DEMONLAND PLAYER OF THE YEAR - Round 3

[Demonland 73,894]

Cast your votes please 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1

Specify your Jones or your votes won't be considered 

[Rod Grinter Riot Squad 5,669]

Lot at the thought of having M Jones in the votes. When it comes to player of the year, there is only on Jones

[Dee-licious 1,954]

6 - Gawn - I know there were a few free against and Goldstein had a great game, but he destroyed Goldy in the ruck and bar the first quarter was the best ruck all day. 
5 - Viney - Just taking his game to the next level. With Jones well held, it was Viney who was the heart and sole. 
4 - Vince - The 10 clearances helped, the possessions helped, but he is still suiting up week in week out really impacting the contest
3 - Oliver - 7 clearances and stood up when we were being beaten in the first quarter. We have a beauty on our hands here. 
2 - Jetta - really felt that his tackles, rebounds of of 50, and 1%'s really had a big role in the close result. 
1 - Hogan - good response after a media storm this week. 

[CityDee 738]

6 . Viney

5. Gawn

4. Vince

3. Lamumba

2. Kent

1. oliver

[whatwhat say what 23,650]

6 - vince

5 - viney

4 - gawn

3 - lamumba

2 - oliver

1 - kent

[Maple Demon 449]

6 -Gawn

5 - Viney

4 - Vince

 

3 - H

2 -Kent

1- Jetta

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Lil_red_fire_engine 11,339]

6. Viney

5. Vince

4. Lamumba

3. Gawn

2. Oliver

1. Hogan

[Demon Jack 7,155]

6. Gawn 

5. Vince 

4. Viney

3. Kent

2. Jetta

1. Lamumba 

[Bitter but optimistic 22,289]

6.Viney - Has become our key indicator - no Viney no Melbourne.

5. Gawn - Took the next step to challenging for AA ruckman

4. Oliver - tough little bastard. Given time Oliver and Viney will cause some serious injuries.

3. Hogan. Great comeback and some very creative work.

2.Jetta - Busted a gut. Courageous. Great anticipation.

1.Henrietta. - He attacks the contest and does terrific one percenters.

[P-man 13,367]

6. Gawn

5. Vince

4. Viney

3. Oliver

2. Hogan

1. Harmes

HM: Kent, Nev, Prince

[Straight Sets Simon 23,113]

6. Gawn

5. Jetta

4. Viney

3. Hogan

2. Lumumba

1. Kent

[Macca 17,120]

6 - Gawn (got it going our way all day - 63 taps in a dominant rucking performance)

5 - Viney (back to his best)

4 - Vince (extremely solid all day)

3 - Oliver (looks right at home)

2 - Hogan (Roos involving him in the play early gets him going)

1 - Harmes (14 touches and 10 tackles - a good game) 

Thought Jetta, Lumumba & Salem made solid contributions and Kent finished well.

[Deeoldfart 8,165]

6 - Lumumba.  Gave great drive from the back half and set up plays.  His best game as a Demon imo!

5- Viney. Inspirational and fearless.  Thriving as a leader.

4 - Gawn.  The architect of our dominance around stoppages.

3 - Vince.  Great clearance work, but disposal not quite up to his usual high standard 

2 - Jetta.   Gutsy and composed, and played within his limits (as he always does).  Spoiled by a couple of frees against.

1 - Hogan.  Very good team game.  Kicked goals himself and contributed to several others.

Very unlucky:  Oliver.  Great around stoppages and never intimidated.  Outstanding for an 18 yo with three games under his belt.

[Nasher 33,617]

6. Viney - was the clear most influential midfielder across four quarters for mine,  You can just count on him to bust a gut - usually it's in heavy traffic but his involvement in the 'slingshot' (involving Jetta at HB and Hogan in the middle) that resulted in himself getting the goal was a bloody outstanding piece of 'outside' work.  Brilliant.
5. Gawn - not often you'd say the second best player was someone whose opponent kicks 5 goals, but his work in the ruck was the chief reason for our competitiveness.  Just love the way he has come on this year.
4. Hogan - worked hard, and was involved from start to finish.  A very welcome return to form.
3. Vince - more on sheer volume of involvement.  Did an awful lot of blindly hoofing forward with mixed results - a bit more careful use of the footy would have had me ranking him higher, but he got it heaps which is half the battle.
2. Lumumba - had a horrible q1 (with plenty of friends) to the point where I'd already penned my "changes for next week" comment in my head at quarter time.  Really lifted after that in terms of contested work.  His kamikaze approach to getting through traffic is enough to give one a coronary, but it turned out to be effective later in the game when the wind died down a bit.
1. Oliver - said it before, but he's the best in traffic player I've seen.  His handballs are exceptionally clean, and he always seems to instinctively get in the right place.  Loved his work in front of goals today.  Influential. 

