The Tall and Short of it...

[Guzzitza]

Watching the West Coast v Melbourne game today, and i couldnt help but notice how tall the majority of West coast players are..
even their midfielders are tall... bar perhaps two of them

whereas we have.. our ruckmen, neither of which we can consider overly mobile, and adam goodes

can any of the stats gurus on here work out just how big the average height difference is between the swans and west coast? would be an interesting stat.. we like to call our midfielders midgets, but seriously, overall.. how bad is it??

[Nico]

Pass.

[robbieando]

The Swans average height is 187cm
The Eagles average height is 188cm

[NMWBloods]

Sydney's 'midfielders':
Ablett 184
J Bolton 182
Buchanan 180
Crouch 175
Kirk 184
Mathews 182
Maxfield 178
McVeigh 184
Moore 178
Schneider 178
Spriggs 175
Williams 176
Average 180

West Coast's 'midfielders':
Banfield 184
Braun 175
Butler 187
Cousins 179
Embley 190
Fletcher 179
Jones 187
Judd 189
Kerr 178
Selwood 189
Stenglein 189
Wooden 183
Average 184

[satchmopugdog]

All those numbers!!!!!!! That has just sent me into a mind spin. All I see when I watch the Weagles and I watch them a lot is their skill not their size. That must be the difference between right brain and left brain people. (plus I adore David Wirrpunda)

[Snowy]

They're built pretty strongly but they also have pace and class in abundance.

[NMWBloods]

Originally posted by satchmopugdog
All those numbers!!!!!!! That has just sent me into a mind spin. All I see when I watch the Weagles and I watch them a lot is their skill not their size. That must be the difference between right brain and left brain people. (plus I adore David Wirrpunda)

Some people use all their brain and notice their skill, class, poise, decision making, height, strength, and speed!

[satchmopugdog]

I know, I'm a half wit...but a creative half wit.

[swans_premiers]

Put tadgh kenelly in the midfield dammit..

[dimelb]

Originally posted by swans_premiers
Put tadgh kenelly in the midfield dammit..

And these days, Goodes.

[NMWBloods]

Originally posted by satchmopugdog
I know, I'm a half wit...but a creative half wit.

LOL - not thinking in terms of numbers doesn't make you a half-wit, just like being able to think of numbers doesn't mean you can't of other things.

[cruiser]

Hmmm, I'm not sure how much 'brains' comes into basic addition and division using a calculator. Not that I'm not appreciative of those who go to the trouble.

[barry]

Originally posted by satchmopugdog
(plus I adore David Wirrpunda)

Who isnt. An awesome player.

But teams always look taller, faster, more skillful when 3 games clear on top of the ladder.
Just remember how slow, short and error-prone they were in the Sydney final last year. Come September they will be hopefully somewhere in between.

[Guzzitza]

Originally posted by barry
Who isnt. An awesome player.

But teams always look taller, faster, more skillful when 3 games clear on top of the ladder.
Just remember how slow, short and error-prone they were in the Sydney final last year. Come September they will be hopefully somewhere in between.

mm i suppose you right... there doesnt seem much a difference in height..
but it just seems so.... i dunno.. EASY for them god damn it.

although the midfield height isnt that different, if you exclude the mids, and just consider backline, ruckmen, and forward line...
heh there is some number crunching for you...

id expect there would be a reasonably difference in backline, as our backline seems pretty short

[barry]

Originally posted by Guzzitza
mm i suppose you right... there doesnt seem much a difference in height..
but it just seems so.... i dunno.. EASY for them god damn it.

although the midfield height isnt that different, if you exclude the mids, and just consider backline, ruckmen, and forward line...
heh there is some number crunching for you...

id expect there would be a reasonably difference in backline, as our backline seems pretty short

When Schauble plays, our backline is fairly tall. When he doesnt it can get exposed by the likes of Saint kilda.