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I think North Melbournes problem is they got stuck in the dead zone, which is the zone in the middle of the ladder. Not good enough to be in premiership contention but too good for the top draft picks. Meant the list sort of stayed where it was, not fighting for flags and with no elite young players coming in. Made them a very workman like team.
You are probably right.
It doesn't necessarily mean we don't have any decent young players though.
Answering the OP, I'd argue we have as good a young group as Sydney.
We've got a lot of excellent young players for later picks in the last 3-4 years.
Larkey, Scott, Zurhaar and Taylor are all Rising Star nominations in the last 25 rounds of football that were all 40+ draft picks.
Simpkin, Thomas and LDU are elite talents.
Our problems over the last 2-3 years have been injuries to kids. LDU has already missed the best part of 18 months already in just his 3rd season.