Adelaide Hawk wrote:Leaping Lindner wrote:There were no winners tonight.
I feel the same way. I think Judd's win has done the football world a favour by opening their eyes to the fact that the Brownlow Medal is a farce. It's no longer relevant.
Judd 30, Hodge 16 ... umpires are wanting us to believe Judd had twice the season Hodge did? I don't think so. Even Judd himself said his season wasn't good enough to win ... he's right.
I really don't understand this line of thinking from people. Not sure how much of Judd's season many people saw, but he was clearly, far and away, the best player on the ground a number of occasions, for both influence and workrate. Bear in mind that Carlton don't have a lot of big bodies to protect him, so he has to go and get his own football - he hasn't got many to farm it out to him. Breaks the lines, wins the ball and uses it well much of the time (acknowledging the Geelong game in round 21 when he torched it continually), in a team that played finals.
For my mind, a very deserving winner.
I really don't know what relevance the numbers of possessions has, otherwise Brett James could have won three Magareys and Simon Atkins a Brownlow. It's how the ball is used, not how many times it's won by the player. Agree that Swan seems destined not to win one, which is disappointing for a player who does win a lot of footy, but if the numbers of possessions are used as a barometer, that can be a bit dangerous at times.
Can you guess where I'm calling from, the Las Vegas Hilton...