Demonland Player of the Year - Round 19

[Demonland 72,210]

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

[warren dean 193]

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

[dee-tox 4,835]

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

6. Bate

5. Jones

4. Dunn

3. McDonald

2 Petterd.

1. McNamara

[Lil_red_fire_engine 11,177]

6. Bate

Daylight

5. Sylvia

4. Jones

3. Valenti

2. McDonald

1. Petterd

[Chelly 810]

6. Bate

5. Jones

4. Sylvia

3. Frawley

2. Valenti

1. Martin

[Jaded No More 68,920]

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!

[Straight Sets Simon 23,113]

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.

[discworld demon 0]

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!

[Deeoldfart 8,033]

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 August 9, 2009 by Deeoldfart

[Toot182 7]

6. Bate

5. Jones

4. Sylvia

3. Moloney

2. Valenti

1. Martin

[Demon Tragic 0]

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

[Scully The Tank Engine 0]

6. Bate

5. Jones

4. Sylvia

3. Valenti

2. Jetta

1. Frawley

[Nasher 33,616]

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.

[Demonland 72,210]

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

[titan_uranus 25,020]

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.