SA Footy

Adelaide - Nathan Bock
Brisbane - Jonathon Brown
Carlton - Chris judd
Collingwood - Dane Swan
Essendon - David Hille
Fremantle - Mathew Pavlich
Geelong - Joel Corey
Hawthorn - Lance Franklin
Melbourne - Cameron Bruce
North Melb - Brent Harvey
Port Adelaide - Kane Cornes
Richmond - Brett Delidio
St. Kilda - Sam Fisher
Sydney - Jared McVeigh
Western Bulldogs - Daniel Cross
West Coast - Dean Cox

That is Brent Harvey 4th for the roos its a record

interesting facts from sydneys count

marty mattner finished 3rd
adam goodes failed to make top 10

magpie in the 80's wrote:interesting facts from sydneys count

marty mattner finished 3rd
adam goodes failed to make top 10

on Goodes, Roos bagged him in a game v geelong and he ended up getting votes from the umps in that game

sort of shows the difference from what coaches and umpires are looking for

Brent Harvey equals the record of 4 b&f's joins Carey, Dench and Teasdale.

Tonights winners

Brisbane: Jonathan Brown
St Kilda: Sam Fisher
Hawthor: Lance Franklin

Fremantles Mathew Pavlich wins his 5th best and fairest medal. the last 4 in a row

Well done Sam Fisher

Adam Goodes has to be the all time over rated player.
Beats me how he won 2 Brownlows....umpires.

SDK, surely your joking?

when goodesy is at his best, he's pretty much impossible to match up on, and can dominate in all 3 areas of the field, back, middle and forward. the only player i could think of matching him in pace, height and sheer athleticism, would be buddy franklin, but given his best football is played from the goal square, i think it would be a very rare sight to see that match up happen.

and another amazing fact to remember, goodes started his career as a back-up ruckman to greg stafford, and took his chance when stafford was out injured for a majority of the '00 (i think it was '00 anyway?) season. who else can say they started as a 2nd string ruckman and eventually earn an all-australian as a wingman/on-baller?

also good see brett deledio take out the bnf for richmond. couldnt imagine richo bein too happy bout it tho??

SDK wrote:Adam Goodes has to be the all time over rated player.
Beats me how he won 2 Brownlows....umpires.

Beyond a shadow of a doubt I think Goode's season this year has been overrated (think he was probably rewarded in the Brownlow count by virtue of the fact Sydney have a lot of similar types).

BUT, overall I don't believe he's overrated, at his best he's in the best handful of players running around.

the_big_bang wrote:also good see brett deledio take out the bnf for richmond. couldnt imagine richo bein too happy bout it tho??

Deledio winning shows the difference between the 3-2-1 system of the Brownlow and the 'consistency' type awards club B&Fs are. Richo's best games were outstanding, and he deserved the amount of Brownlow votes he got, but Deledio was unbelievably consistent. He'd get his 20-25 touches every week with a goal or two, whereas Richo had days (like Rd 22 vs Melbourne, 12 touches and 4 marks), where he didn't do anything really.

Pag wrote:

the_big_bang wrote:also good see brett deledio take out the bnf for richmond. couldnt imagine richo bein too happy bout it tho??

Deledio winning shows the difference between the 3-2-1 system of the Brownlow and the 'consistency' type awards club B&Fs are. Richo's best games were outstanding, and he deserved the amount of Brownlow votes he got, but Deledio was unbelievably consistent. He'd get his 20-25 touches every week with a goal or two, whereas Richo had days (like Rd 22 vs Melbourne, 12 touches and 4 marks), where he didn't do anything really.

Yep, a club B&F is the only individual award to which I attach much credence. To be recognised by your club as it's most valuable player would mean so much more to me than an umpires' award.

Joel Corey mightn't have the pull of an Ablett, Bartel, or a Johnson, but it's hard to go past a guy when he's got the most touches in the AFL...