I'd note that Bont blotted his copybook by scoring 89 in Rd 3 against Brisbane in a match where he was best on ground and dragged the Dogs over the line to a win.
He had an outrageous 13 clangers in that match (the record is 15 - also Bont lol) including 6 frees against and 15 turnovers to drag him down to 89. But it was otherwise a sterling performance with 28 touches (19 effective), 16 contested, 7 clearances, 6 tackles, 7 inside 50s and 543 metres gained. I watched the game and he was everywhere and of a different class to other mids. By rights he should have scored 130 which would have had him going 107, 125, 130, 122 for an average of 121 putting him at 8th overall and 3rd among mids behind Oliver and LDU (who's played one less game).
We can't revise history by pretending he didn't make all those clangers, I'm just saying he's closer to that Oliver level this season than say Laird/Neale/Miller/Cripps. He's only kicked 1 goal this year, if he starts averaging 1-2 per game he'll go 120+
