Demonland Player of the Year - round 17

[Demonland 72,178]

Three sets of votes on a 6,5,4,3,2,1 basis required. Today's weighting is .7143.

[Diablo 1]

6. PJ - thought he was massive for us

5. Jones - Found a bit of the footy and some form, and mostly used it well when almost everyone around him lost their head. If he could just get his arms free when he gets tackled, he would be a legitimate gun.

4. Valenti - Really its a toss up between 4, 3, 2, and 1, but I liked Valenti's game today.

3. CJ - Used the ball well and had it on a string again.

2. Buckley - finds the footy but sheesh needs to find his brain. A few good touches though.

1. Morton - was largely unsighted in the first half but I thought he was very good generally in the 2nd.

[Straight Sets Simon 23,113]

6. Valenti

5. PJ

4. Buckley

3. CJ

2. Miller

1. Jones

[Jaded No More 68,913]

6- PJ

5- CJ

4- Valenti

3- Buckley (attempted run out of the goal square= disgrace)

2- Miller

1- Jamar

[CARN THE DEES! 14]

6. Buckly- tried all day, love his run (even if it doesn't work sometimes)

5. Jones - Worked hard all day, engine room of the team especially with Brock out

4. Valenti - Impressive game, looks confident for a young player

3. P.J - Starting to come into his own

2. C.J - Playing good consistant footy

1. Miller - Main target up forward

[Straight Sets Simon 23,113]

-1 Jamar

Fixed.

[deestroy08 0]

6- PJ

5- CJ

4- Valenti

3- Buckley (attempted run out of the goal square= disgrace)

2- Miller

1- Jamar

That's when I stood up and left. My feet were blue, the score was grim and Simon Buckley showed us once again that, contrary to his own firm belief that he is the fastest man in football and can take everyone on, HE GETS CAUGHT 9 TIMES OUT OF TEN.

[Jaded No More 68,913]

Fixed.

I give encouragement votes when I have nobody left to vote for.

I think Jamar is working really hard and improving each week. He took some solid marks, layed a couple of nice tackles and he works as hard as anyone out there. He is still a very very ordinary footballer, but at least he tries. I am sometimes shocked at the lack of intensity from some of our players, but with Jamar it's never lacking and I can appriciate that.

Jones was stiff to miss out, but he now has been playing long enough to be able to judge the required distance of a kick. The amount of crap disposals he had today was unacceptable, even if he is constantly under pressure. Valenti was under pressure and hit targets most of the day.

Buckley is somewhat excused, but I'm slowly getting fed up with players who do not know their limitations and try to run before they can walk. Breaking 8 tackles in a row is NOT possible, understand that and we'll all be better off.

[Straight Sets Simon 23,113]

I give encouragement votes when I have nobody left to vote for...

Fair enough.

[Beamer 1]

6. PJ - Consistently played well all day.

5. CJ - Excellent use of the ball.

4. Buckley - Ran hard.

3. Valenti - Gave some drive.

2. Jones - Worked hard today.

1. Morton - Showed some encouraging glimpses.

Apologies to Flash. He played quite well in patches.

[John Dee 445]

That's when I stood up and left. My feet were blue, the score was grim and Simon Buckley showed us once again that, contrary to his own firm belief that he is the fastest man in football and can take everyone on, HE GETS CAUGHT 9 TIMES OUT OF TEN.

Avoiding people 101 - Run AWAY from them!

[Dee Dee 1,108]

6: No one

5: ditto

4: Jamar (yes Jamar because he tried very hard all day long)

3: Valenti, this kid unlike some others in the team possesses a real football IQ.

2: PJ,

1: Jones

And frankly Morton was shocking. As for Sylvia, well we shall see what the powers at the club have to say about him at seasons end.

[Doggo 32]

6- P. Johnson - Our best by a fair way, IMO. Got heaps of the ball, used it really well, and threw his body around. Career-best game to date.

5- C. Johnson - Just keeps getting heaps of the footy, and uses it very well. Is doing much more defensively too.

