Duff and Quarters: Why Melbourne’s Angus Brayshaw could find his form at Fremantle next season

Could WA’s ties to the Brayshaw name soon become even stronger?

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Perth is the adopted home of the youngest Brayshaw, Andy who is currently playing well with Fremantle and middle child Hamish at West Coast, but the eldest sibling Angus may seek greener pastures at season’s end, with the Dockers a potential suitor.

Angus Brayshaw is out of form at Melbourne and could be dropped ahead of the Demons do-or-die clash against cellar-dwellers Adelaide this week after finishing third in Brownlow voting in 2018.

On this week’s episode of The Duff and Quarters podcast The West Australian’s chief footy writer Mark Duffield and The Sunday Times’ sports editor Glen Quartermain consider a potential trade to Freo despite another two seasons on the midfielder’s contract at the Dees.

“That’s a great call,” Duffield said, “I would not be at all surprised if he’s on the market at the end of the season.”

“You would have to probably weigh up very carefully how he fits into the Fremantle midfield mix, but more midfielders at Fremantle means more Nathan Fyfe and Michael Walters forward.

“And more Fyfe and Walters forward can only mean good thinks for Fremantle.”

Andy Brayshaw has started to find his feet at the Dockers, thriving in Justin Longmuir’s midfield so if the Demons are shopping Angus around, a shift west with his brother may correct his career trajectory.

Brayshaw played just 65 per cent of Sunday’s loss to Brisbane, Melbourne coach Simon Goodwin playing down his limited playing time post-match as a “non-topic.”

But the former AFL superstar-in-the-making drop in confidence mirrors the Demons own struggles in 2020.

“We know he can play,” Quartermain said.

“I have absolutely no doubt he’s going to return and be a long-term AFL player and be a very good one at that, but right now he just looks lost.”