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Bye Bye Jack Higgins!
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Amazed he made it to our pick. I expected him to go about pick 7.taztiger4 said:
They loved him at Oakleigh Chargers. Really surprised Ed Richards from the same team went ahead of him. Higgins was the class act IMO.
Mentioned he was the one to watch from Oakleigh a couple of years ago.
evo said:
turk-d-tiger said:
Greene is the fastest player in the AFL based on match day recorded speeds.
FASTEST FIVE
PLAYER MATCH SPEED
Toby Greene (GWS) Semi-Final 35.3kmh
Jarman Impey (PtA) Elimination Final 35.3kmh
Seb Ross (StK) Round 19 35.0kmh
Connor Menadue (Rich) Round 13 35.0kmh
Jayden Hunt (Melb) Round 17 34.9kmh
bullus_hit said:
This list has Hipwood as the fastest based on match day speeds
1. Eric Hipwood (Brisbane) - 35.7 kilometres per hour
2. Ethan Hughes (Fremantle) - 35.6 kilometres per hour
3. Gary Rohan (Sydney) - 35.3 kilometres per hour
4. Connor Menadue (Richmond) - 35.0 kilometres per hour
5. Will Hoskin-Elliott (Collingwood) - 34.9 kilometres per hour
6. Jason Castagna (Richmond) - 34.8 kilometres per hour
6. Shai Bolton (Richmond) - 34.8 kilometres per hour
8. Jayden Hunt (Melbourne) - 34.7 kilometres per hour
9. Daniel Menzel (Geelong) - 34.6 kilometres per hour
9. Kayne Turner (North Melbourne) - 34.6 kilometres per hour
9. Charlie Cameron (Adelaide) - 34.6 kilometres per hour
9. Harry Taylor (Geelong) - 34.6 kilometres per hour
9. Daniel Rioli (Richmond) - 34.6 kilometres per hour
Source: AFL Live app
via https://www.triplem.com.au/sport/afl/news/gary-rohan-dethroned-as-the-afls-fastest-player
bullus_hit said:
But they are not the speed times we are talking about here with the 0-20mtr times
very different to running all day at high speed compared to a 20mtr sprint , Higgins has a decent tank and at 3.07 sprint times im sure he will be more than fast enough for AFL
turk-d-tiger said:
Just making the point that Greene isn't slow, but my earlier point stands, Higgins doesn't play slow because he is always on the move, that usually means he is hitting packs at pace. Guys with the big tanks can do this, it's why Sidebottom gets away with being one of the slowest players over 20m but can still be damaging on the outside.
bullus_hit said:
Thats exactly my view also mate, Biggest problem with Lennon was not his outright speed but more the fact that he just didnt have the repeat efforts or the ability to work when the ball was not in his area to make the ground to where it will be in the next 5-10 seconds of game
Bully, was reading an article on young Higgins yesterday basically saying how hard he has worked on his game (kicking, running etc) and it dawned on me is this kid a natural footballer? or has he had to work for it too much? His kicking while maybe accurate looks aukward . Thoughts.......bullus_hit said:
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Matt Clarke said he has high footy IQ, and from the 6 quarters of the U18 champs I watched that's certainly true.
Interesting though that he considers himself more of a fwd than a mid. I'd hope he can become a mid in time.
Good to see too that he'll be an umpires' pet.
Interesting though that he considers himself more of a fwd than a mid. I'd hope he can become a mid in time.
Good to see too that he'll be an umpires' pet.
mtench said:
I think this type of footballer will be quicker under pressure as a result of his many hours of training. His technique should hold up in finals better than natural footballers who have trained their biomechanics for less time than him. The concern is his ceiling, but when your ceiling is mostly held down by your ability to learn... when learning is endless and he now has access to a full-time elite environment... I'm not too concerned.
As for previously having a poor kicking technique, through hard work he became a good kick on both feet. That's impressive, Hampson still hasn't learnt how to kick within a 45 degree arc.
Natural biomechanics is probably one of the biggest teases that lead to misses at the selection table.
