End of season wrap up

calaisking

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With the H&A season coming to an end I'm interested to see what everyones thought's are for the below

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Coach of the Year - Alistair Clarkson - Was able to keep the hawks at the top while hit with injuries
Brownlow Medalist - Joel Selwood
Most Improved Player from your club - Lachie Neale
Most Improved Player/s from opposition club - Luke Parker & Robbie Gray
Best Defender - Eric Mackenzie
Best Mid - Nathan Fyfe
Best FF - Buddy Franklin
Best Ruckman - Sam Jacobs
Player/s who you felt had sub par years - Jack Watts & Dangerfield are standouts for me. Expected more from them this season
Most Improved team - No real stand out for me so I'll go with Gold Coast. With GAZ they would've more then likely played finals
Most Disappointing team - Melbourne ( Expected more from them ) Carlton close second
Grand Finalists -
Sydney vs Hawthorn
Winner - Hawthorn
 

mike123

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Coach of the Year - Alistair Clarkson - Was able to keep the hawks at the top while hit with injuries
Brownlow Medalist - Scott Pendlebury
Most Improved Player from your club - Jamie Elliott
Most Improved Player/s from opposition club - Brodie Smith
Best Defender - Cale Hooker
Best Mid - Scott Pendlebury
Best Forward - Buddy Franklin
Best Ruckman - Sam Jacobs
Player/s who you felt had sub par years - Jack Watts
Most Improved team - Melbourne/GWS
Most Disappointing team - Adelaide
Grand Finalists - Sydney vs Hawthorn
Winner - Sydney
 
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Nov 17, 2013
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Coach of the Year - Brendon Bolton - only undefeated coach :p
Brownlow Medallist - Joel Selwood
Most Improved Player from your club - Stefan Martin
Most Improved Player/s from opposition club - Robbie Gray, Brodie Smith
Best Defender - Eric Mackenzie
Best Mid - Nat Fyfe
Best FF - Buddy Franklin
Best Ruckman - Aaron Sandilands, just ahead of Jacobs
Player/s who you felt had sub par years - Dangerfield
Most Improved team - Melbourne, at least they're competitive.
Most Disappointing team - Richmond, finished very well, but I picked them for top 4.
Grand Finalists - Hawthorn vs Sydney
Winner - Sydney
 

Captain Awkward

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Coach of the Year - Alistair Clarkson - Was able to keep the hawks at the top while hit with injuries
Brownlow Medalist - Joel Selwood
Most Improved Player from your club - Jeremy McGovern, Scott Lycett
Most Improved Player/s from opposition club - Robbie Gray, Stefan Martin
Best Defender - Harry Taylor
Best Mid - Gary Ablett
Best FF - Buddy Franklin
Best Ruckman - Aaron Sandilands
Player/s who you felt had sub par years - Dangerfield, Naitanui, Swan, Cloke
Most Improved team - Port. Very strong for a 5th placed team. Would've made top 4 if not for flat patch during the middle.
Most Disappointing team - Gold Coast. Expected them to make the 8 and they really should have. Went to water when GAJ got injured. Should be 5-8 team.
Grand Finalists - Sydney vs Hawthorn
Winner - Hawthorn
 
Coach of the Year - Alastair Clarkson
Brownlow Medalist - Josh P Kennedy
Most Improved Player from your club - Jeremy McGovern
Most Improved Player/s from opposition club - Robbie Gray
Best Defender - Eric Mackenzie
Best Mid - Nathan Fyfe
Best FF - Lance Franklin
Best Ruckman - Aaron Sandilands
Player/s who you felt had sub par years - *insert Eagles midfielder here*
Most Improved team - Bulldogs. Was expecting a fairly lean year as they developed but they are showing glimpses of real quality. 2015 should be great for them.
Most Disappointing team - Melbourne/Carlton (tied)
Grand Finalists - Fremantle vs Sydney
Winner - Fremantle
 

Ashton Agar

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Coach of the Year - Damien Hardwick - Don't know how he's done it but he's done it.
Brownlow Medalist - Dyson Heppell
Most Improved Player from your club - Travis Colyer
Most Improved Player/s from opposition club - Jared Polec and Stefan Martin
Best Defender - Cale Hooker
Best Mid - Gary Ablett
Best FF - Buddy Franklin
Best Ruckman - Sam Jacobs
Player/s who you felt had sub par years - Travis Cloke
Most Improved team - Brisbane, they've come a long way.
Most Disappointing team - West Coast and Adelaide
Grand Finalists -
Sydney v Hawthorn
Winner - Hawthorn
 
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Coach of the Year - Longmire
Brownlow Medalist - Robbie Gray :p
Most Improved Player from your club - Robbie Gray
Most Improved Player/s from opposition club - Heppell
Best Defender - Cale Hooker
Best Mid - Gary Ablett
Best FF - Buddy Franklin
Best Ruckman - Sam Jacobs
Player/s who you felt had sub par years - Dangerfield
Most Improved team - Port Adelaide, from a borderline top 8 team to nearly top 4.
Most Disappointing team - Western Bulldogs
Grand Finalists - Sydney vs Port Adelaide
Winner - Port Adelaide
 

Klaus

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Coach: Paul Roos. Managed to attract soccer fans to the game with many of Melbourne's goal-tallies mirroring Melbourne Victory's. Also doubled his teams win total.

