Best value recruits

[B.M]

We focus a lot on recruiting mistakes, not choosing Judd, J Riewoldt, Petracca and sure they are club killers

But what about the bargains?

Whether it be trade, DFA or draft choices

Who are the best value players we’ve picked up since 87 - the start of the National Draft

I’ll kick it off with one of the greatest rookie selections in not just Stk history but in the AFL

Stephen Milne

[1966]

Sam Fisher was a great selection.

[happy feet]

Steven Baker.

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Sam Fisher

Was Pick 55 in 2003

You’d be happy if you took him with pick 1

Dual B&F
All Australian
200 games

Great selection

[happy feet]

Aussie Jones

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Steven Baker

Pick 28 1998

Small, not quick, not skilled

But probably pound for pound the toughest player ever to pull on the jumper

Best and Fairest
200 games

[bangaulegend]

Wilkie has s only been here for 3 years but IMO is a gun, The "tip rat" a rookie & he went went ok

[Lennylegs]

Cal Wilkie tracking to be one of the great value recruits

[B.M]

Aussie

Pick 48 1994

229 games
Dual All Australian

Outstanding selection - looked too small to be any good!

In the best few kick EVER to play at stk

[D.B.Cooper]

Dylan Robertson & Tim Membrey as DFA.
They were good players who walked away to come to St Kilda but still cost us nothing.

Schneider & Dempster for #26?
About the only trade we have ever won with the Swans

[Lennylegs]

Wilkie has s only been here for 3 years but IMO is a gun, The "tip rat" a rookie & he went went ok

Haha, posted the same Wilkie response at the same time. Great minds think alike

[B.M]

Wilkie

Makes you wonder about recruiting

He is a gunnAFL player

Overlooked in 4 drafts

[saynta]

Gears....from the rookie list to club captain.

[B.M]

Membrey - not sure how we got him for nothing

I was spewing we used the selection before Tim on TDL (who is a great bloke btw) and missed out on Tim who was available. He was seen as too undersized for AFL even though he was the dominant forward in the TAC cup.

Roberton - had a couple of outstanding seasons before the incident

[D.B.Cooper]

Wilkie

Makes you wonder about recruiting

He is a gunnAFL player

Overlooked in 4 drafts

Interesting player Wilkie.
Not big, not overly quick, not a great athlete.
You can see why there were questions on his ability to rise to the next level.

But his gifts which are not immediately obvious are elite.
As smart a player as I have seen.
Elite at reading the ball in flight.
Elite at judging when to leave his opponent or defend.
Does everything well with a minimum of fuss and very, very well.

You are shocked when he makes a mistake, turns it over or is beaten in a contest as he is so good and so consistent.

Gun AFL player.

[bangaulegend]

Rowan Marshall pretty handy rookie

[happy feet]

Andrew Thompson

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Geary was not only just a Rookie

He was one of the last selections in the Rookie Draft

About 120 people were drafted before Geary

He would be in the top 15 of all of them

[B.M]

Rowan Marshall would sit comfortably as a number 1 pick

Was a rookie selection after being overlooked in 3 drafts

Hard to believe

[D.B.Cooper]

Membrey - not sure how we got him for nothing

I was spewing we used the selection before Tim on TDL (who is a great bloke btw) and missed out on Tim who was available. He was seen as too undersized for AFL even though he was the dominant forward in the TAC cup.

Roberton - had a couple of outstanding seasons before the incident

Sydney have that knack for picking players with perceived deficiencies that end up absolute guns like Luke Parker #40 & Joey Kennedy when he was under valued at Hawthorn.

[happy feet]

Justin Peckett

[D.B.Cooper]

James Gwilt from Noble Park.

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Justin Peckett

Did he come through the under 19s in 1991 with Spider?

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Gwilt

Pick 63 in 2004

Ended up being a really good player. Played undersized.

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Luke Parker

Not sure WTF happened there

He was one of the most dominant juniors ever seen in the MPNFL

Perception was he had little scope for improvement as he was already developed

Rubbish