It will be interesting to see if the B&F results reflect the lopsided result on here. Hopefully he can pull a vote or two in the Brownlow too, though key defenders in losing sides don't tend to be in favour much.

My observation is that the DL 1st two vote getters each week are usually on the mark...after that votes start to reflect the biases/favourites of the poster.

Think we will be surprised by how players who 'play their role' will poll well in the b&f while they hardly get a mention here, in part because we don't know what those roles are. Toumpas on McV is a good example. Reckon he would have polled very well with the coaches this week but only 1 of 20 posters on here gave him any votes.

Edited May 10, 201510 yr by Lucifer's Hero

It was a great game from Christian Salem but Tom McDonald continues in his merry way. Progressive voting

96. Tom McDonald

35. Jesse Hogan Nathan Jones

30. Christian Salem

25. Jeffrey Garlett

24. Bernie Vince

22. Jack Viney

18. Daniel Cross

17. Colin Garland

15. Angus Brayshaw Aaron vandenBerg

10. Neville Jetta

7. Jack Watts

4. Lynden Dunn Mark Jamar Viv Michie Ben Newton Cam Pedersen Jimmy Toumpas

3. Heritier Lubumba

1. Jack Grimes Dom Tyson

Nice.

It was a great game from Christian Salem but Tom McDonald continues in his merry way. Progressive voting

96. Tom McDonald

35. Jesse Hogan Nathan Jones

30. Christian Salem

25. Jeffrey Garlett

24. Bernie Vince

22. Jack Viney

18. Daniel Cross

17. Colin Garland

15. Angus Brayshaw Aaron vandenBerg

10. Neville Jetta

7. Jack Watts

4. Lynden Dunn Mark Jamar Viv Michie Ben Newton Cam Pedersen Jimmy Toumpas

3. Heritier Lubumba

1. Jack Grimes Dom Tyson

We all jump all over Jack Watts, interesting to see Dom Tyson sitting down the bottom with 1 vote, he has been extremely disappointing this year

We all jump all over Jack Watts, interesting to see Dom Tyson sitting down the bottom with 1 vote, he has been extremely disappointing this year

Keep in mind, though, that votes often reflect expectations. More is expected of Tyson (and Jones) so when players don't live up to expectations they tend to get marked harder.

My votes:

6. Salem

5. McDonald

4. Jones

3. Cross

2. Vince

1. Garland

(I found the first three reasonably easy to give, the last three were much harder as each of those players were flawed in aspects of their game. Just less flawed than the rest.)

It was a great game from Christian Salem but Tom McDonald continues in his merry way. Progressive voting

96. Tom McDonald

35. Jesse Hogan Nathan Jones

30. Christian Salem

25. Jeffrey Garlett

24. Bernie Vince

22. Jack Viney

18. Daniel Cross

17. Colin Garland

15. Angus Brayshaw Aaron vandenBerg

10. Neville Jetta

7. Jack Watts

4. Lynden Dunn Mark Jamar Viv Michie Ben Newton Cam Pedersen Jimmy Toumpas

3. Heritier Lubumba

1. Jack Grimes Dom Tyson

Unbelievable that Vandenberg is down at 15 votes.

He should be up with Viney considering how many games Viney has missed.

6 McDonald

5 Salem

4 Cross

3 Garlett

2 Tyson

1 Hogan

Unbelievable that Vandenberg is down at 15 votes.

He should be up with Viney considering how many games Viney has missed.

Thing is, the votes are 'best 6'. Vandenberg might have been seventh best for every game.

It is not a perfect voting system but it generally will pick out the very best.

Also, I really enjoy gloating to anyone who will listen about how three months ago I was telling anyone who would listen that Tom McDonald was going to be a star. But I think we were all thinking it here - just saying it quietly to avoid invoking the rage of football's cruel gods.

6. T McDonald
5. C Salem
4. D Cross
3. J Garlett
2. 'H'
1. J Hogan

It will be interesting to see if the B&F results reflect the lopsided result on here. Hopefully he can pull a vote or two in the Brownlow too, though key defenders in losing sides don't tend to be in favour much.

A good indicator is that Tommy is equal fourth in the coaches' votes (after round 5 ).

And he's up there in the age player of the year. Might miss out in a 3,2,1 system in the loses.

And he's up there in the age player of the year. Might miss out in a 3,2,1 system in the loses.

Coming 4th so far. Amazing effort.

http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/age-footballer-of-the-year-round-6-votes-20150510-ggygin.html

THE TOTALS

Nat Fyfe (Fremantle) 39

David Mundy (Fremantle) 30

Brad Ebert (Port Adelaide) 30

Tom McDonald (Melbourne) 29

Todd Goldstein (North Melbourne) 29