Brownlow: Selwood. Who can miss all of those free kicks?

Most improved: Luke Breust. Went from barely being able to hit the side of a barn in 2013, to one of the most accurate shots at goal in history.

Expected more: The entire West Coast team. What a pathetic bunch of flat track bullies that team is, when they need to step up and defeat a quality opponent, they go to water every time.

Best Defender: Harry Taylor. One of the few defenders who will actually play the ball rather than the man. The AFL will need to take a long hard look at defensive tactics if they're to see higher scores in 2015, and penalizing defenders such as Alex Rance would be a step in the right direction.

Mid: Ablett and Rockliff

Forward: Buddy, the only true match-winner left in the game.

Most Improved: Gold Coast up until Brent Macaffer wrecking their season.

Disappointing: West Coast. Can't believe I thought they were premiership contenders at the start of the year.
 

hench

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Suns need to be top 6 by the middle of next season or McKenna isn't getting an extension.
 
Disappointing: West Coast. Can't believe I thought they were premiership contenders at the start of the year.

I doubt you'd find a single Eagles supporter on this site that thought we would contend for a flag with a new coach, new gameplan and an expected rebuild as the senior players were put out to pasture.

Not sure where you got that idea from.
 

Klaus

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I doubt you'd find a single Eagles supporter on this site that thought we would contend for a flag with a new coach, new gameplan and an expected rebuild as the senior players were put out to pasture.

Not sure where you got that idea from.
Easy to say that now. You're forward line was supposedly one of the best ever, you were supposed to have a rock solid defence and a promising midfield. Time and time again you would look brilliant against a weak opponent, yet pitiful against a contender. Most disappointing for mine.
 
Easy to say that now. You're forward line was supposedly one of the best ever, you were supposed to have a rock solid defence and a promising midfield. Time and time again you would look brilliant against a weak opponent, yet pitiful against a contender. Most disappointing for mine.

Oh I don't dispute the last bit at all, don't get me wrong. I was just querying on you labelling us 'premiership contenders' at the start of 2014. 2013, yes, but not this year.
 

Baird

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Coach of the Year - Alistair Clarkson
Brownlow Medalist - Robbie Gray
Most Improved Player from your club - Jarrod Witts
Most Improved Player/s from opposition club - Robbie Gray
Best Defender - Harry Taylor
Best Mid - Gary Ablett
Best FF - Buddy Franklin
Best Ruckman - Sam Jacobs
Player/s who you felt had sub par years - Dane Swan and Ryan Griffen
Most Improved team - Gold Coast
Most Disappointing team - Collingwood
Grand Finalists -
Fremantle vs Hawthorn
Winner - Hawthorn
 

Ashton Agar

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Oh I don't dispute the last bit at all, don't get me wrong. I was just querying on you labelling us 'premiership contenders' at the start of 2014. 2013, yes, but not this year.
Didn't have you as "premiership contenders" but around 5-6. Disappointing season.
 

Richo83

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Coach of the Year - Clarkson, Roos a close second
Brownlow Medalist - Ablett, well it should be anyway
Most Improved Player from your club - Not sure if Miles counts given it's his first year at the club, if he doesn't, Griffiths or Ellis
Most Improved Player/s from opposition club - Gray, Prestia, Rockliff, Breust, Hartlett, Parker, Gibbs
Best Defender - Taylor
Best Mid - Ablett
Best FF - Franklin
Best Ruckman - Jacobs
Player/s who you felt had sub par years - Swan, Watts, Petrie, Cloke, Dangerfield, Vickery, Dangerfield
Most Improved team - Gold Coast, followed by Port and North. North were arguably better last year, but this year they've managed to finish off sides. Suns have obviously improved, Port have taken an extra step
Most Disappointing team - Until recently, Richmond, overall Carlton, many expected little, but seven wins, no wins against the top four or the big four, only one win against a top eight side and not that many injuries would have been close to worst case scenario
Grand Finalists - Sydney V Hawthorn
Winner - Sydney
 
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Six decades of domination
Coach of the Year - Clarkson
Brownlow Medalist - Not too fussed this season. All the likely winners fell over on the finish line. Selwood probably will Bradbury it although I havn't really rated his season as much as last years.
Most Improved Player from your club - Lewis. Went from a player on the cusp of A-grade to one of the best mids in the comp. Ceglar also came from nowhere and displaced McEvoy. Don't think anyone saw him improving that much in the space of a few months.
Most Improved Player/s from opposition club - Luke Parker
Best Defender - E Mac
Best Mid - Nathan Fyfe (Player of the year by a mile IMO)
Best FF - Buddy Franklin
Best Ruckman - Sam Jacobs
Player/s who you felt had sub par years - Dane Swan. Dangerfield unfortunately for my SC team. Cloke also an obvious choice for a million dollar player.
Most Improved team - Port first half of the year. Richmond second half. Really like the look of the Doggies midfield have something to work with.
Most Disappointing team - Carlton but I don't think anyone expected much from them.
Grand Finalists - Hawthorn V Fremantle
Winner - Hawthorn
 
