Nat Fyfe Wins Doig Medal As Fremantle Best & Fairest For 2019

Doig Medal
How they vote: Senior coach Ross Lyon and four other members of the Fremantle coaching staff were involved in the Doig Medal voting process, with each coach allocating up to five votes per player per round.

Top 10
1. Nat Fyfe 272 votes
2. Michael Walters 238
3. Bradley Hill 207
4. David Mundy 186
5. Ed Langdon 155
6. Luke Ryan 139
7. Joel Hamling 125
8. Rory Lobb 120
9. Andrew Brayshaw 109
10. Darcy Tucker 108

Trade Talk

2 days to go and as usual the big trades mentioned prior to the trade period beginning are going to come down to not only the last da but in some cases poosibly the last minute.
So far we have seen the following trades:
Goal sneak Eddie Betts to Carlton, Adelaide gets a Future Fourth Round Selection, so basically zero.
West Coast do a pick swap with the Lions they receive pick 46 and 91 and the Lions get picks 52 & 64 why who the hell knows.
Midfielder Ed Langdon and Pick 26 and a future fourth round selection to Melbourne and Fremantle get picks 22 & 79 and a future second rounded. These future late picks always intrigue me can't figure them out.
Pacy Full Back Sam Frost picks 42 & 61 and a future fourth round and Melbourne get picks 50 and a future second rounder wow seems to be a lot of messing about.
Another set of pick swaps GWS get picks 6 & 59 and St.Kilda get picks 12 & 18 now these pick swaps DO make sense to me a high first rounder (6) and the saints get to top 20 in return wins all round very astute.
Now the first and the most complicated move since a high ranking Soviet official wanted to defect to the West with West Coast receiving Tim Kelly and a future thrid rounder from Geelong and pick 52 from Essendon, Geelong getting 14 & 24 and a future first round selection from the Eagles and pick 37 from Essendon and Essendon gets pick 33 from the Eagles and pick 57 from the Cats talk about complicated.
Well that's it for now but the last 2 days will see plenty more and hopefully the Joe Daniher to the Swans doesn't get done but if it does if we could get Luke Parker or Isaac Heeney I could live with that (somehow...).

Fyfe Out For 2 Months

fyfe out for 2 months throws brownlow betting and fantasy teams not to mention Freo's plans

Big Sandi Surprise Freo B And F Winner

Doig Medal top 10
1. Aaron Sandilands – 282
2. David Mundy – 277
3. Stephen Hill – 261
4. Nathan Fyfe – 260
5. Michael Walters – 244
6. Lachie Neale – 239
7. Lee Spurr – 223
8. Danyle Pearce – 217
9. Chris Mayne – 202
10. Luke McPharlin – 198
 
Other Awards
Players' Award – Nat Fyfe
Beacon Award (best first or second-year player) – Alex Pearce
Best Clubman Award  – Jon Griffin
Player of the Finals Award – Michael Walters

Preliminary Final Teams

FREMANTLE v HAWTHORN

Friday September 25 at Subiaco Oval, 8:20PM

DOCKERS

B: L.Spurr, M.Johnson, Z.Dawson

HB: S.Hill, G.Ibbotson, C.Sutcliffe

C: N.Suban, N.Fyfe, T.Sheridan

HF: M.Barlow, C.Mayne, D.Pearce

F: H.Ballantyne, M.Pavlich, M.Walters

Foll: A.Sandilands, D.Mundy, L.Neale

Inter: M.Taberner, T.Mzungu, J.Griffin, M.de Boer

Ins: M.Taberner, J.Griffin

Outs: C.Pearce (omitted), Z.Clarke (omitted)

HAWKS

B: B. Stratton, B.Lake, M.Suckling

HB: G.Birchall, J.Gibson, S.Burgoyne

C: B.Hill, S.Mitchell, L.Shiels

HF: C.Rioli, J.Frawley, I.Smith

F: L.Bruest, J.Roughead, P.Puopolo

Foll: B.McEvoy, L.Hodge, J.Lewis

Inter: R.Schoenmakers, T.Duryea, D.Hale, B.Hartung

No changes

Dockers have decided to load up with height bringing in Griffin and Taberner at the expense of Clancee Pearce and Zac Clarke neither of could be happy because if the Dockers make the big dance it would be hard to see either player getting back in. Personally I can't believe their was so much speculation about Ryan Crowley getting back in after being suspended for a year I mean seriously why would you risk it if it was a Lance Franklin or Nic Nat then it would be a different story but Crowley give me a break.

