Shaun Higgins

[1eyedog]

Re: Shaun Higgins

How good has it been having Higgins back fully fit? He's moving well, making good decisions and his disposal by hand and foot have been exemplary. He's in great form atm let's hope he doesn't break down touch wood.

[Remi Moses]

Re: Shaun Higgins

Cops a lot of rubbishing, but I reckon he's been good so far.
Needs a good run at it.

[EasternWest]

Re: Shaun Higgins

Cops a lot of rubbishing, but I reckon he's been good so far.
Needs a good run at it.

To be fair, he earns a bit of said rubbishing.

I'm a critic, but I'm happy to admit he was one of our best yesterday. I even had him in my votes.

I hope we get to see him play all year unencumbered. Hell, I'd love to see him star. It'd be humble pie that I'd eat with a smile.

[Remi Moses]

Re: Shaun Higgins

To be fair, he earns a bit of said rubbishing.

I'm a critic, but I'm happy to admit he was one of our best yesterday. I even had him in my votes.

I hope we get to see him play all year unencumbered. Hell, I'd love to see him star. It'd be humble pie that I'd eat with a smile.

He's been disappointing , no doubt.
But he's hardly had a decent run at it either in fairness.

[lemmon]

Re: Shaun Higgins

I'd have him in the top 3 in the BnF across the first three rounds. Brings so much of what we need to the side

[GVGjr]

Re: Shaun Higgins

How good has it been having Higgins back fully fit? He's moving well, making good decisions and his disposal by hand and foot have been exemplary. He's in great form atm let's hope he doesn't break down touch wood.

Agreed, he is in good form and is an asset to the side. Seems to have lost 5 mtrs with his long kicking though.

[bulldogtragic]

Re: Shaun Higgins

He's got the talent to be one of our very best players. If he can stay fit and do all things the coaches (and members/fans) want him to get better at, we'll be a much better side for it. My hunch is he is earmarked to take over from Bobby of the HBF and kicking in.

[EasternWest]

Re: Shaun Higgins

He's been disappointing , no doubt.
But he's hardly had a decent run at it either in fairness.

Equally fair point.

[Hotdog60]

Re: Shaun Higgins

Not sold yet, agreed he has had a bad run and he did look a star in the making until he did his elbow all those years ago.
I still think he plays a bit too loose but if he can keep his body right who knows when the confidence builds.

[The Bulldogs Bite]

Re: Shaun Higgins

Agreed, he is in good form and is an asset to the side. Seems to have lost 5 mtrs with his long kicking though.

I think this may be due to cutting some kilos. He looks a lot leaner than he did a few years ago, so he's probably lost a bit of strength, but it looks to have helped him because he is moving really well. Running on top of the ground and is pretty good in terms of agility, too.

He's progressing nicely. I've been a critic in the past, but he's had a good start to the season.

His defensive efforts and the contested side to his game have improved a fair bit - we've always known he has elite skills, so the two mixing together has produced some well rounded games.

[F'scary]

Re: Shaun Higgins

Higgins was one of the most prominent "went missings" in the second half against Richmond. I watched the replay. In the last quarter, I'm pretty sure he had one possession. He can be flashy, is very photogenic but he'll never be in the best 12 mid-sized players in our current side(Griffen, Libba, Cooney, Boyd, Murphy, Macrae, Dahlhaus, Wallis, Hunter, Picken, Giansiracusa, Stevens and Smith - oops that's 13 - proves the point). He is just a fringe player.

[ratsmac]

Re: Shaun Higgins

Higgins was one of the most prominent "went missings" in the second half against Richmond. I watched the replay. In the last quarter, I'm pretty sure he had one possession. He can be flashy, is very photogenic but he'll never be in the best 12 mid-sized players in our current side(Griffen, Libba, Cooney, Boyd, Murphy, Macrae, Dahlhaus, Wallis, Hunter, Picken, Giansiracusa, Stevens and Smith - oops that's 13 - proves the point). He is just a fringe player.

Sounds a bit harsh but I see your point.

Given that he was given the ok by the docs only about a month and a half ago to join in with full training I thought he has slotted back into the team quite nicely. He has missed a lot of footy. Griffen missed the practice matches only and has struggled. I think Higgins is tracking pretty good at this point of the season. That said, like F'scray pointed out, we can't afford him to go missing when the game heats up.

[Greystache]

Re: Shaun Higgins

I've been happy with his 3 games so far. He's always going to parts of his game that are lacking, and he's never going to be the player I thought he could be, but he has good skills and generally makes good decisions, and that's something we need.

I was surprised to see yesterday he's played 112 games, that's not bad for a guy who just turned 26.

[lemmon]

Re: Shaun Higgins

I've been happy with his 3 games so far. He's always going to parts of his game that are lacking, and he's never going to be the player I thought he could be, but he has good skills and generally makes good decisions, and that's something we need.

I was surprised to see yesterday he's played 112 games, that's not bad for a guy who just turned 26.

Probably shows how promising his early years were. Was being talked about as the best of his draft with his class across half forward

[bulldogtragic]

Re: Shaun Higgins

I've been happy with his 3 games so far. He's always going to parts of his game that are lacking, and he's never going to be the player I thought he could be, but he has good skills and generally makes good decisions, and that's something we need.

I was surprised to see yesterday he's played 112 games, that's not bad for a guy who just turned 26.

By times end, hopefully he's a 200+ game bulldogs player. Maybe he'll be in the draft Bulldogs Team of the Century, like others who could now be nominated for that squad in the Team of the Century sticky thread, if some more nominations come in...