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I thought Sam really helped the Eagles in 2017 and 2018.

But I don't think anybody could say he is the reason we won the Final. Simpson had been building the side for years. I am sure Sam was a big help with the midfield along with Van Berlo but so were the ruck man who were injured and not playing in 2017.

I always thought as soon as we had good ruckmen that the midfielders would improve leaps and bounds and that is what happened.