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Close thread. Should never even have started.

Hakuna matata. Pay attention ...

That was a few years ago. Not saying you're wrong, but he wouldn't be the first person for whom the penny dropped once they reached 25.

Just to put that in context, apart from Adelaide/Essendon who basically had no picks, her assessment of us (8/10) was the lowest she gave. Most clubs got 9's or above.

This from BF: "You guys have got yourselves a real gem, both on and off the field in Jay. Went to school with the guy and can say unequivocally that he is one of the best young leaders I've come across, I cannot state this enough."

Not sure about "hear an observation" either, sailing pretty close to the wind there.

… reposted in the absence of a Like button. Time to recheck the calibration on the joke-detectors people.

Good clubs get it right? Have a look at Hawthorn's first round picks 2002 - 2006, or Sydney 2006 - 2008 - there are some massive fails in there. You constantly reduce every debate to simplistic catch phrases that at the end of the day are both meaningless and inaccurate.

Yeah, close enough. Lebanese.

You sure? I thought it was the other way around, that only 35 DID play 100 games. I know that from the draft overall, only 13% get to play 100 games, and a third never play a single game. Sorry, digression perhaps!

Now corrected, upgraded rookie at Richmond. As expected ...

RIcky Petterd to the Swans??

Salem. There you go.

No surprises so far.

Obvious? What's obvious after 1 season? Let's wait a couple of years shall we.

Do you think any of us want to read you bag Mark Neeld again and again again?

They are by definition elite 18 year old athletes. Who may or may not be elite at 21.

When we follow the Sydney model and go with 2 or 3 captains next year, you'll be calling Roos daft as well?

It goes without saying, posters here are all excellent judges of footballers.

Every single article by the professional press and draft-watchers has us taking Salem or Freeman. That's about as far the eeny meeny miney moe goes. (unless there's an unexpected slider like Scharenberg).

None of the cases Jurrah has been involved in concern domestic violence.

He did do his time in prison.

Hmm. 6 this week. After what, 5 (or 7) last week. PSD and rookie draft to come. Could get interesting ...

Ah, perceptions are everything. As per the post higher up the page, it's closer to a third (37%). Or to put it another way, 2/3 of these top 10 players will not make it to 150 games - astute selection or not.

From what I've read and understood, it wasn't Flash or Neeld, but came from the same snake in the grass who was also one of the famous four involved in fuelling the tanking issue. Some people just don't like being sacked.