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Re: VFL Practice match Blues vs. Richmond Thursday 21 March - Wet Willie - 03-22-2019
Owies played basketball at school, so very new to football...
Re: VFL Practice match Blues vs. Richmond Thursday 21 March - flyboy77 - 03-22-2019
(03-22-2019, 02:33 AM)Wet Willie link Wrote:Owies played basketball at school, so very new to football...
not quite. he was an elite underage footballer - but opted to focus on b'ball circa age 14/15.
Re: VFL Practice match Blues vs. Richmond Thursday 21 March - Wet Willie - 03-22-2019
Exactly, at St Kevins he played basketball as his prime sport for many years...
Re: VFL Practice match Blues vs. Richmond Thursday 21 March - ElwoodBlues1 - 03-22-2019
Owies looks a good kick, easy style and he just needs match play to adjust to the pressure , when he adapts he will be a smart player as small point guards rely on brains to distribute the ball and we saw point in case with Ed Curnow...Ed at the top of the key(50m mark) and zero idea what play to run as well as being too slow.
Re: VFL Practice match Blues vs. Richmond Thursday 21 March - Thryleon - 03-22-2019
(03-22-2019, 02:37 AM)flyboy77 link Wrote:not quite. he was an elite underage footballer - but opted to focus on b'ball circa age 14/15.
Whats an elite under age footballer look like vs an elite over age footballer?
I know we like positive signs of anything, but IMHO, 14-18 are the formative years of an athletes body, and thats where they really start learning the nuances of the game, how to play position, and refine their craft.
We will see, but if he plays even 50 games at AFL level he will be deemed a roaring success.
Re: VFL Practice match Blues vs. Richmond Thursday 21 March - LP - 03-22-2019
(03-22-2019, 04:07 AM)Thryleon link Wrote:We will see, but if he plays even 50 games at AFL level he will be deemed a roaring success.
There are some that expect him to get there easily, it'll be interesting, from what I have heard the physical part of the game won't be an issue. Fitness shouldn't be an issue, but as Billy Slater pointed out on TFS, AFL is a different type of fitness to most other sports.
Glad to hear Owies has some skills, they are sorely needed!
Re: VFL Practice match Blues vs. Richmond Thursday 21 March - Professer E - 03-22-2019
Did Stocker play? My neighbour (a high level coterie member) reckons he is a stone overweight. I find that very hard to believe but can anybody confirm how he went if he played?
Re: VFL Practice match Blues vs. Richmond Thursday 21 March - cookie2 - 03-22-2019
(03-22-2019, 04:49 AM)LP link Wrote:There are some that expect him to get there easily, it'll be interesting, from what I have heard the physical part of the game won't be an issue. Fitness shouldn't be an issue, but as Billy Slater pointed out on TFS, AFL is a different type of fitness to most other sports.
Glad to hear Owies has some skills, they are sorely needed!
The AFL would demand much higher levels of aerobic fitness than other codes surely?
Re: VFL Practice match Blues vs. Richmond Thursday 21 March - townsendcalling - 03-22-2019
(03-22-2019, 06:06 AM)Professer E link Wrote:Did Stocker play? My neighbour (a high level coterie member) reckons he is a stone overweight. I find that very hard to believe but can anybody confirm how he went if he played?
He must have put on a s!&t load since he joined the club, based on this photo. I find it hard to believe.
Re: VFL Practice match Blues vs. Richmond Thursday 21 March - crashlander - 03-22-2019
(03-22-2019, 06:06 AM)Professer E link Wrote:Did Stocker play? My neighbour (a high level coterie member) reckons he is a stone overweight. I find that very hard to believe but can anybody confirm how he went if he played?He played the first half only and he was not the only one to do that. I didn't see much of him: I got there in the 2nd quarter.
Ben Silvagni was another. The most I saw of him was at 3/4 time when I went out to the huddle.