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5 minutes ago, 58er said:

Plenty of players who are valuable to the Club don't always get votes for playing a role as the umps don't see them!

Spare me the excuses please....

Both Captains play in the Midfield 

Played all season. Did nothing. 

FFS TMac polled 6 votes from 2 games

 
4 minutes ago, deebug said:

Just want to see our club up on top for once, one flag before i'm turned into ash.

After 55 years of misery, truer words were never spoken / written!

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19 minutes ago, Sir Why You Little said:

Says everything....

Hyperbole, not surprisingly.

Using that logic we should've made Woey captain after his win???

There are more intelligent ways of potting our captains than using an old fashioned award that gets disproportionate media coverage.

Yeah, yeah, i know...."big summer preseason ahead...", blah blah

 

good to see Fyfe thank his corporate partners before thanking his team mates lol.

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1 minute ago, Moonshadow said:

Hyperbole, not surprisingly.

Using that logic we should've made Woey captain after his win???

There are more intelligent ways of potting our captains than using an old fashioned award that gets disproportionate media coverage.

Yeah, yeah, i know...."big summer preseason ahead...", blah blah

Not when both play in the midfield 

Both of them should be ashamed. 

 

Woewodin is the luckiest bastard alive to get that medal. We all know that


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1 minute ago, Sir Why You Little said:

Not when both play in the midfield 

Both of them should be ashamed. 

 

Woewodin is the luckiest bastard alive to get that medal. We all know that

But you gave tmac as an example??? 

It's called cherry picking outrage

Your specialty WYL 

1 minute ago, Moonshadow said:

Hyperbole, not surprisingly.

Using that logic we should've made Woey captain after his win???

There are more intelligent ways of potting our captains than using an old fashioned award that gets disproportionate media coverage.

Yeah, yeah, i know...."big summer preseason ahead...", blah blah

I just don't understand how we seem to always shoot ourselves in the a$$.

People on here have picked better players in past drafts, then people at the club. 

No matter who we have at the club.

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1 minute ago, deebug said:

I just don't understand how we seem to always shoot ourselves in the a$$.

People on here have picked better players in past drafts, then people at the club. 

No matter who we have at the club.

In hindsight on a regular basis... yes.

At the time? Well, a clock is correct twice per day

 

Tim Kelly will fold and play for the Dockers in 2020. 

The Dockers will trade Pick 6 & Darcy to the Cats for him.

West Coast simply cannot get the deal done to satisfy Geelong.

4 minutes ago, Moonshadow said:

In hindsight on a regular basis... yes.

At the time? Well, a clock is correct twice per day

True


Angus Brayshaw going from third last year to not getting a vote this year epitomises our season, bloody horrible to say the least!! 

14 minutes ago, Moonshadow said:

But you gave tmac as an example??? 

It's called cherry picking outrage

Your specialty WYL 

No. You just want to start arguments. 

Both Captains were rubbish this year

Both played in the engine room and did bugger all...

4 minutes ago, davo said:

Angus Brayshaw going from third last year to not getting a vote this year epitomises our season, bloody horrible to say the least!! 

Given his age I find it quite the disgrace. Is he worth persevering with or do we trade him while he still has currency? A

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I liked Eddie Betts tonight. He was asked a stupid question after winning Goal of the Year. Who would he like to thank? He really wanted to say himself of course! Well he kicked the goal didn't he? Talent.☺️

10 hours ago, Ethan Tremblay said:

Is it just me or is the Brownlow losing its relevance?  

Lost its relevance as soon as it became about the attention seeking groupies and wannabe Instagram Influencers who call themselves WAGs.
Nadia Bartel for eg , you're history .... Get off my TV and out of my newsfeed.

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6 hours ago, Sir Why You Little said:

No. You just want to start arguments. 

Both Captains were rubbish this year

Both played in the engine room and did bugger all...

Harsh but fair

7 hours ago, deebug said:

I just don't understand how we seem to always shoot ourselves in the a$$.

People on here have picked better players in past drafts, then people at the club. 

No matter who we have at the club.

Only in hindsight, you are quite delusional if you think anyone on this site could do a better job

Add these blokes to the list of 'worthless' captains...

Easton Wood (0 votes)

Tom Jonas (0 votes)

Ben Stratton (0 votes)

Witts (1 vote)

Geary (1 vote)

Walker (2 votes)

Hurn (3 votes)

Heppel (3 votes)

J Selwood (3 votes)

P Davis (3 votes)

Ron Barassi... In the two seasons he won the Demons' best-and-fairest award, 1961 and 1964, he managed only 10 votes from the umpires.

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4 minutes ago, waynewussell said:

Add these blokes to the list of 'worthless' captains...

Easton Wood (0 votes)

Tom Jonas (0 votes)

Ben Stratton (0 votes)

Witts (1 vote)

Geary (1 vote)

Walker (2 votes)

Hurn (3 votes)

Heppel (3 votes)

Ron Barassi... In the two seasons he won the Demons' best-and-fairest award, 1961 and 1964, he managed only 10 votes from the umpires.

Someone always ruins a thread on Demonland, by bringing logic to the argument.

Well said WR


Gawn and Oliver presented again.

Should lead the joint IMO.

 

I added Joel Selwood (3) and Phil Davis (3)… worth noting that Sloane, Swallow and Cotchin didn't make it close to double figures either!

Let us say that Nathan Fyffe is a truly worthy Brownlow medallist as were those close to his tally i.e Paddy Dangerfield, Patrick Cripps and Tim Kelly.

The rest of this is pure sour grapes and vindictiveness.

 
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1 hour ago, waynewussell said:

Add these blokes to the list of 'worthless' captains...

Easton Wood (0 votes)

Tom Jonas (0 votes)

Ben Stratton (0 votes)

Witts (1 vote)

Geary (1 vote)

Walker (2 votes)

Hurn (3 votes)

Heppel (3 votes)

J Selwood (3 votes)

P Davis (3 votes)

Ron Barassi... In the two seasons he won the Demons' best-and-fairest award, 1961 and 1964, he managed only 10 votes from the umpires.

Sack 'em all!

They've done sfa despite most of them being in the engine room. And none are playing in this week's Granny... says it all. 

Big preseason for the lot of them! Yadda, yadda....

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2 hours ago, drysdale demon said:

Only in hindsight, you are quite delusional if you think anyone on this site could do a better job

Well it's actually not hindsight, if they declare their choices before the draft.

As an example most on DL thought we would take Daniel Talia if he was there at our pick. He was and we took Jordan Gysberts.

It was a shock to most DL's. It got much more shocking as the years rolled on.

That is but one of many examples.

I know drafting is an inexact science, but we have had far too many misses. I won't mention wasted early picks in Toumpas, Cook and Morton as that would only upset people.

Experts working on drafting for a year or two with a group of players, should be able to nail top 10 picks most of the time. Not always, but most of the time. If they can't, they are no good at their job.

As we know, drafting and trading are the ways to build a good list. Stuff that up and success becomes nearly impossible. 

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