No-one is making that argument – it’s a complete strawman.
Fyfe and Dusty are the best and second best players in the competition in some order and with little daylight between them. Fyfe has an extra Brownlow, but Dusty has more total Brownlow votes. Dusty has made more AA teams, but Fyfe more B&Fs. Statistically they can’t be split.
The only way they can’t be compared is ‘big game’ performance because they haven’t had the same opportunity to play in big games. But you can’t do any better than Dusty – in three GFs he’s won three Norm Smiths. Could Fyfe had done the same? It’s no certainty, so it gives Dusty the slightest of edges on the best player equivalent of the Duckworth Lewis system.
If they were playing a game for my life, and my team was down 3 points with a minute left, I’d prefer to have the ball in Dusty’s hand than Fyfe’s. There’s no right or wrong answer, it’s basically picking nits.
Bad faith. Jeez, why does everything need to be a pitched battle?
