As a 21 year old half forward/outside mid he:
1. Kicked a goal in 19/23 games
2. Kicked multiple goals in 8 games
3. Averaged 20 and 1.5.
In only 2 of his games would you say he "failed" (>20 possessions with no goals). Whilst it wasn't outstanding like Merrett's 21 year old season it was pretty damn impressive.
Leaderboard was:
-1st, Zaka, played every game, stats listed above, stats in themselves are good, not great
-2nd, Stanton, missed 2 games. Based on average votes per game, would have won if he played the same amount of games as Zaka.
-3rd, Hurley, 21 kpp, playing 'out of position' in the forward line, missed 5 games. Again, based on average votes per game, would have won if played the same amount of games as Zaka.
-4th, Watson, missed 6 games. You guessed it, on votes per game, would have polled more votes than Zaka if played the same amount of games. Would have been the 3rd of 4 b&fs in a row if not for injury.
- 5th, hocking, missed 6 games, if played the same..... you know the drill.
Not trying to take away from a 21 year old winning a b&f, but let's be honest, it was a bit of a perfect storm of circumstances that rewarded a guy who played consistent footy and didn't miss a game, rather than an outstanding year.
It's hard to compare numbers of votes from year to year, as the number of 'voters' have changed, but again, votes per voter per game, is one of the lowest to win in the last 10 years (I can't be bothered looking back any further than that)
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