MVP 2017 Bigfooty Essendon Board Player of the Year

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It's back! Another season of MVP voting awaits us and this year our top up players (minus two) have been replaced by 10 of the returning suspended players. Last year, Zach Merrett won the award in a canter but can he be as dominant this year with the likes of Jobe Watson, Dyson Heppell, Michael Hurley, Cale Hooker and Brent Stanton returning?

THE RULES

As you may well know, after every Essendon match in the 2017 Premiership Season (including finals), there will be an MVP thread opened up where you will vote for who you thought were the standout players on the ground. The voting method is very simple. Following this template;

5. BEST ON GROUND
4. 2nd best
3. 3rd best
2. 4th best
1. 5th best

On the Thursday morning of every week, votes will be tallied, and the top 5 vote-getters will be our top 5 players for that week.


PLEASE keep in mind that you need to clearly label who gets the 5 votes and so on, just to make it easier for the votes to be counted. It's very difficult when votes are unlabeled.


THE 2017 BIGFOOTY POTY LEADERBOARD

As of the end of Round 23:

1st Place: Zach Merrett (45)

2nd Place: Michael Hurley (40)

3rd Place: Dyson Heppell (32)

4th Place: David Zaharakis (29)
5th Place: Brendon Goddard (24)
6th Place: Joe Daniher (23)
7th Place: Orazio Fantasia (21)
8th Place: Andrew McGrath (19)
9th Place: Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti (15)
10th Place: Cale Hooker (13)
11th Place: Thomas Bellchambers (12)
12th Place: Marty Gleeson (11)
13th Place: Jobe Watson (9)
14th Place: James Kelly (7)
15th Place: Travis Colyer, Darcy Parish, James Stewart (6)
18th Place: Conor McKenna (5)
19th Place: Patrick Ambrose (4)
20th Place: Mark Baguley (2)
21st Place: Shaun McKernan (1)​

 

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HALL OF FAME
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2016:
Winner: Zach Merrett (80)
Runner up: David Zaharakis (41)

2015:
Winner: Michael Hurley (50)
Runner up: Cale Hooker (45)

2014:
Winner: Dyson Heppell (51)
Runner up: Brendon Goddard/Patrick Ryder (32)

2013:
Winner: Jobe Watson (49)
Runner up: Michael Hibberd (38)

2012:
Winner: Jobe Watson (76)
Runner up: Brent Stanton (31)

2011:
Winner: Brent Stanton (43)
Runner up: Jobe Watson (39.5)

 

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Round 1:

ESSENDON 17.14 116 def HAWTHORN 12.19 91

5. Dyson Heppell (339)
4. Zach Merrett (273)
3. Orazio Fantasia (179)
2. Brendon Goddard (107)
1. Shaun McKernan (63)

 

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Round 2:

ESSENDON 17.9 111 def BRISBANE 12.12 84

5. Orazio Fantasia (250)
4. Zach Merrett (219)
3. Jobe Watson (182)
2. Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti (92)
1. Travis Colyer (34)

 

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Round 3:

ESSENDON 6.6 42 def by CARLTON 7.15 57

5. Brendon Goddard (122)
4. Jobe Watson (94)
3. Patrick Ambrose (74)
2. Dyson Heppell (67)
1. James Kelly (53)

 

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Round 4:

ESSENDON 13.10 88 def by ADELAIDE 24.9 153

5. Travis Colyer (164)
4. Andrew McGrath (105)
3. Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti (95)
2. Zach Merrett (81)
1. Patrick Ambrose (59)

 

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Round 5:

ESSENDON 15.10 100 def COLLINGWOOD 11.16 82

5. Joe Daniher (300)
4. Orazio Fantasia (173)
3. Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti (137)
2. Zach Merrett (112)
1. Michael Hurley (97)

 

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Round 6:

ESSENDON 10.14 74 def by MELBOURNE 17.10 112

5. Michael Hurley (175)
4. Brendon Goddard (133)
3. Andrew McGrath (100)
2. Zach Merrett (28)
1. Dyson Heppell (18)

 

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Round 7:

