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I, like the first few posters thought it was top 5 in the club, which was a strange question. Glad it was clarified.

Top 10 in the league seems about right, not Top 5.

AFL coaches voting so far:-

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55 Gary Ablett (Gold Coast)

44 Josh Kennedy (Sydney Swans)

39 Scott Pendlebury (Collingwood)

38 Joel Selwood (Geelong)

35 Nathan Fyfe (Fremantle)

35 Robbie Gray (Port Adelaide)

32 Patrick Dangerfield (Adelaide)

32 Nathan Jones (Melbourne)

31 Nick Riewoldt (St Kilda)

30 Brent Harvey (North Melbourne)

That's pretty good company he's keeping. Level with Dangermouse is good given how highly people like to rate him.

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    9/10. Career high disposals and would be seriously pushing All Australian. Is finally elite

    He'd be my number 1 at Melbourne. Probably top 20 in AFL at this stage

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    We are extremely blessed to have someone like Jones who Salem, Viney, Tyson and Toumpas can all look up to and learn from.

    I've never seen another player so determined to get the absolute best out of themselves year upon year.

    He is a genuine star.

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    AFL podcast today, four panel members including Drew Petrie

    They were naming their top 10 players

    Not sure how many had Jones in the top 10 as i wasnt paying close attention, but I heard at least 2 of them name him in their top 10, with one of them having him as high as 6th best i think it was

    The Jones Boy is finally being recognized as the superstar he is. Absolutely elite A grade champion.

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    There was a bit of play late in the last quarter of the richmond game, where he dived for the ball against deledio, a 2nd richmond player jumped in to tackle. He collected the ball, basically lifted these 2 blokes off the ground as he got to his feet and got boot to ball to a teammate out from the congestion. The bloke is a star.

    I was laughing out loud at that piece of play. The sort of thing only the VERY good players are capable of doing.

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    1. 9/10 - There was a bit of play late in the last quarter of the richmond game, where he dived for the ball against deledio, a 2nd richmond player jumped in to tackle. He collected the ball, basically lifted these 2 blokes off the ground as he got to his feet and got boot to ball to a teammate out from the congestion.

    Another bit summed it up for me, watching the replay - and actually Eddie Mcguire echoed my sentiment.

    Late in the last quarter in the back line ball in dispute, close game, Nathan comes steaming in dives in, wins the ball and handballs it out.

    Mcguire just explodes with "Jones again" - exactly what I thought, just the fact that he was there and in that position to win the ball - on top of everything else he'd already done.

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    I was hounded down last year when I dare suggest that he wasn't Elite

    He was more like B grade.

    This year with the better team support he is A grade.

    He still has areas to work on and I'm sure he will get there by years end.

    But..... And a big But......... He will be overtaken by Tyson who has the silky skills that most Elite Players have that Jonesy doesn't.

    One might say that without the support last year, he was equally as good as this year; it must make life a little more comfortable when he doesn't have to carry the whole team by himself.

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    Another bit summed it up for me, watching the replay - and actually Eddie Mcguire echoed my sentiment.

    Late in the last quarter in the back line ball in dispute, close game, Nathan comes steaming in dives in, wins the ball and handballs it out.

    Mcguire just explodes with "Jones again" - exactly what I thought, just the fact that he was there and in that position to win the ball - on top of everything else he'd already done.

    He's not great, but he's not the worst commentator, McGuire. As long as he's not commentating on a Collingwood match.

    Great pick up that from Jonesy. Pretty much sealed the game for us that play.

    He's the sort of player that welcomes a challenge and never drops his head, and with greater responsibility, he thrives. Really impressed with his year so far. I felt last year was his first great season. He's backing it up again.

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