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Coach of the Year - Alastair Clarkson
Brownlow Medalist - J P Kennedy
Most Improved Player from your club - Scott Lycett
Most Improved Player/s from opposition club - Jared Polec
Best Defender - Eric Mackenzie
Best Mid - Gary Ablett
Best FF - Buddy Franklin
Best Ruckman - Sam Jacobs
Player/s who you felt had sub par years - Travis Cloke
Most Improved team - GWS
Most Disappointing team - Adelaide (in ladder position, showed reasonable form at times though)
Grand Finalists - Sydney vs Hawthorn (although if my Sydney-North pre-season prediction comes true, wouldn't complain)
Winner - Footy fans
 

SloaneysDanger

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Coach of the Year - Chris Scott - Cats are on the decline, won't make top 4, too old yada yada yada
Brownlow Medalist - Joel Selwood
Most Improved Player from your club - Matthew Jaensch
Most Improved Player/s from opposition club - Brandon Ellis
Best Defender - Cale Hooker
Best Mid - Gary Ablett
Best FF - Buddy Franklin
Best Ruckman - Sam Jacobs
Player/s who you felt had sub par years - Travis Cloke - way down on goals, marks, marks inside 50 this year than the past couple of years
Most Improved team - Gold Coast
Most Disappointing team - Carlton
Grand Finalists -
Sydney vs Hawthorn
Winner - Sydney
 

Firebat

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Coach of the Year - Alastair Clarkson
Brownlow Medalist - Selwood
Most Improved Player from your club - greenwood
Most Improved Player/s from opposition club - Jared Polec, Jetta from Melb, Trelour, and Jaensch.
Best Defender - Eric Mackenzie
Best Mid - Gary Ablett
Best FF - Buddy Franklin
Best Ruckman - Sandi
Player/s who you felt had sub par years - Travis Cloke, Dangerfield and swan
Most Improved team - GWS
Most Disappointing team - melbourne
Grand Finalists - Sydney vs Hawthorn
Winner - Swans
 

The Blue Baggers

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Coach of the Year - Alistair Clarkson / Kenny Hinkley
Brownlow Medalist - Gary Ablett (please not Joel Selwood)
Most Improved Player from your club - Sam Rowe
Most Improved Player/s from opposition club - Robbie Gray
Best Defender - Harry Taylor
Best Mid - Bryce Gibbs
Best FF - Buddy Franklin
Best Ruckman - Sam Jacobs
Player/s who you felt had sub par years - Goddard
Most Improved team - no real stand outs - North made finals
Most Disappointing team - Carlton - injuries aside too much talent not to be making finals
Grand Finalists -
Swans vs Hawthorn
Winner - Swans
 

Confuscius

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Coach of the Year - Alistair Clarkson
Brownlow Medalist - Joel Selwood
Most Improved Player from your club - Jack Newnes
Most Improved Player/s from opposition club - Rockliff and gray
Best Defender - Harry Taylor
Best Mid - Nathan Fyfe
Best FF - Buddy Franklin
Best Ruckman - sandilands
Player/s who you felt had sub par years - Dane Swan. Leigh Montagna.
Most Improved team - Gold Coast
Most Disappointing team - Melbourne. Collingwood. Expected bulldogs to be pushing for the 8 as well
Grand Finalists - Sydney vs Hawthorn
Winner - Hawthorn
 

funk44

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Coach of the Year - Alastair Clarkson
Brownlow Medalist - Selwood
Most Improved Player from your club - Cam Guthrie
Most Improved Player/s from opposition club - Robbie Gray
Best Defender - Harry Taylor
Best Mid - Nathan Fyfe
Best FF - Lance Franklin
Best Ruckman - Aaron Sandilands
Player/s who you felt had sub par years - Dangerfield
Most Improved team - Port
Most Disappointing team - Melbourne
Grand Finalists - Hawthorn v Sydney
Winner - Hawthorn
 

Winter

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Coach of the Year - Chris Scott
Brownlow Medalist - Joel Selwood
Most Improved Player from your club - Ben Brown
Most Improved Player/s from opposition club - Robbie Gray
Best Defender - The Geelong unit; Rivers, Lonergan and Taylor
Best Mid - Gary Ablett Jnr
Best FF - Lance Franklin
Best Ruckman - Sam Jacobs
Player/s who you felt had sub par years - Patrick Dangerfield & Dane Swan
Most Improved team - Gold Coast ending Port Adelaide.
Most Disappointing team - Carlton
Grand Finalists - Sydney vs Hawthorn
Winner - Sydney
 
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