If you were to have a debate on which team had the best list of young players, how young would the players have to be to be included? Teenagers? under 21, under 22 or a bit older at under 23 or under 24?
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What consitutes a young player?
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you may want to include a poll in this. it is, afterall, the polls board.
anyway, i reckon 23 and under constitutes a young player, but in the end it is up to the poster starting a specific thread on kids to specify what he thinks a young player is.
anyway, i reckon 23 and under constitutes a young player, but in the end it is up to the poster starting a specific thread on kids to specify what he thinks a young player is.
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If I had to pinpoint a cuttoff I would say 22 is young and 23 isn't.
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Probably under 4 years on an AFL list. It obviously applies differently to different ages and types of players. A 22 yr old midfielder drafted at the age of 18 is really pushing it. If he were rookie listed at 20, that's a different proposition.
You'd probably give KPP's an extra year or two.
You'd probably give KPP's an extra year or two.
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22 and under.
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18 and under
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apparently everyones young these days. i mean sometimes you hear 2nd/3rd year players referring to rookies as "young".
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I reckon about under 21-22
21 and under I would consider young , 22-26 middle stage , 27-30 odd veteran.
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bucksisbest said:
31 and over - normal veteran
You've never heard the expression?Grimreepah said:31 and over - normal veteran
I wasn't specifying a specific age in the 30's as people like Buckley and Harvey are still going at 34 , while others are gone by 30.
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bucksisbest said:
Sorry. I read it wrong. My fault
