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2022 Keith "Bluey" Truscott Trophy

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10 hours ago, Demonland said:

 

Clayton is rubbing shoulders with the legends of the game.❤️💙

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    2 hours ago, adonski said:

    We probably low balled him because he isn't very good 

    But good enough to play in the majority of games?? Just quietly we would NOT have won vs Carltank without him!

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    2 hours ago, adonski said:

    We probably low balled him because he isn't very good 

    4 other Clubs appear to  have a different  and presumably offered more.

    There is nothing in what  I posted that suggest he's an A grader.

    But he did play more games than Weideman got in a dysfunctional forward line so I can only assume it's budget vs current contract.

    Did you not understand my post?

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    Just watched the couple of videos uploaded by the club from last night and the first thought is that Kate Roffey is all class. Consider how she spoke about Dogga moving back west in comparison to how Adelaide spat the dummy at Rick Lever. 

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    1 hour ago, DubDee said:

    You make tough decisions early so you don’t end up doing a Collingwood who will be paying around $700K next for players not on their list

    its clear we don’t see Hunt as part of our plans and the coaches expect Bowie etc to replace him next year 

    Yeah clearly ,but it still makes an interesting reflection on the list  "carnage " if they were trying to fit Jackson in.

    I guess we don't know what Hunt considers too low or whether he was also  "encouraged " verbally to explore his options.

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    14 minutes ago, picket fence said:

    But good enough to play in the majority of games?? Just quietly we would NOT have won vs Carltank without him!

    Bowey is a superior talent, can even shift Brayshaw to the backline now

    Hunt would be 4th or 5th choice next year

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    2 hours ago, spirit of norm smith said:

    DEMONLAND VOTES FOR 2022 were

     

    Clarrie wins the Demonland Player of the Year by the length of the straight -

    274. Clayton Oliver
    201. Christian Petracca
    151. Angus Brayshaw 
    132. Jack Viney
    105. Max Gawn
    98. Steven May
    84. Ed Langdon
    53. Kysaiah Pickett 
    52. James Jordon 
    50. Harry Petty
    40. Bayley Fritsch
    37. Jake Lever 
    36. James Harmes Luke Jackson 
    24. Michael Hibberd Tom Sparrow
    22. Jake Bowey
    18. Ben Brown Alex Neal-Bullen
    17. Jake Melksham 
    8. Tom McDonald Sam Weideman
    5. Jayden Hunt Charlie Spargo
    4. Christian Salem
    3. Joel Smith
    1. Trent Rivers

     

    2022 Keith ‘Bluey’ Truscott Memorial Trophy – Top 10

    Clayton Oliver – 608 votes

    Christian Petracca – 553 votes

    Steven May – 473 votes

    Jack Viney – 471 votes

    Angus Brayshaw – 446 votes

    Max Gawn – 430 votes

    Bayley Fritsch – 395 votes

    Kysaiah Pickett – 391 votes

    Alex Neal-Bullen – 384 votes

    Ed Langdon – 367 votes

    Glad to see May up there. 

    I think Petty was stiff further down the list.

     

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    13 hours ago, Jaded No More said:

    These endless breaks are killing me. I’ve just worked a 65 hour week. I cannot stay awake for this. 

    Tell me about it. I gave up, talk about dragging it out.

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    Petty played only 18 of the possible 24 games. 

    On an 'average votes/game' basis he came 7th rather than 15th on a 'total votes' basis.

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    50 minutes ago, Big Col said:

    Demonland voters have once again picked the same winner as the Club - and in this instance have the same Top 6, albeit slightly different order.

    Exactly. Got 1st and 2nd and 4th correct.  Though the Oliver-Petracca quinella was paying $1.02!!! 

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    Ps. Max and Jess and George Gawn off to Milan for the end of year trip.  Players have certainly stepped up the end of year trip.  Not Noosa or the GC or Bali anymore.   🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

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    Top 5 comprised of a Pick 2, 3 and 4.
    F/S that would have gone top 5 and a bloke traded in with pick 6

    Would be nice to have a pick at the pointy end again this year

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    This is the ranking based on average per game played.

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    Our voting system scores a player our of 40 for each game. 

     

    So only the top 5 got a pass ie >20 votes per game.

    I doubt our coaches would be shy about giving a player 0 in a game which clearly would bring the average down.  Looks like a lot of 0 to 2 votes during the year.

