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Cripps is worthy, hogan has had an amazingly consistent start to the year. He will get one at some point, so will Bradshaw. Is vandenberg eligible? Is he too old?

I don't really care if any of our players will the award. It's not really that important is it? Hogan and Bradshaw will have fantastic Careers and probably be greats of our club. I for one can't wait for the next decade.

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If Hogan continues to kick 2-3 goals a game and take 2-3 contested marks a game, he is every chance of winning the thing at the end of the year.

He's also a chance to be a bloody star, so who cares either way. We don't need a token award to know he is awesome.

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Cripps is a worthy recipient of the nomination as he played a cracking game on the weekend. However Hogan is leading a key statistic of the league after 4 rounds and clearly beat the best defender in the league on the weekend under the spotlight of Friday night football.

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Brayshaw next week when we beat Freo, Hogan the week after when he boots 7.

Mate, settle down. He'll kick 8.

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Again, awarded to a player excelling against a pitiful team.

Good on him, sure, but I stand by my belief that the players that should be rewarded are the ones that put up incredible performances against actual contenders. Brisbane are a basket case.

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Initially I backed Cripps at $12.

Then I went hard at Brayshaw at $30 plus.

Now I've went back and unloaded on Brayshaw recently at $21.

I think from now until the years out I will just smash Brayshaw in until he is at $2.

Pretty straight forward for me, I think it is a 2 players race.

Hogan won't get the supply IMO, Heeney has had his game time in the midfield, McCarthy has played weak teams, he'll struggle to kick goals each week.

The only dangers I see to Brayshaw, is Cripps. I think at $21, Brayshaw is an absolute lock for rising star. Cripps is into $4, some value still.

I don't think you could go wrong with those 2. Even outside dangers in Dom Sheed, have slowed down, the pace of AFL has caught up with him.

Broomhead, while capable of taking the award out, isn't getting the game time in the middle that Cripps and even Brayshaw is getting.

But I would watch him the next couple of weeks just incase.

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Again, awarded to a player excelling against a pitiful team.

Good on him, sure, but I stand by my belief that the players that should be rewarded are the ones that put up incredible performances against actual contenders. Brisbane are a basket case.

It was a player from a pitiful team excelling against an equally pitiful team... so it was a level playing field and he was a worthy winner. Let's see how our potential rising stars go against the Lions before we play down Saad's performance.

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We don't need a token award to know he is awesome.

That's exactly what it is Jaded.

The NAB rising star award is meaningless and whimsical. I'd take more pride in being nominated for a Logie.................... (ok, maybe i took it a little too far there, but you get the gist)

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I still can't believe the amateur way they decide this award. You could have someone be by far and away the best rookie of the year who ends up only being the second best rookie every single round and doesn't receive his nomination because of it. I know they might say they'll get their nomination eventually, but what if they get injured in round 19? It's just so ridiculous.

By all means, feel free to shine the spotlight on a rookie with some sort of rookie of the week honour, but don't restrict the award in this way.

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Brayshaw has been solid but clearly the bookies are paying more attention to the marking and goal kicking of Jesse Hogan. He's down from $9.00 to $5.50. Both of them will need to step up at some point to get the nomination, which as you point out pantaloons, is a dodgy system. Hogan needs to kick a bag or Brayshaw needs 20 touches and ~10 tackles. At the moment I feel like Brayshaw is flying under the radar a bit outside of MFC circles.

KingDingAling, why are you so quick to write off Heeney?

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Possible top 3 will all play in our game

I know Strech is good but I thought he'd end up fourth next to Alex NB =p

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Brayshaw has been solid but clearly the bookies are paying more attention to the marking and goal kicking of Jesse Hogan. He's down from $9.00 to $5.50. Both of them will need to step up at some point to get the nomination, which as you point out pantaloons, is a dodgy system. Hogan needs to kick a bag or Brayshaw needs 20 touches and ~10 tackles. At the moment I feel like Brayshaw is flying under the radar a bit outside of MFC circles.

KingDingAling, why are you so quick to write off Heeney?

Because Tom Mitchell is back, he is a better midfielder, McVeigh is seeing more time, Parker will be in there, Kennedy, McGlynn, Hanners, Jack, possibly Lloyd.

I just think Heeney will see limited time in the midfield, at least compared to Cripps, and to a lesser extent Brayshaw.

But, I reckon Brayshaw is already climbing over some of our second tier mids, since Brayshaw has moved past the sub vest, he has shown he is capable of being our 3rd mid/change.

It is only round 6, there is still a long way to go. I just like Cripps and Brayshaw over the course of the season.

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To be honest I'm expecting Saad to win it based upon season thus far. He's been very good in a pretty disappointing side.

Brayshaw, Hogan both looking good and vandenBerg impressive but just a year too old.

fgs andrew, we're only 5 games in and you've made up your mind


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Hogan has gotta be a red hot chance of being this weeks nominee

Nah there will be a Bog average young midfielder for a winning team who got 25 cheap possessions up for it. Oh hold on we won, you might be on the money. The nomination usually goes to the team who plays us, not this week.

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