2008 Brownlow Medal - Warning SPOILER - Live Updates
Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2008 3:17 pmNearly time for the big night, many tipping a Geelong win, quinella or even trifecta, which seems a big ask, but what's everyone's tips for the night?
For what its worth, Jimmy Bartel looks a big chance to repeat last year's win. His closing nine rounds are massive, and bear in mind, Ablett missed three of those matches. I like Joel Corey to pick up a fair number also. While his past Brownlow polls haven't been spectacular (last year his best result with 12 votes), this year his possession average has risen and again, in Ablett's three missing matches, Corey notched 29, 30 and 31 touches - depends if the umpires notice his run from half back and through middle. The reservation on Ablett is while he has a few clear BOG's, there were both 4 games missed through injury and some notably flat games (eg. round 6 v Freo, won't poll in the loss to Coll, round 14 and 15 and probably round 19 v Melb also).
Not sure if Riewoldt has enough in reserve, given his opening 11 matches are unlikely to be votegetters (misses round 8 with injury also). Cooney fades notably after around round 15, but could build a big bank, while Judd is an interesting one. Proven votegetter in a team that won a number of games, and while he may lose some to Fevola, Murphy and one or two others, hard to ignore his work in some games.
Brent Harvey will have to get the majority of North Melb votes without a doubt, so should also be right up there. Worth noting also that despite such a dominant year, Matthew Richardson has not been invited to the count.
For mine: 1) Bartel 2) B. Harvey 3) Corey 4) Judd 5) Black.
Bolter: Brett Deledio (highest season possession tally by far, they win 11 games and he was dominant in many of these)
For what its worth, Jimmy Bartel looks a big chance to repeat last year's win. His closing nine rounds are massive, and bear in mind, Ablett missed three of those matches. I like Joel Corey to pick up a fair number also. While his past Brownlow polls haven't been spectacular (last year his best result with 12 votes), this year his possession average has risen and again, in Ablett's three missing matches, Corey notched 29, 30 and 31 touches - depends if the umpires notice his run from half back and through middle. The reservation on Ablett is while he has a few clear BOG's, there were both 4 games missed through injury and some notably flat games (eg. round 6 v Freo, won't poll in the loss to Coll, round 14 and 15 and probably round 19 v Melb also).
Not sure if Riewoldt has enough in reserve, given his opening 11 matches are unlikely to be votegetters (misses round 8 with injury also). Cooney fades notably after around round 15, but could build a big bank, while Judd is an interesting one. Proven votegetter in a team that won a number of games, and while he may lose some to Fevola, Murphy and one or two others, hard to ignore his work in some games.
Brent Harvey will have to get the majority of North Melb votes without a doubt, so should also be right up there. Worth noting also that despite such a dominant year, Matthew Richardson has not been invited to the count.
For mine: 1) Bartel 2) B. Harvey 3) Corey 4) Judd 5) Black.
Bolter: Brett Deledio (highest season possession tally by far, they win 11 games and he was dominant in many of these)
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