Well Done Nathan Jones: 14 Brownlow Votes

[Dee_Flower 53]

There's one player who has clearly improved under Neeld. May there be many more.

[Deeoldfart 7,839]

Great effort Jonesy. About 40 of our team mates now need to take a leaf out of your book.

[Footynut 302]

No-one to take votes off him.

Pitiful, but nothing we didn't know.

Same could be said for Jobe Watson though....

Look at Scott Thompson with Dangerfield taking votes or Collingwood with Swan etc etc..

[jnrmac 19,482]

Hmmm b& F winner at melbourne gets votes in the teens in Brownlow medal. Stand by for shocking year next year with a de-listing at the end of 2013.....

[Pennant St Dee 11,760]

Great effort Jonesy and there were many calling for him to be traded a couple of seasons ago, let that be a lesson to all on this forum who slag off our young players at every opportunity.

Some very good kids on our list and some good honest footballers, once we sort out the mix we will get there.

Again great effort Jonesy it's a tribute to your dedication and efforts

[Clintosaurus 6,867]

I actually had him getting 15. Will have to find my tally and see where the differences where. Either way - well done Chunk.

[Dee*ceiving 1,230]

Hmmm b& F winner at melbourne gets votes in the teens in Brownlow medal. Stand by for shocking year next year with a de-listing at the end of 2013.....

Ouch...sad but true. Let's hope that curse goes no further

[Hannibal 5,814]

Same could be said for Jobe Watson though....

Absolutely. It was a big help to Watson, although Stanton had a great first half of the year.

[Hannibal 5,814]

Great effort Jonesy and there were many calling for him to be traded a couple of seasons ago, let that be a lesson to all on this forum who slag off our young players at every opportunity.

I love it when people use isolated examples and give it a broader meaning without providing any content, or substance.

Jones has improved his game markedly and is playing like a round one draft pick should; and we also have a number of players on our list that will be culled at season's end, because they don't cut the mustard.

Jones win in the B&F and excellent showing in the Brownlow is evidence of nothing more than his improvement and good year. To extrapolate anything more than that is self-serving shadow boxing.

[jabberwocky 2,301]

You could see that he was a player that would never accept the staus quo of the club and consistently pushed himself out on the ground, often beyond his abilities and to his detriment in the short term. He would often run himself into trouble, choose a low percentage option or put himself under pressure. Now I believe he is reaping the rewards of of pushing the envelope, having fine tuned his game, he is now capable of attacking football that not many of our list are.

He is a player that takes responsibilty, is physically durable and a hard worker. He was always going to succeed.

Among claims that he would never be anything but a C grader, is too slow, with poor disposal I always believed differently.

Nathan Jones plays to win games of football, he an a select couple of others will be the ones to drag this club upward, hopefully

[Lord Travis 10,310]

Great effort by Jones. He had a great year and it's good to see him get some recognition outside the club for his hard work. Let's hope he can keep up this kind of form for many years, and he has some friends who pick up some slack!

[DemonDan... 77]

Caps off a fantastic year. Considering the team won a total of 4 games I thought this was an incredible effort.

It was obvious he would top the polling for us, but 14 was more votes than I thought. Well done Jonesy.

Hard to believe some posters in Demonland gave him the same treatment as Cale Morton few years ago........

Ive been wanting to 'bump' that thread from 2010 for a year now..

Great effort Jonesy and there were many calling for him to be traded a couple of seasons ago, let that be a lesson to all on this forum who slag off our young players at every opportunity.

Again great effort Jonesy it's a tribute to your dedication and efforts

Absolutely 100% spot on.. ignore any trolls in response mate, that comment is spot on.

the keyboard heroes on this site are plentiful..

Jonesy.. you ARE the man! Congrats mate.

I knew you had it in you.

Edited September 25, 2012 by DemonDan...

[Pipefitter 2,083]

Absolutely huge effort! He's really come on this year. Where he once was always getting caught trying to do too much, some of his work this year has been Elite. Well done jonesy!

[Pennant St Dee 11,760]

I love it when people use isolated examples and give it a broader meaning without providing any content, or substance.

Jones has improved his game markedly and is playing like a round one draft pick should; and we also have a number of players on our list that will be culled at season's end, because they don't cut the mustard.

