As a precursor to the official reveal, below are the final standings of my own tally of the votes this year.

I have used a different system to the site's sample of 3 voters, and have instead taken a wider sample of 10 voters to provide as a comparison. This isn't to say this system is better or worse, but my own view is that a sample of 3 is not big enough so I did this for my own interest and am sharing in case others wish to get another perspective.

Each week there are 210 votes available (10 x 6,5,4,3,2,1).

Included in brackets are the number of games in which the player polled reasonably well (the benchmark for which I set at 10 votes or more), the number of games played, and the time spent on ground.

Winners are:

1. N Jones - 691 (17 - 22 - 87.4%)
2. Tyson- 525 (13 - 22 - 77.6%)
3. Dunn - 368 (10 - 22 - 96.3%)
4. Jetta - 297 (9 - 16 - 85.1%)
5. Vince - 295 (9 - 22 - 83.2%)
6. Viney - 293 (9 - 19 - 77.6%)
7. Cross - 291 (12 - 17 - 87.6%)
8. Howe - 217 (7 - 22 - 92.6%)
9. Pedersen - 217 (6 - 19 - 87.8%)
10. McDonald - 197 (6 - 21 - 93.5%)
11. Jamar - 167 (5 - 17 - 82.6%)
12. Dawes - 149 (4 - 18 - 89.7%)
13. Frawley - 127 (5 - 21 - 91.3%)
14. Watts - 125 (5 - 22 - 85.7%)
15. M Jones - 117 (2 - 20 - 80.6%)
16. Gawn - 90 (2 - 9 - 71.7%)
17. Kent - 87 (3 - 13 - 72.2%)
18. Grimes - 86 (3 - 18 - 88.3%)
19. Bail - 58 (3 - 21 - 84.1%)
20. Riley - 49 (1 - 9 - 48.9%)

Kennedy-Harris - 33 (2 - 14 - 58.1%)

Garland - 26 (1 - 14 – 88.6%)

Spencer - 23 (1 - 5 - 81.6%)

Georgiou - 20 (1 - 7 - 82.9%)

McKenzie - 16 (0 - 8 - 84.4%)

Michie - 12 (1 - 4 - 78.5%))

Fitzpatrick - 11 (1 - 5 - 67.8%)

Terlich - 11 (0 - 15 - 77.3%)

Byrnes - 10 (1 - 6 - 69.2%)

Toumpas - 9 (0 - 4 - 66.8%)

Trengove - 3 (0 - 2 - 91.0%)

Salem - 3 (0 - 12 – 55.2%)

Barry (5), Evans (3), Tapscott (3), Blease (2), Nicholson (1)

Top 10 most consistent:

1. N Jones - 77.27% (17 - 22 - 87.4%)
2. Cross - 70.59% (12 - 17 - 87.6%)
3. Tyson - 59.09% (13 - 22 - 77.6%)
4. Jetta - 56.25% (9 - 16 - 85.1%)
5. Viney - 47.37% (9 - 19 - 77.6%)
6. Dunn - 45.45%(10 - 22 - 96.3%)
7. Vince - 40.90% (9 - 22 - 83.2%)
8. Howe - 31.81% (7 - 22 - 92.6%)
9. Pedersen - 31.58% (6 - 19 - 87.8%)
10. Jamar - 29.41% (5 - 17 - 82.6%)

Best 5 per round:

Rd 1 (St K): Watts, N Jones, Dunn, Tyson, Vince

Rd 2 (WC) N Jones, Dunn, Tyson, Cross, Frawley

Rd 3 (GWS): Tyson, Pedersen, Howe, McDonald, Cross

Rd 4 (Carl): N Jones, Frawley, Grimes, Spencer, Bail

Rd 5 (GC): N Jones, Viney, Dawes, Frawley, Cross

Rd 6 (Syd): Dunn, Pedersen, M Jones, N Jones, Vince

Rd 7 (Adel): Dawes, Viney, Tyson, JKH, Vince/Jamar/Jetta

Rd 8 (WB): Tyson, Jamar, Cross, Howe, Viney

Rd 9 (Rich): N Jones, Pedersen, Tyson, Viney, Howe

Rd 10 (Bye)

