2011 review

[Jimmy4664]

Now that the season is basically over I was just wondering what people opinions of the questions below would be.

Best Match: Hawthorn vs Collingwood pf
Worst Match: Geelong vs Melbourne r19
Most surprising team: West Coast
Most disappointing team: Port
Most improved player: Nat Fyfe
Most disappointing player: Brian Lake
Best Individual Performance:Scott Thompson 51d r22
Feel-Good Story: Isaac Smith
Low point of the year: Port losing to Gold Coast
Biggest Story/Issue: Fremantle coaching
Best Goal:Trent McKenzie r18
Best Mark: Andrew Walker r18
Norm smith medallist: Joel Selwood
Grand final result: Geelong by 23
Where do you think your side will finish next year (realistically): 12th

 

[scaryness]

Best Match: Essendon vs Sydney r20
Worst Match: Melbourne vs Carlton r10
Most surprising team: West Coast
Most disappointing team: Melbourne
Most improved player: Todd Goldstein
Most disappointing player: Brian Lake
Best Individual Performance: Gary Ablett (41 disposals, 4 goals) r8
Feel-Good Story: Gold Coast winning their first game
Low point of the year: Port Losing to Gold Coast
Biggest Story/Issue: Fremantle/St Kilda
Best Goal: Nathan Fyfe r8
Best Mark: Nic Naitanui r14
Norm smith medallist: Joel Selwood
Grand final result: Geelong by 9
Where do you think your side will finish next year (realistically): 5th

 

[lmach]

Best Match: West Coast v Carlton - Semi-Final
Worst Match: Port Adelaide v Collingwood - Rd 20
Most surprising team: West Coast
Most disappointing team: Port Adelaide
Most improved player: Scott Selwood
Most disappointing player: Brian Lake
Best Individual Performance: Josh Kennedy 10 goals - Rd 9
Feel-Good Story: Andrew Krakouer
Low point of the year: Port losing to Gold Coast
Biggest Story/Issue: Fremantle coaching
Best Goal: Nat Fyfe - Rd 8
Best Mark: Andrew Walker - Rd 18
Norm smith medallist: Joel Corey
Grand final result: Geelong by 19
Where do you think your side will finish next year (realistically): 3rd

 

[exile]

Best Match: Pies vs Hawks (prelim)
Worst Match: Cats vs Dees
Most surprising team: West Coast
Most disappointing team: St. Kilda
Most improved player: Todd Goldstein
Most disappointing player: Brian Lake
Best Individual Performance: Gary Ablett vs Adelaide (r8)
Feel-Good Story: GC's last quarter against Port for our first win.
Low point of the year: Seeing the Pies continue to be a dominant force.
Biggest Story/Issue: Ross Lyon
Best Goal: Trent McKenzie vs Pies
Best Mark: Andrew Walker vs Essendon
Norm smith medallist: Jimmy Bartel
Grand final result: Cats by 13
Where do you think your side will finish next year (realistically): 14th

 

[Riders of Rohan]

Best Match: HEssendon vs Sydney
Worst Match: Geelong vs St Kilda Round 1
Most surprising team: West Coast
Most disappointing team: Port
Most improved player: Nat Fyfe
Most disappointing player: Nick Riewoldt
Best Individual Performance:Steve Johnson vs Melbourne Round 19
Feel-Good Story: Gold Coast beating Port
Low point of the year: Port losing to Gold Coast
Biggest Story/Issue: School girl
Best Goal: Fyfe
Best Mark: Andrew Walker
Norm smith medallist: Bartel
Grand final result: Geelong by 1
Where do you think your side will finish next year (realistically): 5th-8th

 

[niceslacks]

All of these reasonable, but to me I could never call Krakouer the feel good story of the year.

It's great he has served his penalty, and been able to resume his career and is doing well, but I can't accept the feel good story of the year is for a guy who put another person in intensive care for a fortnight which lead to kidney failure and 6 months of rehab. It's a story to be told, and a good comeback from Krakouer following this, but there's nothing feel good about it. Now if the victim of the assault was playing tomorrow, that would the feel good story of the year.

