Actually it does make a difference. A big difference. If a player is slow he needs to have other parts to their game that are exceptional
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As I'm only on page one, has anyone asked you: 'How do you know Fogarty's Mum is Mary?'
oh .... heard it through the grapevine.
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A small forward that can apply pressure and can find the goals off either foot,I'd like to see that rd1.
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And of course you can rate the 2/10ths of sec difference in players in game performances...
you are seriously gonna hold an argument - cause thats what you do - over 2 tenths... its a big difference....
Its a big difference LOL....
Please continue this idiocy - your next set of points awaits you.
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Yep breakaway speed is where it's at,the first 10 mtrs is everything, 20mtr time trials are indication only and mean little in the foot world.
It equates to a few metres. The difference between being able to mark in space or having a mark punched awayAnd of course you can rate the 2/10ths of sec difference in players in game performances...
you are seriously gonna hold an argument - cause thats what you do - over 2 tenths... its a big difference....
Its a big difference LOL....
Please continue this idiocy - your next set of points awaits you.
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Not sure why you are melting in your posts. No need to threaten me with points. I expect better from you tbh
I never said he will make it based on his 20m sprint time. Just saying his thereabouts with speed and better than some we were linked to; yet he was criticized by the pundits and recruiters for his running... Both speed and endurance.
I think Lonergan was quick of a few steps, one of the key reasons he was a great shutdown defender, particularly against quick key forwards like Buddy.
Fogarty is slow? Doesn’t look slow. Where did you get that he is slow?
He is not. Miers is slow
No, the slow concerns raised by the pundits were in relation to Constable, but his preseason 20m sprint time was not so bad at 3.05secs. Probably the main reason he slipped.
His 191cm and a big bodied mid. Doesn’t need to be in the quick bracket.
I sympathise with the confusion, the key is to remember that basically none of these threads are on topic anymore and go from there.
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Is it weird that out of all our draftees our first one Fog is the one I feel least sure of?
Imo he's definitely the quality... the only issue is that we haven't had a great track record with particularly small guys of late. I do think he's a good choice, but I suppose time will tell.
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Think it's the hype around Kelly, Copper & Miers that has made me think this way tbh
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I’m pretty sure Peter Street holds the 20m sprint record at Geelong and the Dogs. Just for perspective.
And of course you can rate the 2/10ths of sec difference in players in game performances...
you are seriously gonna hold an argument - cause thats what you do - over 2 tenths... its a big difference....
Its a big difference LOL....
Please continue this idiocy - your next set of points awaits you.
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Tend to agree Daz , 2/10th of a second is significant in a race here both react to a starting gun but footy isn't like that.
A small speed differential can be negated by a smart footballer who reacts quicker to an opportunity , uses his body or hands to unbalance his opponent , gets a block from a teammate , uses his body to keep his opponent out of the contest or just reads the flight of the ball better . It's the old footballer v athlete argument
To be fair, Street just tripped over on the start line and finished straight away. He didn't actually sprint.
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Was Street at least a good ruck like Sandi? Never saw him play
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It does not equate to a few metres. Tony Barber got it right, this is nonsense.
If you use 20m in 3 secs as a "standard" then that equates to 6.666m/sec, not taking into account that you are starting from a standing position. Therefore at the very best 0.2sec equates to 1.33m. Because you are really considering the distance at the end of the sprint,where you are at your quickest, then I think it could be easily extrapolated to at least 2.5-3m. That is quite a significant distance over 20m. Which is why this test is actually conducted.
I get the feeling though that Miers might actually be a bit quicker than he tested.
If you drill down a bit further 20m/3.2 sec equates to 6.25m/sec. A bloke running 20m in 2.9 sec (considered quick) is running at an average speed of 6.90m/sec. Therefore in every second of running the difference run is 65cm. With Miers running it in 3.2sec the difference over this time is around 2.08m.
Yeah not sure why people are having a crack at me. He was one if the slowest players tested. Most of the ruckman beat him in the sprints.