This is the Hawks time of year and despite their second trip to Perth in 3 weeks I expect them to prevail even without Gunston but this will be close

Hawks by  13 points

WEST COAST EAGLES v NORTH MELBOURNE

Saturday September 26 at Subiaco Oval, 7:45PM

EAGLES

B: S.Hurn, W.Schofield, S.Wellingham

HB: E.Yeo, J.McGovern, B.Sheppard

C: J.Cripps, M.Priddis, M.Rosa

HF: D.Sheed, J.Darling, M.LeCras

F: J.Hill, J.Kennedy, C.Sinclair

Foll: N.Naitanui, L.Shuey, A.Gaff

Inter: S.Butler, X.Ellis, M.Hutchings, C.Masten

Ins: M.Priddis, C.Masten

Outs: P.McGinnity (omitted), S.Selwood (omitted)

KANGAROOS

B: M.Firrito, S.Thompson, S.Atley

HB: L.Hansen, J.Macmillan, S.Gibson

C: S.Wright, J.Ziebell, B.Jacobs

HF: S.Higgins, D.Petrie, N.Dal Santo

F: K.Turner, J.Waite, B.Harvey

Foll: T.Goldstein, A.Swallow, B.Cunnington

Inter: B.Brown, L.Thomas, T.Garner, R.Tarrant

In: R.Tarrant

Out: L.McDonald (omitted)

If the Roos had not traveled to Sydney last week I would have given them a reasonable chance this week but 2 interstate trips consecutively against top teams and with the Eagles having a weeks rest too much of a tall order I think especially with Masten and Priddis back in. But if the roos can break even on centre clearances, inside 50's and contested ball Petrie, Brown and Waite can cause enough problems in the air against a defense devoid of a lot of height. The Eagles play zone defense and thus can chop each other out which works well when you can force the opposition to kick the ball long under pressure in the forward 50 so the Roos need to find space through the midfield so they can lower their eyes and hit lead up forwards. 

But the Eagles for me by 34 points.

Fremantle Wins First AFL Minor Premiership

	Club	C	P	W	L	D	F	A	%	Form	Next	Pts
1	FREFremantle	No Change	22	17	5	0	1857	1564	118.7	WLLWL	-	68
2	WCEWest Coast Eagles	No Change	22	16	5	1	2330	1572	148.2	LWWLW	-	66
3	HAWHawthorn	No Change	22	16	6	0	2452	1548	158.4	WWLWW	-	64
4	SYDSydney Swans	No Change	22	16	6	0	2006	1578	127.1	LWWWW	-	64
5	RICHRichmond	No Change	22	15	7	0	1930	1568	123.1	LWWWW	-	60
6	WBWestern Bulldogs	No Change	22	14	8	0	2101	1825	115.1	WWLWL	-	56
7	ADELAdelaide Crows	No Change	21	13	8	0	2107	1821	115.7	WWWWL	-	54
8	NMFCNorth Melbourne	No Change	22	13	9	0	2062	1937	106.5	WWWLL	-	52
9	PORTPort Adelaide	No Change	22	12	10	0	2002	1874	106.8	LWWWW	-	48
10	GEELGeelong Cats	Up	21	11	9	1	1853	1833	101.1	WLDLW	-	48
11	GWSGWS Giants	Down	22	11	11	0	1872	1891	99	WLLWL	-	44
12	COLLCollingwood	No Change	22	10	12	0	1972	1856	106.3	WLLWL	-	40
13	MELBMelbourne	Up	22	7	15	0	1573	2044	77	LLLLW	-	28
14	STKSt Kilda	Down	22	6	15	1	1695	2162	78.4	LLDLL	-	26
15	ESSEssendon	No Change	22	6	16	0	1580	2134	74	LLLLW	-	24
16	GCFCGold Coast Suns	No Change	22	4	17	1	1633	2240	72.9	WLWLL	-	18
17	BLBrisbane Lions	Up	22	4	18	0	1557	2306	67.5	LWLLW	-	16
18	CARLCarlton	Down	22	4	18	0	1525	2354	64.8	LLWLL	-	16

Fremantle have won their first minor premiership in their 21st season in the AFL, it is their fourth consecutive finals appearance. West Coast made the finals for the first time since 2012 both Hawthorn and Sydney are in the finals for the sixth straight season, Richmond are in their third straight season, Bulldogs first since 2010, Crows first since 2012 and the Kangaroos are playing in their second in a row after finishing eighth last year as well.

2015 ends Geelong's run of 8 consecutive finals dating back to 2007.

Wooden spooner's Carlotn have won only their fourth wooden spoon in 119 years of VFL/AFL.