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I doubt as Scully and Trengove are Younger and Have Higher Upside then Barlow. Those Barlow would probably go in the 1st Round
Absolute joke... draft picks are immensely overrated! Look at all the failures which have come out of the first round, last year's draft wasn't even terribly strong. Look at the statistics at the amount of say picks 5-20 which don't turn out well. Barlow is arguably in strong brownlow and AA contention and will be a very good player for Freo for the next 10 or so years.Ridiculous, no way! He has a ready made body, of course he was more likely to play well more quickly. Wouldn't even be top 20, well maybe pick 15 or so. Wouldn't go before Melksham and Gysberts etc..
I doubt as Scully and Trengove are Younger and Have Higher Upside then Barlow. Those Barlow would probably go in the 1st Round
You don't think Barlow will be a 150-200 game player? He's been in the top 10 midfielders in the entire competition this season. Also there was a heavy statistical analysis posted some time last year that showed far less than 50% of top 20 picks will play that number of games. If Barlow's performing at the level of top-10 midfielder in the AFL, which I think he is, how many players from the top 20 do you think will reach that level? Not very bloody many.Have a look at last years draft. Honestly who is disappointed with their first round? All clubs went for players with potetial to be elite midfielders/KPP's. He'd go mid 2nd round- pick 25ish. Most of the top 20 will be 150-200 game players for their clubs.
ps. If you don't think the top 10 picks will be good players for their clubs for the next 10 years you are a fruitloop!
All of them have the potential to be in the top 10 midfielders in the competition? Because that's where Barlow has been this year. With Scully, Trengove, Martin, Cunnington, Sheppard, Moore, Melksham, Gysberts, Lucas all in there that only leaves 1 spot for the rest of the competition to fight over.All the top 14 picks have way more potential than Barlow. Barlow is good, but he is 22, he is not 18. All of the picks that went 1st round went there for a reason!
All of them have the potential to be in the top 10 midfielders in the competition? Because that's where Barlow has been this year. With Scully, Trengove, Martin, Cunnington, Sheppard, Moore, Melksham, Gysberts, Lucas all in there that only leaves 1 spot for the rest of the competition to fight over.
Look at the 2005 draft as a comparison. Thats his vintage. He should be compared to the Marc Murphy's and Dale Thomas'. No point comparing him to this years draft. He's definitely in the top 20 from that group. He's probably better than 1/2 the top 10 and most of the players ranked 10-20. There's a few standouts, Bernie Vince at 32 was an excellent selection.
Given his form this year, he should be ranked in the top 10 from his draft. Despite it taking him 4 drafts to get noticed.
Yep.Look at the 2005 draft as a comparison. Thats his vintage. He should be compared to the Marc Murphy's and Dale Thomas'. No point comparing him to this years draft. He's definitely in the top 20 from that group. He's probably better than 1/2 the top 10 and most of the players ranked 10-20. There's a few standouts, Bernie Vince at 32 was an excellent selection.
Given his form this year, he should be ranked in the top 10 from his draft. Despite it taking him 4 drafts to get noticed.
Top 20 picks from 2005 (same age as barlow)
Marc Murphy
Dale Thomas
Xavier Ellis
Josh Kennedy
Scott Pendlebury
Beau Dowler
Patrick Ryder
Jarrad Oakley-Nicholls
Mitchell Clark
Marcus Drum
Shaun Higgins
Nathan Jones
Shannon Hurn
Grant Birchall
Travis Varcoe
Richard Douglas
Darren Pfeiffer
Max Bailey
Courtenay Dempsey
Paul Bower
Bolded are the players who i think are in front of barlow at this stage of their careers.
So based on that he would of gone at around 6 imo. Obviously that is variable to needs.
LOL.Look at the 2005 draft as a comparison. Thats his vintage. He should be compared to the Marc Murphy's and Dale Thomas'. No point comparing him to this years draft. He's definitely in the top 20 from that group. He's probably better than 1/2 the top 10 and most of the players ranked 10-20. There's a few standouts, Bernie Vince at 32 was an excellent selection.
Given his form this year, he should be ranked in the top 10 from his draft. Despite it taking him 4 drafts to get noticed.
I'd argue Marc Murphy is still very inconsistent and the blues would prefer Barlow running around.