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You have named one footballing state team that has lost a few players. Tom14 articulated earlier why your comparison is poor.


The only teams that have experienced significant loss of player numbers (young players in the system for 2-4 years) are GWS, Suns, Brisbane. 


This is a result of being a non football state with so few players from your home state.


Lions have done well in recent years to retain players. Largely due imo to Fagan’s influence and that we have been competitive. These 2 things won’t be there forever. That’s when a Lohmann type does move on. As it was he was almost gone.


With the ongoing battle to retain players as a non football state, it would be stupid to wind back academies in northern states, and have a Sam Marshall drafted interstate.


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