News 2018 Brownlow Discussion

[Giant Strides]

So, who wins? Who is best for GWS? Who do we want to poll well? Who's top out of Lachie, Cogs & Cal? All will be revealed tonight!

 

[Giant Strides]

Round 1 vs Bulldogs:
3 - Jeremy Cameron (ineligible)
2 - Steve Coniglio
1 - Toby Greene

Round 2 vs Collingwood:
3 - Steve Coniglio
1 - Josh Kelly

Cogs the early leader - stop the count now!

 

[fridgeman]

Coniglio should be top 5 and Ward should get a few votes but can't see too many other giants polling in multiple games
It would be great if Gawn finishes second and Grundy in the top 5 but not sure on how many games they would poll in

 

[Giant Strides]

Dylan & Haynes have polled a couple of games, but perhaps not too many more. Whitfield I'd think would poll a few throughout; