- 94 kilos ain't overweight for a 192cm bloke.
- Do you suppose the 'agile and quick' players weighing 70-80 kilos will lose anything when they get themselves to afl playing weight in 2-3 years time?
- What is reflex speed????
- 1 How do you suppose his agility will go if he trims a few kilos over the preseason?
- 2 What do you suppose is easier, losing or gaining weight in an elite environment?
- 3 Name any player in this draft with evasive skills equal to Fogarty.
- 4 Name any player in this draft with a better non preferred foot.
5 Dude could play a similar role to Sam Mitchell imo but with more versatility to his game due to his size.
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5 Yes I agree.** I like him as more than a forward and that stable hang around inside (he prefers back and is very good at reading the play too).
1 I think he will get better with fitness....he is very camparable to pav who at the same age was 92 kg when very fit. Pav finished career close to 100kg.
2 If Darcy can get some of the excess back into muscle he'll be okay. In Darcy's case it will be easy for him to lose a few kilo initially before probably putting it back on (I understand he only went back into full training a few weeks out from the combine).
2a If you are already very fit it is always harder to lose weight unless there is a health issue - but I think you may know far more than I on the subject.
3 Immediate player to come to mind was Coffield, who I think Fogarty has more upside if all okay with him fitness etc. Coffield as had a very good uninterupted year if Im not mistaken and that makes a big difference to how one looks when playing.
4. Had to go looking for equal both sides...just to qualify though, Darcy kicking late in 2017 was not so good and there was a reason for that. One of his interviews explains why. Actually there are quite a few good on both sides (by hand and foot). To name a couple -Higgins very good (is better than Fogarty but not distance wise), Stephenson is okay too.
It was to be expected given his year.
Reflex speed, or other names for it, i think are now partially covered with the yo yo test and reaction time test. The clean hands handball test (I refer to as reflex testing) was quite good for assessing reflex speed but was scrapped after last year.
http://www.topendsports.com/sport/afl/testing-draft-camp.htm
Finish with a
question for you Why should'nt we draft Fogarty, Rayner LDU Dow, Stephenson, Cerra, what are their observable risk factors?
I'M already convinced that they are all suitable - so I try and find the 'why they might not be'.