I'm big on goals scored for my forwards. Thilthorpe having already kick a bag is the equivalent of Powell getting 35 touches.Sure, I’m not saying Powell is the best rookie ever. Not that he doesn’t have much left to prove, as the vast majority of players that we are talking about.
But how can you have Thilthorpe who played 14 games but not Powell on 13 games, when using output at afl level as sole criteria. As I said previously, if your using projection then by all means.
Similarly Powell vs Schoenberg. Powell was easily better than Schoenberg in their respective first years. He was better than LDU, Simpkin and Thomas too.
It just seems that, as many have said in relation to many others rankings, we’re all just using our own formulas and picking and choosing what we want.
You don't expect a first year player to do it.
He is well ahead of the curve.
Some midfielders just never develop past there first year.
Second year drop offs are the norm for most young players.
Powell was ranked about 12th for rookies last year AFL wide.
He wasnt that good that you ignore players who have improved every year.