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In the last three drafts we have drafted 9 young players of which only three have had any game time (One one game and one two)for a total of 25 games. We seem to bring players on very much slower than other teams. Roos would seem to have a very conservative selection table compared to, say, Sheedy, Matthews and Malthouse for example. Below I have compared our players to a few stand outs who are in some instances, massively more advanced than the players we drafted.
On the other hand it could be argued that new Swans come to their first AFL game fully formed and ready to go (a al Tuck and Dipper and Brereton who all had at least 50 games in the reserves or under 19s). Nevertheless it is worth noting that some of the young players making a mark in the competition were drafted well after some of our "future stars" who are nowhere to be seen as yet
2002 Draft Sydney Games Total 25
(5) Jarrad McVeigh 22 games - we passed up
(6) Salopek/Port
(7) Mackie/Geelong
(10) Laycock/Essendon
(13) Schammer/Fremantle
(19) Selwood/Brisbane
(26) Rivers/Melbourne
(32) Jericho/Adelaide
(34) Sean Dempster 2 Games - we passed up
(37) Staker/Eagles
(44) Corrie/Brisbane
(50) Josh Thewlis 1 Game - we passed up
(53) Selwood/Eagles
(56) Shirley/Adelaide
(58) King/Collingwood
(64) Nick Malceski 0 Games - we passed up
(66) Ferguson/Melbourne
(70) Matthew Lokan/Collingwood
(72) Brad Fisher/Carlton
2003 Draft Sydney Games Total 0
(16) Josh Willoughby - we passed up
(20) Butler/Eagles
(25) Miller/Hawthorn
(29) Tim Schmidt - we passed up
(33) Adcock/Brisbane
(37) Roach/Richmond....(Father-Son??)
(40) Sansbury/Kangaroos
(44) Dyson/Essendon
(46) Pettigrew/Port
(47) Andrew Ericksen - we passed up
(49) Logan/Brisbane
(53) Jackson/Richmond
(55) Sam Fisher/St. Kilda
(58) Hudson/Adelaide
(59) Matthew Davis - we passed up
(60) Rowe/Collingwood
(70) Hartigan/Richmond
(72) DeLuca/Carlton
(760 Raines/Richmond
(61) Rischitelli/Brisbane
2004 Draft Sydney Games Total 0
(31) Jarred Moore - we passed up
(33) Ackland/St. Kilda
(45) Sherman/Brisbane
(50) Attard/Brisbane
(53) Taylor/Hawthorn
(60) Thomas/Essendon
(62) Egan/Geelong
All in all it's slow going for young Swans. Consider also other players drafted in the medium numbers who are playing in their first year
(12) Meyer/Richmond
(14) Monfries/Essendon
(24) Van Berlo/Adelaide
Then again if you are only going on games played then O'Bree is a young star
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