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It was brought up here in a discussion about Jobe specifically and it’s simply to support the notion that at his peak he was in a position to have won a few more BnF. Scott West played nearly every game every season and that helps his cause in gaining club BnFs. Jobe was the best player at his club over a period of 6 seasons. West wasn’t the best player at his club over the period he won 7 BnFs. Chris Grant and Brad Johnson were better players and it could be argued might’ve been a bit stiff not to have won a couple of those. The winning of BnFs is relative to a few factors and one of them is missing a games when you’re in career-best form. Another is voting formats that favour players who play every game at a consistent level. I think it’s a fair point to raise and it would apply to any players who were denied awards by unfortunately timed injuries such as Hird in 2003 when he had possibly his best season and finished on 19 votes when the winners finished on 22. He missed 5 games in the middle of the season. That has to be taken into account when you’re trying to pump up the achievements of the winners that year. Hird didn’t get the accolade but he was possibly the best performed player during the season.

And of course, this forum is open for fans to also point out players who were denied accolades due to misfortune. That’s why I’ve made this thread - to generate (respectful) discussion. I am open to changing my opinion based on stuff I wasn’t aware of. Naturally, I use Hird and Jobe as my examples because, as a fan, I was acutely aware of these nuances. Yet, in this very discussion I have learnt about the possibility that Flower only won a single BnF because a dyslexic mistook him for Laurie Fowler  That’s fantastic info to learn and even though I already rate Flower highly anyway, it makes him even more endearing to me.