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La Dee-vina Comedia   16,534

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As far as I can tell, the club gives 10 awards for players each year starting with the Bluey Truscott Medal for the B&F. Of the remainder, seven are named after players who had all finished playing for us by 1964 (Sid Anderson, Ron Barrassi Sr, Ivor Warne-Smith, [censored] Taylor, Harold Ball, Ron Barassi Jr and Ian Ridley). The remaining two are the James McDonald Esprit-de-Corps Award for Best Team Player and Troy Broadbridge Award for best VFL Player.

I don't wish to remove any of the above, but there's a lot of living in the past with these. I think we should freshen up the awards with an award (or two*) named after a more recent player. And I think that player should be Nathan Jones. But what should such an award be for? Any ideas? My first thought is for the team's Most Consistent Player, which would have to be a subjective assessment by the coaches or Match Committee. It could be awarded to anyone, including the same player who might also win the Bluey, but, equally, it could be to a role player who does his job, week in, week out. Any other ideas?

(*And there should be an award named after Robert Flower, too.)     

Edit: The censored word is the common abbreviation for Richard. Given the sensitivity of the auto-censor I'm quite surprised the next surname on the list made it through unscathed. 

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I had the same feeling when they named the Richmond game the Checker Hughes cup.  A great story and a stalwart of both clubs but would anybody under 50 have heard of him?  

You continually must strive to appeal to a younger generation so I think perhaps they need to be updated.

Robert Flower - and the poetry in motion award goes to......

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Leave it the way it is Jones, Lyon, Stynes, Flower and Barassi will be known as legends of the club anyway.

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I said this on the thanks Jonesy topic, but more appropriate here: 
 

B&F night 2021

"The inuagural Jones-Jetta award for the most selfless MFC player to both the team and the culture of the club is awarded to Angus Brayshaw"

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