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Player (Club)
10 Max Gawn (MELB)
8 Harrison Petty (MELB)
6 Jack Viney (MELB)
4 Dustin Martin (RICH)
2 Christian Petracca (MELB)
 

Leaderboard

Votes Player Club
99 Nick Daicos COLL
86 Christian Petracca MELB
77 Zak Butters PORT
76 Marcus Bontempelli WB
74 Toby Greene GWS
73 Lachie Neale BL
72 Connor Rozee PORT
71 Noah Anderson GCFC
70 Zach Merrett ESS
68 Jordan Dawson ADEL
63 Caleb Serong FRE
63 Tim Taranto RICH
59 Errol Gulden SYD
58 Jack Sinclair STK
52 Charlie Curnow CARL
52 Tom Stewart GEEL
50 Jordan De Goey COLL
50 Dan Houston PORT
50 Tom Liberatore WB
50 Jai Newcombe HAW
 

And as I posted in another thread, Max now the highest polling ruck of the season.  7 votes ahead of English.

 
5 minutes ago, Swooper1987 said:

And as I posted in another thread, Max now the highest polling ruck of the season.  7 votes ahead of English.

AA again, even missing 4-5 games.

Best ruck in AFL.


Geez, Trac really could have taken the lead in the last fortnight with none of his competition polling. Still time for him though with a good finish to the H&A season. 

If Max continues this form, you seriously have to ask the question on him and AA 7th jacket dont you? Logic dictates that its the average of performances across the season, but surely there is an aspect of who is actually the best and most impactful at the time of selection. Tim English, his nearest rival, doesn't have nowhere near the same impact on games and is more of a stats accumulator. 

I'm sure the selectors will find a way to get Buddy or Hawkins in and yet will elect to ignore this great man's amazing run in the last month. 

 

Coaches Votes for Melbourne players, 2023

https://www.wheeloratings.com/afl_stats.html

  Votes Matches
Polled
Matches
Christian Petracca 86 15 19
Jack Viney 46 8 18
Max Gawn 42 8 16
Clayton Oliver 40 9 10
Steven May 26 4 17
Kysaiah Pickett 19 3 17
Jake Lever 17 4 18
Angus Brayshaw 13 4 19
Brodie Grundy 12 2 16
Ed Langdon 10 2 19
Harrison Petty 8 1 13
Kade Chandler 6 2 17
Trent Rivers 6 1 19
Lachie Hunter 5 3 18
Christian Salem 4 1 10
Michael Hibberd 4 1 9
Jake Melksham 3 1 9
Bayley Fritsch 2 1 14
Tom McDonald 2 1 6
Jake Bowey 1 1 17

Round-by-round votes

  Votes 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 15 16 17 18 19 20
Christian Petracca 86 5 7 9 1 1 10 10 8 10 1 5 2 7 8 2
Jack Viney 46   6 7 10 3 9 1 4 6
Max Gawn 42 5       3 3 2 2 10 7 10
Clayton Oliver 40 2 1 9 8 2 7 7 2 2                  
Steven May 26     1 8 7 10
Kysaiah Pickett 19 9     3 7
Jake Lever 17 9 2   5 1
Angus Brayshaw 13 5 2 1 5
Brodie Grundy 12 6 6      
Ed Langdon 10 6 4
Harrison Petty 8             8
Kade Chandler 6 1 5    
Trent Rivers 6 6
Lachie Hunter 5 1 2   2
Christian Salem 4                   4
Michael Hibberd 4       4              
Jake Melksham 3                     3
Bayley Fritsch 2   2        
Tom McDonald 2   2                        
Jake Bowey 1     1

23 minutes ago, MrFreeze said:

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At 32 and having missed 5 games

Gawn > the rest 

Touk deserves 12 votes. 10 for his game, and 2 for grabbing Zorko by his teeny tiny balls. 

7 minutes ago, Jaded No More said:

Touk deserves 12 votes. 10 for his game, and 2 for grabbing Zorko by his teeny tiny balls. 

One extra per nut.

I remember Brendan McCartney's advice to Clarry on his debut was "keep it simple. See ball, get ball."

Maybe the Suns coaching assistants preach the same mantra.

Edited by In Harmes Way

1 hour ago, Jaded No More said:

At 32 and having missed 5 games

Gawn > the rest 

He's not actually 32 until December.

2 hours ago, Jaded No More said:

Touk deserves 12 votes. 10 for his game, and 2 for grabbing Zorko by his teeny tiny balls. 

Thanks 'Jaded', that's my first and only big laugh of the day...


5 hours ago, Demonstone said:

Identical votes from the two coaches!

Mini copied Goody’s homework?

1 minute ago, Gawndy the Great said:

Why is he called mini? 

Mini version of his big brother I think.

3 hours ago, Jaded No More said:

Touk deserves 12 votes. 10 for his game, and 2 for grabbing Zorko by his teeny tiny balls. 

You're a microcosm Jaded. Much concern for the players' safety in general but also tremendous hatred for Zorko's tiny balls.

4 minutes ago, Chook said:

You're a microcosm Jaded. Much concern for the players' safety in general but also tremendous hatred for Zorko's tiny balls.

Zorko is an eye gouging little [censored]. Him complaining that someone did him wrong on the field is both ironic and hilarious. 
I wish him and his tiny balls all the best going forward. 
Thoughts and prayers are with his wife. 


5 hours ago, Demonstone said:

Just like the Brownlow, the lion's share of votes go to the midfielders.  Nary a defender in sight.

with scores of 130 and 98 it was hardly a day for defenders

still, your point stands

14 hours ago, Jaded No More said:

Touk deserves 12 votes. 10 for his game, and 2 for grabbing Zorko by his teeny tiny balls. 

You are right on the money. How about Zorko moaning to the media about it afterwards in a similar fashion to last year?

Just on Touk though he very much deserved maximum votes. His job on Lachie Neale was the best I've seen this year on any star mid, kept him to 17 touches and got 29 for himself. A massive part of their win and how they have missed him dearly. 

 
1 hour ago, layzie said:

You are right on the money. How about Zorko moaning to the media about it afterwards in a similar fashion to last year?

Just on Touk though he very much deserved maximum votes. His job on Lachie Neale was the best I've seen this year on any star mid, kept him to 17 touches and got 29 for himself. A massive part of their win and how they have missed him dearly. 

touk said he thought he grabbed a button on his shortd, couldn't have been his balls because it was so tiny

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