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PLAYER (CLUB)
10
Steven May (MELB)
4
Max Gawn (MELB)
4
Jake Lever (MELB)
3
Angus Brayshaw (MELB)
3
Clayton Oliver (MELB)
3
Zach Merrett (ESS)
2
Dyson Heppell (ESS)
1
Christian Petracca (MELB)

LEADERBOARD

VOTES PLAYER CLUB
76 Marcus Bontempelli WB
71 Clayton Oliver MELB
60 Ollie Wines PORT
58 Samuel Walsh CARL
56 Touk Miller GCFC
55 Hugh McCluggage BL
55 Darcy Parish ESS
54 David Mundy FRE
53 Max Gawn MELB
51 Zach Merrett ESS
50 Jack Steele STK
48 Rory Laird ADEL
43 Christian Petracca MELB
42 Jack Macrae WB
42 Dustin Martin RICH
42 Nic Naitanui WCE
41 Jarryd Lyons BL
40 Jacob Hopper GWS
38 Tom Mitchell HAW
38 Taylor Walker ADEL

 

 

It would seem the Essendon coach doesn't subscribe to the umpiring plot theory.

Interesting, this.

Both coaches agreed May was BOG.

Then the coaches barely agreed on anyone else in the top 5 (e.g. one had Lever 2nd and no Gawn, the other had Gawn 2nd and no Lever).

 

Maybe he's pee'off Hurley wants to come to us as well

13 minutes ago, willmoy said:

Maybe he's pee'off Hurley wants to come to us as well

Cat amongst pigeons with this one @willmoy

Source?


3 minutes ago, BW511 said:

I thought Merrett was clearly 2nd best on ground

His high possession count wasn’t very damaging. Sometimes disposals aren’t everything. May was a giant out there. He is worth his weight in gold and silver!

1 hour ago, Engorged Onion said:

Cat amongst pigeons with this one @willmoy

Source?

Deep thoughts and flow on affect...

 
45 minutes ago, Jaded said:

His high possession count wasn’t very damaging. Sometimes disposals aren’t everything. May was a giant out there. He is worth his weight in gold and silver!

Absolutely, just thought he was better than our others

Good to see both coaches derate stat accumulation. Both Merrett and Parish did plenty of number collecting up the ground, but didn't hurt us. 


Not surprised there was such a large spread.  Brayshaw and Gawn were excellent but not widely lauded - neither appeared in the media best players lists yet from my view at the ground they were both instrumental in the win.  May was an obvious choice for best on.  Lever was effective and probably played a game better than 4 votes but that's how it goes.  I thought it was only an average Oliver game and Petracca's goals were the difference in the end despite his 42% disposal efficiency. Heppell and Merrett were the Bomber standouts.  Heppell is a terrific player and a very good leader.

Edited by Swooper1987

15 hours ago, BW511 said:

I thought Merrett was clearly 2nd best on ground

May was head and shoulders above Merritt on impact on the result.  He was good getting the ball so much but votes are about right in terms of who influeneced the outcome,  incl Lever, gawn, Oliver 

14 hours ago, Swooper1987 said:

Not surprised there was such a large spread.  Brayshaw and Gawn were excellent but not widely lauded - neither appeared in the media best players lists yet from my view at the ground they were both instrumental in the win.  May was an obvious choice for best on.  Lever was effective and probably played a game better than 4 votes but that's how it goes.  I thought it was only an average Oliver game and Petracca's goals were the difference in the end despite his 42% disposal efficiency. Heppell and Merrett were the Bomber standouts.  Heppell is a terrific player and a very good leader.

We had some good players, some brilliant. So did the Essendrug few. I was personally quite impressed with Brayshaw's game, the thinking and variation of achieving the best outcome from his 'getting' of the ball. He has lost the panic in his football, as well; this enables him to pick his best targets, not just support nearest to him. A vital cog for our team game. Onyer, Gus.

 

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