I give 0 [censored] about this award. I’m just confused how the umpires can get it so wrong. 
You can give 2 out of 3 votes to players who played for a team that got comprehensively beaten by 41 points. It just doesn’t make sense. 
Yet Touk Miller clear BOG in an 11 point loss to the Dogs not one vote. 
Umpires are lazy. May didn’t poll a single vote (?), Lever with 5. Arguably our most influential players. Lever with the most intercept marks ever taken in the history of the game. Salem was superb in the first half of the season. One vote. 
Walsh with so many votes in a losing team. 
It’s a popularity contest. 
 

1 minute ago, Demon17 said:

Tracs oufit was the winner. Sartorial excellence if ever i saw it.

Thought it was a nice suit.

3 minutes ago, cookieboc said:

why was Wines the only port player with their partner with them?

I heard a port player say the players that got invited chose to take some of there teammates over for a bit of a holiday for them. Well I'm pretty sure that's right

3 minutes ago, Demonland said:

 

Not this year. 

 

1 minute ago, Jaded said:

I give 0 [censored] about this award. I’m just confused how the umpires can get it so wrong. 
You can give 2 out of 3 votes to players who played for a team that got comprehensively beaten by 41 points. It just doesn’t make sense. 
Yet Touk Miller clear BOG in an 11 point loss to the Dogs not one vote. 
Umpires are lazy. May didn’t poll a single vote (?), Lever with 5. Arguably our most influential players. Lever with the most intercept marks ever taken in the history of the game. Salem was superb in the first half of the season. One vote. 
Walsh with so many votes in a losing team. 
It’s a popularity contest. 
 

Honestly I think the umps would prefer not to have the job of deciding the Brownlow. 
It beggars belief that the most prestigious award in the game is voted on by semi professionals. 

96 votes for the team.  Not a bad tally. 

2 minutes ago, Chook said:

Honestly I think the umps would prefer not to have the job of deciding the Brownlow. 
It beggars belief that the most prestigious award in the game is voted on by semi professionals. 

100% should be voted on by the coaches or an independent panel like the AA team. 
Umpires don’t know anything about the game beyond the rules. And even that’s questionable. 
 

Edit: Tmac polling more votes than Lever, May and Salem combined tells you everything you need to know. 

Edited September 19, 20213 yr by Jaded

23 minutes ago, Wilbur said:

Very happy to see a brownlow medalist from the club I played for! Congratulations  Ollie 

You played for Port? 😀 

7 minutes ago, Blistering said:

How many votes did Cerra poll?

1 vote. Worth a future 2nd round pick 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Hamish Mclachlan- pill !!!!
 “Dees hoping to win first GF since 1957 “. 😭😭

 

4 minutes ago, Jaded said:

I give 0 [censored] about this award. I’m just confused how the umpires can get it so wrong. 
You can give 2 out of 3 votes to players who played for a team that got comprehensively beaten by 41 points. It just doesn’t make sense. 
Yet Touk Miller clear BOG in an 11 point loss to the Dogs not one vote. 
Umpires are lazy. May didn’t poll a single vote (?), Lever with 5. Arguably our most influential players. Lever with the most intercept marks ever taken in the history of the game. Salem was superb in the first half of the season. One vote. 
Walsh with so many votes in a losing team. 
It’s a popularity contest. 
 

I don’t recall Ed Langdon or Angus Brayshaw’s names being called out much either, if at all. They are fundamental to our games. Langdon, in particular, should catch the eye.

The problem is that the way the game is played these days, the Brownlow is made for midfielders and bad luck if you’re a defender. 

Umpires liked T Mac.

12 minutes ago, Demonland said:

 

Probably due for a correction then.

11 minutes ago, Demon17 said:

Tracs oufit was the winner. Sartorial excellence if ever i saw it.

Trac looked like he’d been dressed by Pee Wee Herman!

Stupid award. Steven May 1 vote. 😂 Wines did not have his best year and did not deserve it. I think Clayton will win it sometime in the next few years. Hopefully that Marcellin chump Bont never does!

On another note I just flicked over to fox footy & they replayed the 2018 gf. Ha the last 2 minutes was great. I don't know what was better, Ed being disappointed or bucks having his head in his hands after the siren. 

Anyway now the Brownlow is over it means the big one is next & the nerves are going to start to kick in for us supporters

2 minutes ago, spirit of norm smith said:

Hamish Mclachlan- pill !!!!
 “Dees hoping to win first GF since 1957 “. 😭😭

Glad i was bot the only one to hear that

Dees. 96 votes. Club record 

Clarry. 31 votes Player record. 

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥👍🏻

Pies 45 votes v Wines 36. 🤣🤣

35 minutes ago, Billy said:

Anyone know Clarrys stats against Adelaide?

He was quiet in that game.

5 minutes ago, Demonland said:

Sad to read Steven May is just the 160th best player in the competition but I’m glad we have some others who can pick up the slack for him. 

16 minutes ago, layzie said:

Congratulations Ollie Wines, great season.

A friend messaged me to say “Wines wins Brownlow and you got Toumpas”

Pretty easy to guess what I said next.

Correct??? Because its true. One of the most monumental stuff ups if not THE MOST monumental recruiting stuff up Ever 

TOUMPAS over Wines FMD

Only umpires can vote. FFS why do we care?