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Re: AFL 2025

Postby Booney » Mon Sep 22, 2025 8:34 pm

Smith. WAFW.
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Re: AFL 2025

Postby Brodlach » Mon Sep 22, 2025 8:54 pm

Booney wrote:Smith. WAFW.

Reminds me of that Corey bloke from a number of years ago who threw that massive party
July 11th 2012....
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Re: AFL 2025

Postby Brodlach » Mon Sep 22, 2025 8:54 pm

Brodlach wrote:
Booney wrote:Smith. WAFW.

Agreed

Reminds me of that Corey bloke from a number of years ago who threw that massive party


Haha just came up as a meme on the Advertiser
July 11th 2012....
Brodlach wrote:Rory Laird might end up the best IMO, he is an absolute jet. He has been in great form at the Bloods



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Re: AFL 2025

Postby Brodlach » Mon Sep 22, 2025 9:38 pm

lol, these votes are crazy

“Matt Rowell has polled 3 votes in three games where he didn't poll a single coaches' vote - Round 4 vs Crows, Round 7 vs Swans, and Round 9 vs Dogs.”
July 11th 2012....
Brodlach wrote:Rory Laird might end up the best IMO, he is an absolute jet. He has been in great form at the Bloods



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Re: AFL 2025

Postby Jim05 » Mon Sep 22, 2025 10:32 pm

Nice of Dangerfield to throw Charlie under the bus :)
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Re: AFL 2025

Postby Jim05 » Mon Sep 22, 2025 10:42 pm

This voting is utter rubbish.
Crows win by 100 and Rowell gets 2 votes but even the crowd groaned when NWM didn’t get the 3 against Melbourne
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Re: AFL 2025

Postby Senor Moto Gadili » Mon Sep 22, 2025 10:47 pm

Jim05 wrote:This voting is utter rubbish.
Crows win by 100 and Rowell gets 2 votes but even the crowd groaned when NWM didn’t get the 3 against Melbourne

..... and they give Viney the 3 votes. Maybe they should rename it the Michael Pell medal.
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Re: AFL 2025

Postby Eagles2014 » Mon Sep 22, 2025 10:48 pm

Senor Moto Gadili wrote:
Jim05 wrote:This voting is utter rubbish.
Crows win by 100 and Rowell gets 2 votes but even the crowd groaned when NWM didn’t get the 3 against Melbourne

..... and they give Viney the 3 votes. Maybe they should rename it the Michael Pell medal.


They need stats. When the whole room is laughing you know something has to change :shock:
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Re: AFL 2025

Postby Dutchy » Mon Sep 22, 2025 11:09 pm

Oh so lets give another award that the media votes on then? there is already 100 of them.

Its unique, its not perfect, but its how they see it...why not just respect that?

Not to forget the fairest part of the award, its not necessarily just the best player
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Re: AFL 2025

Postby gadj1976 » Tue Sep 23, 2025 7:22 am

Dutchy wrote:Oh so lets give another award that the media votes on then? there is already 100 of them.

Its unique, its not perfect, but its how they see it...why not just respect that?

Not to forget the fairest part of the award, its not necessarily just the best player


Hooray! Some logic! I like it.

I agree, it's not perfect but because the media don't agree with it it 'has to be changed'. No it doesn't. The media just need to accept it. No doubt the radio stations and TV will bombard us with 'he was robbed'. Big deal.
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Re: AFL 2025

Postby tnt » Tue Sep 23, 2025 8:17 am

I found it interesting that Rankine was still eligible for the medal.
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Re: AFL 2025

Postby DOC » Tue Sep 23, 2025 8:22 am

It’s voted on by umpires. They are not there to watch how well people are playing.. The Brownlow like all other awards voted on by umpires are always subject to severe eyebrow raising.

Also, given that this cohort of umpires are the worst the game has ever seen I’m not sure why you wouldn’t expect them to have different views.
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Re: AFL 2025

Postby mighty_tiger_79 » Tue Sep 23, 2025 8:59 am

Jim05 wrote:This voting is utter rubbish.
Crows win by 100 and Rowell gets 2 votes but even the crowd groaned when NWM didn’t get the 3 against Melbourne

Just heard the audio. :lol:
Surely Dill will fine all registered participants in attendance who groaned for bringing the game into disrepute :lol: helps pay for the Xmas party
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Re: AFL 2025

Postby Lightning McQueen » Tue Sep 23, 2025 9:36 am

mighty_tiger_79 wrote:
Jim05 wrote:This voting is utter rubbish.
Crows win by 100 and Rowell gets 2 votes but even the crowd groaned when NWM didn’t get the 3 against Melbourne

Just heard the audio. :lol:
Surely Dill will fine all registered participants in attendance who groaned for bringing the game into disrepute :lol: helps pay for the Xmas party


For memory he too said that NAS got ripped off that game.
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Re: AFL 2025

Postby wenchbarwer » Tue Sep 23, 2025 9:49 am

DOC wrote:It’s voted on by umpires. They are not there to watch how well people are playing.. The Brownlow like all other awards voted on by umpires are always subject to severe eyebrow raising.

Also, given that this cohort of umpires are the worst the game has ever seen I’m not sure why you wouldn’t expect them to have different views.


This I can get behind.

So, there we have it, the second/third best midfielder in a mid tier team wins the league's most prestigious award.

Time for the AFLPA MVP to gain higher status than the Brownlow, I think. This year's top 5 makes much more sense:

Leigh Matthews Trophy for the Most Valuable Player

1. Nick Daicos
2. Jordan Dawson
3. Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera
4. Marcus Bontempelli
5. Jeremy Cameron

Also, don't get me started on Mark of the Year. I lost count of the amount of times I said "That's better than Darcy's mark!" watching the round by round highlights
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