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We are approaching the end of what has been a six-week festival of cricket, as the hosts England prepare to play the unfancied Black…
The 15th of September 2011 was a massive day in the history of the Fremantle Football Club. Indeed it was one of the most…
No my comment is based off a couple of former Fremantle players opinions on Fyfe and Neale… Neale apparently not a particularly good bloke and not much of a team man… good luck to him up at Brisbane, honestly couldn’t care less, he went for the money and that’s fine in this industry, it’s the way it’s going anyway.
Brad Hill will be a bigger loss than Neale, a far more damaging player, pity he can’t just dump his Victorian missus and find a nice West Aussie one.
Nat Fyfe wins second Brownlow Medal
Mate I’m a Freo fan but also one of there harshest critics. I know we have an average list but the players I’ve mentioned are far better than average. Walters is the second best small forward in the comp (behind Cameron), Brad Hill averages more metres gained than anyone else in the league which is why it’ll be such a blow to lose him, Alex Pearce would have been the AA Centre Half back had he not broken his ankle and Hamling and Ryan are far better than average defenders. All these guys make any side in the league.
Freos problem is that under this elite 7 or 8 players the talent does drop off sharpish and apart from Walters there isn’t a lot in the front half. All these guys are far better than average footballers, watch a few more Freo games and you would know….
Nat Fyfe wins second Brownlow Medal
Yep I do agree with you on that front. For mine Brodie Grundy is the most valuable player in the league, but I’d have Fyfe second. Midfielders definitely do get the lions share of votes.
I do think there needs to be a separate award for backs and for ruckmen, the forwards have the Coleman, the mids have the brownlow, AFL MVP etc.
Spud had the right idea with the golden fist award, make it happen AFL!
Nat Fyfe wins second Brownlow Medal
Walters average? Mundy average? B Hill average? Brayshaw average? Alex Pearce average? Hamling average? Luke Ryan average?
Ok yes the list lacks depth but they are 7 players who would walk into any side in the comp and get games, they are far better than average footballers.
Nat Fyfe wins second Brownlow Medal
Only once has someone from a team lower than Fyfe won a brownlow, Ablett for GC.
If you were right far more players from cellar dweller sides would win brownlows.
Most of the time it’s a player from a top 8 side that wins the medal.
Yes Kelly and Danger took votes from each other but if Geelong don’t win as many games neither of them poll as many votes. Fyfe’s win last night goes against the norm and just shows how good he is that he can still poll that well in a poor side.
Nat Fyfe wins second Brownlow Medal
Yes Freo can be dreadful but they can also be quality, they are an absolute enigma as are Port Adelaide, Essendon and Carlton at the moment.
They did beat 4 of the top 6 sides and 3 of the 4 prelim finalists this season so you can’t deny that at times they have been good enough.
The frustrations that I have that I’m sure a lot of fans of other mediocre clubs share is that lack of consistency. Beating Geelong then losing to Carlton? Inconsistency is Freo’s major pitfall..
Nat Fyfe wins second Brownlow Medal
Spruce Moose, if Freo become better Fyfe polls more votes not less. The fact he polled that many votes in a team that won 9 games and also Cripps in a team that won 7 show just how good they are. I get the fact that the Cats, Eagles, Lions etc shared votes around more but let’s be honest, if Freo won 15 games as opposed to 9 surely logic suggests that is even more BOG performances for Fyfe.
I will say I did suspect Walters and Hill would take more votes off him than they did but I guess it just shows how consistent Nat is, he is constantly in the best 3 players on the ground.
Nat Fyfe wins second Brownlow Medal
It would honestly surprise you that he actually hasn’t won as many doigs as you might expect, in fact, I have a feeling he didn’t win the doig in 2015? He really should be winning it every season and will canter it in this year I suspect but it is interesting. Neale won last year’s and Brad Hill the year before.
Nat Fyfe wins second Brownlow Medal
He’s a better Player than Pav, quite clearly and Pav was an outstanding footballer but Fyfe is a freak, it’s like comparing Steve Smith to Mike Hussey, one was a very good player and an even better person, the other is a freakish talent that doesn’t come round that often.
Fyfe may be a better player but he has a long way to go to become the all round great clubman that Pav was, if he can deliver us a flag then he goes ahead of Pav as a leader and club icon because Pav did everything but that.
Nat Fyfe wins second Brownlow Medal
No surprises here a West Coast fan claiming Fyfe is an undeserving winner. He had a massive season, absolutely incredible especially in a poor side, but you wouldn’t know that because you are stuck in your little West Coast, Channel 7, West Australian, 6PR Kim Hagdorn bubble.
