2023 Best and Fairest

[dees189227 10,904]

For the people in the room they did skip the Collingwood final or go back to it? 

Gee Clint got a bit salty with some people at the end when they came back from that extra long break.

Maybe he wanted to get home early as he probably has to get up for weekend today.

Did anyone go up to Grundy & have a chat?

[Fromgotowoewodin 792]

23 minutes ago, DubDee said:

If Kozzi didn’t get suspended he could have easily finished 3rd!

Clearly we should trade him or send him to Casey until he learns how to play or something 🙃

[Supreme_Demon 3,011]

I watched the live stream. Which was mainly pretty good.

As expected, Christian Petracca wins his 2nd Keith "Bluey" Truscott Memorial Trophy. Thought it would be a lot closer with Jack Viney though.

Heard the word "Culture" a dozen or more times which is good. I am assuming that some of that is a subtle reminder to Clayton Oliver. But I am sure he got lots of love and well wishes this evening. We all love and support Clarrie and obviously want him to do well.

Steven May, absolutely brilliant speech! He said exactly what we were all thinking! We are better than [censored] Collingwood! Let's beat them next year!

Hopefully Clarrie and the rest of team is inspired by the classic Ron Barassi quote repeated by Simon Goodwin which is "if it is to be, it is up to me!" Let's win that Premiership on the MCG next year Demons!

 

Edited October 6, 2023 by Supreme_Demon

[Great Northern Summer 689]

7 minutes ago, dees189227 said:

For the people in the room they did skip the Collingwood final or go back to it? 

Gee Clint got a bit salty with some people at the end when they came back from that extra long break.

Maybe he wanted to get home early as he probably has to get up for weekend today.

Did anyone go up to Grundy & have a chat?

Looks like he wasn't there according to earlier comments. I didn't watch it.

[Great Northern Summer 689]

1 hour ago, Seraph said:

Can Hibbo be our runner next year?

With achillies tendinopathy, probably a bit of a stretch. I know exactly what it's like!

[Nascent 7,367]

Is there a full list of votes for the bnf count?

[Great Northern Summer 689]

1 hour ago, Jaded No More said:

Dr Laura is departing the club. Big loss.

Why a big loss? I'm sure we'll have a very competent and capable sports medicine doctor joins the ranks next season.

[Jaded No More 58,584]

1 minute ago, Great Northern Summer said:

Why a big loss? I'm sure we'll have a very competent and capable sports medicine doctor joins the ranks next season.

Goody said she’s the best doctor he’s ever worked with. 
 

[Great Northern Summer 689]

1 minute ago, Jaded No More said:

Goody said she’s the best doctor he’s ever worked with. 
 

Fair call. She's no Bruce Reid though! He was the greatest.

Edited October 6, 2023 by Great Northern Summer

[binman 38,765]

On 10/6/2023 at 11:21 PM, DubDee said:

easy to critique Binman. how did you go with your predictions?

I wasn't having a shot at you dd.

And many wouldn't have picked him to finish top 10 - chronically under rated player. Well, not by the coaches and players, just fans.

How did I go with my predictions? 

Picked the top 10 in order.

Edit: picking the top 10 in order was meant to be a joke. 

Edited October 9, 2023 by binman

[Beetle 4,317]

49 minutes ago, Jaded No More said:

That’s because you genuinely don’t know what role he’s being asked to play every week. 
Half this site thinks ANB is a liability but he came 6th. Go figure. 

The one set of awards you can’t complain about is the B&F. Our coaches give very specific votes for very nuanced things that we have no idea about. 

Thanks 

[Katrina Dee Fan 2,481]

1 hour ago, Jaded No More said:

Hahaha May is the best 

We are a better team than Collingwood. Damn straight we are! 

I congratulated him afterwards on his speech, he replied “I only said what we were all thinking, I f%^#ing  hate Collingwood”.  Love him! 

[Katrina Dee Fan 2,481]

53 minutes ago, dees189227 said:

 

Did anyone go up to Grundy & have a chat?

He wasn’t there

[WalkingCivilWar 32,760]

 How does the misspelling of a player’s name get through?!?! Where’s the proofreader? Inexcusable!

 

 

[Palace Dees 2,032]

2 minutes ago, Katrina Dee Fan said:

I congratulated him afterwards on his speech, he replied “I only said what we were all thinking, I f%^#ing  hate Collingwood”.  Love him! 

Watch the media have a ball with this. Well, who gives a CENSORED.

It's TRUE! 

A great night, the players must have felt the love in the room. Well done MFC and the supporters there.

[Katrina Dee Fan 2,481]

12 minutes ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

 How does the misspelling of a player’s name get through?!?! Where’s the proofreader? Inexcusable!

 

 

Maybe they hired the person who did the spellchecks for Collingwood’s banner? 

[jane02 3,387]

2 hours ago, DubDee said:

i’m case you didn’t see May it was the best speech of all time

“[censored] we are better than the Pies

watching those [censored] win the flag was torture”

loved it!

 

Highlight of the night. We loved it ❤️

[WalkingCivilWar 32,760]

2 hours ago, binman said:

Nibla 6th.

🥳 so happy that despite the endless [censored]-canning he cops on here, the people whose assessment  matters the most gave him the credit he deserves. Onya Nibs!

And just quietly… HOW GOOD IS KNUCKLES MCVEE?! The kid’s a ⭐️ 

Loved seeing an event where some of the “lesser lights” got to shine.

Spaz a deserving winner of the True Player award (again). 👏  

Edited October 6, 2023 by WalkingCivilWar

[picket fence 15,353]

2 hours ago, homsar said:

Trac you are such an absolute legend

Also overated by some!

[picket fence 15,353]

2 hours ago, DubDee said:

if Flower only won one i reckon the format might need to change the format. Is N Jones 3 times a better player?

Ah Nooooooo !

[Deemania since 56 6,198]

7 hours ago, Demon Dynasty said:

Barrie Vagg ....life m'ship.  Correct me if i'm wromg but that's one of OD's favs from that era if i'm not mistake.

B. Vagg, could pull a special when the whole team was in a dire position in the last quarter. Great player.

[Deemania since 56 6,198]

7 hours ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

Has Goody done his speech yet?

He usually sounds pretty refreshed at these nights.

Surely Goody is going to have a tonne of 'learnings' to impart to the gathered masses?

[Queanbeyan Demon 6,032]

5 hours ago, gs77 said:

But is someone really the best player for the season when they miss almost half the year? Where should the line be drawn? Get 60 possessions and kick 10 in round 1 then miss the rest of the season with injury? Maybe a team's best player on paper, but not the best player for the team over that season I'd suggest.

That said, regarding the Flower winning only 1 matter I'd agree there's scope maybe to tweak the scoring system. 

Somewhere on Grevile Street.

[Brownie 5,371]

7 hours ago, Seraph said:

Despite coming second in the BnF surely this was Viney's best ever year for us.

Some players do well when the team lifts.

Some players lift the team when the team's not doing well.

Jack kept us in games when we were struggling.

[dazzledavey36 48,982]

Give May the captaincy.