ESSENDON 11.13 79 def by FREMANTLE 17.14 116

5. Michael Hurley (115)
4. Brendon Goddard (71)
3. Zach Merrett (66)
2. Joe Daniher (46)
1. Cale Hooker (32)

 

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Round 8:

ESSENDON 17.8 110 def GEELONG 13.15 93

5. Joe Daniher (263)
4. Zach Merrett (147)
3. Orazio Fantasia (129)
2. Michael Hurley (111)
1. Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti (80)

 

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Round 9:

ESSENDON 19.11 125 def WEST COAST 8.16 64

5. Michael Hurley (147)
4. David Zaharakis (133)
3. Joe Daniher (132)
2. Zach Merrett (124)
1. Jobe Watson (36)

 

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Round 10:

ESSENDON 10.6 66 def by RICHMOND 11.15 81

5. Michael Hurley (111)
4. Brendon Goddard (107)
3. David Zaharakis (102)
2. Andrew McGrath (81)
1. Dyson Heppell (48)

 

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Round 11:

ESSENDON 15.11 101 def by GREATER WESTERN SYDNEY 18.9 117

5. Tom Bellchambers (98)
4. Zach Merrett (95)
3. Marty Gleeson (64)
2. Michael Hurley (45)
1. Conor McKenna (26)

 

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Round 12:

ESSENDON 19.17 131 def PORT ADELAIDE 8.13 61

5. Dyson Heppell (219)
4. Cale Hooker (197)
3. Zach Merrett (165)
2. Conor McKenna (78)
1. Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti (38)

 

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Round 14:

ESSENDON 12.13 85 def by SYDNEY 11.20 86

5. Michael Hurley (155)
4. David Zaharakis (128)
3. Zach Merrett (87)
2. Conor McKenna (66)
1. Marty Gleeson (40)

 

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Round 15:

ESSENDON 11.16 82 def by BRISBANE 13.12 90

5. Marty Gleeson (104)
4. Brendon Goddard (74)
3. Andrew McGrath (48)
2. Michael Hurley (41)
1. Dyson Heppell (38)

 

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Round 16:

ESSENDON 18.9 117 def COLLINGWOOD 12.8 80

5. James Kelly (164)
4. David Zaharakis (155)
3. Orazio Fantasia (129)
2. Dyson Heppell (86)
1. Michael Hurley (65)

 

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Round 17:

ESSENDON 17.16 118 def ST KILDA 7.15 57

5. Zach Merrett (187)
4. Michael Hurley (170)
3. Joe Daniher (142)
2. Marty Gleeson (120)
1. James Kelly (85)

 

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Round 18:

ESSENDON 20.12 132 def NORTH MELBOURNE 16.9 105

5. Dyson Heppell (141)
4. Cale Hooker (102)
3. Orazio Fantasia (88)
2. Zach Merrett (87)
1. Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti (59)

 

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Round 19:

ESSENDON 13.19 97 def by WESTERN BULLDOGS 19.13 127

5. Joe Daniher (168)
4. Darcy Parish (123)
3. David Zaharakis (77)
2. James Stewart (72)
1. Dyson Heppell (29)

 

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Round 20:

ESSENDON 11.18 84 def CARLTON 11.10 76

5. Dyson Heppell (203)
4. Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti (197)
3. David Zaharakis (138)
2. Darcy Parish (37)
1. Michael Hurley (32)

 

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Round 21:

ESSENDON 12.8 80 def by ADELAIDE 18.15 123

5. Andrew McGrath (147)
4. Cale Hooker (91)
3. David Zaharakis (81)
2. Michael Hurley (38)
1. James Stewart (23)

 

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Round 22:

ESSENDON 12.18 90 def GOLD COAST 9.3 57

5. David Zaharakis (175) [perfect score]
4. Dyson Heppell (86)
3. Thomas Bellchambers (82)
2. Andrew McGrath (69)
1. Brendon Goddard (28)

 

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Round 23:

ESSENDON 16.11 107 def FREMANTLE 14.8 92

5. Zach Merrett (180)
4. Thomas Bellchambers (124)
3. James Stewart (105)
2. Mark Baguley (37)
1. Jobe Watson (35)