PRELUDE:

As many of you know I have been a strong advocate of Sydney's Tom Mitchell, I wrote a thread to target him prior to his AFL debut and have continued to raise the point that he should be in our sights. In that regard I have found it strange that a player like him, who is constantly performing in the seconds at a high level can not crack into the senior side of Sydney while the likes of Brandon Jack and Zac Jones (haven't performed as highly in the seconds) have continued to get games ahead of him. It's only made me speculate that maybe he has refused or delayed contract talks until the end of this year (currently being his third season) when he most likely falls out of contract. Due to this lack of senior games and my somewhat obsession it caused me to follow him in the NEAFL and in doing so I have come across yet another quality young player that is certainly worth targeting. His name is Shane Biggs.

Related Tom Mitchell thread:

http://demonland.com/forums/index.php?/topic/33604-a-target-in-tom-mitchell/

BIOGRAPHY:

Shane BIGGS: Age 22, Height 187 cm, Weight 84 kg.

http://www.sydneyswans.com.au/player-profile/shane-biggs

Third season at the Swans, originally selected at pick 13 of the 2012 Rookie Draft. Made his AFL debut in round 23 of 2013 and in total had three senior games (two during the 2013 finals).

Will be out of contract at the end of this year and will either need to be elevated to the senior list or delisted. We should put forth a proposed trade that should see him come cheap (3rd or 4th round pick) and here's why.

NEAFL statistics (averages for 12 games total with 1 goal total): 32 disposals, 21 kicks, 10 handballs, 5 marks, 2 tackles, 0 HO, 1 FF, 1 FA, 3 I50, 5 R50.

* Before people get on their high horse saying "It's the NEAFL - a sub par competition equivalent to the VFL reserves", I rate him so highly because his numbers are close to Tom Mitchell's, and Ryan O'Keefe's while higher than the likes Jonathan O'Rourke.

Mitchell's NEAFL stats (averages for 5 games total, with 6 goals total): 35 disposals, 14 kicks, 21 handballs, 6 marks, 5 tackles, 0 HO, 1 FF, 1 FA, 5 I50, 1 R50.

O'Keefe's NEAFL stats (averages for 8 games total, with 4 goals total): 30 disposals, 16 kicks, 14 handballs, 5 marks, 9 tackles, 0 HO, 2 FF, 2 FA, 5 I50, 2 R50.

O'Rourke's NEAFL stats (averages for 8 games total, with 4 goals total): 26 disposals, 13 kicks, 14 handballs, 6 marks, 3 tackles, 0 HO, 1 FF, 1 FA, 4 I50, 1 R50.

Here is also a list of disposals stats BIGGS collected per game:

Rd.1 = 29, Rd.2 = 28, Rd.3 = 31, Rd.4 = 29, Rd.5 = 25, Rd.6 = BYE, Rd.7 = 30, Rd.8 = 42, Rd.9 = BYE, Rd.10 = 26, Rd.11 = 28, Rd.12 = 32, Rd.13 = 30, Rd.14 = 50.

OVERALL I think he could be a very good pick up at a very cheap price (3rd or 4th round pick). I would certainly have him on the list ahead Blease, Tapscott, Strauss, Nicholson, and Byrnes.

Some old footage but shows he also has some dash about him:

Considering he's 1. from Sydney, 2. relatively tall for a mid, 3. mature, and 4. not a big name.... he sounds like the kind of player Roo's would target.

  On 14/07/2014 at 03:11, boydie said:

Considering he's 1. from Sydney, 2. relatively tall for a mid, 3. mature, and 4. not a big name.... he sounds like the kind of player Roo's would target.

Let's hope

Good target for the right trade.

I wouldn't let go of a first rounder for him.

If he is happy to sign with us for a reasonable amount, I'd favour him over some others on our list who at times haven't proven to the best of their ability they should be getting a game.

Hi avg 2 tackles per game might be what's keeping him our...

  On 14/07/2014 at 03:11, boydie said:

Considering he's 1. from Sydney, 2. relatively tall for a mid, 3. mature, and 4. not a big name.... he sounds like the kind of player Roo's would target.

Let's hope we get in there before them then!

I'm also warming to ROK, depsite his age I'd rather than a slow gun than slow young dud thats currently on our list.

Plus he could be backup for Cross, we're missing him at the moment.

This is a reason why ROK is a must for us.

Take Cross out of our lineup and look at the big on field leadership hole we have atm. Its no wonder we are playing so poorly since Cross hasbeen out.

ROK is similar to him. We are still a young side that lacks experience and on field leadership.

