With the draft now a month away My thoughts turned to our current batch of youngsters. The kids that will have a big say on Freo’s fortunes in the coming 5-10 years.
Here’s what we’ve got in ascending age order.
Born in 2000:
O’Reilly
Sturt
Valente
Carter
Born in 1999:
Brayshaw
Cera
Crowden
Giro
Dixon
North
Born in 1998:
Cox
Darcy
Meek
Duman
Logue
Banfield
Looking at that batch, there’ve been a couple of decent success in Brayshaw and Darcy who are champions in the making if a little luck falls their way.
In Banfield, Cera, Cox, Logue and Duman we have players who all agree can play a role, some think will be superstars if played right and some are suspect on.
Of the rest we haven’t really seen enough to know, though some are ready to let Meek move on.
Sturt, Valente and Carter are kids who have been touted as potential (some would say “almost certain”) future superstars. But then, so many young players are.
For those of you who have seen these guys more in the WAFL or as underagers, what’s your take on these kids?
Just from a list-profile point-of-view, I thought I’d break them down by position as well.
Of 16 players there, I have them position-wise as:
KPF: O’Reilly, Dixon
HF: Sturt, Cox(swing)
Inside: Valente, Brayshaw, Banfield, Crowden?
Outside: Cera, Carter, Giro
Ruck: Darcy, Meek
HB: North, Duman
KPB: Logue
In terms of experience, Name(games played):
Cera (41)
Brayshaw (39)
Cox (34)
Banfield (27)
Darcy (26)
Duman (24)
Logue (23)
Crowden (14)
Giro (10)
Carter (2)
Dixon (1)
The rest are yet to debut
That’s 241 games of experience all up. Roughly 15 games each for this crop of 16 players.