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saints are shite
http://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/6301/newsid/112845/default.aspx
http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/112903/default.aspx
Pick 26....lol what a bargain!
That was part of it, he also had injuries last year playing senior football and was double teamed during the champs so form was not as good as when he was AA U18 CHF in his junior year.
Luckily for you guys you have heaps of key forward options in Anthony, Bradley and Peter Mann to build some premiership success on and could afford to overlook him...
T.Swift
T.Notte
B.McKinley
M.Spangher
D.Mcconnell
P.Johnson
Can't hide character in footy clubs
In that same period Fremantles 20's picks have been far better so yes put that down as a ridicule.
Fyfe
Ballantyne
Suban
Ibbotson
Munday couple of duds Hinkley, Campbell.
Check out Freo's draft picks 2006 worse batch ever.
Tell you who's going better than him................Nahas ! (Pick 89 :))
I think we used approx 73 to draft Barlow (after rookie listing). Broughton 79 and i'm confident Mzungu will prove to be another gem drafted with an extremely low draft pick.
I reckon Freo would have turned over at least 30 players in the 4 drafts that Harvey has been at the reins.
I see that Taylor Walker was picked by Adelaide with the very last selection (75) of the 2007 draft :whistle: 8)
The draft is littered with success stories of players taken with late picks, but for every success story there is a much bigger number of players that never play 20 games, and the % of these unsuccessful players were taken in the later rounds.
You have named Broughton, Barlow, Mzungu etc who are all mature age players so that is a different kettle of fish, yes these are good picks, but you also have Lower, Faulks, Anthony etc that are players who are not good enough to play in a premiership side, so you may be building a team that is good but will never be good enough to win premierships.
Our three best players at the minute are Cox, Lecras and Kerr.
Cox was taken as a rookie, Lecras at pick 57 and Kerr at 18 or perhaps 20 something off the top of my head.
Yes we have been opting out of the draft early which I believe is a good thing, our squad is still very young and built from the better end of the draft. The draft is not a science, but in the last 10 years has become more so, and less likely to throw up spuds in the top 10 picks than previous decades, due to the professionalism and resources available to recruitment depts.
We are building our list from the draft, you seem to be mixing and matching as of late with mature picks because you know your window will end once Pav and Sandi drop off, so you are trying to fill in the holes the quick way.
We will see which club has the right of it, and this will only be answered with a premiership.
Yes record player, because Occy still lives in the past! Except when he is dillusional about the quality of WC's list :roll:
Now you have crossed the line!
cheers
There certainly not unbeatable.
In my unbiased opinion I would say in no particular order; Cats, Dons & Freo
If we do manage to build a team that will challenge in a few years time hopefully the Pies reign will be coming to a head.
They don't have any real weaknesses to exploit, a quality midfield, quality backline and now with the two big key forwards they have the structure to kick plenty of goals.
I can see them winning 3 in a row...in a canter.