Former Kangaroos great David King believes the Brownlow Medal race is already over with four rounds left in the home and away season.
King says Brisbane recruit Lachie Neale will storm home with the award after leading the Lions to second place on the ladder off the back of six-straight wins.
Brisbaneโs got a guy in the middle and Iโm calling it, I reckon the Brownlow is over,โ he told SENโs Whateley.
โAfter Round 4, Neale could be on nine or 10 votes anyway. Heโs had 13 games this year where heโs had 28 disposals or more and I think in their 13 wins, 10 of them involve him getting 28 disposals or more.
โIf you go back on his history, Lachie Neale, he just wins awards, thatโs what he does. Heโs got the Ross Glendinning Medal regularly, even when Fremantle didnโt have winning seasons, he got Brownlow votes.
โIn 2016 they won four games and he got 20 Brownlow votes. The next year in an eight-win season he got 14 votes. Last year, eight-win season and 11 votes.
โSo he gets votes. Thereโs no one taking votes off him at Brisbane. Heโs the easy three-vote choice.
โDayne Zorko got six votes in the Brownlow last year, he doesnโt take votes off you.
โI just think heโll be that Chris Judd style three-voter. Itโll be that sort of event.โ
Neale is averaging 31.5 disposals and 8.1 clearances per game in 2019 while ranking second in the league in contested possessions.
