[quote="kosifantutti23"]Geary and Attard were both taken very late in the Rookie draft. How do they compare to a guy who has never played footy?[/quote]
Attard delisted - enough said
At the end of 2006
80 players were taken with 89 picks available in the main draft
9 players were taken with 9 picks available in the 2007 (sic*) pre-season draft.
62 players taken with 64 picks available in the 2007 (sic*) rookie draft.
(*Don't blame me that dimwit Demetriou does not know what year it is).
Eddy taken at 39 and Geary taken at 58 in the rookie draft.
That places Eddy 128 and Geary 147 equivalent in the main draft.
In 2008
Eddy had 154 possessions in 13 games average of 11.8 possessions
Geary had 114 possesions in 10 games average of 11.4 possessions
Did I hear someone cry elite midfielders.
Only 15 to 20 posssesions short.
More like fringe players.
Those are the statistics of players who lose you matches not win matches.
Did you see the way Eddy took the 2008 preliminary final apart with 9 possesions and Geary wow! did not even get a start.
These are the sort of players you have to play to fill the 22 player requirement, not the players you play to win a grand final.
They don't help the team win.
At best, if they play well, they don't lose the team the match.
Did I hear someone say potential upside.
These kids have been playing aussie rules all their lives.
Limited upside.
The best Irish kid has far more potential upside because he has yet to play the aussie game.
More like a Nick Riewoldt or Jack Watts at age 14.
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