Bandit wrote:^^^ geelong are playing in the gf so theyre clearly doing it right at tge top end of FA. I'd just prefer to see more of Narkle & less Steven this year and more of Simpson than Higgins (rumour) next year.
At the end of the day everyone tends to focus on the draft which is a bit of a lucky dip, there are always diamonds in the rough and even if you do land an early placed ripper, chances are they'll return to their home state just as they are hitting their peak.
Hawthorn, Geelong and Richmond tend to pick up ready made players and live for the day while still bringing kids through the system, Port have modelled this to some degree, obviously without the silverware and took more in than needed but it has seemed to have had moderate success at this point, Geelong seem to do it brilliantly, like the Hawks were a few years ago, bring players in to compliment your squad immediately.
