JLT Game 2

[kruddler]

Noticed this today - Has there ever been a list with less under 26 year old talent then us?

Reckon we have about 6 in this bracket tops, with 5-6 in the over 27 bracket.

We have a handful of promising kids (like every team had) but once Simmo and co hang up the boots there's very little sitting behind them.

Cripps Doc Weitering Plowman and Bryne then there's daylight.

Not sure if you watched fox footy, but David King has been doing an graphical list analysis of each teams players in relation to other teams.

It is broken down by age and uses some kind of 'ranking points' and a % is assigned to each individual player, either positive or negative in relation to other players in the same age and position as him.

Example...
Weitering was +35%. Meaning for all defenders of his age, he is 35% better than average.
Simpsons was similar. Above average for his age and position, as you'd expect.
I think Cripps was our highest player with 40-45% above players of same age and position.

OK, so over the whole list, i think anything that is roughly 5%+/- is ignored.

The saints had 15 players who were deemed to be above average for their age/position.
Carlton had 5 (or 6?).

FYI, the positives were Weitering, Simpson, Cripps, Gibbs, Docherty (and maybe 1 other).
Negatives included Kreuzer and Murphy....and obviously a whole lot of others.

In a nutshell, as a rule, our whole list is underperforming and/or simply not up to the level required.