Best Match: Pies vs Hawks (prelim)
Worst Match: most of Ports
Most surprising team: Geelong
Most disappointing team: Bulldogs
Most improved player: Andrew Walker
Most disappointing player: Kane Cornes
Best Individual Performance: Gary Ablett vs Adelaide
Feel-Good Story: J-Pod if Geelong wins tomorrow
Low point of the year: For me, when Dempsey and Winderlich did their knees within minutes of each other
Biggest Story/Issue: Saints and that girl
Best Goal: Fyfe
Best Mark: Ricky Pettard
Norm smith medallist: Brad Ottens
Grand final result: Hoping the Cats but not confident
Where do you think your side will finish next year (realistically): 8th again depending on the draw

 

[writeoff]

Best Match: WCE vs Carlton (semi-final)
Worst Match: Saints vs Crows (r18)
Most surprising team: West Coast
Most disappointing team: Port Power
Most improved player: K Hunt
Most disappointing player: P Davis
Best Individual Performance: Gary Ablett vs Adelaide (r8)
Feel-Good Story: Swan winning 2010 Brownlow medal in 2011.
Low point of the year: Porplyzia out for season 5 minutes into round 1.
Biggest Story/Issue: 3 on the bench + Sub.
Best Goal: Franklin - final minutes in Prelim to put Hawks back in front.
Best Mark: Krakouer - pack mark vs Crows (r9).
Norm smith medallist: James Kelly.
Grand final result: Cats by 8 points.
Where do you think your side will finish next year (realistically): 10th.

 

[BLUES9898]

Best Match: WCE vs Carlton (semi-final)
Worst Match: port vs collingwood
Most surprising team: West Coast
Most disappointing team: Port Power
Most improved player: M suckling
Most disappointing player: B lake
Best Individual Performance: Gary Ablett vs Adelaide (r8)
Feel-Good Story: gold coast first win.
Low point of the year: st kilda scandal
Biggest Story/Issue: 3 on the bench + Sub.
Best Goal: n fyfe.
Best Mark: a walker.
Norm smith medallist: Joel selwood
Grand final result: Cats by 12
Where do you think your side will finish next year (realistically): 3rd

 

[Churros]

Best Match: Round 19, Geelong vs Melbourne (in terms of unbelievable factor) or Round 5, Geelong vs Hawthorn (in terms of entertainment)
Worst Match: Port vs Gold Coast
Most surprising team: West Coast
Most disappointing team: Melbourne, Port is very close behind
Most improved player: James Kelly
Most disappointing player: Alan Didak
Best Individual Performance: REGARDLESS OF THE OPPOSITION, this was one of the best individual performances I've seen: Steve Johnson, r 19: 7 goals, 1 behind, 34 touches, 9 marks, 4 tackles, 12 goal assists.
Feel-Good Story: Isaac Smith or Kraks
Low point of the year: Losing to Essendon, being unable to prove to Bomber what he's missing out on.
Biggest Story/Issue: Fremantle's coach
Best Goal:Jimmy Bartel round 1, or Steve Johnson goal lying down.
Best Mark: Andrew Walker r18
Norm smith medallist: James Kelly or Brad Ottens
Grand final result: Geelong by 13
Where do you think your side will finish next year (realistically): 2nd, in spite of everyone saying we are on a slide. Again.

 

[ThePuppetMaster]

Best Match: Hawthorn vs Collingwood pf
Worst Match: Geelong vs Melbourne r19
Most surprising team: Geelong
Most disappointing team: Saints
Most improved player: Stefan Martin
Most disappointing player: Luke Hodge/Brendan Goddard
Best Individual Performance: Judd vs Essendon (2nd time round, but not finals)
Feel-Good Story: Andrew Krakouer
Low point of the year: Dean Bailey being sacked.
Biggest Story/Issue: Gambling.
Best Goal: Nat Fyfe v WCE
Best Mark: Andrew Walker vs Essendon
Norm smith medallist: Luke Ball
Grand final result: Geelong by 3
Where do you think your side will finish next year (realistically): 8th.

 

[wceblog]

Best Match: Preliminary Final - Hawthorn vs Collingwood Worst Match:
Most surprising team: West Coast
Most disappointing team: Port Adelaide
Most improved player: Leon Davis
Most disappointing player: Brian Lake
Best Individual Performance: Gary Ablett Jnr vs Adelaide R8
Feel-Good Story: West Coast's rise
Low point of the year: St Kilda/Ricky Nixon and schoolgirl drama
Biggest Story/Issue: St Kilda/Ricky Nixon and schoolgirl drama
Best Goal: Nat Fyfe R8
Best Mark: Nic Naitanui R14
Norm smith medallist: Joel Selwood
Grand final result: Geelong by 5pts
Where do you think your side will finish next year (realistically): bout 350th ... 5th

