Jump to content

DEMONLAND PLAYER OF THE YEAR - Round 3


Demonland

Recommended Posts

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. 

Link to comment
Share on other sites


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.

Edited by Bitter but optimistic
spacing
  • Like 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites

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.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

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.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

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.  

  • Like 3
Link to comment
Share on other sites

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

Link to comment
Share on other sites

6. Viney

5. Gawn

4. Vince

3. Watts

2. Kent

1. Oliver

Link to comment
Share on other sites


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

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.

Edited by Rusty Nails
Link to comment
Share on other sites

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

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.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

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.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Unfortunately, your content contains terms that we do not allow. Please edit your content to remove the highlighted words below.
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    • No registered users viewing this page.
  • Demonland Forums  

  • Match Previews, Reports & Articles  

    2024 Player Reviews: #15 Ed Langdon

    The Demon running machine came back with a vengeance after a leaner than usual year in 2023.  Date of Birth: 1 February 1996 Height: 182cm Games MFC 2024: 22 Career Total: 179 Goals MFC 2024: 9 Career Total: 76 Brownlow Medal Votes: 5 Melbourne Football Club: 5th Best & Fairest: 352 votes

    Demonland
    Demonland |
    Melbourne Demons 3

    2024 Player Reviews: #24 Trent Rivers

    The premiership defender had his best year yet as he was given the opportunity to move into the midfield and made a good fist of it. Date of Birth: 30 July 2001 Games MFC 2024: 23 Career Total: 100 Goals MFC 2024: 2 Career Total:  9 Brownlow Medal Votes: 7 Melbourne Football Club: 6th Best & Fairest: 350 votes

    Demonland
    Demonland |
    Melbourne Demons 2

    TRAINING: Monday 11th November 2024

    Veteran Demonland Trackwatchers Kev Martin, Slartibartfast & Demon Wheels were on hand at Gosch's Paddock to kick off the official first training session for the 1st to 4th year players with a few elder statesmen in attendance as well. KEV MARTIN'S PRESEASON TRAINING OBSERVATIONS Beautiful morning. Joy all round, they look like they want to be there.  21 in the squad. Looks like the leadership group is TMac, Viney Chandler and Petty. They look like they have sli

    Demonland
    Demonland |
    Training Reports 2

    2024 Player Reviews: #1 Steven May

    The years are rolling by but May continued to be rock solid in a key defensive position despite some injury concerns. He showed great resilience in coming back from a nasty rib injury and is expected to continue in that role for another couple of seasons. Date of Birth: 10 January 1992 Height: 193cm Games MFC 2024: 19 Career Total: 235 Goals MFC 2024: 1 Career Total: 24 Melbourne Football Club: 9th Best & Fairest: 316 votes

    Demonland
    Demonland |
    Melbourne Demons

    2024 Player Reviews: #4 Judd McVee

    It was another strong season from McVee who spent most of his time mainly at half back but he also looked at home on a few occasions when he was moved into the midfield. There could be more of that in 2025. Date of Birth: 7 August 2003 Height: 185cm Games MFC 2024: 23 Career Total: 48 Goals MFC 2024: 1 Career Total: 1 Brownlow Medal Votes: 1 Melbourne Football Club: 7th Best & Fairest: 347 votes

    Demonland
    Demonland |
    Melbourne Demons 5

    2024 Player Reviews: #31 Bayley Fritsch

    Once again the club’s top goal scorer but he had a few uncharacteristic flat spots during the season and the club will be looking for much better from him in 2025. Date of Birth: 6 December 1996 Height: 188cm Games MFC 2024: 23 Career Total: 149 Goals MFC 2024: 41 Career Total: 252 Brownlow Medal Votes: 4

    Demonland
    Demonland |
    Melbourne Demons 9

    2024 Player Reviews: #18 Jake Melksham

    After sustaining a torn ACL in the final match of the 2023 season Jake added a bit to the attack late in the 2024 season upon his return. He has re-signed on to the Demons for 1 more season in 2025. Date of Birth: 12 August 1991 Height: 186cm Games MFC 2024: 8 Career Total: 229 Goals MFC 2024: 8 Career Total: 188

    Demonland
    Demonland |
    Melbourne Demons 7

    2024 Player Reviews: #3 Christian Salem

    The luckless Salem suffered a hamstring injury against the Lions early in the season and, after missing a number of games, he was never at his best. He was also inconvenienced by minor niggles later in the season. This was a blow for the club that sorely needed him to fill gaps in the midfield at times as well as to do his best work in defence. Date of Birth: 15 July 1995 Height: 184cm Games MFC 2024: 17 Career Total: 176 Goals MFC 2024: 1 Career Total: 26 Brownlow Meda

    Demonland
    Demonland |
    Melbourne Demons 8

    2024 Player Reviews: #39 Koltyn Tholstrop

    The first round draft pick at #13 from twelve months ago the strongly built medium forward has had an impressive introduction to AFL football and is expected to spend more midfield moments as his career progresses. Date of Birth: 25 July 2005 Height: 186cm Games MFC 2024: 10 Career Total: 10 Goals MFC 2024: 5 Career Total: 5 Games CDFC 2024: 7 Goals CDFC 2024: 4

    Demonland
    Demonland |
    Melbourne Demons 9
  • Tell a friend

    Love Demonland? Tell a friend!
×
×
  • Create New...