VOTES

PLAYER (CLUB)

10

Christian Petracca (MELB)

8

Bayley Fritsch (MELB)

4

Alex Neal-Bullen (MELB)

4

Kysaiah Pickett (MELB)

2

Max Gawn (MELB)

2

Kade Chandler (MELB)

LEADERBOARD

Interim leaderboard due to byes

VOTES	PLAYER	CLUB
28	Isaac Heeney	SYD
21	Tom Green	GWS
18	Matt Rowell	GCFC
17	Zak Butters	PORT
17	Caleb Serong	FRE
16	Luke Jackson	FRE
15	Jesse Hogan	GWS
15	Christian Petracca	MELB
14	Sam Taylor	GWS
13	Harry McKay	CARL
12	Touk Miller	GCFC
12	Connor Rozee	PORT
11	Patrick Dangerfield	GEEL
11	Errol Gulden	SYD
10	Marcus Bontempelli	WB
10	Archie Perkins	ESS
10	Tom Stewart	GEEL
10	Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera	STK
9	Noah Anderson	GCFC
9	Max Gawn	MELB
9	Brodie Grundy	SYD
9	Clayton Oliver	MELB
9	Wil Powell	GCFC

Was so pleased to see Trac shake off the fumbles he had at the start of the game (and to begin the season). I've been critical of him early on with his disposal and handballing to the feet of his team mates. Hopefully the perfect connection he had with the forwards several times in the second half on the weekend will boost that confidence.

Trac not bad for someone who wasn’t that influential, hey Sam Mitchell.

2 former Dees in the top 10. Imagine if Jackson and Hogan still played for us... wah!

Surprised Gawn received votes. I thought he was quite poor with his disposal.

3 former demons. In top 20
it does say something 

plus our 3

Edited March 25, 20241 yr by 640MD

17 minutes ago, BW511 said:

Trac not bad for someone who wasn’t that influential, hey Sam Mitchell.

Strange he made that statement then gave him 5 votes, maybe he watched the replay.

Lol.

Based on coaches votes, the three best players in the Australian Football league were all top-pick selections taken under special concession rules for the Television-Zone clubs.

Heeney; bid at pick 2, taken with pick 18 - a discrepancy so dramatic that the points system was introduced.

Green; points-based matched bid inside the top 10, using leftover junk draft picks after the Giants had already used pick 4.

Rowell; bonus No.1 pick given to Gold Coast because of how rubbish they chose to be. (Concessions given also included three other top-20 picks spread over the 2019-20 drafts)

 

AFL would be delighted I'm sure that 8 of the top 10 players from interstate clubs.

12 minutes ago, In Harmes Way said:

AFL would be delighted I'm sure that 8 of the top 10 players from interstate clubs.

But, wait, the TV clubs have all had an extra round to earn votes in early.

It is almost as if the main point of round zero was to push selected clubs to the top of the apparent ladder. Hrrrmm....

Seriously how many current and ex Demon players on that list. 

33 minutes ago, loges said:

Strange he made that statement then gave him 5 votes, maybe he watched the replay.

I think Mitchell was referring to Oliver, not Petracca.

36 minutes ago, Fat Tony said:

Surprised Gawn received votes. I thought he was quite poor with his disposal.

He was in the best players in both the Age and HS, as well as receiving 7 on the Footy Show.  He clearly beat the Hawthorn ruck and fed the dominant midfield most of the day.  Mitchell rates him very highly - part of his game plan against us is to avoid kicking it to Gawn - and I dare say Mitchell gave him his 2 votes.

1 hour ago, Fat Tony said:

Surprised Gawn received votes. I thought he was quite poor with his disposal.

Definitely some poor kicks like the one to Kozz that should have hit him up easily with no one around, instead went out of bounds (Kozz slapping the ball in anger :)

BUT apart from hitouts where it was pretty even he was influential across the ground

10 Contested possessions

7 inside 50's

390 Metres gained (fourth on ground)

6 tackles

Some of the stats that show he did really impact the game. Some of the stuff he does for a ruckman his size is just crazy.

Edited March 25, 20241 yr by Young Blood

Chandler with a couple of votes, nice!

Breakdown

C1               C2

CP              CP

BF               BF

ANB            KP

MG/KC     MG/KC

KP              ANB

 

Fancy Nibbler getting 4 votes from the coaches when he got next to zero mention on Demonland! Shocked. 😳

53 minutes ago, Webber said:

Fancy Nibbler getting 4 votes from the coaches when he got next to zero mention on Demonland! Shocked. 😳

He did ok on the DLand votes this week Webber, he had a standout game.😁

18 hours ago, 640MD said:

3 former demons. In top 20
it does say something 

plus our 3

Wow. Good observation. Jackson was certainly the one that got away & had we kept him we'd have not had Grundy 

1 hour ago, DeeZone said:

He did ok on the DLand votes this week Webber, he had a standout game.😁

True that, DeeZone. Maybe the worm is turning. Either way, I’ll keep riding it until he’s acknowledged legend status.

18 hours ago, Fat Tony said:

Surprised Gawn received votes. I thought he was quite poor with his disposal.

Totally agree Tony I was screaming for him to hand pass in the first half !!! 

17 hours ago, Young Blood said:

Definitely some poor kicks like the one to Kozz that should have hit him up easily with no one around, instead went out of bounds (Kozz slapping the ball in anger :)

BUT apart from hitouts where it was pretty even he was influential across the ground

10 Contested possessions

7 inside 50's

390 Metres gained (fourth on ground)

6 tackles

Some of the stats that show he did really impact the game. Some of the stuff he does for a ruckman his size is just crazy.

Like a friend of mine in our Cricket Club last century I always said “l’d rather play with him than he play for the  opposition “

Thats Gawny !! Also to a tee. 

On 25/03/2024 at 15:38, 640MD said:

3 former demons. In top 20
it does say something 

plus our 3

Yes Dees have 3 former players in top 20

Only crows with former player Dangerfield in this list !! 
 

imagine hogan and Jackson still in red and blue … now let’s wake up 

Jack Viney (Melbourne)

“Two weeks in a row he’s missed out on votes when he probably could have easily got them.

“He was second highest rated player (against Hawthorn) behind Christian Petracca for zero coaches votes.

“His ball use at the moment is No.12 of any midfielder in the competition. We haven’t really associated that with Jack Viney before.”