Rd 11 (Port): Dunn, Tyson/Pedersen, Jetta, N Jones, Cross

Rd 12 (Coll): Dunn/N Jones, Pedersen, Vince, Jetta, Cross

Rd 13 (Ess): Dunn, N Jones, Kent, Jetta, Grimes

Rd 14 (Nth): Vince, Cross, Dawes, Dunn, Watts

Rd 15 (WB): Jamar, Howe, Viney, Grimes, Vince

Rd 16 (Fre): McDonald, M Jones, N Jones, Viney, Kent

Rd 17 (Geel): Viney, Riley, Howe, Pedersen, McDonald

Rd 18 (Port): Tyson, Jetta, N Jones, Jamar, Frawley

Rd 19 (Bris): Howe, McDonald, Jetta, N Jones, Tyson

Rd 20 (Haw): Jetta, Gawn, Tyson, Howe, Jamar

Rd 21 (GWS): N Jones, Jetta, Tyson, Gawn, Dunn

Rd 22 (WC): N Jones, Vince, Cross, Bail, Tyson

Rd 23 (Nth): Tyson, Vince, Kent, McDonald, N Jones

Edited September 1, 201411 yr by P-man

Should be pretty similar to the B & F results although I'd probably swap Vince with Jetta.

Top Ten Most Consistent,just about does the B@F for me.

Garland is the real standout on the list. Lets hope that it was the lack of pre season that made him loose his confidence. After his lofty standards of 2013, his 2014 was a bust

Slightly off-topic, but the time-on-ground percentage for Tyson and Viney is pretty revealing of the way those younger guys still need to develop their tanks. They're both on the bench for a full 10% of the game more than Nathan Jones (who, not surprisingly, sets the standard for the midfield). Ten or twelve more minutes of Dom Tyson per match next year will help make his stats look even more impressive … and help us as a team.

*I don't remember either Tyson or Viney being sub at all, but it may have happened once or twice, which would have an effect on their TOG%.

The fact that experienced players such as Dawes, Jamar and Frawley have been (effectively) given a pass mark in 5 or less games across an entire season says everything about why this club is where it is. Until we can find a bunch of players who can match Nathan Jones's ability to put in every week, no matter what the circumstances, we will remain a poor football team.

The fact that experienced players such as Dawes, Jamar and Frawley have been (effectively) given a pass mark in 5 or less games across an entire season says everything about why this club is where it is. Until we can find a bunch of players who can match Nathan Jones's ability to put in every week, no matter what the circumstances, we will remain a poor football team.

The only thing I'd add is that 10 votes is actually a "good" game, not necessarily a "pass" game. A player may poll a single vote from 5 different people which would in most people's reckoning constitute a pass, but if they didn't accumulate 10 votes it wasn't added to that figure of "good" games.

But your point is still valid.

Edited September 2, 201411 yr by P-man

Good work P, 10 votes is clearly a bigger perspective/better consensus.. I think the top 10 is very close to the Bluey, with Jetta a tad high

Matt Burgan's predictions - http://www.melbournefc.com.au/news/2014-09-02/jones-to-win-his-third-bluey-in-a-row

1. N Jones

2. Tyson

3. Vince

4. Dunn

5. Howe

6. Cross

7. Frawley

8. Watts

9. Viney

10. Pedersen

In the mix:

6-10. McDonald

6-12. Jetta

Edge of 10. Grimes, M Jones, Bail, Dawes

10-15. Jamar

His top six is reasonable, but from there it drifts into the slightly bizarre.

Edited September 3, 201411 yr by P-man

Our votes from the first post is about right.