Must feel pretty stiff being invited two years in a row and not winning either year lol
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Worse is him missing out on being top ten for Freo’s brownlow vote getters by virtue of alphabetical order. You’d think with a surname starting with B you’d be pretty safe, but then along comes 1-vote Jye Amiss to deny you your spot in the top ten.
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He hasn't been delisted yet
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Thought Chad Warners missus was up there amongst the best Brownlow glamours
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what stands out for me is that 74 Brownlow votes went to Freo players under 25yo and the spread was amongst 8 players. Next best teams were a fair bit behind in Port, Swans, Hawks, and GC.
Walls has done a very good job.
Was it just me or did they not acknowledge the nominees in the Jim Stynes medal on the broadcast? Maybe it was announced in the room but not on TV but I was disappointed they jumped straight to the winner.
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My boy is going national!!
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Bailey Banfield announced as National Starlight Ambassador
Fremantle’s Bailey Banfield has been invited to become a National Starlight Ambassador.
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My boy is going national!!
Bailey Banfield announced as National Starlight Ambassador
Fremantle’s Bailey Banfield has been invited to become a National Starlight Ambassador.
so lucky to have someone of this calibre
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Thought he had been traded for a minute 
Next year
Next year
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People talk as if you’re either a Banfield lover or a Banfield hater.
I found myself in both camps this year. So I’m not sure it’s a very useful way of looking at our feelings toward BB.
I like to see Banfield as a slow burn improver. A bit like Shaun McManus.
At the start of the year we witnessed his new ceiling, but he showed us his old basement level is still there towards the end of the year.
Next year I hope we see his good side for a bit longer, and beyond I think he can improve again.
Inspite of the “Friggen Banfield” moments, I’m glad he’s on our team.
I found myself in both camps this year. So I’m not sure it’s a very useful way of looking at our feelings toward BB.
I like to see Banfield as a slow burn improver. A bit like Shaun McManus.
At the start of the year we witnessed his new ceiling, but he showed us his old basement level is still there towards the end of the year.
Next year I hope we see his good side for a bit longer, and beyond I think he can improve again.
Inspite of the “Friggen Banfield” moments, I’m glad he’s on our team.
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Agree that BB has worked hard to be a better AFL player year by year. Crept up to 97 AFL games now, and maybe some people will be surprised to know only 6 of those were starting as a sub.
I don't think Shaun McManus was a slow burn improver though. He was a star play cut down by knee injuries. Have a look as his best years in Brownlow voting -the first two years, and he was a goalkicker too, and was actually a handy overhead mark with a bit of a springy jump before he did his knees.
Get to that archive
The Complete Fremantle Youtube Compendium
As mentioned in the Positivity Thread, I have spent hours curating and building seperate playlists of every piece of Fremantle game footage I could find online, full games, highlights (sometimes only highlights of the other team, but it's footage nontheless, but now that everything is complete...
www.bigfooty.com
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He's a great bloke
A very average footballer
We need to move on
A very average footballer
We need to move on
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Yes, yes you do
I think that’s more about the different roles we were giving him.
I feel his best value is wing , drifting forward.
Moving him forward to accommodate Jaeger playing wing was counter productive and I’m stuffed if I know why Justin does shit like this .
Agree that BB has worked hard to be a better AFL player year by year. Crept up to 97 AFL games now, and maybe some people will be surprised to know only 6 of those were starting as a sub.
I don't think Shaun McManus was a slow burn improver though. He was a star play cut down by knee injuries. Have a look as his best years in Brownlow voting -the first two years, and he was a goalkicker too, and was actually a handy overhead mark with a bit of a springy jump before he did his knees.
Get to that archive
The Complete Fremantle Youtube Compendium
As mentioned in the Positivity Thread, I have spent hours curating and building seperate playlists of every piece of Fremantle game footage I could find online, full games, highlights (sometimes only highlights of the other team, but it's footage nontheless, but now that everything is complete...
A bit effusive. Definitely not a star albeit probably better than Peter Bell . But that’s not saying much.
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Well I'm not going to argue this on a Bailey Banfield thread.
The video evidence of his first two seasons is there in the games archive thread.
Find me thirty, 18-19yo players over the past 30 years who have bettered 8 and 9 Brownlow votes (17 votes) in their first two seasons at AFL level and I'll concede that i'm exaggerating.
Edit: As a sidenote in his 3rd season he played in 3 games and did his knee in the Rd 3 Derby 1997. In Rd's 1 & 2 he polled 5 out of a max. possible 6 votes in the Brownlow.
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He's not better than Bell. I know you have never rated Bell but that's on you.
Seriousy, you are not serious. PLease tell me you are TTP.
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Well, I did say he was probably better than Peter Bell.
At any rate, Bailey is not being given any favours by JL playing him in least effective position.
