dont know much about him but he looks really good. moves well, great ball use and takes the game on. could be a real weapon running off half back. with his agility and aerobic capabilities and a good pre season I can see him playing next season.
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Past 31. Tom Williamson
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AFL useless stat number 1001, testing for 5 metre sprint lol
Burst speed is very useful if you can use it well. Some players may have been quicker than Yarran but his burst was amazing. Armfield has caught Dangerfield a few times but probably wouldn't get him out of a pack
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You are right, it was only #61. I was being flippant about mr rogers. my post wasnt meant to be taken too seriously
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Yes and no . It tells us that the player has the POTENTIAL to move quickly off the market. But if he lacks footy nous/ peripheral vision/ anticipation/ whatever then he will get left behind anyway . Thats why its not the whole story
My burst speed to the fridge is incredulous.
My reaction time is special as well - caught the packet of frozen pies as they slid from the top shelf in the freezer before they hit the tiles.
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Terrific point.
This kid is well worth the punt with pick 61. Next year will be a complete development year and will be keen to see how he's going towards the back end of the season.
I just don't think 5 metres can be accurately measured when u'd be talking in thousandths of a second unless you have Olympic type technology which I highly doubt they have.
10 metres I could understand
Maybe I just have visions of some fat dude with a stop watch in his hand
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Welcome Tom.
Not exactly shabby test results.
A bottom age, athletic, nice height left-footed, defender/midfielder.
Can't complain.
Not at all. Those highlights were pretty impressive. The run and carry, speed and his left foot is a mouth watering prospect.
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I don't think he was that prolific, but he definitely had games where he pushed past the 20 possession mark. Plays role first, then bolts off to receive.Tested amazingly well at the combine in pretty much every test. Precision ball use. Dedicated/hard worker according to his coach. Leadership qualities. Now you say he is a prolific ball winner (alleviating the one fear I had with his selection as many athletes lack game sense). How the heck did he not go pick 1?
As Lace_Out said, the technology is highly affordable, and the AFL have ties with the AIS.
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Tested amazingly well at the combine in pretty much every test. Precision ball use. Dedicated/hard worker according to his coach. Leadership qualities. Now you say he is a prolific ball winner (alleviating the one fear I had with his selection as many athletes lack game sense). How the heck did he not go pick 1?
Is it possible we got the top 2 steals of the draft with Williamson and Kerr?
Mike's grandson is funnily enough called Tom! Mike used to bring us bootloads of sherrins!
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We got who I hoped for with our second and and third picks one and two rounds too early, respectively. Two out of five is pretty good for such a big talent pool in which you are are competing with 17 other clubs and your picks are pretty evenly spread. I'm an unapologetic advocate for picking the player with the highest 'ceiling' or 'upside' with every pick and that's never going to happen when you have practical needs and a certain amount of pressure to not stuff things up. Anyway, I hope I haven't put the Pafloyul curse onto Macreadie and Williamson.
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Exactly.
He'll probably play development league VFL for the majority of next year I would say. All things considered, the kid is a very exciting prospect.
Yeah, well, the extreme logical conclusion of looking at it like that is you pick the slowest, most clueless player in the draft and hope for the best.
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Yeah I'd love it if that's how the first half of his season was spent. Would rather him dominate in midfield there first rather than get junk minutes and stats in the senior VFL in a pocket somewhere. Those combine results and limited highlight footage have me most excited about him of our whole draft group
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Out of the highlights for each player I thought his were the most promising (for where they were drafted). Great kick no his left and his right doesn't look to bad (most left footers suck), good pace and looks to take the game on. Will be a pretty big lad when he fills out too
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My burst speed to the fridge is incredulous.
My reaction time is special as well - caught the packet of frozen pies as they slid from the top shelf in the freezer before they hit the tiles.
If we're including the fridge, I would top the 'repeat sprints' category....
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Sos' eyes lit up when asked about this guy... interesting given he was pick 61.
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