely BA wouId see the players are not getting the level of fitness required (from test results) and done something.

Wonder if the AFL dude had the same issue as BA may have - been given limited resources, thus why we have appointed someone else to help.
 

Gronk

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Considering how much ball we havent had in quite a few games this year and we have only been flogged twice in the Manly and Souths game (and Maybe knights), I reckon our fitness has been pretty good!!
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Oh Christ now you’ve done it. :anguished:
 

strider

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We are burnt out due to lack of preparation in repeated efforts of high intensity / power / physicality over the course of the game. Completely irrelevant to how long an AFL game goes for
I agree ... league is alot about explosive bursts - moreso these days

This is where the whole"match fitness" term comes from .... you can sit on an exercise bike daily for weeks and be capable of riding miles but you wont be up for the short bursts of match conditions
 

Noise

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I also reckon it’s unlikely a fitness coach from AFL (and a highly qualified one) is just going to walk into the eels and just put the players on an AFL fitness program. He wouId have been told / and wouId know what level of fitness each player / the side require.

Players are basically tested all the time and even during the games, so even if he was a goose, surely BA wouId see the players are not getting the level of fitness required (from test results) and done something.

Wonder if the AFL dude had the same issue as BA may have - been given limited resources, thus why we have appointed someone else to help.

No, they brought Jimenez in because the AFL guy is a bust. Willmont did not know what was required. The club admitted they f**ked up by hiring him at the members council meeting. BA and Bernie fell for his whiz bang interview presentation and he failed to deliver. They admitted that too. He has been relegated to menial tasks because he still has a contract but keeping him away from calling the shots means he can’t f**k things up further.
 

Noise

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So what role did the AFL do? Was he solely responsible for fitness?

This dude has been listed as our conditioning coach since November 2017:

https://au.linkedin.com/in/nathan-parnham-19238022

https://www.nathanparnham.com/

Head of Athletic Performance - which is the modern day fancy name for head of strength and conditioning. Responsible for creating and implementing all aspects of our fitness program (same as every other sports team). Hired in November, replaced in May or June
 

Gronk

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Geeze the deathriders get offended when you don’t jump on their hysteria bus.
 

Gronk

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Lol. You can't have his babies, Gronk! You're a man!

Damn you nature !
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Gazzamatta

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Im pretty sure the AFL guy hasnt been sacked. I think the exact words to him from BA were that he needs to do whats best for "The AFL Guy".
 
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