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DEMONLAND PLAYER OF THE YEAR - Round 1

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6 Salem

5 Harmes

4 Hunt

3 Oliver

2 Brayshaw

1 Sparrow

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    Veery tough to pick 6:

    6 Salem (best by a mile)

    5 Melksham

    4 Brayshaw 

    3 Harmes

    2 Hunt

    1 Sparrow

    Worst also difficult as so many to choose from unfortunately!

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    The one positive from yesterday is that Salem finally looks ready to take the next step after many injury interrupted seasons. 

    I would love him and KK on the wings. He is just such a good user of the footy and his attack on the ball has improved out of sight. 

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    6. Salem

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    1. Sparrow for his endeavour and taking the heavy knocks.

    Sparrow took a knock to the head early on, had head over the ball, low to the ground, when Powell-Pepper rammed his knee into the side of his the head.  It was obviously deliberate (P-P made no attempt to bend down or go for the ball).  P-P won't get cited as they will argue it was accidental in the course of play.  Sparrow took another heavy knock in the head area late in the game.   Credit to Sparrow that each time he just bounced back.  Like the roughing up that Oliver received, it was disappointing to not see teammates remonstrate for Sparrow's treatment.  Senior guys need to stand up for the kids. 

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    6. Salem

    5. Watts, oh wait..

    5. Harmes

    4. Melksham

    3. Hunt

    Pick a number out of a barrel from here.

    2. Fritsch

    1. Sparrow 

     

     

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    6- Salem

    5- Melksham 

    4- Brayshaw

    3- Oliver 

    2- Hibberd

    1- Gawn

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    6. Salem

    5. Melksham

    4. Harmes

    3. Brayshaw

    2.Oliver

    1. Hibberd

    The first three deserve their votes; the last three I found extremely difficult to find. "Best of a bad lot" is the cliche that comes to mind.

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    6 hours ago, Lucifer's Hero said:

    6. Salem

    Daylight

    1. Sparrow for his endeavour and taking the heavy knocks.

    Sparrow took a knock to the head early on, had head over the ball, low to the ground, when Powell-Pepper rammed his knee into the side of his the head.  It was obviously deliberate (P-P made no attempt to bend down or go for the ball).  P-P won't get cited as they will argue it was accidental in the course of play.  Sparrow took another heavy knock in the head area late in the game.   Credit to Sparrow that each time he just bounced back.  Like the roughing up that Oliver received, it was disappointing to not see teammates remonstrate for Sparrow's treatment.  Senior guys need to stand up for the kids. 

    A really bad day for the Demons, let themselves get roughed up by a young Port team and did nothing about it. May and Preuss can both come in and do something about it!

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    19 hours ago, Demonland said:

    And the club house leader after Round 1 is Christian Salem:-  

    18. Christian Salem

    12. Jake Melksham

    10. Angus Brayshaw James Harmes

    4. Michael Hibberd

    3. Clayton Oliver Corey Wagner

    2. Alex Neal-Bullen

    1. Neville Jetta

    Hold the phone there Demonland. How is ANB on the leader board after his stinker of a game when Fritsch and Sparrow polled more votes than him. Yes, I see one solitary poster gave him two votes (an attempt at humour, I hope).

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    2 minutes ago, Roger Mellie said:

    Hold the phone there Demonland. How is ANB on the leader board after his stinker of a game when Fritsch and Sparrow polled more votes than him. Yes, I see one solitary poster gave him two votes (an attempt at humour, I hope).

    I didn't give ANB votes, but thought about it. He was one of only a few players that consistently applied pressure. And, in my view, it was the lack of pressure across the ground, particularly by the midfielders and the forwards (with some exceptions, ANB being one) that cost us the game. 

     

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    16 minutes ago, Roger Mellie said:

    Hold the phone there Demonland. How is ANB on the leader board after his stinker of a game when Fritsch and Sparrow polled more votes than him. Yes, I see one solitary poster gave him two votes (an attempt at humour, I hope).

    We randomly take 3 posters set of votes and add them together. We have always done it this way. Blame @Chook.

    On 3/23/2019 at 4:51 PM, Chook said:

    6 Salem
    5 Melksham
    4 Brayshaw
    3 Wagner
    2 Neal-Bullen
    1 Jetta

     

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    38 minutes ago, Demonland said:

    You can blame @Whispering_Jack too because he compiled them. I would have asked for a recount.

    Absolutely, because you've got nothing better to do than trawl through every single vote each week.

    RECOUNT!

    ..... pretty please

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    1 hour ago, Demonland said:

    You can blame @Whispering_Jack too because he compiled them. I would have asked for a recount.

    Usually takes half a season for a football team's admin to turn on none another. Demonland got there in a week. If this is any indication, it's going to be a long season at Demonland HQ.

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    5 hours ago, Chook said:

    I stand by my ANB votes. Who do I have to fight first?

    Me. My argument is that other players were better (as few of them as there were). 

    I acknowledge he's fit - probably fitter than all of them, but I don't think you should get votes for being fit.  Being fit enabled him to apply pressure, unlike most in the team. The rest of his game was ordinary - including his attempted ball gathers which bounced off him, his points and his poor decisions, disposal and fumbles. Spargo applied pressure too.

    Fight over. Roger wins.

     

     

     

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