    The biggest surprise for me is Lever.  He didn't have a good year but I didn't think it was that bad, especially as he had to shore up the defence in May's absence, Petty out injured and he himself played many games injured.

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    34 minutes ago, Lucifers Hero said:

    Petty played only 18 of the possible 24 games. 

    On an 'average votes/game' basis he came 7th rather than 15th on a 'total votes' basis.

    That's better 

    Thanks

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    11 hours ago, layzie said:

    Clayton Oliver will win more B & Fs than anyone in our history 

    No doubt. Providing he doesn’t get injured he will win most years. Coming into his prime and already the best is I’ve seen behind Ablett jr.

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    I watched some of the stream but it dragged on too long. I was also disappointed that they didn't show more of the audience as I was hoping to see @WalkingCivilWar.

    I reckon she would have been easily identifiable . 

    A deranged looking ranga with an autograph book the size of The Pink Pages and blinding  all with the constant flash of irritating  selfies.

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    27 minutes ago, Lucifers Hero said:

    This is the ranking based on average per game played.

    image.png.9207cbd104dc8f1919d0b9bd15819297.png

    Our voting system scores a player our of 40 for each game. 

     

    So only the top 5 got a pass ie >20 votes per game.

    I doubt our coaches would be shy about giving a player 0 in a game which clearly would bring the average down.  Looks like a lot of 0 to 2 votes during the year.

    The biggest surprise for me is Lever.  He didn't have a good year but I didn't think it was that bad, especially as he had to shore up the defence in May's absence, Petty out injured and he himself played many games injured.

    Makes the decisions to leave out Jordon and Bowey at the pointy end of the year extremely interesting

    I saw Sparrow won the coaches award, no doubt that will set to guess wagging around here 🤣

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    8 minutes ago, Dr. Gonzo said:

    Makes the decisions to leave out Jordon and Bowey at the pointy end of the year extremely interesting

    I saw Sparrow won the coaches award, no doubt that will set to guess wagging around here 🤣

    i presume "to guess" was meant to be "tongues"   lol

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    20 minutes ago, Dr. Gonzo said:

     

    I saw Sparrow won the coaches award, no doubt that will set to guess wagging around here 🤣

    I've formally challenged the decision 

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    50 minutes ago, DubDee said:

    Top 5 comprised of a Pick 2, 3 and 4.
    F/S that would have gone top 5 and a bloke traded in with pick 6

    Would be nice to have a pick at the pointy end again this year

    That’s a very good point. Shows you where the value really is.

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    33 minutes ago, Dr. Gonzo said:

    Makes the decisions to leave out Jordon and Bowey at the pointy end of the year extremely interesting

    I think Jordon injured his foot or ankle. 

    Bowey is the really interesting one.  My theory is that in the Geelong game they rag dolled him and was dropped so that he could bulk up.  He was probably tired having played about 20 games straight in his 'first' year into the second.  Will come back bigger and stronger next year.

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    1 hour ago, Lucifers Hero said:

    This is the ranking based on average per game played.

    image.png.9207cbd104dc8f1919d0b9bd15819297.png

    Our voting system scores a player our of 40 for each game. 

     

    So only the top 5 got a pass ie >20 votes per game.

    I doubt our coaches would be shy about giving a player 0 in a game which clearly would bring the average down.  Looks like a lot of 0 to 2 votes during the year.

    The biggest surprise for me is Lever.  He didn't have a good year but I didn't think it was that bad, especially as he had to shore up the defence in May's absence, Petty out injured and he himself played many games injured.

    That's really great thanks Luci, do you have the data for Hibbo and Rivers?

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    1 hour ago, Bitter but optimistic said:

    I watched some of the stream but it dragged on too long. I was also disappointed that they didn't show more of the audience as I was hoping to see @WalkingCivilWar.

    I reckon she would have been easily identifiable . 

    A deranged looking ranga with an autograph book the size of The Pink Pages and blinding  all with the constant flash of irritating  selfies.

    You obviously haven't met WCW. She's charming.

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    1 minute ago, old55 said:

    That's really great thanks Luci, do you have the data for Hibbo and Rivers?

    Thank you.

    The club has published the votes for only the top 20 so I can't calculate the average.

    Maybe someone who was there saw the total vote figures for them and post them here.

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