Chris Mayne

[The Night Shift]

Welcome Chris Mayne - a local lad recruited from Perth Football Club. What do you guys know about our latest addition to the club??

 

[Upgrayedd]

Nicknames Chopper

Went to school with him, little bit of a dick, but he was alright
Loves the kangaroos, and has an afro?

Good mark on him, remember playing against him and he would outmark anyone, even guys 10/20 cm taller then him

 

[The Night Shift]

Chopper eh?
Afro you say?
This guy may manage to score some cult status like Brock Norris

 

[ImperialPurple]

haha... my response was going to be "good hair" but then I thought I wasn't taking your question seriously enough, so I refrained...

 

[Bradesmaen]

Video shows he has good hands, good lead and also great footy smarts. He gave two no look handballs basically that went straight to team mates. He just knows where they are. Could be a bit of a steal.

 

[FootyEater]

this guy sounds like another paul medhurst to me, what do you think?
hopefully without the ego and selfishness

 

[Bradesmaen]

Taller though, so he can contested mark better. Medhurst's contested marking wasn't so great... and his vision wasn't the best at times. He's better from the video i saw.

 

[Dr Ralph Dagg]

Medhurst's contested marking wasn't so great...

after Connolly banned him from contesting for high marks.

He was sensational in his first few seasons.

 

[paccraig]

pre draft profiles from BF posters:



Chris Mayne - ?? ???? 1989, 182cm 84kg. Perth
"BoyFromTheWest: Another 1988 birth player who was injured last year but has smashed them in colts, reserves and league this year playing at half back, half forward or midfield. Genuine pace, markes well, excellent disposal skills and genuine at the ball. Will play seniors in 08.


"Sico17: One club has very keen eyes on Mayne especially and will not be happy if he has an increased profile. I was surprised he didn't get into the U18's, plays mainly at FF when I have seen him but pinch hits in the centre when Perth are under pressure. A strong body for his age and seems to be the true leader of the Perth colts. His field kicking is a problem but his goal accuracy has been fine when I have seen him, he kicked the first 4 goals straight against Subiaco earlier this year the week after Subiaco had beaten Swan Districts.


"dan.wg: I got to agree he's a really good player and was best on ground or close to it everytime I umpired him. Mainly played forward and is pretty good on the lead. Goal kicking didn't seem to be a problem. Rarely played in the center and I figure hes more suited as a leading target. Maybe questions about his temperament, but not too much a problem. Has a fairly good head about him.

 

[inferno66]

Some Info about Mayne from Dockerland:

http://claremontfc.com/2007/index.php?Itemid=38&id=42&option=com_cont
ent&task=view

"Starling had been sterling in defence in the first
three quarters and early in the final term. Coach
Simon McPhee, searching for a match winner, moved Starling
into attack to play on Perth's talented Christopher Mayne,
who had been assigned a sweeping role of playing behind the
ball in Perth's backline."

http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,22548836-11088,00.html

Mayne also came ninth in repeated 30 metre sprints...handy for a leading forward.

also note in the above link of Clayton Hinkley


http://saintsational.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=33270&view=previous&si
d=b3bd481ad9b97b73622853c6c813e2f9

"Yes he can kick goals ... 24 goals in 10 colts games this year, including bags of three, four and seven.
Promoted to reserves and kicked two in his second match.
Immediately promoted to seniors and made a courageous debut. Can he take a hit? He was decked by Lyster in the second term
of that debut match and came off but returned to the field to finished just outside Perth's best. Nine kicks, eight marks ,
a chance to kick the winning goal (but scored a point) and 10 "one percenters".
He then kicked three against Claremont in just his second senior game. 19 touches, nine marks , three straight majors.
Strong contested marks too, not Joel Bowden specials (cheap mickey mousers across half back).
Good work ethic, good team player, runs hard to tackle, spoil and shepherd and gut runs to make space and lead (similar to Roo).
But of course he's no Roo.Good skills, very strong hands, clean hands in traffic. Only 17. "

 

[ImperialPurple]

These are the bits that I especially like!

Some Info about Mayne from Dockerland:

• Immediately promoted to seniors and made a courageous debut. Can he take a hit? He was decked by Lyster in the second term of that debut match and came off but returned to the field to finished just outside Perth's best.

