Let the voting begin ...

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Silver

Bronze

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Gold: Jones, who is currently our only AFL-grade midfielder. Really deserved every available vote today.

Silver: Rivers, who can now play back and forward, but whose ability to read the ball in the air is much better suited to the backline, since that's where the ball is most of the game.

Bronze: McDonald, for his great defensive job on Anonymous North Forward #3

3: Green, who provided a target most of the day, but is just too old and too short to be our go-to guy.

2: Frawley, who played a fairly admirable role on Petrie.

1: Nicholson, who gave us some much needed spread from the contest.

Nathan Jones deserves so many votes, for being an island of sanity in an ocean of diarrhea

6. Jones- We know what to expect with this guy. I don't even want to think about how bad we would be without him.

5. McDonald- Will be an AA one day.

4. Nicholson- Getting better by the game, and his disposal is improving.

3. Green- 3 goals in his 250th... deserves some votes in my book.

2. Howe- Great first half but faded out of it in the 2nd. Nice mark at the end.

1. Rivers- Not his best game, but I can't think of anyone else who deserves this final vote.

6. Jones

5. McDonald

4. Howe

3. Moloney

2. Green

1. Nicholson

20. Jones gets all the votes bar 1

1. Spencer at least looks like he cares

6. Jones

5. Frawley

4. Green

3. McDonald

2. Grimes

1. Nicholson

Tom Mc

Jones boy

Grimes

and whatever

6- Jones

5- Mcdonald

4- Nicholson

3- Green

2- Rivers

1- Howe

6 Jones

5 Tommy Mc

4 Grimes

3 Moloney

2 Joel Mac

1 Frawley

6 jones

5 Tom McDonald ( if only he could kick)

4 Joel MacDonald

3 Green

2. Moloney

1 Howe

6 Jones

5 Moloney

4 Nicholson

3 Sellar

2 Sylvia

1 Green

6 Jones

5 McDonald

4 Green

3 Sylvia

2 Moloney

1 Nicholson

... and so ... with five games left to go I declare Nathan Jones the winner of the Demonland Player of the Year for 2012.

184 Nathan Jones

81 Mitch Clark

78 Jared Rivers

75 Jack Watts

64 Jeremy Howe

62 James Magner

58 Jack Grimes

54 Tom McDonald

50 Jordie McKenzie

45 James Frawley

34 Colin Sylvia

31 Stef Martin

29 Dan Nicholson

28 Sam Blease

26 Matthew Bate

25 Jack Trengove

20 Colin Garland

19 Cale Morton

17 Brad Green

15 Clint Bartram Joel Macdonald

14 Rohan Bail

8 James Sellar

7 Lynden Dunn Neville Jetta

3 Brent Moloney Jake Spencer

1 Aaron Davey Luke Tapscott

6. Jones: Where would we be without him? (Please don't respond)

5. McDonald: He will be good!

4. Green: Tinges of 'greener' pastures a few years ago

3. Joel Mac: Provided a bit of grunt, as usual

2. Frawley: Sound job against the odds

1. Sylvia: Decent in patches, but too few of them

... and so ... with five games left to go I declare Nathan Jones the winner of the Demonland Player of the Year for 2012.

184 Nathan Jones

That's a lot of votes. With a conservative estimate of 3 votes a game, Jones should crack the 200 this year. What's the highest tally someone's had for this award?

That's a lot of votes. With a conservative estimate of 3 votes a game, Jones should crack the 200 this year. What's the highest tally someone's had for this award?

It's also a reflection on our season that he leads the voting by more than 100. Jones has truly carried this team on his shoulders and I think he deserves whatever he asks for when he's at the contract table.

Another sad thing about these standings is that the person in second place (Mitch Clark) has missed a third of the season. This is a real indicator that the majority of our players aren't pulling their weight.

It's also a reflection on our season that he leads the voting by more than 100. Jones has truly carried this team on his shoulders and I think he deserves whatever he asks for when he's at the contract table.

Another sad thing about these standings is that the person in second place (Mitch Clark) has missed a third of the season. This is a real indicator that the majority of our players aren't pulling their weight.

And also that anyone who does pull their weight doesn't do it consistently. If Jones gets six votes every week, someone has to get five, but it's obviously not the same person every week.