Controversial football analyst Kane Cornes has ruffled a few feathers once again, predicting Port Adelaide star Travis Boak to win the 2020 Brownlow Medal.
While Boak is certainly in the race for a podium finish, it has become very hard to go past Brisbane Lions midfielder Lachie Neale to take home 'Charlie'.
Boak has been a vital asset to Port Adelaide's minor premiership push, with Cornes backing in the former captain to take out the AFL's most prestigious individual award.
โThereโs going to be a Brownlow Medal winner and itโs not Lachie Neale,โ he said on SEN SA Breakfast.
โBoakyโs going to win this Brownlow Medal, you watch.
โIโll crunch some numbers: Heโs got another perfect 10 from the coaches on the weekend which is his fifth perfect 10 of the season.
โHeโs now only six votes behind Lachie Neale in the coaches votes and that would be the most accurate award in terms of who is having the most dominant and consistent season.
โHeโs a proven vote getter - 21 votes in 2014, (16 in 2015), he got 16 last year and Port Adelaide won 10 games - and tell me who else is going to take votes off Travis Boak.
โOf all the players that have had a really strong season, Tom Jonas would be lucky to get a vote because they donโt recognise the backmen, (Darcy) Byrne-Jones, good solid season, top 5 in the best and fairest but wonโt get a vote because heโs a backman.
โThe only one is Ollie Wines. Heโs the only player thatโs going to take any votes off Travis Boak. Robbie Grayโs been quiet and heโs a vote getter. (Charlie) Dixon doesnโt vote (as a key forward).
โIโm calling it. Travis Boak could be Port Adelaideโs first ever Brownlow Medallist.
โThat would be massive. Flying under the radar a little bit.
โHe could become the oldest winner of the Brownlow Medal which would be incredible.โ
โHis last two seasons - best and fairest last year, heโll win it again this year.
โHeโll be All-Australian, I think heโll probably be All-Australian captain and he could win the Brownlow Medal.
โJust a remarkable season and a credit to the work heโs done to keep himself ahead of the game and in the physical shape that heโs in.โ
SEN co-host Andrew Haynes agreed that Boak is "in the mix" for the Brownlow.
โJust quietly behind the scenes, heโs really been chalking them up,โ he said of Boak.
โThe AFL Coaches votes would suggest heโs very much in the mix. Heโs almost locked in three votes on the weekend as well.
โWhat about Travis Boakโs career post when he was sent to the forward line. Itโs unbelievable.โ
