Toast Nat Fyfe retires

[T2B_]

Funny, I still vividly remember a skinny lanky looking Fyfe debuting. Was a little awkward looking at first but you could just tell he had something.

Bloody hell time flies.

 

[dropbear101]

Look, he is a legend, but let's not get carried away here. A couple of flags? You haven't even won one!

dunno, the consensus amongst freo fans is that morabito was perhaps more talented than fyfe. he was also capable of playing as a 2 way player. was also a good wingman. we had a team of inside mids mundy, neale, fyfe, barlow, crowley. all that talent, ironically stephen hill was the one who got tagged.

his addition would have made us a balanced complete midfield. combined with potentially getting our best player.

 

[Tackle Bag]

What a star. Among the absolute elite of the modern game

 

[Osho]

He was a great great player. Shame he never got a 2nd flag shot to set things right. Doubt it will happen this year, I think they are a year away.

 

[Partridge]

Champion player and a part of an exclusive group to have won 2 or more Brownlow Medals.

2015 Fyfe was a fearful proposition for opposition sides.

I watched him rip Geelong apart at Geelong in early 2015, and he was so far ahead of anything we could even attempt in the midfield. We never really saw that player for long enough before injuries took their toll.

He probably won't be remembered as quickly as others who have lasted longer, but his peak was as good or better than anyone's.

 

[Corkintheocean]

In his prime he was a great player, probably top 25 of the 21st century, but it feels like so long ago that we last saw him as a great player. It is sad in a way.

If you're measuring on absolute peak, he's comfortably between top 5-10.

 

[im_a_lazy_sod]

Easily our best ever player

If we can somehow win another handful of games this year with him having a role, he’ll retire as our greatest as well

 

[Scotland]

For a period of time everyone talked about Judd then Ablett then Danger and Dusty etc. and during 2013-2019 Fyfe was in that conversation. That's how good he was.

B&F winner in a team that made the Grand Final at 22, then won the Brownlow at 24. Won a second Brownlow in 2019 at 28 and hasn't really been spoken about in the same light since. Has played good games here and there but couldn't stay on the park. Kinda feels like he's being spoken about for HOF selection rather than retirement even though he's still playing.

 

[_Mike_]

Shame, unlikely that he’s going to bow out with a premiership.

Deserved player, all the best Fyfe

 

[The 747]

Great player and great career. Was a monster in his prime.

 

[demondavey]

Remember him as sort of the first real KP size midfielder. Maybe after Kouta. He seemed to create what we term as the midfield bull, the real contested player that could do everything as well as using brute force to win the contest. I think his best was as great as we’ve seen when we talk about the modern greats. A link to his retirement speech.

I’d love Fremantle to go all the way.

 

[RCAB]

I think around 2015-18 or 19, there was a stat compiled by CD, that in one on one contests and around the ground, Fyfe was the only player in the AFL who had won more than 50% of them.