DEMONLAND PLAYER OF THE YEAR

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6 Grimes

5 Frawley

4 Davey

3 JonesN

2 Kent

1 Garland

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And congratulations to Nathan Jones who makes it back to back -

DEMONLAND PLAYER OF THE YEAR 2013 - FINAL STANDINGS

202. Nathan Jones

132. Colin Garland

111. Matt Jones

94. Jack Viney

86. James Frawley Colin Sylvia

78. Dean Terlich

57. Jeremy Howe

55. Jack Watts

44. Jack Grimes

37. Aaron Davey

33. Lynden Dunn Jack Trengove

30. Jimmy Toumpas

28. Tom McDonald

27. Max Gawn

26. Shannon Byrnes Jordie McKenzie

25. Mitch Clisby

23. Michael Evans Jack Fitzpatrick

21. Chris Dawes

16. Cam Pedersen Jake Spencer

13. Dean Kent James Magner Luke Tapscott

8. Mitch Clark

7. David Rodan

3. Mark Jamar

2. Rohan Bail Neville Jetta

1. Sam Blease

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One free kick, 2 lead out marks to the fat side including one beautiful trade mark 2010 Aaron Davey delivery, 1 hard run to the pocket that was very good. But only 3 other possessions.

So the answer to that question it was because he hardly did do anything besides the goals. If he missed 2 then it would've been a very average game. His good goal kicking made it a nice game.

But I'd argue that big Tom Campbell from the dogs did more and got 1 or 2 goals, but he genuinely halved a bunch of contests that forced McDonald to defend very hard. And he brought the ball to ground beautifully. Watts can't do that and I doubt he ever will. That's why we need him up the ground and only a burst player inside 50 where his leading and accurate goal kicking is handy but not enough.

Even Jack Gunston at Hawthorn who is a high class undersized small forward rotates to half forward and the wing because you can't just be a one trick lead-mark in space forward these days.

Best line of the year - and not just on Demonland. Take a bow, Master.

6.Grimes - IMO he aint a mid and is much better playing in the backline

5. Frawley - was hard done by on a few occasions but just does the simple things as a defender

4.Davey - some great pressure in the second half and a couple of chase downs like Flash of old

3.Mckenzie - another solid tagging job

2.N.Jones - another solid effort not his best but just does his all for the jumper

1.Toumpas - the kid has developed through the season and the stint at Casey seems to have given him confidence to take the game on a little and draw a tackler before feeding off

I agree, and neither is Jeremy Howe. But when you've got such a poor midfield, occasionally players like Grimes and Howe need to go there. If we can get a proper midfield, I'm convinced Grimes can settle on HBF and Howe on wing or HFF.

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And congratulations to Nathan Jones who makes it back to back -

DEMONLAND PLAYER OF THE YEAR 2013 - FINAL STANDINGS

202. Nathan Jones

132. Colin Garland

111. Matt Jones

94. Jack Viney

86. James Frawley Colin Sylvia

78. Dean Terlich

57. Jeremy Howe

55. Jack Watts

44. Jack Grimes

37. Aaron Davey

33. Lynden Dunn Jack Trengove

30. Jimmy Toumpas

28. Tom McDonald

27. Max Gawn

26. Shannon Byrnes Jordie McKenzie

25. Mitch Clisby

23. Michael Evans Jack Fitzpatrick

21. Chris Dawes

16. Cam Pedersen Jake Spencer

13. Dean Kent James Magner Luke Tapscott

8. Mitch Clark

7. David Rodan

3. Mark Jamar

2. Rohan Bail Neville Jetta

1. Sam Blease

A bit worrying looking at the bottom three rankings:

3. Mark Jamar

2. Rohan Bail Neville Jetta

1. Sam Blease

particularly as these include our No.1 All-Australian ruckman, a guy that played last Saturday (Jetta) and two blokes (Jamar and Blease) that Roos had question marks against but still included in his 'hypothetical' starting 22 in 2014.