  On 14/07/2014 at 02:59, ignition. said:

PRELUDE:

As many of you know I have been a strong advocate of Sydney's Tom Mitchell, I wrote a thread to target him prior to his AFL debut and have continued to raise the point that he should be in our sights. In that regard I have found it strange that a player like him, who is constantly performing in the seconds at a high level can not crack into the senior side of Sydney while the likes of Brandon Jack and Zac Jones (haven't performed as highly in the seconds) have continued to get games ahead of him. It's only made me speculate that maybe he has refused or delayed contract talks until the end of this year (currently being his third season) when he most likely falls out of contract. Due to this lack of senior games and my somewhat obsession it caused me to follow him in the NEAFL and in doing so I have come across yet another quality young player that is certainly worth targeting. His name is Shane Biggs.

nice work Ig'

  On 14/07/2014 at 03:42, dee-luded said:

nice work Ig'

I concur.. he may or may not be the bloke for us ( amongst a handful we need to bring in )

Well done Ignition for the background work there

  On 14/07/2014 at 03:22, boydie said:

I'm also warming to ROK, depsite his age I'd rather than a slow gun than slow young dud thats currently on our list.

Plus he could be backup for Cross, we're missing him at the moment.

Lleadership leadership, RO'K... he'll teach & lead. I'd offer him 2 Yrs playing on a modest contract, Heavily Loaded for senior games played.

RO'K is the type we want helping our kids, on & off the field. a winner

I'd make him Captain of our reserves team; & assistant coach as well.

  On 14/07/2014 at 03:40, dazzledavey36 said:

This is a reason why ROK is a must for us.

Take Cross out of our lineup and look at the big on field leadership hole we have atm. Its no wonder we are playing so poorly since Cross hasbeen out.

ROK is similar to him. We are still a young side that lacks experience and on field leadership.

maybe a trade of Watts to the Swannies (for a swans player), would benefit us all.

# edit 1....

# edit 2. gary rohan

I mentioned him in another thread.

I've only ever seen him play back flank. He's handy. Good pace. Attacks the game. Needs a lot of work on his defensive game and to tidy up his kicking. I'm not sure he'd be a significant upgrade over Grimes or Terlich. Not saying he's bad but he's probably not the Shaw or Malceski we need at half back either, but he would put pressure on those we currently have.

Now if he can play wing then that's a different ball game entirely.

Worth scouting and we can't replace all that we have on our list with draft picks. We need some high value trades as well. So I'd offer pick 45 onwards to Sydney and a 2 year deal on modest money to Biggs.

  On 14/07/2014 at 03:42, dee-luded said:

nice work Ig'

  On 14/07/2014 at 03:46, beelzebub said:

I concur.. he may or may not be the bloke for us ( amongst a handful we need to bring in )

Well done Ignition for the background work there

Thanks guys I appreciate it.

Another excellent game from Biggs on the weekend. He and O'Keefe would have been 2 of 3 three best on ground.

Round 15 stats:

Biggs: 1 goal 1 behind, 34 disposals, 31 kicks, 3 handballs, 4 marks, 2 tackles, 0 HO, 1 FF, 1FA, 6 I50, 6 R50.

O'Keefe: 1 goal 3 behinds, 32 disposals, 20 kicks, 12 handballs, 5 marks, 7 tackles, 0 HO, 2 FF, 0 FA, 3 I50, 1 R50.

T.Mitchell did not play.

Reminds me of Bernie , great work email someone at the club , you never know.

Slow as.

Terrible disposal.

Brave, but no flair.

Pass.

Prefer his brother Ronnie. Trouble is he has a tendency to go missing.

Again Biggs was one of the BOG's over the weekend. I'm certainly impressed with this young blokes numbers who should be approaching his prime within ~2 years as apposed to O'Keefe who has left/ leaving his.

Round 17 stats:

Biggs: 1 goal 0 behind, 41 disposals, 28 kicks, 13 handballs, 6 marks, 6 tackles, 0 HO, 0 FF, 0 FA, 3 I50, 10 R50.

O'Keefe: 2 goal 2 behinds, 35 disposals, 22 kicks, 13 handballs, 4 marks, 3 tackles, 1 HO, 1 FF, 2 FA, 3 I50, 4 R50.

T.Mitchell did not play.

NOTE: Round 16 was a bye.

Anything about disposal efficiency?

  On 29/07/2014 at 06:58, demonoid said:

Anything about disposal efficiency?

Unfortunately I don't have access to that, even the data uploaded onto the NEAFL site via Champion Data lacks the DE (%).

http://www.neafl.com.au/index.php?id=83

  On 29/07/2014 at 06:58, demonoid said:

Anything about disposal efficiency?

  On 29/07/2014 at 07:13, ignition. said:

Unfortunately I don't have access to that, even the data uploaded onto the NEAFL site via Champion Data lacks the DE (%).

http://www.neafl.com.au/index.php?id=83

Pretty damn important given our current HB stocks.

  On 29/07/2014 at 08:18, monoccular said:

Pretty damn important given our current HB stocks.

actually mono, imo Crossy & Trenners could help out on half back whilst we 'blood' a young kid @ Casey. I think we are getting more versatile thru added depth.

  On 29/07/2014 at 08:18, monoccular said:

Pretty damn important given our current HB stocks.

Well if you can find them be my guest, I too would love to see them.