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Sydney Swans - Pick No. 26

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[swantastic]

He's got a good head for radio.

[SimonH]

Here's hoping that Weaver on BigFooty was wrong (or not entirely right) when he wrote the following:

47. Collingwood ? Brett Meredith

Meredith is from the old Collingwood zone on the Northern suburbs where they love to scoop up their slow, nuggetty battering rams. Meredith plays hard, and is very consistent. He is never in the best 2 or 3 but then never out of the best 6. He and Cotchin swapped between HFF and onball with Meredith doing better in the bullocking ball-winning stakes and Cotchin catching the eye with the fancy stuff. Nothing fancy about Meredith but won?t let anyone down and won?t quit.

Sure, he might make 150 league games. But we have a heap of players just like this; and a real dearth of potential KPPs.

Of course, expecting Sydney to ever draft a KPP in the top 30 would be dreaming.

[giant]

He's got a good head for radio.

He looks like a Vulcan.

[liz]

Of course, expecting Sydney to ever draft a KPP in the top 30 would be dreaming.

You mean like Scott Stevens, Stephen Doyle, Heath James, Ryan Fitzgerald or Mark Powell?

(Or LRT, who is the one whose body / will has held out on him).

[SimonH]

You mean like Scott Stevens, Stephen Doyle, Heath James, Ryan Fitzgerald or Mark Powell?

(Or LRT, who is the one whose body / will has held out on him).

Yes, but (correct me if I'm wrong) every single one of them under the old regime, dear leader.

You could say that Roosy's current policy is a reaction to this cavalcade of big-guy top-30 failure.

Big guys who have come to the club since the regime change:
Craig Bolton (not that big, but he'll do): PSD
Gerard Bennett again: rookie draft
James Meiklejohn: rookie draft
Andrew Ericksen: pick 47 ND
Darren Jolly: trade
Heath James for the 14th and 15th time: rookie draft and then pick 45 ND
Guy Campbell: rookie draft
Luke Vogels: rookie draft
Heath Grundy: rookie draft
Earl Shaw: rookie draft, and later on rookie draft again
Ted Richards (see Craig Bolton above as to size): trade
Paul Chambers: trade
Ed Barlow: rookie draft
Adam Prior: rookie draft
Sam Rowe: rookie draft
James Wall: rookie draft
Paul Currie: rookie draft
Peter Everitt: trade
Daniel Currie: pick 49 ND.

I'm calling that a trend.

The sole 'success' among raw kids selected in the top 30 (LRT) doesn't even count, I don't think, because even though he was allocated the draft pick '29' for the stats nerds, if I recall rightly he was effectively a zone selection so it didn't matter which number his name was put against.

[liz]

Aaron Rogers, Jesse White, Andrew Hayes (ok, pushing it as a true tall) and Peter Faulks might be disappointed you forgot them!

[Bloody Hell]

Aaron Rogers, Jesse White, Andrew Hayes (ok, pushing it as a true tall) and Peter Faulks might be disappointed you forgot them!

Aaron Rogers is used to being forgotten. (ouch)

[originalswan]

Mark Powell hasn't been mentioned when was he drafted?

[Triple B]

You mean like Scott Stevens, Stephen Doyle, Heath James, Ryan Fitzgerald or Mark Powell?

Mark Powell hasn't been mentioned when was he drafted?

Just for you, originalswan

[originalswan]

Just for you, originalswan

OK how did you know I wear glasses? Perhaps I'm just slow?

Or on the other hand I actually meant Hunt, unfortunately can't remember his first name.

[AnnieH]

OK how did you know I wear glasses? Perhaps I'm just slow?

Or on the other hand I actually meant Hunt, unfortunately can't remember his first name.

Mike???

[liz]

OK how did you know I wear glasses? Perhaps I'm just slow?

Or on the other hand I actually meant Hunt, unfortunately can't remember his first name.

Ah, Daniel Hunt. Another magnificent player for the Swans. Drafted same year as LRT and Powell IIRC?

And then there was Thewlis too - though he was a bit of a tweener. To think he was taken before Malceski in the 2002 draft (shudder, shudder).

[Jeffers1984]

Joshy Thewlis. What a gun! Still got his one and only win with us when we played collingwood in 04. He had like 3 posessions.

[goswannie14]

Joshy Thewlis. What a gun! Still got his one and only win with us when we played collingwood in 04. He had like 3 posessions.

Yeah, but at least being drafted got him out of Donald. If you have ever been to Donald you will know what I mean. Only good thing about it was the Chinese Restaurant.