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dee-eee Mighty Demon

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I'll give you Lounder but Banik gets unfairly maligned. Was a pretty good player in his first year or two.

Then he got crook. Glandular fever or CFS or something. Never really made it back after that.

I remember Banik as a very average player .....slow , solidly built half back flanker with thighs like the young Jobe Watson . An odd choice for top draft pick .

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TheoX Redleg

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People always seem to forget Aaron Fiora.

But at the same time, Fremantle people have admitted they desperately wanted Fiora and were disappointed when they had to settle for Pavlich.

C'mon. The guy played nearly 10 years and almost 150 games, he's no Lucas Cook.

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It is not an exact science and we are not robinson crusoe in picking the wrong ones

Chris Egan, Oakley-Nicholls,Kane Tenace, Beau Dowler, Beau Muston,Fergus Watts, Mitch Thorp, Laurence Angwin, Cayden Beetham, Andrew Mcdougall, Ryan Fitzgerald, John Hutton, Riley Dunn

and I am sure we could go on forever

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Going through the last 13 drafts there has been quite a few complete duds in the first round and also top ten of every draft. Overly subjective discussion who was worse than who with many variable reasons why they failed. Many were never cursed by the hype of a Number 1 or 2 pick and quietly faded away.

IMO the biggest dud of them all though not through draft was Brian Peake who came to Geelong. Arrived at Kardinia Park like royalty by helicopter and greeted by thousands of cheering fans. Made front page in the newspapers and leading televised news. Made captain after not too many games. At best was a very ordinary sluggish midfileder who never ever remotely lived up to his State of origin heroics.

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monoccular Legend

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Maybe add James Cook ... not as bad though

James Cook was going gang busters - I think maybe leading the Coleman - until about 5 rounds in he injured his ankle (Norm Smith curse again) and was never seen again.

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PJ_12345 Redleg

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And he perhaps is still currently the highest payed player in AFL history. So glad he was poached. There must be at least a dozen 2nd year midfielders in the game that are far better than him at the moment on base wages.

He isnt the highest paid pa at the moment.

He was in his first year where he was on $2m but sub mill after that. (According to the media)

I laughed at my hawthorn friends when they complained about Franklin and reminded them about $cully and his $2m first year. What a joke. Afl stepped in for Hawthorn and we get robbed by them

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James Cook was going gang busters - I think maybe leading the Coleman - until about 5 rounds in he injured his ankle (Norm Smith curse again) and was never seen again.

captain material :)

hi monocc

Like his namesake, I think he was invited to dinner by some Hawaiian locals and disappeared. Has anyone seen him?

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