Originally posted by Mr. Walker
A little earlier than this I think we selected a player Paul Gow (?) . I 'm pretty sure he was our first round draft pick and returned the grand total of 5 games, which puts him ahead of Jackovich and Reimers. What were our recruiting guys on in those days?
He was the 8th selection in 1990 and played 7 games.
Tried to rough Dermie up in a night game and gave away a heap of free kicks
In those days the recruiting guys went on just reports in the paper and a little scouting here and there. They may have seen these players only once or twice before selecting them.
The interstate players would often get advanced warning that a club was sending someone to watch them and would fake an injury so as not to wreck their reputation.
Dennis Reppacholi (1989) was an example of a hugely overrated player that was drafted sight unseen because he was considered a tall up and coming defender.