• and 10 "one percenters".

• He then kicked three against Claremont in just his second senior game. 19 touches, nine marks , three straight majors.

• Strong contested marks

• Good work ethic, good team player, runs hard to tackle, spoil and shepherd and gut runs to make space and lead

• Good skills, very strong hands, clean hands in traffic.

Also this is from the Herald Sun link (above)

TOP 10 results in various tests at last week's AFL draft camp at the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra.

Agility
1. Aaron Joseph 7.91 sec
2. Lachlan Hill 8.05 sec
3. Clayton Hinkley 8.07 sec
4. Tom Collier 8.22 sec
5. Jackson Hall 8.26 sec
6. Andy Otten 8.29 sec
7. Scott Selwood 8.32 sec
8. Brendan Whitecross 8.36 sec
9. Callan Ward 8.38 sec
10. Steven Gaertner 8.39 sec *

Repeat 30 Metre Sprints
1. Chris Kangars 23.59 secs
2. Patrick Dangerfield 23.96 sec
3. Cyril Rioli 24.01 sec
4. Lachlan Hall 24.08 sec
5. Haelen Kay 24.17 sec
6. David Gourdis 24.22 sec
7. Levi Greenwood 24.22 sec
8. Brendan Whitecross 24.25 sec
9. Chris Mayne 24.37 sec
10. Joel Smouha 24.48 sec

Vertical Jump
1. David Gourdis 81cm
2. Lachlan Hill 74cm
3. Patrick Dangerfield 73cm
4. James Mulligan 72cm
5. Levi Greenwood 71cm
6. Matthew Lobbe 70cm
Steven Gaertner 70cm *
Simon Starling 70cm
9. Robbie Tarrant 68cm
James Polkinghorne 68cm
Mitchell Farmer 68cm

20-Metre Sprint
1. David Gourdis 2.83 sec
2. Steven Gaertner 2.88 sec *
Clayton Hinkley 2.88 sec
4. Jarrad Grant 2.89 sec
5. Brendan Whitecross 2.91 sec
Aaron Joseph 2.91 sec
7. Tayte Pears 2.92 sec
Patrick Dangerfield 2.92 sec
9. Jarrhan Jacky 2.93 sec
10. David Zaharakis 2.94 sec

Shuttle Run (Beep test)
1. Cale Morton 15.2
2. Joel Smouha 15.1
3. Brendan Whitecross 14.10
4. Clayton Hinkley 14.9
5. Rhys Palmer 14.8
Nick Murphy 14.8
7. Scott Selwood 14.7
8. Chris Kangars 14.5
9. Patrick McGinnity 14.4
10. Matthew Lobbe 14.3
Scott Simpson 14.3

3km Time Trial
1. Joel Smouha 10min 23sec
2. Rhys Palmer 10.25
3. Cale Morton 10.32
4. Hugh Sandilands 10.42
5. Nick Murphy 10.48
6. Scott Selwood 10.49
Patrick McGinnity 10.49
Matthew Lobbe 10.49
9. Matthew Kreuzer 10.51
10. Tony Armstrong 10.54
Chris Kangars 10.54

Obviously the bolded ones are our new guys...

The ones in purple are guys who didn't get selected.

Joel Smouha is a 200cm+ ruckman from QLD... apparently would be a long-term project but given these test results is surprising no-one picked him up.

David Gourdis is from Subi - a 190cm+ key forward with the ability to play down back also. I seriously hope we look at him for the PSD, although apparently he is heading to Melbourne on Monday to train with Richmond in the hope they pick him up.

Paddy McGinnity. I would love him at Freo.

* Steven Gaertner can be selected in the PSD, but is too young to be rookied.

 

[Scham]

I know I'm being a bit bullish...but he sounds like a James Hird type player.

If he turns out half as good as him...

 

[chook2734]

I know I'm being a bit bullish...but he sounds like a James Hird type player.

If he turns out half as good as him...

Oh no, not another Essendon player

 

[Upgrayedd]

I know I'm being a bit bullish...but he sounds like a James Hird type player.

If he turns out half as good as him...

not really, but he is a utility, knows how to mark a ball as well, playing against him against year 8 he slayed us