Father son??

 

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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.

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.

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!

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. 

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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. 

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 August 9, 20169 yr by Radar Detector

Another number 11 ruckman winning a Brownlow for the Dees. it is coming. 

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.

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.

40 minutes ago, AdamFphlebeb said:

No he didn't.

There was definitely one year he should've made the 40.

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!!!

Top 40 doesnt make him AA tho. So why even say that? We have not had any one worthy of a AA jumper for a long time.

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.

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

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? 

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.

 

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

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.

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.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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...