Past #4: Shaun Higgins - Higgo traded to Geelong for 2020 #30 - 2x Syds/108 NM gms/96 NM gls - thx Higgo

Remove this Banner Ad

MrJoel said:
250-1 for the Brownlow with a Sportsbet power up. Worth a tenner, even if just for cash out.
Click to expand...

I got on him before the seasons start. My experiences over the last 2 years with Goldy then Waite have shown that bookies can let themselves get burnt on cash out quite regularly.
 

Log in to remove this ad.

TennisPlayerAndy said:
Big bets at big odds early on.

Pick the right guys who they wind the odds in on.

Profit.
Click to expand...

Pretty much. If you know who is fit and looking in good nick you can easily get an inside run at things. Odds on Higgins were ridiculous this year pre season. There were guys at better odds that are not even close to him at his best.

Same with Waite last year. He had a great 2015 and was ready to fire. I think I got off him after he missed his second game mid year and still made a few hundred from a very small bet.
 
Another down game from Higgo (we've all seen what he is capable of this year) but maybe because he's been playing forward in the past 2 games. I think he's great or even better as a outside midfielder

He is a superstar though. Put him in the guts again, needed that outside class
 
 
TennisPlayerAndy said:
You'd get great odds on him not playing next week.
Click to expand...
I remember Dal Santo having hamstring awareness then missing half a season. Have no idea about why hamstrings are all so much more serious than 20y ago.
 

(Log in to remove this ad.)

I see from the Presser that the medical team ruled him fit to play but that Brad overruled that. Brad now overruling the doctors as well - does anyone have a say down there apart from Brad these days?
 
shimaburnsgrieg said:
I see from the Presser that the medical team ruled him fit to play but that Brad overruled that. Brad now overruling the doctors as well - does anyone have a say down there apart from Brad these days?
Click to expand...
I see from your Post that Brad made a decision most would see as reasonable but you quibbled with it. You're quibbling with reasonable decisions as well - is there nothing he does down there that you won't pick apart from Brad these days?

(I notice 'anti-Brad posters' like to mention Brad's every word, decision or action and give it a negative spin and/or make anything negative about the club, team or players a result of Brad. It's boring and overkill imo.)
 
Kimbo said:
I see from your Post that Brad made a decision most would see as reasonable but you quibbled with it. You're quibbling with reasonable decisions as well - is there nothing he does down there that you won't pick apart from Brad these days?

(I notice 'anti-Brad posters' like to mention Brad's every word, decision or action and give it a negative spin and/or make anything negative about the club, team or players a result of Brad. It's boring and overkill imo.)
Click to expand...

Worse still it clogs up the board when every other post is a Brad Scott bashing. There are legitimate reasons to dislike Scott, why people feel the need to spin everything in to being his fault is just frustrating and and as you say boring.
 
DunderHead said:
Worse still it clogs up the board when every other post is a Brad Scott bashing. There are legitimate reasons to dislike Scott, why people feel the need to spin everything in to being his fault is just frustrating and and as you say boring.
Click to expand...
Because that is the way it is at the moment - Brad is making all the decisions.

When he is publicly stating he is now overruling the medical staff where every other utterance from him for 7 years has been...we'll let the medical staff determine whether X is ready to play...its another factor in knowing knowing the club is not functioning on all cylinders.

Of course this is relatively immaterial and would not rate a mention if we were being successful - when we haven't won a decent match in 12 months all angles need to be assessed.

Sorry if its boring you - you have options to deal with that.
 
shimaburnsgrieg said:
Because that is the way it is at the moment - Brad is making all the decisions.

When he is publicly stating he is now overruling the medical staff where every other utterance from him for 7 years has been...we'll let the medical staff determine whether X is ready to play...its another factor in knowing knowing the club is not functioning on all cylinders.

Of course this is relatively immaterial and would not rate a mention if we were being successful - when we haven't won a decent match in 12 months all angles need to be assessed.

