- Jun 19, 2006
- 11,498
- 23,103
- AFL Club
- Geelong
My stats were 100% true. No current under 23 on Richmond's list played 18+ games. The highest was Ryan with 14.Lies …. damn lies and statistics …
Average number of players each week with less than 30-games experience in 2023:
Richmond: 5 per week
Geelong: 2 per week
(Don’t know Saints)
Number of players who were under 24yo to play senior footy in 2023:
Richmond : 17
Geelong: 11
Saints: 11
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Maybe ask why have Miller, Mansell, Ryan, Dow, Cumberland, Ralphsmith and Rioli played so few games after 3-6 seasons? The difference between the clubs under 30 games played is more than made up for by those players (on average 3.5 of those 7 played each week).
Do you think they've been repeatedly dropped back to the VFL cause of their high quality performances?
So let's do a real breakdown:
Players currently under 23 who were selected consistently:
Geelong - 4 (Bruhn, Holmes, SDK, O Henry)
Richmond - 0
Genuine youngsters (in their first 2 seasons) played each game:
Geelong - 2
Richmond - 2
"Young" players with 3+ seasons on the list who still can't hold their spot played per game:
Richmond - 3
Geelong - 0
But keep coming up with stats that can ignore the genuine youngsters who are locked in the best 22 at Geelong while counting the older players at Richmond that are repeatedly being dropped.