Players I couldn't find room in the votes for but wanted to comment positively on:

Salem - has a toughness that belies his baby-faced appearance, and was probably our most consistent user of the ball. Would have been close to best on in the very disappointing first quarter
Watts - getting too much criticism for that stuffed pass to Hogan when he should have kicked the goal IMO.  He was not the only one to make a terrible mistake in the last quarter - Kent's pass to a North defender while running towards goal was another, as was Bugg's pass to Stretch (when Watts was in the clear to the other side).  Watts also dropped a couple of vital marks, but I think the thing that stood out was zero failed attempts at going, and a number of seriously tough efforts that resulted in goals.  I thought it was another solid game, was just a shame about that blunder.
Kent - had a quiet first half, but came to life in the second half. Too large a gap between best and worst at this stage.
Jetta - seems to play at the same level every week.  Just such a dependabe player.  Jeez, I'm still filthy about that high tackle on Goldstein that was paid against him.  
Harmes - as I said in the post-match thread, some polish in traffic is the only stops him from being a permanent fixture in the 22 - the odd fluffed kick or fumble etc, but he marks, he attacks and he tackles.  I thought he was impressive today.  

[Dee man 303]

6 Gawn - 63 hitouts against the best ruckman in the game. Amazing!
5 Viney - his last quarter almost got us over the line
4 Lumumba - possibly his best game for the club. Don't think he got caught at all today.
3 Vince - was always around when we needed him
2 Oliver - clearance machine!
1 Kent - would have got the 6 votes if he snatched those other 2 goals

[CBDees 3,167]

6. Viney

5. Gawn

4. Vince

3. Watts

2. Kent

1. Oliver

[John Dee 445]

6. Gawn

5. Viney

4. Vince

3. Watts

2. Oliver

1. Lumumba

 

[spirit of norm smith 16,656]

6 Gawn

5 Viney

4 Vince

3 Oliver

2 Jetta

1 Kent

[Demon Dynasty 17,135]

6. Oliver (5.05) - the first score of any MFC player above 5 this year on my system with a score of 5.05 in only his 3rd game. Vince went close last week with 4.98. Well done son!!

5. Viney (4.45)

4. Hogan (4.43)

3. Tyson (3.95)

2. Vince (3.93)

1. Dunn! (3.75) - welcome back Dunny!

*Have only seen the most of the 3rd Quarter plus highlights. Normally wouldn't but basing this week's votes mostly on my comparative ranking system in order to meet the deadline. Yep it's a pretty tacky method but hey some of us can't afford Foxtel or a trip to Tassie!

P.S. Last week we only had five players get a score of 3 or more. This week we had 12. Harmes lead the tackle count with 10! Viney the most inside 50s with 8. Vince & Viney both with 10 clearances. Oliver & Gawn next with 7 a piece.

Apologies to Gawn - no hit outs to advantage stats in that mix.

[jane02 3,784]

6. Gawn

5. Viney

4. Vince

3. Oliver

2. H.L

1. Kent

[Robbie57 2,041]

7 umpires

6 gawn

5 vince

4 oliver

3 watts

2 lumumba

1 hogan 

[Chook 15,023]

1 hour ago, Rusty Nails said:

6. Oliver (5.05) - the first score of any MFC player above 5 this year on my system with a score of 5.05 in only his 3rd game. Vince went close last week with 4.98. Well done son!!

5. Viney (4.45)

4. Hogan (4.43)

3. Tyson (3.95)

2. Vince (3.93)

1. Dunn! (3.75) - welcome back Dunny!

*Have only seen the most of the 3rd Quarter plus highlights. Normally wouldn't but basing this week's votes mostly on my comparative ranking system in order to meet the deadline. Yep it's a pretty tacky method but hey some of us can't afford Foxtel or a trip to Tassie!

P.S. Last week we only had five players get a score of 3 or more. This week we had 12. Harmes lead the tackle count with 10! Viney the most inside 50s with 8. Vince & Viney both with 10 clearances. Oliver & Gawn next with 7 a piece.

Apologies to Gawn - no hit outs to advantage stats in that mix.

What's your system. I have my own (which I don't pay much attention to these days), so I'm always interested in someone else's.

[Timothy Reddan-A'Blew 5,630]

I'm not voting, having not yet seen the game, but I just wanted to comment on how totally lacking in negativity has been the voting above, indicating that today was very positive for the club, despite the 'loss'. Often even our wins have had a negative cast in the votes thread. We seem to have been a real 2016 AFL football team today.

[Pennant St Dee 13,415]

6. Viney

5.Gawn

4.Vince

3.Oliver

2.Jetta

1.Hogan

[Deestroy All 14,266]

6 Gawn

5 Viney

4 Oliver

3 Vince

2 Hogan

1 Salem