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Selwood the winner

Pendelbury 2nd

Jones 3rd

some interesting votes

- Gibbs got a few too many votes

- Rider also not in the top 5 either

but overall i think they got it right...

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    Selwood the winner

    Pendelbury 2nd

    Jones 3rd

    some interesting votes but overall i think they got it right...

    That was my prediction.

    Well done Selwood for taking the honours but a great job also to Pendlebury & JONES!!!!!!!

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    That was my prediction.

    Well done Selwood for taking the honours but a great job also to Pendlebury & JONES!!!!!!!

    The trifecta paid $1.10. Congratulations!!!!!

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    While I'm not complaining about Selwood winning it, (as he deserves it) would he have been so good if he played in a weaker side. Selwood is the icing on an exceptional Geelong midfield.

    Jones carried the can for us this year, and tried his guts out. I would've been so stoked had he won it.

    I guess 3rd is a fair result.

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    Very well deserved, good to see a first year player win it for once.

    Now I'm waiting for the odds next year, little Pedro will be a good show! ;)

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    The trifecta paid $1.10. Congratulations!!!!!

    I didn't put money on it mate.

    Just thought that would be the way it would go.

    Sorry for posting...

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    Well done to the Jones boy. I expected him to come third, and would have been disappointed in the journalists if he came any lower. My pre-count belief that interstate journalists know very little about football outside their own states was proven correct. Robert Walls' status as a moron has been enhanced. That third place for Jones will sit nicely alongside the Bluey he will be winning in October.

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    Well done to Jonesy!

    To finish 3rd overall when you consider that Selwood and Pendelbury have had a lot of support around them, and that Jones was doing it largely on his own, is a great effort.

    Selwood is a very deserving winner, but I'm glad they've finally recognised all of Jones' efforts in what has been a very difficult year for his team.

    He is without a doubt our biggest shinning light of 2007, and should take home the B&F next month.

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    He is without a doubt our biggest shinning light of 2007, and should take home the B&F next month.

    Absolutely, Jones has given us something to smile about this year, he has had a great year.

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    I should also add that after the month he's just had, Andrew Dimitriou really could have done without giving Tom Williams two votes. If he truly thought that Williams was worthy of two votes and didn't just get his secretary to blindly fill out his voting form while he was on the toilet, then he should stand down immediately citing severe lack of football knowledge as the cause.

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    Congrats Jonesy... ya didnt get the choccies but at least some due recognition. Thanks and look forward to a stellar 2008 ;)

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    I should also add that after the month he's just had, Andrew Dimitriou really could have done without giving Tom Williams two votes. If he truly thought that Williams was worthy of two votes and didn't just get his secretary to blindly fill out his voting form while he was on the toilet, then he should stand down immediately citing severe lack of football knowledge as the cause.

    well done Nathan. A tremendous result given it was achieved with little assistance and in a team that performed so poorly in 2007.

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    A 2nd year player winning the 'Bluey'!!! No doubt this would be the first time it would of happened, if Jones were to win our B&F (which he should, unless the voting is rigged).

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    A 2nd year player winning the 'Bluey'!!! No doubt this would be the first time it would of happened, if Jones were to win our B&F (which he should, unless the voting is rigged).

    You may well be right. Danny Hughes won the B&F in his second season (1985), but he did have senior experience with Port Adelaide in the SANFL; and Steven Stretch also won the award in his second season (1987), but once again had played some senior footy with the then West Torrens Football Club. Sugar Healy won the award in his third season (1986) after coming up through the U19's. Would have to go back to well before the '80's to find anyone else who might have.

    I still think Belly will be leading up to his injury against the Bombers, and Bruce will also poll well in the first half of the season, but the Jones boy should storm home. Only competition likely to be Junior and Whitey (based purely on his being out there each week)!

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    Terry Leahy was a winner of the Bluey in 1966 as a first year player, aged 19 I think. Memorable year - 3 wins, finished 2nd bottom, and no draft concessions....

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    A fantastic performance by Nathan Jones as 19yo in a truly ordinary midfield and a very ordinary side.

    Fantastic effort Nathan. Well done.

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    Yes, Nathan Jones stood out like black balls on a white dog!

    A 19 year old showing the others how it is done is an inditement on our midfield and our so-called leaders!

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    guys lets not get too far ahead of ourselves. Whilst jones is a very good young player..he did average 17 possies a game. I know that if Mcdonald averaged 17 disposals a game than people would be asking 'What the hell happened?'. so just a little perspective here please. For someone that plays substantial time in the guts 17 touches isn't that great..whilst it is great for a 2nd season player..age means nothing when it comes to winning the B&F. ..and 17 touches is no where near good enough for a B&F.

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    robert walls .... i think gave no votes to jones....

    im tellin ya hes got it in for us baddddddddddddddddd

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    Well done chunk, good to see you get the recognition you deserve, the guys on sen all rate him quite high which is good as they have noticed him in a struggling side, and lets face it if we had played well all year and TJ, Chook, bruce and co all played 20 games he would have got less attention from opponents and could have done as well as selwood.

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    guys lets not get too far ahead of ourselves. Whilst jones is a very good young player..he did average 17 possies a game. I know that if Mcdonald averaged 17 disposals a game than people would be asking 'What the hell happened?'. so just a little perspective here please. For someone that plays substantial time in the guts 17 touches isn't that great..whilst it is great for a 2nd season player..age means nothing when it comes to winning the B&F. ..and 17 touches is no where near good enough for a B&F.

    i think ur lookin too far into the statistical side of things..... i know where ur comin from.... i have a feeling the B&F is gonne be almighty close...

    i reckon robbo jmac jones green an bruce might all be around the mark

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    2007 NAB AFL Rising Star voting

    1. Joel Selwood (Geelong) 44

    2. Scott Pendlebury (Collingwood) 37

    3. Nathan Jones (Melbourne) 17

    4. Justin Westhoff (Port Adelaide) 10

    5. Shannon Hurn (West Coast ) 9

    6. Jess Smith (Kangaroos) 7

    7. Bryce Gibbs (Carlton) 6

    8. Tom Williams (Western Bulldogs) 2

    8. Patrick Ryder (Essendon) 2

    10. Martin Clarke (Collingwood) 1

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    robert walls .... i think gave no votes to jones....

    im tellin ya hes got it in for us baddddddddddddddddd

    Yeah, and Walls was the only judge to give Paddy Ryder any votes. Go figure.

    He hates Essendon more than Melbourne.

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    guys lets not get too far ahead of ourselves. Whilst jones is a very good young player..he did average 17 possies a game. I know that if Mcdonald averaged 17 disposals a game than people would be asking 'What the hell happened?'. so just a little perspective here please. For someone that plays substantial time in the guts 17 touches isn't that great..whilst it is great for a 2nd season player..age means nothing when it comes to winning the B&F. ..and 17 touches is no where near good enough for a B&F.

    FCS he just got third in the Rising Star. He did it in a midfield that was absolute crap during the year and deserves the recognition he is getting.

    How many possessions on average wins the B&F? :wacko:

    He is definitely in the running. Good on him. Its a pity there is a greater challenge for the B&F.

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