Top 5 fastest bulldogs of all time -1996 onward

[Spoonman84]

Mbye was quick or do we want to pretend he never played for us

Yeah I was going to mention him too he caught James Roberts after he made massive break in 2014 or 15.

 

[Moedogg]

If we count 3 games... Michael Lett smokes everyone on the list.

 

[bradyk]

Mbye has to be on the list when seeing some of the players you've listed here.

 

[Scoooby]

Fucking barba , how can he not be the first pick!

 

[Brizdog]

Daryl Halligan or Montoya should be there lol.

 

[Alexander the Great]

Daryl Halligan or Montoya should be there lol.

 

[Flanagun]

Took 6 replies for some idiot to start talking Bott but whatever

A few more than 6 actually.... but Bott was pretty quick. Quicker than your wit...

 

[The DoggFather]

Y'all forgot about Cook?

 

[enoughsaid]

Of all time from 1996

That makes sense

 

[Raysie]

Barba had the agility, but wasn't fast long distance. Josh Morris in his prime before his knees gave in was probably my quickest over 100m.

Mybe was super quick too. Had the agility and long distance speed which is good for a guy his size. Pitty he didn't have the talent to back it up.

 

[Mr Shhh]

Heka Nanai

Christ, what a shit bomb he was.

 

[TwinTurbo]

Top speed (RSmith) and acceleration (Meaney) are completely different, particularly when change of direction is involved. RSmith very rarely reaches his stop speed, because he needs space to wind up. Meaney's top speed may be lower but he gets there much faster and recovers speed faster after a change of direction. Over 30/40 metres from a standing start my money would be on Meaney, but over 80/100 metres I think RSmith would run him down.

Go Dogs

 

[2144superman]

Nasheed here,

Sitting up here all night posting doing speed has made me think about speed in general about the bulldogs.

ive always been attracted to the fast players. Strangely, the dogs have had a notoriously slow roster for as long as I remember. As @2144superman keeps pointing out, the current dogs lineup could well be the quickest. Although I'd argue 2018 was because of Rhyse martins presence, officially the fastest second rower in 20-9, a season that he didn't complete.

I want to be clear about a rule. They just have played 10 first grade games for the dogs. 10! I don't want it to devolve like some of my other posts where niggas ain't reading the rules and this thread is bombarded with 'LeoN BoTt tHE FaStESt EvER' even though he never made it to first grade.

here's mine anyway.

1. Brett 'the snippet' Howland. I don't think anyone would seriously disagree with this one. He was a fast guy who played at a fast time in the NRL. When we had quality athletes in the comp before they all bulked up like the black pornstar guy on WhatsApp (circa 2006). Howland was considered the second fastest player in a comp with Darren Albert, Rhys Wesser,Eric Grothe. All guys who ran sub 11. Id guesstimate snippet was about a 10.6 hundred guy, and Albert around 10.4 (actually a massive difference at those speeds). Rhys apparently 10.6 as well but I think Howland has him. Either way, he's #1 for this thread.

2. Reimis 'uncle' Smith
Just the fact his name pops up as a possibility of being the fastest atm gott make him fast. I would guesstimate he's an 11 flat guy. Hard to see him in full stride but yeah

3. nick Meaney
Meant to be faster than Reimis. How's that work? Maybe he should be 2.

4. Josh Morris
Slow off the mark, but I promise you this nice guy was built for speeed. He and his little Brother had almost the perfect natural build for sprinting. Super long legs and twitch fibres. He would mow down anyone in space so much so that Jim's mowing blushed. Even Jennings with a 20 m head start. If not for sluggish start off the mark I would say he would be number 1 with acceleration. Probably the quickest on the list 50-100 in a 100m race. 11.2 my guess.

5. rod silva.
We all know him. Fast but not lightning but still very fast. Probably an 11.4 guy.

special mentions;
Brett Morris (remember we got him at 32 years old) Damien Ford, Ben Barba, arana taumata, JMK, Jason Williams, Nigel Vagana, Josh Reynolds, Jamal lolesi, Kerrod Holland, Rhyse Martin, Makasini richter.

nasheed.

LOLLLLL when TF did I ever point out that the current crop of players we have would be the quickest ... @Nasheed leave me out of your schemes for the love of god lol

 

[2144superman]

Damien Cook?

Dane Gagai said of Cook;
"He is just such a threat. When he was at the Bulldogs, I came up against him and we had Jake Mamo at fullback. Not too many people can outrun Jake Mamo but Cookie made a break through the line, was one-on-one with him and managed to do it with ease."

https://www.nrl.com/news/2018/05/22...-damien-cook-into-state-of-origin-contention/

 

[Dogzof95]

A special mention to power with speed, Matt Utai...

 

[Nasheed]

Fucking barba , how can he not be the first pick!

No way he was close to our top 5. You're only one of two people that think so. He just has agility.

 

[Nasheed]

Y'all forgot about Cook?

I didn't. He was my original number 4, even wrote a big blurb about him being a beach sprint champ, tenn I replaced him with Morris after I found out he only played 7 games for us.

I'm a little sceptical of cook over 100m though. Small short dudes don't tend to do well against gallopers like Usain Bolt or Josh Morris over 100.

 

[Scoooby]

No way he was close to our top 5. You're only one of two people that think so. He just has agility.

Yup but with agility comes elusiveness, then his slight of foot comes speed, he was one of the best at that.. which means weather he was our quickest or not, for mine he was in that aspect, and it’s just my opinion. No right or wrong here bud, we just see it differently..!!!

 

[Nasheed]

Yup but with agility comes elusiveness, then his slight of foot comes speed, he was one of the best at that.. which means weather he was our quickest or not, for mine he was in that aspect, and it’s just my opinion. No right or wrong here bud, we just see it differently..!!!

What you are describing is what Gould (Phil Gould-Commentator) has coined 'football speed'. Which is really just agility and acceleration.

In Gould's argument, Billy Slater was the fastest football fast footballer we have ever seen. The logic was that Slater had an amazing ability to hit top speed almost instantly and sidestep without losing any speed. And he's right.

However, speed addicts like me will note that beyond that, Slater was surpassingly slow. People ran around him often, chased him down etc. Probably no faster than Cody Walker.

if Josh Morris took an intercept with a 5 m head start, Slater wouldn't get close.

barba had good football speed too. So does Cook. I have a feeling that cool potentially has football speed and normal speed, and that's why he's a dangerous 'cookie'.
Cookie is actually my nickname for Damien Cook if you are confused.

 

[Scoooby]

What you are describing is what Gould (Phil Gould-Commentator) has coined 'football speed'. Which is really just agility and acceleration.

In Gould's argument, Billy Slater was the fastest football fast footballer we have ever seen. The logic was that Slater had an amazing ability to hit top speed almost instantly and sidestep without losing any speed. And he's right.

However, speed addicts like me will note that beyond that, Slater was surpassingly slow. People ran around him often, chased him down etc. Probably no faster than Cody Walker.

if Josh Morris took an intercept with a 5 m head start, Slater wouldn't get close.

barba had good football speed too. So does Cook. I have a feeling that cool potentially has football speed and normal speed, and that's why he's a dangerous 'cookie'.
Cookie is actually my nickname for Damien Cook if you are confused.

Cook was quick yes, who said he wasn’t? You asked our thoughts. I gave mine lol, end of Nasheed here!!