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Or MVP or Gary Ayres medal. Barney didnt win a heap of awards...
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Opinion Could Lachie Neale be considered the GOAT if he wins the AFL treble?
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Or MVP or Gary Ayres medal. Barney didnt win a heap of awards...
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Norm Smith Medallist
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We get it. Dusty had an amazing 2017. We will never say otherwise
Dangerfield had a better season on pretty much every statistical measurement thats important - that's not something that can be debated.
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Well you're about to find out how wrong you are!
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Norm Smith Medallist
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Write a letter to the AFL the whole industry clearly got it wrong.
Well dusty did have more clangers per game so he was better at something I guess
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When plenty of people don't consider Dusty as GOAT, no way is Neale.
Very good player however.
Very good player however.
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At some point there will be an alarm bell that goes off alerting people that an award doesn’t guarantee that any level of quality has been reached relative to other independent events, especially in sports, and sports where game by game voting is involved.
Please!
Danger was robbed of the 2017 Brownlow and Houli was dobbed of the Norm Smith. Anyone with a brain knows this.
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Doesn't matter what he wins he will never be the GOAT because he's simply not the best player of all time.
You couldn't seriously suggest that, say, Brian Lake is a better player than Shane Crawford.
Pretty much. I know this is an over-simplification, but it's true.
To be in the GOAT conversation, a player needs to be so much better than the rest of the players in the comp that it is clear and obvious. Ablett Jr, Lethal and Carey both fitted this description; Neale does not.
For what it's worth, I think Dusty is now seen more as the ultimate Big Game player, like a better version of Gary Ayres, rather than the GOAT. If he'd kept up his 2017 output for another 5 years, then he probably would have been the GOAT.
There are a number of players who have a Norm, a Brownlow, and a flag, just not in the same year. Diesel, Bartel, Hird, Black... Matera went extremely close to a Brownlow, Ablett Jr could easily have won a Norm Smith in 2008, Petracca likewise could/should have won a Brownlow in 2021.
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Please!
Danger was robbed of the 2017 Brownlow and Houli was dobbed of the Norm Smith. Anyone with a brain knows this.
And how good is it that people won’t remember it that way. Please sook more