 

[Red Black and Blue]

Best Match: West Coast vs Carlton semi final
Worst Match: Essendon vs Carlton quarter final
Most surprising team: West Coast
Most disappointing team: Western Bulldogs
Most improved player: Stewart Crameri
Most disappointing player: Adam Cooney
Best Individual Performance: Josh Kennedy 10 goals
Feel-Good Story: Luke Shuey after years of injury.
Low point of the year: Fremantles injury list
Biggest Story/Issue: GWS poachings
Best Goal: Nat Fyfe
Best Mark: Andrew Walker
Norm smith medallist: Travis Cloke
Grand final result: Collingwood by 17
Where do you think your side will finish next year (realistically): 8th

 

[BlueTouchPaper]

Best Match: Inaugural Q-Clash
Most surprising team: West Coast
Most disappointing team: Western Bulldogs
Most improved player: Fyfe
Most disappointing player: Lake
Best Individual Performance: Ablett Jnr (R8)
Feel-Good Story: Krakouer
Low point of the year: Melbourne at Skilled
Biggest Story/Issue: Harvey sacking
Best Goal: Franklin - Preliminary Final
Best Mark: Walker
Norm smith medallist: Selwood
Grand final result: Geelong
Where do you think your side will finish next year (realistically): 4th

 

[Tassieboy]

All of these reasonable, but to me I could never call Krakouer the feel good story of the year.

It's great he has served his penalty, and been able to resume his career and is doing well, but I can't accept the feel good story of the year is for a guy who put another person in intensive care for a fortnight which lead to kidney failure and 6 months of rehab. It's a story to be told, and a good comeback from Krakouer following this, but there's nothing feel good about it. Now if the victim of the assault was playing tomorrow, that would the feel good story of the year.

I admire him for coming back, but I feel the same way. Maybe I should move on, though I feel he is the lucky one.

Best Match: Collingwood V Hawthorn (Prelim)
Worst Match: Saints vs Crows (r18)
Most surprising team: West Coast
Most disappointing team: Port Power
Most improved player: Nat Fyfe
Most disappointing player: A Didak - very average.
Best Individual Performance: Adam Goodes vs Essendon (r20)
Feel-Good Story: Gold Coast winning first game.
Low point of the year: All season ending injuries - just shocking.
Biggest Story/Issue: Ross Lyon.
Best Goal: Franklin - final minutes in Preliminary.
Best Mark: Walker - Essendon (r.18).
Norm smith medallist: Joel Selwood.
Grand final result: Cats by 29 points.
Where do you think your side will finish next year (realistically): 7th.

 

[Starburns_]

Best Match: West Coast vs Carlton sf
Worst Match: Richmond vs Port in Darwin (if I hadn't had a vested interest would have turned that one off in the first, the Bulldogs vs Crows game on a Friday night at etihad was a stinker from memory too)
Most surprising team: West Coast
Most disappointing team: St Kilda
Most improved player: Andrew Walker
Most disappointing player: Brian Lake
Best Individual Performance: pick any of Ablett jnr's best games
Feel-Good Story: Max Bailey
Low point of the year: Hard to split the "home" losses to Port and GC
Biggest Story/Issue: St Kilda's entire year
Best Goal: Stevie J vs Essendon
Best Mark: Andrew Walker r18
Norm smith medallist: Jimmy Bartel
Grand final result: Geelong by 12
Where do you think your side will finish next year (realistically): 9th

 

[Starburns_]

All of these reasonable, but to me I could never call Krakouer the feel good story of the year.

It's great he has served his penalty, and been able to resume his career and is doing well, but I can't accept the feel good story of the year is for a guy who put another person in intensive care for a fortnight which lead to kidney failure and 6 months of rehab. It's a story to be told, and a good comeback from Krakouer following this, but there's nothing feel good about it. Now if the victim of the assault was playing tomorrow, that would the feel good story of the year.

^^ 100% This

Was sorely tempted to make my own "low point" of the year the mass Krakouer love-in that has happened this year, it's baffling.

