Agreed. Taylor was only 193 too. The way they play is much more important than their height. Carlisle is 5cm taller than Frawley but Frawley has been much more suited to a lockdown role, and Carlisle to an intercepting role, as you say.
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Is that right, Taylor looked tall because he was slim obviously. I thought Hayne would have been about 198cm too.
Just double checked, can see Taylor at 193 and 195 depending on the source.
Yeah Haynes has got a lanky look about him. Takes it at a high point too.
We've got Howard down there too so it's not like we're lacking height down back.
Tom seems like a level headed well spoken young bloke with leadership written all over him.
The young bloke interviewing him is an absolute star.
What was your time mate? Haven't done one in 4 years (60 y.o body keeps giving up in training)' My last time was a 1:53. Broke the two hour mark, think I will rest on my laurels
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Yeah, 2.10. Last one was about that 1.53. Only 1 run over 10ks in the lead up, oops! I guess because I went slow I actually had more juice at the end than usual.
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Luke Ryan at 186 too. He took much more responsibility as a tall this year then just the intercept HBFer
Only reason I ever got under 2 hours is I did a specific program where five weeks before the run I did two 22 k training runs, tapering it down to 15 and 10 in the later runs. training is everything, I'll be eff'ed if i know how anyone runs a full marathon, after a half I am buggered.
Tommy Highmore runs a marathon a week.
Not so many Kings running around in their day though. Imagine Sammy Fisher standing next to big Max.
Plenty of pretty tall guys out there:
211cm: Cox
204cm: Hipwood, McKay
202cm: King, King
201cm: Casboult
200cm: Dixon
199cm: Lynch
198cm: Hawkins, Taberner
197cm: Bruce
196cm: Cameron, Finlayson, Kennedy
195cm: Naughton, Weideman
Judging from those highlights, he does that thing that good players do at lower levels - taking on players and taking his time to find the right option. He won't anywhere near as much time in the AFL so it'll be very interesting to see if he can keep that in his game or if he just gets caught too much.
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One thing I think scouts and recruiters should look at is reach vs height.
All well and good to stand 198cms tall but if you have a long neck or short arms then your reach to mark/spoil may not be as far as a kid standing 194cms
Tim English is very tall (205cms) but most of that is neck so his actual reach isn't as far as you would expect.
All well and good to stand 198cms tall but if you have a long neck or short arms then your reach to mark/spoil may not be as far as a kid standing 194cms
Tim English is very tall (205cms) but most of that is neck so his actual reach isn't as far as you would expect.
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Honestly on this years form only Hawkins, Dixon, Lynch and Kennedy that would keep defenders awake at night. Kings and Naughton are coming though and you'd back Cameron to get back to a gun forward again. These days they'd have Fisher block his run and someone run across the front and mop up the ball coming in.
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Our experience with Tom Simpkin should’ve made it obvious that measuring height to the top of the head can be misleading
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I watched a lot of SANFL on 7Plus this year,and Tom was a very good player in most matches that featured Sth Ade.
Has good hands,reads the play well and his kicking efficiency was very close to 80 %.
And the vertical leap and ability to use it in games is also very important. Case in Point Tim membrey dispte only being 188cm He has a great leap and reach. Coff is the same.
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Yeah both are a bit behind the Kings though IMO. Hipwood is one of the worst kicks for goal I've ever seen but he gets it heaps. Mc Kay is promising.
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I think I posted that comment somewhere on another (wrong) thread. When he speaks he oozes leadership. Be interesting to see what his game looks like.
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Whereas Membrey is relatively short for a key forward but has those looooong orangutang arms
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Spot on George. Strong feeling we have landed a beauty in this lad.
