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Posted
3 hours ago, biggestred said:

Hes no chance to be all australian.

He plays for melbourne

Tired of this "woe is me" attitude... we have not deserved to have an AA player in the past few years although we have had a couple who were very close.

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Max has been awesom this year, I hope he can win the brownlow, but knowing the umps they will probably give it to the flashier dangerfield or some other midfielder. Max has shouldered the ruck for the dees all year with only a few minutes of rest each quarter. his contested marking has been exceptional as has been his hard running from end to end every game.

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Posted
7 minutes ago, Deecisive said:

Max has been awesom this year, I hope he can win the brownlow, but knowing the umps they will probably give it to the flashier dangerfield or some other midfielder. Max has shouldered the ruck for the dees all year with only a few minutes of rest each quarter. his contested marking has been exceptional as has been his hard running from end to end every game.

correction, he's been gawnsome!

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Posted (edited)

My favourite thing about Gawn is that he ended up winning the beard competition we were all complaining about back when we were awful. All others crumbled under pressure. Not Gawny. 

Edited by AmDamDemon
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Posted
38 minutes ago, hardtack said:

Tired of this "woe is me" attitude... we have not deserved to have an AA player in the past few years although we have had a couple who were very close.

Bulldust.

Nathan jones deserved to at least be in the 40 on a couple of occasions. 

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Posted (edited)
11 hours ago, hells bells said:

How far behind Django? With 3 games to go is he a chance?

He's 251 behind Goldstein's record from last year (24 games). 3rd on the hitouts/game behind Goldstein and Sandilands (both 2015)

Updated for poor maths

Edited by Radar Detector
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Posted
7 hours ago, Clint Bizkit said:

He's the best ruckman in the AFL according to anyone with half a brain I would have thought.

And what's great about this is we got him for a steal at pick 34. The lesson to be learned? Don't spend your first rounders on ruckmen when you can get them late in the draft or even off the rookie list. NikNat and Grundy were wasted picks despite their abilities. Top midfielders or KPPs will always beat out a top ruckman IMO.

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Posted
1 hour ago, biggestred said:

Bulldust.

Nathan jones deserved to at least be in the 40 on a couple of occasions. 

No he didn't.

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Those stats are awesome, Max's continuing rise in the AFL's ranks and his chemistry within the mid field group has created a real advantage for us at stoppages and centre clearances and we now have the mid's to be able to utilise that dominance to really hurt the opposition. GO MAX - GO DEE's!!!

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Whilst I love Gawn's marking I get goose bumps when I see him softly palm the ball down to a vacant space only to see the likes of Jones/Viney/Tyson/Vince hit that exact spot at full pace. It is mastery of the highest order.

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9 hours ago, Radar Detector said:

He's 241 behind Goldstein's record from last year (24 games). 3rd on the hitouts/game behind Goldstein and Sandilands (both 2015)

Most Hit Outs In A Season
Player TM # GM Ave. Year Player TM # GM Ave. Year
Todd Goldstein NM 1058 24 44.08 2015 Gary Dempsey NM 797 23 34.65 1983
Aaron Sandilands FR 998 23 43.39 2015 Nic Naitanui WC 782 23 34.00 2015
Gary Dempsey NM 952 24 39.67 1982 Sam Jacobs AD 763 22 34.68 2014
Aaron Sandilands FR 890 23 38.70 2014 Matthew Lobbe PA 761 24 31.71 2014
Will Minson WB 860 22 39.09 2013 Will Minson WB 757 21 36.05 2014
Sam Jacobs AD 859 23 37.35 2015 Sam Jacobs AD 743 24 30.96 2012
Todd Goldstein NM 838 24 34.92 2014 Todd Goldstein NM 741 21 35.29 2011
Todd Goldstein NM 822 22 37.36 2013 Aaron Sandilands FR 732 21 34.86 2010
Simon Madden ES 812 26 31.23 1983 Matthew Leuenberger BL 724 22 32.91 2011
Max Gawn ME 807 19 42.47 2016 Dean Cox WC 716 25 28.64 2011
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Posted
2 hours ago, nutbean said:

Whilst I love Gawn's marking I get goose bumps when I see him softly palm the ball down to a vacant space only to see the likes of Jones/Viney/Tyson/Vince hit that exact spot at full pace. It is mastery of the highest order.

So we should also thank the coaches. Is Greg Stafford still our ruck coach? 

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Posted
7 minutes ago, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

So we should also thank the coaches. Is Greg Stafford still our ruck coach? 

I will say yes - but I am unsure what is coaching and what is just natural ability.

 

Posted
1 hour ago, Devil is in the Detail said:
Most Hit Outs In A Season
Player TM # GM Ave. Year Player TM # GM Ave. Year
Todd Goldstein NM 1058 24 44.08 2015 Gary Dempsey NM 797 23 34.65 1983
Aaron Sandilands FR 998 23 43.39 2015 Nic Naitanui WC 782 23 34.00 2015
Gary Dempsey NM 952 24 39.67 1982 Sam Jacobs AD 763 22 34.68 2014
Aaron Sandilands FR 890 23 38.70 2014 Matthew Lobbe PA 761 24 31.71 2014
Will Minson WB 860 22 39.09 2013 Will Minson WB 757 21 36.05 2014
Sam Jacobs AD 859 23 37.35 2015 Sam Jacobs AD 743 24 30.96 2012
Todd Goldstein NM 838 24 34.92 2014 Todd Goldstein NM 741 21 35.29 2011
Todd Goldstein NM 822 22 37.36 2013 Aaron Sandilands FR 732 21 34.86 2010
Simon Madden ES 812 26 31.23 1983 Matthew Leuenberger BL 724 22 32.91 2011
Max Gawn ME 807 19 42.47 2016 Dean Cox WC 716 25 28.64 2011

Clearly my maths was a bit off :)


Posted
10 hours ago, biggestred said:

Bulldust.

Nathan jones deserved to at least be in the 40 on a couple of occasions. 

He was one of those I said were very close, but he was never going to make the AA side as there were far too many better performed midfielders going around at the time.  To say he missed out because he is a Dees player is absolute nonsense... sorry, but I'm tired of these conspiracy theories.

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Posted
35 minutes ago, Radar Detector said:

Clearly my maths was a bit off :)

I blame the  AFL. Because of rule changes there have been fewer stoppages and thrown ins this year (did I hear someone recently say 20% fewer throw ins?). Hence, Max will once again be robbed by the AFL of something that would otherwise be rightfully his.

 

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Not to mention 15 goals this year, which places him 5th on the list at Melbourne..

Hogan 39
Watts 37
Garlett 25
Kent 24
Gawn 15

 

 

 

 

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Posted
1 hour ago, Radar Detector said:

Clearly my maths was a bit off :)

It is what you do with your taps.

Jacobs and Minson - meh..

I would like to see a stat on the most taps to advantage in a season.

Gawn has been devastating...

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