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Clayton Oliver - Early favourite for the 2023 Brownlow Medal?

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Apparently it was mentioned on Fox Footy on TV earlier this evening that Clayton Oliver could well be the early favourite for the 2023 Brownlow Medal.

 

Any thoughts on this?

 

Obviously Premiership Medallions are far more valuable, but it would be a wonderful individual achievement if our Clarrie could win this year's Brownlow Medal for 2023.

Anyway, if he continues to have outstanding performances like he did in his 150th game with 25+ possessions and kicks 2 or 3 goals again he will definitely keep gaining votes from the umpires.

 

Especially as there are now 4 field umpires. So I am now assuming the votes are 4, 3, 2, 1 rather than the previous 3, 2, 1? However, I am unsure how the voting system will work this year in games compared to previous years.

I guess we shall wait and see?

 

Either way, it would be fantastic to have a new Brownlow Medallist at the Melbourne Football Club. It has been a long time since Shane Woewodin won a Brownlow Medal back in 2000.

Fingers crossed it could be our Clarrie in 2023! 🤞

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We really are incredibly lucky to have such a champion footballer like Clayton Oliver at the Melbourne Football Club!

GO DEMONS!!! 🔴🔵👹

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You'd think he is a lock in the top 4 for years to come.

However this year specifically there seems to be a push from the media to give the medal to N. Daicos.

I don't think Daicos can sustain his current performance once opposition start putting some work on him. He's not ready for the physical challenge of hard tags and contested footy.

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7 hours ago, Supreme_Demon said:

Especially as there are now 4 field umpires. So I am now assuming the votes are 4, 3, 2, 1 rather than the previous 3, 2, 1?

I wouldn't think so.  The umpires confer at the end of the game to decide the 3, 2, 1.

It's been that way with two and three umpires and I doubt it would change with an extra umpire.

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Oliver has a better chance with Max not playing to take votes from him.  A few BOG's over the next month will go a long way to getting him home.

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who can guess what the umps will do. they usually don’t pick pure inside mids. they err towards mids who kicks goals or take marks - ablett Fyfe, danger

so Clarry kicking a few goals like yesterday will help. he is the sole favourite on SB

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9 hours ago, ElDiablo14 said:

You'd think he is a lock in the top 4 for years to come.

However this year specifically there seems to be a push from the media to give the medal to N. Daicos.

I don't think Daicos can sustain his current performance once opposition start putting some work on him. He's not ready for the physical challenge of hard tags and contested footy.

He is a great 2nd year player, possibly the best u21 player the competition has ever seen, but there is still daylight between him and the top 20 players in the competition. 

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If we didn’t have Petracca or Gawn he would have won a quinella by now and going for the trifecta. Being absolute king of your own dung heap like Cripps, Wines and Neale helps. 

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Oliver wasn’t in the best 3 for me in round 1 and was busy but diabolical in round 2.

I thought he was best on yesterday but Petracca was the most prolific so there’s every chance he gets the 3 votes.

It’s very hard to win the Brownlow when you aren’t the clear number 1 player on a team. Tracc, a healthy Gawn and hopefully Pickett and others will chip away at his votes. But if he can win the coaches award again that will be just fine for me.

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I'm just glad he plays for our mob.

I remember messaging him on Instagram during 2020 and pleading him not to leave haha.

Love you, Clarry. 🤩

His mate Trac doesn't go too badly either.

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Daicos would be in front. He’s probably on 7 or 8. De Goey will take votes off him though.

Cripps’ early form would also mean he’d be right up there. No other mids taking votes off him at the moment.

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16 hours ago, Supreme_Demon said:

We really are incredibly lucky to have such a champion footballer like Clayton Oliver at the Melbourne Football Club!

Ain't it the truth!

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