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Nah Walsh was in the top 5 players for the yearExcept he wasn't.
Petracca, Oliver, Bont, Steele, Parish, Macrae, Wines were all CLEARLY better than him this year.
And before you bring up Walsh' brownlow ranking, let's not forget Angus Brayshaw came 3rd in brownlow once, and he was most certainly not the 3rd best player in that season.
Brownlow votes are often inflated due to a lack of internal competition (Cripps was garbage this year) and is more of an indication of how many BOG games you had rather than your genuine impact throughout the entire season.
Ultimately I just have no confidence in Walsh to deal with tags in the future. He has outside run, but that can be easily restricted with close attention paid, and he will never become that contested beast and dominate games like Petracca, Bont, Oliver can.
40th in Clearances Per Game
26th in Contested Possessions Per Game
Are not the stats of a top 5 midfielder, and this is without much if any opposition attention this year.
Oliver, Petracca, Bont, Wines & Walsh
Steel you could argue might have been better than him