Max Gawn cannot lose the 2025 Demonland Player of the Year award. He leads from Kozzy Pickett, Christian Petracca, Jake Bowey and Clayton Oliver. Your votes please. 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 & 1.

Gawn

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1 Gawn

0 The rest (including Chaplin, who apparently thinks Sharp is best 22)

6 Gawn

5 Salem

4 Rivers

6 Gawny - will win his third best and fairest and his eighth AA. Meek tried to maul him, but there is a thing called class.

5 Salem - yep I know he wasn't a linebreaker (never has been) but he's always smart and clever and he went at 83% disposal efficiency. And whilst McVee was mainly on the Wizard, he only played on Moore part of the time.

4 Trac - our only offensive weapon, mainly because we didn't use Kozzie, he looked dangerous at times and seems to have gone back to embracing a more forward/mid hybrid role after four years largely in the guts. Almost took a lovely hanger as well.

3 Petty - I normally don't give him a vote, but this was the first time I thought he looked like a forward and he even moved the ball forward quickly a couple of times. Did well in the air on Barrass and Sicily and contested all game. Sent back late in game to cover May.

2 Sparrow - thought he was our best player to half time with Gawny and like Viney he worked his butt off and tackled like a madman. He also went at 78%, Viney went at 68%, Olly 61% - so those of you knocking him today had your blinkers on.

1 Rivers - Ed was our running man early, but as the game wore on Trent got more involved, even had a couple of bounces. With no Windsor and Kozzie ignored, his dash, along with Ed's, was crucial.

6 Gawn

5. Rivers

   4 Salem

   3. Bowey

      2. Trac

         1. Van Rooyen

6: Gawn
5: Salem
4: Rivers
3: Petty
2: Viney
1: Van Rooyen

Gawn by a mile.

Rivers - he was good in the second half and the new coach needs him in the middle

Salem - decent enough game

Oliver - he's on an upward curve

Van Rooyen - like his work as a second ruck and he moved well as a forward.

Petty - one of his better games.

6: gawn
5: salem
4: petty
3: rivers
2: bowey
1: sparrow

1 minute ago, whatwhat say what said:

6: gawn
5: salem
4: petty
3: rivers
2: bowey
1: sparrow

With you apart from Sparrow. I thought he was awful

29 minutes ago, chook fowler said:

With you apart from Sparrow. I thought he was awful

it was either him or petracca and sparrow was cleaner with disposal and laid more tackles

i would have only voted for top 4

Edited August 16, 2025Aug 16 by whatwhat say what

Votes for Sparrow…

Madness

6. Max Gawn 

5. Clayton Oliver 

4. Christian Petracca 

3. Jack Viney 

2. Christian Salem 

1. Harrison Petty

Gawn

Viney

Oliver

Salem

Trac

Petty

Special mention to the much maligned Sparrow.

6: Gawn
5: Rivers
4: Salem
3: Petty
2: Trac
1: Van Rooyen

6 - Max Gawn

5 - Christian Salem

4 - Trent Rivers

3 - Jake Bowey

2 - Christian Petracca

1 - Jacob van Rooyen

Then JV 13 tackles, Claz and Spaz.

Very poor in the first half backs were up against it and most failed, Gunstan master class (7.4) phew…!!! That 1st quarter was a killer, Mayzie had a stinker 250th

Gawn

Salem

Petty

Trac

Langdon

Rivers

Why do we keep giving votes to midfielders who are our biggest problem (no pressure on the opposition entries into their forward 50, no dare in moving the ball forward by foot).

HAWKS MVP - Sparrow, apologies to May but couldn't get him over the line given it was his 250th

6. Hawks training drills & pressure

   5. The SC for making sure Melk was the sub, thereby protecting him from his usual slow start to a match (ie: roughly the quarter he came on for as sub) and reducing the chances of pinging a hammy or calf (only the best player management at the MFC right there 👏🏻)

      4. Chaplin's forward coaching methods for 2025 season - which i thought continued to shine through in this match and increased his chances of doing same next season. This and the selection of Melk as sub showed that he is ready to take the next step as a senior coach at some point (probably only at the MFC though)

         3. The likelihood of Buckley / Other reputable ex senior coach coaching the MFC

            2. Gawn

               1. Rivers

               Honourable Mentions ... Tracc, Petty, Bowsa & Langford

               -6.0 Pressure, Skills, Hardness, Effort, Desire, Will to win, Spirit and Goodwin's coaching methods over the last four seasons that see us mostly head towards the boundary and or bomb it long in straight lines on top of player's heads & also sees most (potential) marking players (bar Gawn) running under the ball and / or mids on ballers being lead to the ball by their opponents ie; not playing in front (old habits die hard!).

               -5.0 Comtinuation of sloppy zone defence after getting 5+ goals down (Chaplin).

               -4.0 Pickett continuing on with his recent preference of playing high school / amatures level footy. Hopefully he can step up next week and bring VFL levels!?

Edited August 16, 2025Aug 16 by Demon Dynasty

@Demon Dynasty can’t argue

6 Gawn

Daylight

5 Rivers

4 Petracca

3 Petty

2 Viney

1 Oliver

Apologies to Salem , JVR & Bowsa

Long list of players marked as absentees yesterday

Very disappointed but ,,,

Gawn, Oliver, rivers, Bowey, and vines never stopped trying. To a lesser extent Chin and Fritta and Langford as well

6. Gawn - by a ‘country mile’. What size AA blazer does he take?

5. Salem - got a fair bit of ball, and mostly used it to advantage.

4. Rivers - showed some dash, particularly in the second half. A sign for the future?

3. Petty - very good work rate, and kicked a couple.

2. Bowey - solid, but has set a high standard for himself.

1. Oliver - worked hard.

6 - Gawn

5- Rivers

4- Oliver

3 - Salem

2 - Petty

1 - Bowey

Current standings in The Age Player of the Year.

Finn Callaghan GWS 115

Jordan Dawson Adelaide 112

Max Gawn Melbourne 102

Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera St. Kilda 101

Noah Anderson Gold Coast 100

Herald Sun Player of the Year

Max sits equal 11th on 16 votes and the only non-mid on the leader board.

		PLAYER	VOTES
1		Max Gawn	280
2		Kysaiah Pickett	136
3		Christian Petracca	140
4		Jake Bowey	116
5		Clayton Oliver	100
6		Jack Viney	80
7		Steven May	59
8		Jake Melksham	56
=9		Bayley Fritsch	52
=9		Trent Rivers	52
11		Harvey Langford	49
12		Christian Salem	47
13		Daniel Turner	46
14		Ed Langdon	45
15		Kade Chandler	41
16		Tom McDonald	24
17		Harrison Petty	18
18		Xavier Lindsay	16
19		Caleb Windsor	11
20		Tom Sparrow	7
=21		Blake Howes	3
=21		Judd McVee	3
=23		Jack Henderson	1
=23		Harry Sharp	1
=23		Jacob van Rooyen	1