- May 6, 2007
- 47,983
- 31,212
- AFL Club
- Essendon
- Other Teams
- Tottenham Hotspurs, Melbourne Vixen
Do the research. He was not alone as far as keeping average to poor player.
Gleeson was a good player. Just had a shocking injury run in the back half.
recycled AFL players taken in the rookie draft,
Tyson Slattery - 2008 draft, pick 47. Re-Rookied 2010
Jay Neagle - 2005 draft, pick 39, Re-Rookied 2010
Anthony Long - 2009 draft, pick 33, Re-Rookied 2011
Ariel Steinberg - 2010 draft, pick 31, Re-Rookied 2012
Shaun McKernan - journeyman, pick 14 2014 rookie draft, delisted, re-rookied 2016
Kurt Aykett - traded to Ess in 2013, re-rookied in 2014
Will Hams - 2015 Pre Season Draft, delisted, re rookie in 2016
Matt Dea - Journeyman, top up player in 2016, delisted free agent in 2017, re-rookied in 2018
Mitch Hibberd - delisted by NM end of 2018, rookied 2019
Dylan Clarke - 2016 draft, re-rookied 2020
Marty Gleeson - 2012 draft, Re-Rookied 2020
11 players who were almost guarantees to not work out before we bothered downgrading them from senior list to rookie list.
Im not talking about the Mark Baguleys, Dylan Van Unens, Pippa's but the AFL drafted guys Dodoro downgraded. He had a real penchant for doing this. Were other clubs doing it as much as us? Id highly doubt it if you can show half a dozen examples from one club





