Its nearly the worst.
Compare Freos first gamer Fythe compared to ours,
We are dreaming
Fyfe was pick 20 in last year's draft. So unless Jack you want us to hand back Martin (#3) or a KPP in Griffiths (#19) then we had no chance of getting Fyfe with our latter picks. If you want to be critical then selecting a jockey-sized kid like Hicks with our first rookie pick ahead of Barlow who is just 22 years old can be rightly questioned.
Btw Freo aren't a young side despite what the media say. Just look at the side that played us. They have a substantial senior core. Practically their spine - FB, CHB, Ruck and FF - are 27 years or older FFS.
29 Tarrant (224), Hayden (107)
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28 Pavlich (218 ), McPharlin (156), Haselby (193)
27 McPhee (172), Sandilands (140)
26 Crowley (83)
25 Johnson (89), Duffield (50)
24 Mundy (113)
23 Broughton (20)
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22 Ballantyne (13), Barlow (5), Silvagni# (5)
21 Mayne (27), Van Berlo# (4)
20 De Boer# (20)
19 Hill (27), Pearce# (10)
18 Fyfe (1), Morabito (5)
And here's us last week by comparison without a senior core. Two 30 year olds who will retire and just 4 others above 23 y.o.
31: Cousins (256), Simmonds (195)
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28: Tuck (113)
27: Newman (158)
26: Moore (70)
25: -
24: Foley (85)
23: McGuane (58), Tambling (100)
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22: Deledio (111), Nahas (22)
21: Collins (12), Edwards (52), Riewoldt (51)
20: Rance (18), Farmer (7), Nason (5)
19: Cotchin (30), Vickery (14), Astbury (2)
18: Martin (5), Dea (2), Taylor (2)
