Viney, Vince, McDonald, Hogan, Jones.

There are no 'accidents' in that top 5. All five are the real deal and would be in the mix for a top-5 finish at any club.

Of course, the other four need to be ready to lift their game next year if they want to keep in front of Jones, once his head is screwed back on straight.

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I think Bernie really loves the Dees!

Edited September 11, 201510 yr by Lucifer's Hero

2015 Melbourne best and fairest

1st Bernie Vince (Keith Bluey Truscott Memorial Trophy) 328 votes

2nd Jack Viney (Syd Anderson Memorial Trophy) 327 votes

3rd Tom McDonald(Ron Barassi Senior Memorial Trophy) 300 votes

4th Jesse Hogan (Ivor Warne Smith Memorial Trophy) 286 votes

5th Nathan Jones (Dick Taylor Memorial Trophy) 270 votes

6 Daniel Cross (242 votes)

7 Colin Garland (218 votes)

8 Jeff Garlett (216 votes)

9 Jeremy Howe (151 votes)

10 Lynden Dunn (148 votes)

11 Angus Brayshaw (146)

12 Max Gawn (134)

13 Dom Tyson (130)

14 Aaron vandenBerg (128)

15 Christian Salem (113)

16 Heritier Lumumba (112)

17 Neville Jetta (102)

18 Jack Watts (99)

19 Chris Dawes (67)

20 Ben Newton (46) Jack Grimes (46)

22 Viv Michie (40)

23 Cameron Pedersen (39)

24 James Harmes (36)

25 Billy Stretch (34) Mark Jamar (34)

27 Alex Neal-Bullen (31)

28 Jimmy Toumpas (29)

29 Jake Spencer (27) Matt Jones (27)

31 Jack Fitzpatrick (20)

32 Oscar McDonald (19)

33 Rohan Bail (16) Mitch White (16)

35 Jay Kennedy-Harris (12)

36 Sam Frost (11)

37 Dean Kent (9)

38 Aidan Riley (6)

39 Jordie McKenzie (0)

Note: Jayden Hunt, Max King, Christian Petracca, Dean Terlich and Jack Trengove did not play an AFL match for Melbourne this year

Colin Garland haters- take note

Well done to all the winners, especially Viney. Kid gives his all and has had a tremendous season despite his injury.

Bernie Vince wins

Mitch White with 16 votes after one game is impressive.

Lumumba and Watts both finished behind a guy injured for most of the year.

Was not expecting Watts at 18th. Seriously, below Lumumba? Below Salem? Did the club poll his games in the past week?

The club rate H a lot higher than what the fans do, must play his role week in week out! And Salems result is incredible! A grader in our midst flying under the radar!

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I think Bernie really loves the Dees!

I hope he gets to play 100 games, I love the way he plays. If he ever has sons I hope they play for us.

Garland 7th is a genuine surprise. Never would've predicted him to finish ahead of Garlett. Or Gawn for that matter. Clearly he is largely playing his role to instruction.

Salem is a jet. Big chance to go top five next year.

The Garland result is the biggest surprise to me, he may do his job but his use of the ball has been costly this year.

Was not expecting Watts at 18th. Seriously, below Lumumba? Below Salem? Did the club poll his games in the past week?

It's great that the club has stopped mollycoddling this guy. Finally.

A side note about the players who didn't make the top 10. The next 5 are

Brayshaw, Gawn, Tyson, Vandenberg and Salem.

You'd think only another blight of injury could stop all five from moving into the top 10 next season. Touch wood.

With Viney, McDonald and Hogan likely to stay up there, that would make it an incredibly young top-10.

Great work reporters - thanks!. Couldn't get there this year so this thread was fun to read after I dragged myself away from the teev, from a pleasant night of watching the Hawks succumb and, in the ad breaks, seeing the Storm get up and the Aussies knock it around the park against the Poms. Well done Bernie (my vote along with the majority of DLanders) and the other 300-ers, Jack, Tom, Jesse and Nathan, and also the '200 club' (nice to see Jeffy G there).

I hope he gets to play 100 games, I love the way he plays. If he ever has sons I hope they play for us.

Of course he has sons.. just wouldn't know about it.

Of course he has sons.. just wouldn't know about it.

Might have a few more after tonight.

Also nice to see the Dawks get rolled. Hope the Doggies get up tomorrow and then pull off an upset against Hawthorn the next week!

Just to show how far we have come and how much legitimate talent has been injected into the club, here is the 2013 top 5

2013 Melbourne best and fairest results

Winner Nathan Jones (365 votes)

Second Colin Garland (360)

Third Dean Terlich (306)

Fourth Matt Jones (303)

Fifth: Colin Sylvia (288)

Bit surprised to see Angus finish behind Judy, Howe and Dumm, though he had a better year than any of these three

A side note about the players who didn't make the top 10. The next 5 are

Brayshaw, Gawn, Tyson, Vandenberg and Salem.

You'd think only another blight of injury could stop all five from moving into the top 10 next season. Touch wood.

With Viney, McDonald and Hogan likely to stay up there, that would make it an incredibly young top-10.

Christian: 10 games for 113 = 260 = 6th this year

Maxy: 13 games for 134 = 237 = 8th this year (with CS at 6th)

Hogan should have been top 3.

[censored] poor.

He'll get better...

I love Bernie, well done.

Jack Viney 2nd by a point in a broken leg year lol, what a tenacious [censored].

A lot more class and footballing ability in this top 5 than previous years.

Will look even better when Salem plays a full year (will win the odd Bluey) and Brayshaw, Petracca and vandenBerg get more experience.

Can't believe Lumumba finished higher than Watts or even Jack Grimes. Seriously.

Bit surprised to see Angus finish behind Judy, Howe and Dumm, though he had a better year than any of these three

Gus faded badly. He really should have been rested a couple of times through the year. By the end he was getting ten touches a game.