DEMONLAND PLAYER OF THE YEAR - ROUND 5

[Demon Dynasty 17,109]

6. The Jones Boy - No tag job in first half and instead Mckenzie/Vince/Cross to Ablett all day and we win this. What a leader and in my opinion he is now a genuine A grader with the occasional "off" disposals that let him down but usually it's under intense pressure so go figure. If his fellow players block more and work a little harder to give him some room to work in, i believe his effectiveness would improve enough to shrug off the doubters.

5. Daniel Cross - Hard and always in and at it. Knows when to possess and when to get it moving quickly.

4. Jack Viney - Awareness and poise needed once in the clear. Learning fast though. Another solid game from the youngster.

3. Jeremy Howe - Swing player trying to fill the gaps, ran hard, tackled ok, disposals mostly on the money. We only had 6 contested marks today and Howe accounted for half of those. A stat that needs massive improvement if we are to win games like this. The sons doubled us around the ground here.

2. Chris Dawes - Great soldier, asset and leader for the club. Fantastic body work/strength and positioning. Lacked finish today. Suspect a little sore from first up game last week. Accuracy and ability to get to more contests should improve as the weeks progress.

1. Matt Jones - Not a great game by any means but he still manages to get involved, runs hard and creates outlet options in congestion.

Edited April 20, 2014 by Rusty Nails

[Pennant St Dee 13,305]

6.N.Jones (IN AA 40 squad form at least and has relished leadership role every week)

5.J.Viney (It's in his DNA knows no other way love this kid, will be a part of the building of a hate to lose culture every week)

4.Cross (as above but at the opposite end of his career always hard at it, wish we had someone like him when we moved Miller and Junior)

3. Dawes (he is a leader and whilst his wayward kicking was costly you can see his on field direction and provides a contest whenever it goes in)

2.Frawley (like Dawes presented but should have clunked a few more, can't fault his effort last fortnight)

1.JKH (showed a lot after Half Time)

[angrydee 842]

6 JonesN

5 Dawes

4 Viney

3 Frawley

2 Howe

1 JonesM

[Good Times Grimes 2,396]

6. N Jones (as usual)

5. Viney (getting better every week, although he still tends to fade in and out of games a bit)

4. Cross (has been way better than I thought he would be)

3. Dawes (missed a couple of crucial shots, but overall was impressive.

2. Frawley (see Dawes comments)

1. The supporters for being vocal throughout the match despite a small turnout.

[Demonland 73,166]

Another stellar performance from Nathan Jones sees him streaking ahead of the field in the progressive voting.

66. Nathan Jones

42. Dom Tyson

26. Lynden Dunn

25. James Frawley

22. Daniel Cross

21. Tom McDonald

17. Jack Watts

16. Jack Viney

14. Jeremy Howe

12. Chris Dawes

10. Jack Grimes

8. Bernie Vince

6. Rohan Bail Alexis Georgiou Jimmy Toumpas

4. Matt Jones

3. Dean Terlich Jack Trengove

2. Shannon Byrnes Cam Pedersen Jake Spencer

[What 18,810]

Three straight Blueys on the way for Mr Jones

Would have to be AA at this stage too

[La Dee-vina Comedia 16,909]

6. N. Jones (this has become a cut and paste each week now. I wish someone else would stand up)

5. Dawes

4. Viney

3. Frawley

2. Bail (his job on Harbrow was very effective)

1. Cross.

Interesting. I couldn't get to the ground so watched on TV which doesn't provide a full picture of any game. I had thought Bail was very poor - but if he was playing a purely defensive role, perhaps that's why I didn't notice him.

[GM11 782]

6 N.Jones

5 Cross

4 Viney

3 Dawes

2 Bail (5 tackles)

1 Pederson (100% effort)

[DeeZee 7,445]

6.Jones

5.Viney

4.Dawes

3.Cross

2.Howe

1.Frawley

[P-man 13,366]

For those interested, I am also tallying the results ("unofficially") using a wider sample of 10.

The votes as of the end of Round 5:

1. N Jones - 226

2. Tyson - 116

3. Cross - 94

4. Dunn - 91

5. Frawley - 84

6. Watts - 65

7. Viney - 61

8. Dawes - 40

9. McDonald - 39

10. Pedersen - 37

11. Grimes - 36

12. Howe - 29

13. Spencer - 23

14. Vince - 22

15. Georgiou - 20

16. Bail - 18

17. M Jones - 17

18. Byrnes - 10

19. Toumpas - 9

20. Terlich - 8

Trengove - 3

JKH - 2

Best 5 per round (in order)

Rd 1: Watts, N Jones, Dunn, Tyson, Vince

Rd 2: N Jones, Dunn, Tyson, Cross, Frawley

Rd 3: Tyson, Pedersen, Howe, McDonald, Cross

Rd 4: N Jones, Frawley, Grimes, Spencer, Bail

Rd 5: N Jones, Viney, Dawes, Frawley, Cross

Most consistent (tally of top 5ers)

N Jones - 4

Cross - 3

Frawley - 3

Tyson - 3

Dunn - 2

Watts - 1

Vince - 1

Viney - 1

Dawes - 1

Pedersen - 1

Howe - 1

McDonald - 1

Grimes - 1

Bail - 1

Spencer - 1

I will update this each week.

Edited April 22, 2014 by P-man

[The Chazz 4,077]

It's disappointing that some posters could find a spot for Grimes in the best 6. Co-captain, zero tackles off a half back flank.

Had every opportunity to damage Swallow in the last quarter I think it was. What did Grimes do? Stuffs up his timing when attempting to spoil allowing Swallow to take an easy mark and in the end, kick a vital goal.

If I played under Grimes' leadership and saw him do that when the game was there to be won, it'd break my heart. Couldn't imagine Hodge/Selwood/Bartel doing that.