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He has potential but hes missing something people over look in key forwards and thats presence. He doesnt have the aura about him that makes defenders a bit nervous or makes them double take. Not intimidating enough is probably the biggest thing.
Dont get me wrong, players can and do become good forwards without this particular trait BUT they tend to have ways to over come that. Speed, work rate, aerial smarts, these things can help. I dont think Schache has much besides his height and his work rate, which is reasonable.
You could say the same about Hipwood, bar the odd game.
Hipwood still seems a similar player and body size to what he was two years ago, which is a concern. I don't think he's ever going to have the presence or marking ability that a 6'8" bloke should, and doesn't seem to be developing the running capacity to offset that, either.