4- Valenti - Along with Jones, controlled our engine room.

3- Buckley - Exiciting but reckless youngster.

2- Davey - A reasonable performance from Flash.

1- Warnock - Did the job on Corey Jones after he carved us up early.

Jones and Miller stiff to miss out.

[Waltham33 475]

6. PJ

5. CJ

4. Miller

3. Valenti

2. Jamar

1. Jones

It gets harder each week.

[Hellaintabadplacetobe 4,294]

6 PJ

5 Valenti

4 CJ

3 Buckley

2 Davey

1 Whelan (for showing how tackling is done properly)

[Lord Travis 10,729]

6. PJ

5. CJ

4. Valenti

3. Buckley

2. Jones

1. Miller

Lol at Valenti (and Wonna too, though not today) who are both rookie listed, yet showing our senior players with 100+ games how it's supposed to be done!

[QueenC 74]

FWIW........

6. P Johnson

5. C Johnson

4. Valenti

3. Buckley

2. Miller

1. Jones

[pantaloons 2,019]

1 Whelan (for showing how tackling is done properly)

Nice. Good to see the Wrecker given some credit. I thought he deserved it. He brings his experience to the table, and will be an asset in the twilight of his career in defence, teaching the younger guys a bit about contesting and tackling. He spoilt impressively a couple of times today when out of position.

[Eastie Boyz 0]

Who did he play on?

Cos one of those little aboriginal Kangaroo forwards kicked a few

[pantaloons 2,019]

Who did he play on?

Cos one of those little aboriginal Kangaroo forwards kicked a few

Hmm. I'm actually not 100% sure. There were some pretty cheap goals kicked by the Kangas today though. Every goal they kicked after quarter time came from a free kick or Melbourne error or both. They didn't kick a goal from a drop punt in any of their first 6.

[Chook 15,013]

Who did he play on?

Cos one of those little aboriginal Kangaroo forwards kicked a few

He played on Shannon Grant for a while when he was forward, I know that much.

[Diablo 1]

Who did he play on?

Cos one of those little aboriginal Kangaroo forwards kicked a few

I'm pretty sure that Bell played on Thomas, who kicked 5, at least for part of the game. Poor old Danny couldn't take a trick today.

[Demonland 72,178]

78.366 Brock McLean *

69.590 Brad Green *

53.514 Brad Miller

44.698 Paul Wheatley *

42.809 Colin Garland

40.082 Austin Wonaemirri *

39.766 Paul Johnson

37.636 Cameron Bruce

35.774 Chris Johnson

31.490 Aaron Davey

29.347 Nathan Jones

25.733 Matthew Bate

25.458 Colin Sylvia

21.660 Cale Morton

17.056 Simon Buckley

16.154 Lynden Dunn

14.482 James McDonald

12.282 Brent Moloney *

11.331 Shane Valenti

10.684 Jared Rivers *

10.482 Nathan Carroll *

10.346 Matthew Warnock

8.217 Stef Martin

8.132 Clint Bartram

5.904 Matthew Whelan

5.265 Russell Robertson *

5.087 Jeff White *

4.293 Mark Jamar

2.845 Adem Yze *

* DNP

[titan_uranus 25,016]

That's when I stood up and left. My feet were blue, the score was grim and Simon Buckley showed us once again that, contrary to his own firm belief that he is the fastest man in football and can take everyone on, HE GETS CAUGHT 9 TIMES OUT OF TEN.

Argh, this frustrates me more than anything. Someone needs to tell this boy that he's not Superman, that he is a human that other humans can, and often do, catch when you try to run around them.

[the pearl 36]

Late.

6. Buckley

5. Whelan

4. CJ

3. Warnock

2. PJ

1. Junior

Minus 6: Sylvia - no effort, no team ethic, no trade value anymore.

Minus 5: Jones - "pass it to our players"

Minus 3: Newton - dumb arse

Minus 2: Morton - must learn that dogging it is not acceptable. If your body is not right, then play next season!

Minus 1: Bell - weak.