Welcome to the Bulldogs Aiden O’Driscoll

[weltschmerz]

 

[Golden_6]

 

[Mofra]

Is he now the fastest player we've ever had on our list?
Quite possible. Crazy good 2km time trial too

 

[Pugz89]

 

[Norm De Guerre]

Scenes.

 

[Munnez]

I was hoping pre draft that we would pick up Aiden. Like his mix of speed and high end endurance. He could be one of the HHF that works back into defence then runs hard forward once we take possession.
Hope he goes well

 

[doggies ftw]

Not too much footage of him online but looks exciting, agree with the calls that maybe we’re eying off HF for him - especially at that size he’s probably more suited there than wing. Really covered a lot of needs this draft

 

[dergert]

Heard them say he completed the combine with stress fractures in his back?

 

[Boyd oh Boyd]

Heard them say he completed the combine with stress fractures in his back?

How the brother of Freo wingman defied back soreness to charge into draft calculations

 

[doggies ftw]

Jesus, woulda ran a 2.6 if he was fit

 

[dergert]

Interesting that he was used as a small forward.

Changes our forward line depth

 

[hatescaptcha]

Interesting that he was used as a small forward.

Changes our forward line depth

That speed in the forward line will be very valuable. Give him the task to chase and apply pressure. We could have ourselves a bargain.

Seems to have the ability to kick goals as well so could prove dangerous.

Could rotate with Arty through forward and wing.




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[Foxman98]

 

[scooter600x]

Isn’t O’Driscoll just a WA version of Vandemeer?

 

[stefoid]

Isn’t O’Driscoll just a WA version of Vandemeer?

Schrodingers Vander - currently he is both a gun and a flop - we wont know until we look

 

[bobs head soup]

Isn’t O’Driscoll just a WA version of Vandemeer?

Well if he plays 44 AFL games in 4 seasons and kicks the winning score in a final at the Gabba we'll have done exceedingly well.

 

[weltschmerz]

Isn’t O’Driscoll just a WA version of Vandemeer?

Hopefully has better hammies

 

[dogwatch]

Hopefully has better hammies

I'd hope he has better hands than VDM who fumbles too much. It always seems like his body works faster than his eye-hand co-ordination.

 

[Dannnnnnnnnn]

Seems he has been earmarked as a forward rather than a wing from Milesi's interview.

 

[Pugz89]

Seems he has been earmarked as a forward rather than a wing from Milesi's interview.

Curious if that is only short term as he develops or longer term as well.

 

[Dannnnnnnnnn]

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4 standard deviations above the mean for GPS data (unclear what data exactly) since 2014. Outrageous.

For those without a stats background this puts him in the top ~0.1% over the past 10 years.

 

[weltschmerz]

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4 standard deviations above the mean for GPS data (unclear what data exactly) since 2014. Outrageous.

So he’s in the 99.9th percentile of that data. “+25 a game, his average is 460 metres”, unsure exactly what that relates to but it was talking about his athleticism, so maybe how much distance he covers at that speed? whatever it means, exceptional athlete.

 

[Pugz89]

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4 standard deviations above the mean for GPS data (unclear what data exactly) since 2014. Outrageous.

Talking about metres gained. So 4x the mean metres gained. Mentioned 460m or something he averaged in shorter quarters.

 

[Dannnnnnnnnn]

Talking about metres gained. So 4x the mean metres gained. Mentioned 460m or something he averaged in shorter quarters.

Yeah, but specifically mentions GPS data, which doesn't relate to metres gained - so I suspect it's closer to what weltschmerz suggested above. Still not sure what +25 means though.

In all, my complex, expert summary is: he run gud

 

[doggy_dog]

Not 100% sure but I think it’s the amount of distance he covers at greater than 25km/h. So total distance sprinting basically