Joel Freijah has been given the perhaps unwanted tag of the next Marcus Bontempelli. While he does possess some of the same physical attributes as the Bont, he is just at the start of his AFL career and has not yet found his best spot in the Bulldogs senior team. Luke Beveridge likes flexibility in his players, and Freijah has spent some games mostly in the middle, or starting at half back, with some forays forward as well. A player with his potential usually settles into midfield but, as with the Bont, his talents may see him as a hybrid who goes where the coach needs him most.
Joel Freijah has been given the perhaps unwanted tag of the next Marcus Bontempelli. While he does possess some of the same physical attributes as the Bont, he is just at the start of his AFL career and has not yet found his best spot in the Bulldogs senior team. Luke Beveridge likes flexibility in his players, and Freijah has spent some games mostly in the middle, or starting at half back, with some forays forward as well. A player with his potential usually settles into midfield but, as with the Bont, his talents may see him as a hybrid who goes where the coach needs him most.
Joel Freijah has been preferred over the far better credentialed Caleb Daniel as a starter on the Western Bulldogs flanks in recent weeks, and while he lacks the quality of disposal of the diminutive helmeted one, he does possess a lot more of that ineffable and eternally valuable football commodity: height. Cash cows are fairly thin on the ground at the moment for fantasy coaches, so idle eyes are certainly turning towards Friejah as he passes the bubble, but can you trust any rookie playing under Luke Beveridge, given what he has done to Ryley Sanders? No, you can't.
