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Reus to Madrid, 5 year contract.
Benzema? Bale? Which one leaves?
Benzema? Bale? Which one leaves?
5' 11" is 1.80 not 1.84 (I know because it's my height) ! I don't think Casillas is 185cm, I think he's 180cm too but I've read conflicting gen on that that.
Cahill was all about timing not the height of his jumps. Though he could certainly jump higher than your average player. Crouchy wins a lot of headers in the box - don't know where you get the idea he doesn't from !
Of course height doesn't = a good keeper. But I honestly think it is a pre-requisite for a really top keeper in the modern game. Certainly in the more physical leagues of the PL & Bundesliga. You have given a list of tall keepers who aren't at the top .. how about a list of shorter keepers (180cms or under) that are ? That is a far greater ask, for a very good reason.
Neither. Reus will spend most of his time with the physios.
Iran are one of the Asian heavyweights as well!
Arf!!
Isn't arm span, and hence length, the same as your height?
Or am I taking DaVinci a little too literally...
Mostly true, but there are definitely exceptions, usually among athletes.
Think NFL Wide Receivers or NBA Players. Kevin Durant wouldn't be nearly as good if he wasn't so crazy lanky. Same goes for keepers I feel.
Generally.
But in the NBA, having a wingspan which is the same as your height is generally considered a poor wingspan. Most of the top players have wingspans that are a good 4-5 inches more than their height.
Lebron is 6'8" with a 7'0" wingspan. Kobe is 6'6" with a 6'11 wingspan. Charles Barkley another - considered massively undersized for the power forward (he was about 6'4"), but he was said to have a 7'0" wingspan.
Kawhi Leonard is the best example today of a freakish wingspan - 6'7" height, 7'3" wingspan.
Draftexpress has a list of average height/wingspan ratios of all players in its database - and you'll find wingspan is generally height + 2/3 inches: http://www.draftexpress.com/nba-pre-draft-measurements/?page=averages&year=All
He's been doing quite well in the championship
"My daughter's boyfriends? I figure if I kill the first one, word'll get out." [Charles Barkley]
There seem to be 3 different opinions about his height on the interweb.
Either way, a bit short arsed for a gk... 🙂
It's generally close to the same but there are plenty of top athletes (NBA basketball players for example) that have much longer wingspans than their height.
For example Anthony Davis is 6' 9.25" without shoes but his wingspan is 7' 5.5"
DeAndre Jordan is 6' 9.75" but his wingspan is 7' 6"
Hassan Whiteside of the Heat is 6' 10.5" but his wingspan is 7' 7" !!!
There are even some shorter guys with crazy long wingspan.
Dwyane Wade for example is 6' 3.75" but his wingspan is 6' 10.75" which is crazy to me.
Pffff. I'm 5'11" with a wingspan of 6' 6". That gives me +7" which as % of my height is 9.86%. Waaay more than Wade whose +7" is only 9.24% of his height and as for that mofo Whiteside his +8.5" is only a tad more at 10.3% of his height. Fecking NBA pussies.
I do have to have custom made long-sleeve shirts though 🙁
I do have to have custom made long-sleeve shirts though 🙁
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