Sorry if its boring you - you have options to deal with that.
Click to expand...

Yeh here's your option...

The Bye bye thread.
 
Good to go this week.
 
Higgins not thinking about what might have been

Marc McGowan May 21, 2017 10:00 AM

498041-tlsnewsportrait.jpg



SHAUN Higgins was pleased for – but envious of – the Western Bulldogs on Grand Final day last year, like every other player not in Luke Beveridge's side.

It wasn't because the former Bulldog is a Kangaroo these days and was pondering what might have been.

Higgins, 29, chose not to sign a new two-year contract at the Kennel in 2014, which would have seen him in that Grand Final mix, and instead joined North Melbourne as a free agent at season's end.

He responded with what remains his best football year: almost 20 disposals a week and a career-high 39 goals in a mostly forward role as the Roos lost a second straight preliminary final.

"Nothing's changed from what I spoke about at the time. It was just nine years at one club and I needed a fresh opportunity and a fresh start and so far, so good," he told AFL.com.au.

"I've loved my time here and footy's going well at the moment.

"The gut feel is you know it's time to move on … I never came here with too many high expectations about what I wanted to achieve – I just knew the time was right to move."

Higgins is one of the elder statesmen at Arden St as North embarks on a rebuild. He watched fellow veterans Brent Harvey, Drew Petrie, Daniel Wells, Nick Dal Santo and Michael Firrito retire or go elsewhere last year.

Then Lindsay Thomas and Andrew Swallow, both with more than 200 games under their belt, found themselves in the VFL only six rounds into this season.

The Kangaroos are still competitive most weeks, but the win-loss record is an underwhelming 2-6, including a last-start 42-point whipping from Sydney.

But Higgins, whose latest contract expires next year, insists there is no regret associated with the Western Bulldogs' 2016 fairytale.

"(Watching the Grand Final) wasn't any tougher than any other year. It is tough to watch for every player that's not involved," he said.

"I've still got good mates there, so it was an amazing achievement and well deserved, because I know there's been a lot of work put in there for a long time.

"(But) I needed a fresh start and that football club is a lot different to when I was there."

Higgins is finally a full-time on-baller this year and averaging a career-best 22.4 possessions, to go with 6.9 score involvements, 5.6 inside 50s, five tackles and four clearances.

His round-two display against Geelong oozed of class – 27 touches, two goals, 12 score involvements, nine inside 50s and seven tackles – and almost carried North Melbourne across the line.

Higgins is the main point of difference in a Kangaroos midfield brigade heavy on inside specialists, including Ben Cunnington, Jack Ziebell, Swallow and Trent Dumont.

A sprinkling of youth – such as Jy Simpkin, Ryan Clarke and Declan Mountford, plus others yet to make their AFL debut, like Josh Williams – promises to provide a better balance.

The potential luring of Greater Western Sydney superstar-in-waiting Josh Kelly, who the Roos reportedly offered about $9 million to across nine years, could fast-track that.

"The form (Kelly)'s in, I think there'd be 17 other clubs looking at him, but we're not too worried about that internally," Higgins said.

"It will take care of itself for whatever decision he makes … that's up to him. I've moved clubs to here and it was an easy decision for me at the time, but everyone's circumstances are different.

"Having said that, we'd love a player of his calibre and talent and we feel like we're building something special here as well."
 
But Higgins, whose latest contract expires next year, insists there is no regret associated with the Western Bulldogs' 2016 fairytale.


So his contract ends in 2018. Mods, could you please update the contracts thread.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Similar threads

giantroo
Past #15: Daniel Howe - #31 in '14 ND to HFC - delisted end '22 - #33 in '23 RD to NM -retires from AFL & NM end '23 - 107 AFL games / 11 NM games
12 13 14 15 16
Replies
399
Views
28K
r00boy96
r00boy96

Remove this Banner Ad

Back
Top