old farmer wrote:Just my opinion, but i think TOTY selection should be for the best performed over 18 weeks , not just because you are one of the best players that only played 4 games. Otherwise Buddy Franklin should have got an All Australian spot because he is one of the best going around, but just had an unlucky year.
FWIW old farmer, I was very fortunate in 2012 to be asked to help with the TOTY in Div 7. There was criteria given as a starting point and No1 was, a player had to have played a minimum of 12 games. No2, was he had not been suspended and No3, was he needed to have embraced the competition with dignity. It is very very hard to pick TOTY's in any division because so many quality players miss out, but in 2012 only a couple of 'guns' missed out because injury starved them of the games required. That is the real secret too for me, show your quality over the whole season and you WILL GET PICKED.
