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apart from the Followers line it doesn't look all that impressive really. the FB line is OK, the Hb line has a bit of potential, the Centre line is not too bad, the HF would have been very promising if JK was still around and the FF line apart from hampson won't do us any good. this team is probably a good indication of the depth we have coming through and just highlights how important it is for 2nd 3rd and 4th rounders to be developed as well as they can coz 3 no.1 picks aren't ging to take you anywhere by themselves.

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I think there is still a couple of more seasons too see how good or bad it is for most of those guys,Edwards,Hartlett,Blackwell and to a lesser degree Russell better get their arse into gear next year.

Raso and Bryan are gone with Kennedy while last year recruits,i'll give 2 years more to show more along with Bower and this year,well it usually 3,but on a weak draft i'm not sure except Kreuser.

It early days but most club would think Gibbs and Murphy are good picks so far and to a lesser Jordan Russell and possibly Joe Anderson debuting early.Grigg,Hampson,Bower would be too early to say at this moment and i think Kreuser shouldn't have no problems in the AFL.

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As compared to our under 21 side:

B Michael Jamison, Mark Austin, Steven Browne
HB Joe Anderson, Paul Bower, Dennis Armfield
C Shaun Grigg, Ryan Jackson, Andrew Walker
HF Jordan Russell, Adam Hartlett, Darren Pfeiffer
F Eddie Betts, Matthew Kruezer, Jake Edwards
R Shaun Hampson, Marc Murphy, Bryce Gibbs
INT Luke Blackwell, Michael Shields, Clinton Benjamin, Aaron Joseph

Plenty of potential imo Andain.

Glass is half full.

And athletic players with Setanta and Aisake's body shape and size should probably go on till 32-33 yo....maybe even Waite; effectively playing longer than some of the under 21's do.

And... we'll get 2 x 2009 draftees/ trade, 2 x 2010 draftess/ trade and 2 x 2011 draftees/ trade to come on board and place a bit more pressure on that list, when our young players over 21 retire around 2012, such as, Judd, Simpson and Fisher all 23 yo.

We will have completely turned our list by the end of 2008, and it's very refeshing to see a bit of grunt in the young team too.

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Yep. Not all of them will make it but you can't help but be exited by the potential of that list. Every position is covered. Every role from small forward to ruckman to rebounding defender is filled and it become clear that theere's a plan in place from those in charge to build a real champion team.

Interesting to look at Carlton's first four drafts as well (24 players).

1986 National Draft
Pick 12 : Dom Fotia, West Torrens, SANFL
Pick 23 : Doug Smart, North Adelaide, SANFL
Pick 38 : Simon Minton-Connell, North Hobart
Pick 51 : Andrew Herring, Wynyard, Tas
Pick 64 : Darren Newlan, Golden Square, VCFL

1987 National Draft
Pick 12 : Peter Bubner, Central District, SANFL
Pick 26 : Stephen Oliver, Castlemaine, VCFL
Pick 39 : David Kernahan, Glenelg, SANFL
Pick 52 : Stephen Gemmell, Cobram, VCFL
Pick 65 : Dean Adams, Shepparton, VCFL

1988 National Draft
Pick 40 : Glen Johnston, Nth Launceston, Tas
Pick 54 : Michael Sexton, Sandhurst, VCFL
Pick 68 : Grant Povey, Claremont, WAFL
Pick 82 : Anthony Loone, Deloraine, Tas
Pick 96 : Michael James, St Patricks, Ballarat APS - (Father/Son selection)
Pick 110 : Chris Mulcair*, Marist Brothers, Bendigo APS - (Father/Son selection)

1989 National Draft
Pick 7 : Stephen Edgar, East Fremantle, WAFL
Pick 21 : Peter Doyle, Union, VCFL
Pick 35 : Chris Bond, North Hobart, Tas
Pick 53 : Derek Coghlan, Lemnos, VCFL
Pick 67 : Ben Judd, Sturt, SANFL
Pick 81 : Sam Gross, Boort, VCFL
Pick 95 : Jeremy Smith, Sandy Bay, Tas
Pick 109 : Colin Corkery, Cork, Ireland
http://www.blueseum.org/tiki-index.php? ... onal+Draft

Only one future premiership player amongst that lot.

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Ben Judd????

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Our under-21 side would absolutely rip the "last four drafts" side.

http://www.blueseum.org/tiki-index.php? ... light=judd

There was a thread on young Ben Judd about 2 weeks ago that gave rise to a brief player bio in the Blueseum.