Bennell will be the recruit of the year not Dangerfield, bookmark it.
Agree 100%. Danger is a great player and will remain a great player and while he will add a lot to Geelong he is now at the peak of his powers. I doubt many will be saying in 2016 that he has played better than they thought he could. Geelong are on the slide and for mine they have lost a few too many good players in the past couple of years to fully utilise Dangers talents to challenge for a flag.
Bennell on the other hand has a lot more unrealised upside as a player. If (and I believe he will) Bennell realises his potential in 2016 plenty of people will be saying he is a better player than they thought. He is giving every indication he has something to prove and seems highly motivated and disciplined so far. Freo finished on top of the ladder in 2015 and have only lost a few good players. Freo are within touching distance of challenging for a flag and Bennell at the peak of his powers will make that dream closer to realisation. Just dreaming here but.....pull that off with plenty from Bennell and he will be in the running for recruit of the decade.
I am not saying that Bennell will become a better player than Danger but Bennell at Freo will become a better player than Bennell at the Suns. He is dynamic enough to add some serious grunt around the ball and around the goals, add those two things to Freo and we should become a better team.
Bennell was a bargain compared to Danger and that must be part of the equation when judging the recruit of the year too.