1 hour ago, willmoy said:

Winner 2017 Brownlow. Escorted into Building, Under constant supervision what to say and do while in there, Escorted to press conference. Escorted out. Strange.....

God help us all when he retires....

15 hours ago, Hogan2014 said:

Bottom line is we only 1 player to get double digits .. Oliver a second year player..  there were clubs who finished below us who polled more.. understand it's about team etc but we lack genuin guns! Our drafting continues to hurt us Kelly 21pts, Wines 19 ... 

Not that the brownlow means too much as votes are primarily given to mids however it does show where we are as a club.  

Our 25-30 yo player group never developed and we are relying on our 20 yo players to do the heavy lifting. 

We will be a genuine threat when the 20-21-22 yo player group develops together. Still need another 3 years.

viney, hogan, hunt, Salem, trac, brayshaw, o mcd, weid, Oliver. 

All can be stars and if they develop properly constitutes half of our side. 

You need to run and carry and kick the football to win a Brownlow, our best chance Petracca and if he wins it we are playing the Saturday after the Brownlow.

11 hours ago, Biffen said:

Mo and her partner were spectacular  on the carpet I must say.

How the hell do AFLW " women " with their " partners ' ,Fitzy,  Mick Malloy and his cuddle get a Guernsey at a AFL Brownlow freeby ?

Guess they all vote YES !

7 hours ago, puntkick said:

How the hell do AFLW " women " with their " partners ' ,Fitzy,  Mick Malloy and his cuddle get a Guernsey at a AFL Brownlow freeby ?

Guess they all vote YES !

Quite a lot on innuendo in those " " quotation marks.  Not one of your better efforts.

 

Fitzy was a guest of another player or dare I say partner (without quotation marks).

Molloy is a panelist on the Ch7 footy show.

...and no idea how they vote!!!

Edited September 26, 20178 yr by Lucifer's Hero

The entire Brownlow ceremony is 99% fluff and padding as those of us who remember the call on radio from days long since passed. (And even that was high fluff factor for the times.)

They could do the whole thing in 10 minutes. Do a countdown of the top 10 scores, announce the winner. Then give a spreadsheet with all the numbers to the papers.

It could be done the way they do press conferences when a player announces he's re-signed, or has retired. A short statement, a few questions, then pub.

But they like to frizz it up with their ideas of entertainment ... red carpet, GOTY, roaming Fevolas, etc, etc.

Who cares if they invite a few glamours and their arm candy?

On 09/26/2017 at 6:08 AM, Lucifer's Hero said:

Nice of the umpires to not give Danger any votes in round 22 to ensure he didn't win and embarrass the AFL!

Rnd 22 - Dangerfield:  32 disposals, 12 clearances and two goals.  BOG from every other award voters.

Umpires colluding is even more embarrassing than Danger winning - that it is not in the spotlight does not make it less unethical.

It's an AFL issue ... backed up by a cooperative media.  And the footy public don't care enough either. 

It's convenient for the AFL for the umpires to take the heat ... although the heat dies down quite quickly anyway.

 

 

Edited September 26, 20178 yr by Macca

@Lucifer's Hero

I do agree with the sentiment of your post though ... also, the Brownlow has a history of questionable outcomes.   Dating back to the 70's

On 25/09/2017 at 11:15 PM, Moonshadow said:

And to think no other club wanted Dusty last time he was ooc.

We overlooked him on draft night, didn't try to get him a couple of years ago. 

Great.

He was set to leave until Caroline Wilson wright rumors about his lifestyle in the age, then everyone got cold feet