Oh where to begin?
Ablett is by far and away the best player going around by that far its not funny.
Should have won 2 if not 3 by now and Jack Watts or any other Melbourne player wouldnt be fit to wipe his arse.
Opinion 5 worst Brownlow medal winners of the past 30 years
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Ablett is by far and away the best player going around by that far its not funny.
Should have won 2 if not 3 by now and Jack Watts or any other Melbourne player wouldnt be fit to wipe his arse.
Tranquilli37
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Spot on
Ablett gets heavily tagged because he is Geelong's - and one of the AFL's - best players. Even then he still averages a huge amount of disposals and is an absolute freak to watch just about every time he gets his hand on the ball. Being Snr's son put massive pressure on both him and his brother but it is not the reason he is tagged heavily - if he was a dud then it wouldn't matter if he was the son of God (and yes I know there are numerous people willing to argue vehemently that he is) he would not be tagged at all. He would be left alone to do nothing.
Watts would have looked foolish if he had complained because he has done nothing...yet. Ablett is allowed to have an occasional whinge because he is an out and out champ who is heavily marked every game but still produces unbelievable things. When Watts has proven himself then he can bang on all he wants but not before.
Idiot!
This is just personal opinion, and I think a lot of people on this thread don't believe that the Brownlow is indicative of the best player. E.g. Reivolt. Also I have won a B&F, so dont be a self-righteous ill informed poster.
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Gary Ablett Jnr now ranks as one of the worst but for now. While he's a good player, he's the most overrated in the game at the moment. People rave about how good he is but really, the only reason he's never succesfully tagged is because he's got A-Grade protection all around him in Corey, Ling, Selwood etc. If anyone actually watches how Yablett plays, he never wins his own ball, he either aquires it via handball recieve, easy mark or on the rare occasion, loose ball get.
Still, I was happy after Brownlow night, not because Golden-boy Gary won, but because Diver Riewoldt didn't win or even come close. If that weak dog won a Brownlow, I'd probably lose interest in football.
Still, I was happy after Brownlow night, not because Golden-boy Gary won, but because Diver Riewoldt didn't win or even come close. If that weak dog won a Brownlow, I'd probably lose interest in football.
OMG.
Tall poppy syndrome? Ablett averaged more contested possessions & hardball gets than any player in the competition, and only one less clearance than the leader this year. the guys won the MVP by the players and Coaches for 3 straight years, so i doubt you can call him overrated.
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1. Gary ablett (2009)
2. Jimmy Bartel (2007)
3. Gary Ablett (2010)
4. Jimmy Bartel (2011)
5. Joel Selwood (2012-2065)
2. Jimmy Bartel (2007)
3. Gary Ablett (2010)
4. Jimmy Bartel (2011)
5. Joel Selwood (2012-2065)
i hope that was sarcastic.
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Quoted for truth!
1993 was also an unusual year in that it consisted of just 20 rounds, the only season from 1970 that has been fewer than 22...for what reasons i honestly am unsure of. That would lend to the vote tally being somewhat lower.
But i think with the plethora of great forwards of the time, they set such high standards that hauls of 6 or 7 goals were looked upon as just par for the courses of Gaz Sr, Dunstall, Lockett and Modra of the time. One player who was rewarded such that year though was Longmire of North, who scored 3 votes for a very standard 6 goal haul against a Sydney side that was in the middle of a 26 game losing streak....whereas Gary Sr failed to poll a vote when he booted 10 at AAMI against the Crows!!
And anyone denigrating Gary Jr's Brownlow would perhaps just think what their respective clubs would say to him if they he was to come knocking on their door. There aren't enough draft picks available to grab a player of the talent, work ethic and all-round quality as Gazza Jr.
Who is Grahame Wright asks the Tasmanian Big Footy member, Iv'e only been watching footy since 97........my God, Iv'e heard everything!
Im only in my early 30's but very well aware of the vast majority of players from the late 60's early 70's onwards. Generation gaps scare me sometimes
Hit the books and do some reearch on your fellow Tasmanians who played in the VFL/AFL young fella or twitter or whatever you guys do these days
Im only in my early 30's but very well aware of the vast majority of players from the late 60's early 70's onwards. Generation gaps scare me sometimes
Hit the books and do some reearch on your fellow Tasmanians who played in the VFL/AFL young fella or twitter or whatever you guys do these days
um yep
Dennis
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YUCK
Imagine Graham Wright a brownlow winner....that would be worse than Hardie.
SOS or McG would have been the only other worthy winners that year
David Bain
The issue with this thread, is that the OP is comparing Career with Individual Years.
The Brownlow is an Individual Season award, not a Career award.
The Brownlow is an Individual Season award, not a Career award.
Rosstickle
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16 votes for a full back. Very good effort by SOS. Was that the year he booted 10 in a match?
Plenty of players never win their own ball. Look at Plugger for example. If his teamates never fed him the ball he would've been s**t.
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Shane, mate, settle down. It is only the internet, no-one can take your brownlow away from you now.
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This is the most rediculous thing I have ever read.
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definately adam cooney,closely followed by woewoeful and libba
beaton-egg(afl-kid)
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1. Scott Wynd
2. Shane Woewodin
3. Adam Cooney
4. Tony Lockett (he just kicked a s**t load of goals yet Peter Hudson kicked 150 goals in a season an didn't win it that year???
5. Any ruckman who has ever won, besides Adam Goodes in 03 an Jim Stynes
2. Shane Woewodin
3. Adam Cooney
4. Tony Lockett (he just kicked a s**t load of goals yet Peter Hudson kicked 150 goals in a season an didn't win it that year???
5. Any ruckman who has ever won, besides Adam Goodes in 03 an Jim Stynes
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Gee, talk about lack of originality and example. Are you so hesitant to accept the fact that I'm right about Ablett? He doesn't win his own ball.
Vdubs
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YOU ARE SICK ON BOTH COUNTS Ablett gets the most hard ball gets and Riewoldt is EXACTLY what you don't have and desperately need. You need some therapy for that acute dose of JEALOUSY
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