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Bye Bye Jack Higgins!
- Thread starter Maxwell
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He joins,
David Cloke
Geoff Raines
Bryan Wood
Trevor Poole
Peter Wilson
Tim Barling
Graig Lambert
Stuart Maxfield
Brad Ottens
Brett Deledio
Jack Higgins
Who have all said those words "I want to play else where or i want to be traded"
Besides Ottens and Maxfield, the rest were rubbish
David Cloke
Geoff Raines
Bryan Wood
Trevor Poole
Peter Wilson
Tim Barling
Graig Lambert
Stuart Maxfield
Brad Ottens
Brett Deledio
Jack Higgins
Who have all said those words "I want to play else where or i want to be traded"
Besides Ottens and Maxfield, the rest were rubbish
Was referring to the scenario of him having decided to stay at Richmond for ‘21 and beyond - and I just couldn’t see him getting a permanent spot in any future team
After Rd 22 I don't think Peter Welsh thought he'd be part of a premiership side in 1980.
Interesting, prediction of each club best 22 has Higgins on the bench for st kilda. You better work hard to keep your spot.
Gresham , Billings , Butler playing in the foward line and Lonie o a 1 year contract wont want to give away his spot easily
Would be funny if he is stuck in the 2's for St Kilda
They are well stocked for smaller forward half forward types.
He must play through the middle or he might not get the regularity of games he is expecting.
They arent the Kangaroos next year, he's going to have to earn his spot.
One thing for sure is despite his potential Jack wont be remembered at Tigerland as fondly as Towner
Someone else on here outlined the two schools of thought in AFL circles atm: chaos vs control.
The problem I see with Jack is he’s probably a very good player in a ball control system, but he’s not suitable for a chaos system.
I think St Kilda’s philosophy is heading down the Richmond path.
They likely promised him more midfield time, and yes, he’ll accumulate decent stats in the middle - but my prediction is he may not fit their overall gameplan with the ball and they’ll end up playing him as a small forward in a similar role he played for us. He should still be a good player (he had 2-3 games in 2020 where he was one of our top 3-5 players on the ground), but the Saints might be in for a surprise if they’re hoping Higgins will explode like Butler did.
Butler is the prototypical chaos footballer in every way. Low possessions but clean, very fast, excellent defensive hunger, likeable, selfless, doesn’t stand out in supercoach.
Higgins is almost the polar opposite to Butler in every major area. He would’ve fit in perfectly at a club like Geelong, but he had his heart set on St Kilda due to the romance of it, so good luck to him. We know he’ll leave no stone unturned.
The problem I see with Jack is he’s probably a very good player in a ball control system, but he’s not suitable for a chaos system.
I think St Kilda’s philosophy is heading down the Richmond path.
They likely promised him more midfield time, and yes, he’ll accumulate decent stats in the middle - but my prediction is he may not fit their overall gameplan with the ball and they’ll end up playing him as a small forward in a similar role he played for us. He should still be a good player (he had 2-3 games in 2020 where he was one of our top 3-5 players on the ground), but the Saints might be in for a surprise if they’re hoping Higgins will explode like Butler did.
Butler is the prototypical chaos footballer in every way. Low possessions but clean, very fast, excellent defensive hunger, likeable, selfless, doesn’t stand out in supercoach.
Higgins is almost the polar opposite to Butler in every major area. He would’ve fit in perfectly at a club like Geelong, but he had his heart set on St Kilda due to the romance of it, so good luck to him. We know he’ll leave no stone unturned.
Far too young for the Cats. He’s also unpredictable, and they don’t like that.
Come on Tigers he's gone now. No need to see him modelling on the superstore website anymore.
Just going through the "Sale" items on the Richmond website, and noticed what looks like a decapitated Higgo modeling one of the gurnseys. Can't mistake that ripped rig!!
We'd never know because we always had 25 others who were training the house down more than him
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He's a Sainter now. Not sure I think much of his chances of winning a flag with them. History weighs heavily against, but he should have lots of fun playing at the team he followed all his life.
