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Pick 10 will suffice in the lever deal. Stop wasting time trying to think what additional players we will need to throw in.

Jarred rivers was also a great intercept mark... overrated

Dees aren't going to give up overs for this kid. Tom Mitchell was traded for pick 14, omeara pick 10 and 2018 second round, hibberd pick 29, Lachie Henderson future first round pick, Prestia pick 6. lever isn't better than any of the above. melbournes first round pick this year should do the deal and at worst 2nd round next year. im glad some of the posters here are not deciding the future of the club.

Lever has had 1 good year. Future AA and captain are all unknowns. No club has ever offered more than a 1st round and late pick for a player like lever.

2 first rounds??? You have to be joking. He has only had 1 good year and plays as a 3rd tall back. Gary Albett went on 2 first rounds. Worth a pick in top 10 and a late 40's pick.

Haven't won 4 in a row since 2006.

All the respect to drop him next week for Gawn...

Round 3: average age - 23 years 10 months average games - 67 With Brisbane the youngest and most inexperienced side for round 3. inconsistency will likely be the theme this year

@praha can we add 'win round 2'. Haven't won in 10 years. also, can we add the ultimate goal... 'win premiership'?

If those players entered the Dees during the Neeld or Bailey eras then they wouldn't have succeeded. I believe to a large extent tht structures and player development areas are more important than who you pick.

Can we also put on this 'winning premiership' if we are going to have a goal we might as well have the ultimate one

Melksham might have been on the list but never played a game. The youngest side reflects who plays that week, of which Melbourne was the youngest side for 14 rounds. Adding 260 games, 114 games and 90 games will have a difference to the average. The last game of the year vs Geelong our average games was 69 games. I presume this will bump up to 80 with these inclusions.

This round: Average games played - 61 Average age - 23yo Again, youngest most inexperienced side of the round. Even GC went out with a more mature side. Any suprise that our season is such a rollercoaster? We have fielded the youngest most inexperienced side for 15 rounds this year

We were also substantially smaller. We gave up on average 4kg to them. Ussuly weight and height are standard throughout the league.

We wil no doubt have a rollercoaster year with 14 players under 50 games... Will be improved slightly with Jetta, trenners, Tyson and pedo coming back in.

Footywire. Treasure trove of information http://www.footywire.com/afl/footy/ft_match_statistics?mid=6250 have a look at the bottom RHS on the desktop version. Mobile doesn't have all the info

Lions were young this weekend but slightly older and more experienced. average age 24yo and 66 games http://www.footywire.com/afl/footy/ft_match_statistics?mid=6250

It's not really a record. Just a record in the comp this year. I haven't gone back to last year but I don't think we are far off.

Didn't think we could go any younger but we did. Record youngest side this weekend. 23yo 2 months. 57 games average. 14 players under 50 games. I think GC and GWS first games had a more experienced side. Might be the youngest side that we will field for the next 10 years. We are building something special here.

We fielded our youngest side all year this weekend. Great effort to come home with the chocolates

Saints averaged 100 games today. Dont under estimate the effect that reiwoldt, monty, fisher, dempster have on the side. All 200 game plus players. We just don't have that.

Still the youngest and most inexperienced side in the competition. These loses are expected

Salem is wasted down back. Unfortunately grimes can't be trusted down back and melk is out for the year.

Jake is a superior player atm to both wagner and hunt. Will got a spot over then all day long

Very good analysis...