Jones win in the B&F and excellent showing in the Brownlow is evidence of nothing more than his improvement and good year. To extrapolate anything more than that is self-serving shadow boxing.

Sorry BH but it aint shadow boxing it is stating a fact, Jones was a whipping boy for many and has applied himself and been in the system since 2006 so it's taken 6 years to get to this level, but he has not just turned things around overnight, he has actually made gradual progression.

Similar to Jobe Watson who was an Essendon whipping boy for a long time as well. Both have improved their fitness levels to be able to reduce the fatigue on their bodies and have the ability to run games out better. With all that comes belief and confidence.

Trenners is being slagged off by many who are saying he is slow and a waste of a first round pick, Grimes has for the first time got his body right and put games together and showed a bit in the second half of the season.

Both these guys have the will to succeed and like Jonesy will put the effort to get where they need to.

Basically what I am saying is demonlanders should think about the players they are slagging off because development takes longer in some than others. Our list is not full of lost causes

Edited September 25, 2012 by Pennant St Dee

[DemonWA 3,630]

I love it when people use isolated examples and give it a broader meaning without providing any content, or substance.

Jones has improved his game markedly and is playing like a round one draft pick should; and we also have a number of players on our list that will be culled at season's end, because they don't cut the mustard.

Jones win in the B&F and excellent showing in the Brownlow is evidence of nothing more than his improvement and good year. To extrapolate anything more than that is self-serving shadow boxing.

[Carlos Danger 380]

I was very impressed looking at the Herald Sun today and comparing his 14 votes to many "greats of the game"...

But it kind of killed it when I saw Brent Stanton also polled 14 votes.

Still a great effort and hopefully he can build upon it next year.

[demonkeaney 61]

Can we retrieve the 'Well Done Brent Moloney: 19 Brownlow Votes" thread? haha

Nah well done Jonesy, gone way past beamer

[Dillon and Parke 5]

why bother saying well done nathan in this forum? Nathan's not going to read it. if you're fond of nathan just scream it out Son!! as for me...you're a star nathan!!!!

[Dillon and Parke 5]

Same could be said for Jobe Watson though....

Look at Scott Thompson with Dangerfield taking votes or Collingwood with Swan etc etc..

jobe lost votes to number 5..

[Dillon and Parke 5]

There's one player who has clearly improved under Neeld. May there be many more.

i heard mark neeld is getting big bertha out next year>

[monoccular 16,595]

No-one to take votes off him.

Pitiful, but nothing we didn't know.

mods- once again, the "dislike" button desperately needed.

[Hannibal 5,814]

Sorry BH but it aint shadow boxing it is stating a fact, Jones was a whipping boy for many and has applied himself and been in the system since 2006 so it's taken 6 years to get to this level, but he has not just turned things around overnight, he has actually made gradual progression.

Similar to Jobe Watson who was an Essendon whipping boy for a long time as well. Both have improved their fitness levels to be able to reduce the fatigue on their bodies and have the ability to run games out better. With all that comes belief and confidence.

Trenners is being slagged off by many who are saying he is slow and a waste of a first round pick, Grimes has for the first time got his body right and put games together and showed a bit in the second half of the season.

Both these guys have the will to succeed and like Jonesy will put the effort to get where they need to.

Basically what I am saying is demonlanders should think about the players they are slagging off because development takes longer in some than others. Our list is not full of lost causes

I agree with all of that, but for every Watson there are ten that get delisted. It's not the norm. You were painting a broader picture that I didn't agree with.

Let's hope the penny drops with Gysberts (if he stays on the list) because he's a classic case of a talented player not working hard enough.

Edited September 25, 2012 by Ben-Hur

[Hannibal 5,814]

mods- once again, the "dislike" button desperately needed.

Do you think I'm putting down Jones' performance this year ? The opposite is true.

I'm sorry if facts upset you.

[Deez 298]

i knew he would be our best, no doubt. but 14 is a great effort.

jones is on the verge of becoming one of the comps cream.

[Nasher 33,246]

why bother saying well done nathan in this forum? Nathan's not going to read it. if you're fond of nathan just scream it out Son!! as for me...you're a star nathan!!!!

You should see a doctor about that.