The West Australian headline today was about Willie Rioli…
The fans and the media here in WA cannot handle anything positive happening to Fremantle.
Nat Fyfe wins second Brownlow Medal
Yeah we cannot doubt that in his first couple of years Ross did some great things for the club and it does seem that he forged some great relationships with some of the more senior guys. Not sure if some of the younger fringe guys have as quite a rosy relationship with Ross.
He is well respected but the general feeling amongst most of the the more realistic and knowledgeable Fremantle fans was that he was well past his use by date and the club needed a change in direction. Fyfe will be fine, he will move on, he’s a professional and he will wear his heart and soul for the footy club.
There is this massively wrongful assumption that Fyfe is a selfish player, I know a number of people close to the Freo camp that will say the exact opposite, he is as selfless as they come and in fact the selfish one packed his bags and headed off to Brisbane last season.
Nat Fyfe wins second Brownlow Medal
Thought Dane Swans tweeting for sportsbet throughout the night was pretty funny as well.
Nat Fyfe wins second Brownlow Medal
Cripps will win one, it’s only a matter of time. Fyfe and Cripps are undoubtedly the two best players in the league! Both WA boys, throw in Tim Kelly as well and what a night it was for WA footballers. Definitely would be a seriously good state of origin side.
Nat Fyfe wins second Brownlow Medal
To be able to win in a side that was poor for so much of the season shows just how good he is. We would be in big big trouble without him, not going to the extent of Anon but yes he is now undoubtedly the best player in the league and he deserves better. Let’s hope the new coach can help bring Fyfey the success he deserves. Like Pav he has shown great loyalty and is absolute pure class. Think he’s just about gone beyond Pav in terms of club legends now, let’s hope he can lead us to an elusive flag.
Nat Fyfe wins second Brownlow Medal
Wade isn’t a good enough keeper. Paine is the best keeper in the country and he has done that job well. I think he has captained ok at times. Excellent at Old Trafford and Edgbaston, extremely poor at Headingly and a strange decision to bowl first at the Oval (although that may well have been Langers). All in all he is still the best man for the job probably. Carey is the obvious replacement when the time comes and his time will come, Paine deserves the chance to have the home summer.
England win despite stunning Matt Wade ton
Yep 2 absolutely terrible tactical decisions which may well have cost them the game. Why they played Marsh and Siddle together was just insane.
England win despite stunning Matt Wade ton
I can’t help but feel Khawaja was stiffed. He didn’t have a great series but was far better than Warner. I like him as an opener and would probably back him in as an opener along with Burns for the home summer.
I’d move on from Warner, his future is as a short form specialist. I feel he is mentally cooked.
England win despite stunning Matt Wade ton
To be fair to Paine it was probably the strongest Indian side to ever play on Australian soil and one of the weakest Australian sides without their generational talent. It’s a miracle they won a test that series, it was such an inexperienced side.
England win despite stunning Matt Wade ton
So much for Don’s suggestion that the majority of members loved Ross!!
Both Fremantle and Adelaide are better off getting first time coaches. If you look at the last 3 flags they have all been won by first time coaches rather than recycled ones.
Longmuir to Freo and Bassett or Rutten to the Crows.
Don Pyke quits Adelaide Crows
I hope he gets another gig, only because it would mean that it would be one or two more guaranteed wins a year for Freo.
Don Pyke quits Adelaide Crows
More so WA footy then, Coached Subi to 4 flags, has played for both WA clubs, understands the footy climate over here. Would be a far better choice than a Victorian.
Don Pyke quits Adelaide Crows
I tend to disagree, he isn’t one of there A graders but he perhaps played his best game ever last week. Is a very very good player that they will miss.
Willie Rioli facing four-year ban by ASADA over sample tampering
Yeah not a good look, it’ll be a lengthy ban.
Willie Rioli facing four-year ban by ASADA over sample tampering
No Hale won’t be the senior coach, in fact i’d be surprised if he is even there next season. Hasn’t done much as an assistant to suggest he deserves the appointment but maybe he was the only one willing. I’d hazard a guess there will be a high turnover of Assistants this year as well.
Fremantle sacks Ross Lyon and CEO
Best decision this club has made! Been very impressed by the boards vision since they sacked Ross in August. Good to see them getting a Freo person back at the helm, J-Lo will be fully invested in the club, has had a fantastic apprenticeship at West Coast and Collingwood where he was very highly regarded and was the standout candidate.
Welcome J-Lo, excited for what his vision will bring.
Fremantle appoint Justin Longmuir as next senior coach