 

[LadyPants]

Best Match: WCE vs Carlton (semi-final)
Worst Match: Fremantle vs Collingwood
Most surprising team: West Coast
Most disappointing team: Bulldogs
Most improved player: N Fyfe
Most disappointing player: N Riewoldt
Best Individual Performance: Gary Ablett vs Adelaide (Round 8)
Feel-Good Story: Gold Coast not going winless.
Low point of the year: Lenny's Leg
Biggest Story/Issue: Schoolgirl/Ro$$ Lyon.
Best Goal: N Fyfe.
Best Mark: A Walker.
Norm smith medallist: Luke Ball
Grand final result: Cats by 17
Where do you think your side will finish next year (realistically): 7th

 

[Kayaz]

Best Match: Collingwood v Hawthorn PF
Worst Match: Melbourne vs Carlton r10
Most surprising team: West Coast
Most disappointing team: Port
Most improved player: James Kelly
Most disappointing player: Alan didak
Best Individual Performance: Steve johnson v melbourne
Feel-Good Story: Trent west
Low point of the year: Port
Biggest Story/Issue: Freo/ st kilda
Best Goal: Buddy PF
Best Mark: natanui
Norm smith medallist: Selwood
Grand final result: cats by 8
Where do you think your side will finish next year (realistically): 2-5

 

[Rors]

Best Match: Collingwood v Hawthorn PF
Worst Match: Gold Coast v StKilda
Most surprising team: West Coast
Most disappointing team: StKilda
Most improved player: Jobe Watson
Most disappointing player: Brian Lake
Best Individual Performance: Josh Kennedy kicking 10
Feel-Good Story: Gold Coast winning 3 games!
Low point of the year: The passing of Jarred McVeigh's baby girl
Biggest Story/Issue: Fevola/Ross Lyon
Best Goal: Buddy PF
Best Mark: Andrew Walker
Norm smith medallist: Jimmy Bartel
Grand final result: Cats - 17pts
Where do you think your side will finish next year (realistically): 6-10

 

[Hipster Doofus]

All of these reasonable, but to me I could never call Krakouer the feel good story of the year.

It's great he has served his penalty, and been able to resume his career and is doing well, but I can't accept the feel good story of the year is for a guy who put another person in intensive care for a fortnight which lead to kidney failure and 6 months of rehab. It's a story to be told, and a good comeback from Krakouer following this, but there's nothing feel good about it. Now if the victim of the assault was playing tomorrow, that would the feel good story of the year.

Here here

 

[PieLebo87]

Best Match: Collingwood v Hawthorn (Prelim)
Most surprising team: Hawthorn - Top 4 WITH injuries
Most disappointing team: Western Bulldogs
Most improved player: Leon Davis
Feel-Good Story: Andrew Krakouer
Biggest Story/Issue: Umpiring interpretations
Best Goal: Neil McKenzie against Collingwood
Best Mark: Krakouer's MOTY
Norm smith medallist: Luke Ball
Where do you think your side will finish next year (realistically): 1st

 

[lepregnome]

why is Isaac smith a feel good story?

I feel like I'm missing something

 

[ChappyUK]

Best Match: Collingwood V Hawthorn (Prelim)
Worst Match: Any v Port
Most surprising team: Port (suprisingly bad)
Most disappointing team: Hawks. Choked in PF when had pies on the ropes.
Most improved player: Nat Fyfe
Most disappointing player: Tom Murphy. Shouldn't have given Ball that much room in the PF.
Best Individual Performance: Stevie J kicking 7 with 12 assists
Feel-Good Story: Shaw getting suspended.
Low point of the year: Stevie J's knee
Biggest Story/Issue: Ross Lyon.
Best Goal: Franklin PF
Best Mark: Walker - Essendon (r.18).
Norm smith medallist: Chapman
Grand final result: Cats by 41 points.
Where do you think your side will finish next year (realistically): 2nd.

 

[LeverPuller]

Best Match: Carlton v Geelong (where Warnock missed)
Worst Match: Geelong vs Melbourne r19
Most surprising team: West Coast
Most disappointing team: Melbourne, St Kilda
Most improved player: Matt Priddis
Most disappointing player: Kurt Tippett
Best Individual Performance: Gary Ablett v Adelaide
Feel-Good Story: Kyle Matthews (look him up people, don't care that it isn't AFL)
Low point of the year: 186
Biggest Story/Issue: Tom $cully
Best Goal: Luke Tapscott (first AFL goal, hoofed it 55 off about 2 steps_
Best Mark: Ricky Petterd
Norm Smith Medallist: Joel Selwood
Grand final result: Geelong by 24
Where do you think your side will finish next year (realistically): 8th, 11 wins

 

[Gricky]

why is Isaac smith a feel good story?

I feel like I'm missing something

He started of last year playing in the ballarat football league, then he started playing in the VFL and played in the grand final then he got a chance this year with hawthorn