Jump to content

Clayton Oliver - Early favourite for the 2023 Brownlow Medal?

Supreme_Demon
Supreme_Demon
in Melbourne Demons

Featured Replies

Posted

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! 🤞

images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTUyS3sDWBSiVbJe0AQaaO

 

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

GO DEMONS!!! 🔴🔵👹

Edited by Supreme_Demon

  • Quote
    • Like 3
    • Love 1
     

    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.

  • Quote
    • Like 1
    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.

  • Quote
    • Like 2
     

    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.

    Edited by Lucifers Hero

  • Quote
    • Like 1

    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

  • Quote

    He hasn't been the best player in the comp in the first three rounds.  Who knows what the next 19 games might hold.  Lever would be leading our B&F right now.

  • Quote
    • Like 2
    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. 

  • Quote
    • Like 1
     

    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. 

    Edited by John Crow Batty

  • Quote
    • Like 2

    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.

  • Quote
    • Like 3

    Pure shot in the dark but I'd have LDU on 6 votes, Nick Daicos on 5 and i'd have Clarry on 4 so far.

    I've only watched one st kilda game so far this year so not sure if someone there would have polled well across the first 3 rounds. 

  • Quote
    • Like 1

    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.

  • Quote
    • Like 1

    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.

  • Quote
    3 hours ago, At the break of Gawn said:

    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.

    You are very correct De Goey has been great too

  • Quote

    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!

  • Quote

    • Join the conversation

    You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

    Guest
    Unfortunately, your content contains terms that we do not allow. Please edit your content to remove the highlighted words below.
    Reply to this topic...
    Go to topic listing

    Featured Content

    • REPORT: Hawthorn

      There was a time during the current Melbourne cycle that goes back to before the premiership when the club was the toughest to beat in the fourth quarter. The Demons were not only hard to beat at any time but it was virtually impossible to get the better them when scores were close at three quarter time. It was only three or four years ago but they were fit, strong and resilient in body and mind. Sadly, those days are over. This has been the case since the club fell off its pedestal about 12 months ago after it beat Geelong and then lost to Carlton. In both instances, Melbourne put together strong, stirring final quarters, one that resulted in victory, the other, in defeat. Since then, the drop off has been dramatic to the point where it can neither pull off victory in close matches, nor can it even go down in defeat  gallantly.

        • Clap
        • Thanks
        • Like
      • 0 replies
      Demonland
      Demonland

    • CASEY: Footscray

      At twenty-four minutes into the third term of the game between the Casey Demons and Footscray VFL at Whitten Oval, the visitors were coasting. They were winning all over the ground, had the ascendancy in the ruck battles and held a 26 point lead on a day perfect for football. What could go wrong? Everything. The Bulldogs moved into overdrive in the last five minutes of the term and booted three straight goals to reduce the margin to a highly retrievable eight points at the last break. Bouyed by that effort, their confidence was on a high level during the interval and they ran all over the despondent Demons and kicked another five goals to lead by a comfortable margin of four goals deep into the final term before Paddy Cross kicked a couple of too late goals for a despondent Casey. A testament to their lack of pressure in the latter stages of the game was the fact that Footscray’s last ten scoring shots were nine goals and one rushed behind. Things might have been different for the Demons who went into the game after last week’s bye with 12 AFL listed players. Blake Howes was held over for the AFL game but two others, Jack Billings and Taj Woewodin (not officially listed as injured) were also missing and they could have been handy at the end. Another mystery of the current VFL system.

        • Thanks
      • 0 replies
      Demonland
      Demonland

    • PREGAME: Brisbane

      The Demons head back out on the road in Round 10 when they travel to Queensland to take on the reigning Premiers and the top of the table Lions who look very formidable. Can the Dees cause a massive upset? Who comes in and who goes out?

        • Thanks
        • Like
      • 85 replies
      Demonland
      Demonland

    • PODCAST: Hawthorn

      The Demonland Podcast will air LIVE on Monday, 12th May @ 8:00pm. Join Binman, George & I as we dissect the Demons loss to the Hawks. Your questions and comments are a huge part of our podcast so please post anything you want to ask or say below and we'll give you a shout out on the show. If you would like to leave us a voicemail please call 03 9016 3666 and don't worry no body answers so you don't have to talk to a human.

        • Clap
        • Thanks
        • Like
      • 36 replies
      Demonland
      Demonland

    • POSTGAME: Hawthorn

      Wayward kicking for goal, dump kicks inside 50 and some baffling umpiring all contributed to the Dees not getting out to an an early lead that may have impacted the result. At the end of the day the Demons were just not good enough and let the Hawks run away with their first win against the Demons in 7 years.

        • Clap
        • Love
        • Like
      • 334 replies
      Demonland
      Demonland

    • VOTES: Hawthorn

      After 3 fantastic week Max Gawn has a massive lead in the Demonland Player of the Year award from Jake Bowey, Christian Petracca, Kade Chandler and Ed Langdon who round out the Top Five. Your votes please. 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 & 1.

        • Thanks
      • 32 replies
      Demonland
      Demonland
    View All