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RookiePick
Brownlow Medallist
- Aug 13, 2014
- 27,439
- 49,492
- AFL Club
- West Coast
Brander, Ainsworth, Venables, XOn, Foley, Cameron, Johnson, O'Neill, Winder plus a cast of over a dozen other "never had a chance" type picks.
Our strike rate through poor development or bad luck (only Venables really...who wasn't tracking amazingly tbf) is truly abysmal. Who have we had a categorical win with? Allen, Ryan, Harry and Houghy plus the younger lads who are too early to make a call on but showing some promise.
I don't think we can really blame the TK trade because the evidence is we didn't get our picks right throughout the period. Our talent identification and development was wretched. Now we pray that wheel has turned a little...
Our strike rate through poor development or bad luck (only Venables really...who wasn't tracking amazingly tbf) is truly abysmal. Who have we had a categorical win with? Allen, Ryan, Harry and Houghy plus the younger lads who are too early to make a call on but showing some promise.
I don't think we can really blame the TK trade because the evidence is we didn't get our picks right throughout the period. Our talent identification and development was wretched. Now we pray that wheel has turned a little...