
I think he's forgetting that Nic Newman has finished second in Carlton's past two best and fairests when he's making his argument....I think most would agree for example that comparatively a player coming 6th in BnF for the premier (who also made AA squad) had a better year than a player coming 8th for a team that didn't finish top 4 and didn't make AA squad.
But some ignore the above and prefer to lean on footywire profiles and who had more stats as their "evidence" of who had a better year.