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Demonland Player of the Year - Round 19

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Votes please 6,5,4,3,2,1

6. Bate - easily our best

5. Jones - never stopped

4. Sylvia - looks good off half-back

3. McNamara - good first up

2. McDonald - tried hard

1. Martin - if only he could kick

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    2. McDonald

    Thought his disposal and decision making was pretty bad, but as per usual he runs himself into the ground. Much respect to him

    6. Bate (are we making a mistake by forcing him to play as a key forward?)

    5. Sylvia (loved him off the half back line)

    4. Jones (great kicking today. Lowered his eyes and hit players on the chest)

    3. Valenti (fantastic ball winning in the first half. Disposal very ordinary)

    2. Petterd (disposal still killing him)

    1. Frawley (keeps on impressing)

    Negative votes to PJ, Newton and Miller.

    I have a lot of time for Miller but his kicking is below average and it's hurting the team.

    PJ and Newton are great tanking weapons, but I think I speak for us all when I say, we've suffered enough!

    Edit: I forgot to add something that I feel very strongly about... encouragement votes for Spencer. I know his attempt at goal went horribly wrong, and I felt horrible for him because he did quite well in the ruck all day. There is little doubt in my mind that he'll get a permanent place on our senior list next year and will develop into a very handy ruckman for us. Hopefully he won't feel too dejected after that shot on goal!

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    3. Valenti (fantastic ball winning in the first half. Disposal very ordinary)

    I didn't see the game and the disposal efficiency stat can be misleading but Valenti's was 85.71%, that doesn't seem too bad.

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    Sh#t game but nice to see an impressive debut by #30.

    Votes:-

    6: Jones

    5: Bate

    4: Petterd

    3: Sylvia

    2: Martin (if only he could kick)

    1: McNamara

    Otherwise toooo many negatives!

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    6 - Bate. Good game. Very few mates today.

    5 - Jones. Worked as hard as ever, and turned it over less today.

    4 - McDonald. Typical Junior (including 'average' disposal).

    3 - Sylvia. Flashed in and out, but did a few nice things.

    2 - McNamara. Made some defensive errors (inexperience) but generally sound debut, with impressive ball

    use. If he can build on that effort over the next few weeks, he's probably a 'keeper'.

    1 - Petterd. Worked hard, but prefer up forward.

    Edited by Deeoldfart

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    6. Bate

    5. Jones

    4. Sylvia

    3. Moloney

    2. Valenti

    1. Martin

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    6. Jones

    5. Valenti

    4. Petterd

    3. Sylvia

    2. Morton

    1. McNamara - The kid can kick

    J-Mac - insipid, soft, ineffective

    Worst captain I've ever seen pull on the Demons jumper in 29 years

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    6. Bate

    5. Jones

    4. Sylvia

    3. Valenti

    2. Jetta

    1. Frawley

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    6. Bate

    5. Valenti

    4. Jones

    3. Sylvia

    2. Petterd

    1. McNamara

    Also happy with the improvement being shown by Dunn who in recent weeks has demonstrated that he is not a completely lost cause, and Martin, who has demonstrated he may have what it takes to succeed as a forward.

    Bonus points to Paul Johnson who managed to have a lot of us, including at the club, completely duped in to thinking he might be able to play. He's not a ruckman, he's just a crap midfielder.

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    Thanks for your votes people. Not much change at the top but two players polled for the first time - Shane Valenti and first gamer Tom McNamara. Well done lads!

    108.336 Aaron Davey

    90.172 Brent Moloney

    60.559 Cameron Bruce

    53.732 Jack Grimes

    53.702 Brock McLean

    52.790 Cale Morton

    49.122 Nathan Jones

    47.014 Colin Sylvia

    44.431 Ricky Petterd

    39.609 James Frawley

    37.985 Brad Green

    33.646 Matthew Warnock

    31.414 Mark Jamar

    28.127 Jared Rivers

    24.467 James McDonald

    24.222 Matthew Bate

    19.408 Brad Miller

    12.591 Liam Jurrah

    12.420 Paul Johnson

    11.207 Stefan Martin

    10.053 Kyle Cheney

    9.952 Addam Maric

    8.827 Jamie Bennell

    8.015 Clint Bartram

    6.535 Neville Jetta

    6.126 Russell Robertson

    3.472 Shane Valenti

    2.742 Lynden Dunn

    1.488 Tom McNamara

    0.613 John Meesen

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    Too late again, but this is how I would have voted:

    6 - Bate

    5 - Valenti

    4 - Jones

    3 - McNamara

    2 - Petterd

    1 - Frawley

    McNamara's kicking makes him an automatic selection for the rest of the year.

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