10 laps around the centre square ought to do it
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The question is who else would fail the Baguley sprint test?
Not the McGrath that played ANZAC Day!
Myers would have done him in a sprint that day
what is the cut-off in height for this test?
I can’t think of anyone under 185 that would fail, except for maybe McNeice
Bags is allways up there as one of our fastest in the “tracker”.
More worrying is he losses his feet and half his possessions are just handballs a meter in front of himself before he gets tackled.
I was probably thinking all the way up to 190cm…basically anyone who can’t play a key post…??
Anyway, I’m just going to dig up an old post of mine, and self-quote it, because I am shameless, and it contained some of our players’ draft combine results…I roughly ordered them from fastest to slowest…so the lower names might fail the Baguley test:
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Houlahan: 20m Sprint = 3.05secs, Yo-Yo Test = 21.1
Elite at being a ■■■■■■ maybe…
He might make a very good mentor in the two’s when he’s done in the firsts.
I would have the following as most likely delisted
- Dea, Long
and Hartley.
McNeice given his age 27. But he just got best on so maybe he stays for Depth?
Baguley would get the option for another year even as depth.
Maybe 1 of Myers/Alwyn/Mynott goes as well at the end of the year.
|Aaron Francis |4 - offer Contract
|Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti |4 |Non-Free Agent| offer Contract
|Ben McNiece |3 |Non-Free Agent| Contract talks on hold till later in the season
|Darcy Parish |4 |Non-Free Agent| offer Contract
|David Myers |12 |Unrestricted Free Agent| Contract talks on hold till later in the season
|Dylan Clarke |3 |Non-Free Agent| Contract talks on hold till later in the season
|Jake Long |5 |Non-Free Agent| Contract talks on hold till later in the season
|Jordan Houlahan |2 |Non-Free Agent| Contract talks on hold till later in the season
|Luke Lavender |2 |Non-Free Agent| RETIRED
|Mark Baguley |8 |Restricted Free Agent| Contract talks on hold till later in the season
|Mason Redman |4 |Non-Free Agent| offer Contract
|Matt Guelfi |2 |Non-Free Agent| offer Contract
|Matthew Dea |4 |Non-Free Agent| Contract talks on hold till later in the season
|Michael Hartley |4 |Non-Free Agent| Contract talks on hold till later in the season
|Mitchell Brown |4 |Non-Free Agent| offer Contract
|Patrick Ambrose |6 |Non-Free Agent| offer Contract
|Sam Draper |3 |Non-Free Agent| offer Contract
|Tom Jok |1 |Non-Free Agent| Contract talks on hold till later in the season
|Trent Mynott |2 |Non-Free Agent| Contract talks on hold till later in the season
|Zachary Clarke |1 |Non-Free Agent| Contract talks on hold till later in the season
You’d think long, McNeice (catB) and Dea are almost certainties. Dea through no fault of his own, just as a reflection of our depth in the backline.
Hartley may be in a similar boat to Dea.
Mutch, Clarke likely one of, potentially both.
Baguley kept for depth
Zlarke depends whether we pick up another ruckman.
Houlahan probably gets demoted to the RL
Mynott retain
Jok retain
Draper upgrade a near certainty.
Depending on whether we lose anyone to another club I think we’ll take 3 in the ND, replacing Mutch/Clarke, Hartley, Long. Swapping Draper and Houlahan.
Then take 1/2 replacing Dea and potentially Zlarke too.
No McNeice means we have 3x Cat B slots open. I think we’ll use one or two this year to make up for the lack of youngsters in the previous few years.
Mutch is contracted for 2020
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Well, that’d be something un-Essendon like…
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Hartley first in the cannon bar none.
Bags is still in the 22. He probably goes, but there’s a question mark there.
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I dread going to the footy when I know Hartley is lining up but I thought they might retain him depth.
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By the end of the year there’ll be half a dozen KPP who are better than Hartley available, either from State Leagues or as DFAs
He’s a long way back.
He’s quite possibly the dumbest player ever to pull on the black and red.
I swear he practices grabbing a fist full of jumper at home in the mirror.
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God I hope you’re right
Edit: Sorry, this really is the wrong thread for this topic.