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19 - Harmes, Stretch, King

19/20 - Salem

20 - Hogan, Toumpas, Kennedy-Harris, Hunt

21 - Viney, Kent

21/22 - Tyson, Frost

22 - McDonald

22/23 - Newton

23 - Trengove, Michie, Riley, Gawn

23/24 - Fitzpatrick

24 - Watts

24/25 - McKenzie, Howe

25 - Jetta, Spencer, Terlich

25/26 - Garlett

26 - Grimes

26/27 - Bail

27 - N Jones, Dawes, Dunn, Garland, M Jones

28 - Pederson, Lumumba

29 - Vince

31 - Jamar

32 - Cross

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    Plus picks 2, 3, 40 & 53. Very young.

    That is a lot of expectation on a lot of young players.

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    After this draft we'll have somewhere in the region of 18-22 players who will be 23 or under.

    They will form the core of the side that should develop and grow into our next finals contender. On field growth is crucial this coming year and I think next year really is the year we should start attacking free agency.

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    I'd be surprised if we didn't throw our top draft picks at a trade next year (GWS should be vulnerable), plus a huge contract at a free agent.

    That should balance it up a little.

    At least our youth is looking a little more talented this time around (not assuming anything..).

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    Better spread after last 2 years of trading ... we are active and good signs for the future. We need draft picks 2 & 3 to be great players ... not immediately but by 2017-8.

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    What I find very interesting is that this trade/draft season we will have turned over 25% of our list with 10 players gone from the primary list.

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    The big problem for me is the lack of quality of our older players, compared with basically every other team. Jamar, Pedersen, Bail, M.Jones, even Cross to a degree, are fringe players at best. It's alright to say that we should have X players of a certain age, but they have to be able to play. N.Jones is the only top liner amongst our 27+ year olds.

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    After this draft we'll have somewhere in the region of 18-22 players who will be 23 or under.

    They will form the core of the side that should develop and grow into our next finals contender. On field growth is crucial this coming year and I think next year really is the year we should start attacking free agency.

    I'm glad, Chaser. If we were relying on our Over 23's to the core to take us to finals I'd be very nervous.

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    The big problem for me is the lack of quality of our older players, compared with basically every other team. Jamar, Pedersen, Bail, M.Jones, even Cross to a degree, are fringe players at best. It's alright to say that we should have X players of a certain age, but they have to be able to play. N.Jones is the only top liner amongst our 27+ year olds.

    I appreciate the term "top liner" is somewhat amorphous, but I think Lumumba and Vince would get a game in any team and should be classified as "top liners"

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    19 - Harmes, Stretch, King

    19/20 - Salem

    20 - Hogan, Toumpas, Kennedy-Harris, Hunt

    21 - Viney, Kent

    21/22 - Tyson, Frost

    22 - McDonald

    22/23 - Newton

    23 - Trengove, Michie, Riley, Gawn

    23/24 - Fitzpatrick

    24 - Watts

    24/25 - McKenzie, Howe

    25 - Jetta, Spencer, Terlich

    25/26 - Garlett

    26 - Grimes

    26/27 - Bail

    27 - N Jones, Dawes, Dunn, Garland, M Jones

    28 - Pederson, Lumumba

    29 - Vince

    31 - Jamar

    32 - Cross

    Quite revealing about why we have been so poor in the last few years.

    Our hopeless drafting from 2001 to 2004 means that only Jamar and Dunn are players drafted then that still remain.

    Our disastrous efforts from 2007 to 2011 means that we have only 11 players aged 22-26 that we drafted - that is a crucial 5 year age range for AFL clubs. The most promising 5 players of those 11 are McDonald, Jetta, Watts, Howe, and Grimes. Another 6 of that 11 may not be on the list for much longer: Trengove, Fitz, Gawn, McKenzie, Spencer, and Bail.

    Prime years of a football career and we don't have many and we don't have much quality.

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    Quite revealing about why we have been so poor in the last few years.

    Our hopeless drafting from 2001 to 2004 means that only Jamar and Dunn are players drafted then that still remain.

    Our disastrous efforts from 2007 to 2011 means that we have only 11 players aged 22-26 that we drafted - that is a crucial 5 year age range for AFL clubs. The most promising 5 players of those 11 are McDonald, Jetta, Watts, Howe, and Grimes. Another 6 of that 11 may not be on the list for much longer: Trengove, Fitz, Gawn, McKenzie, Spencer, and Bail.

    Prime years of a football career and we don't have many and we don't have much quality.

    Gawn will be on the list for a while yet - but your point still stands.

    More damning, is the number of high drafts picks in that period that aren't at the club anymore. Unprecedented.

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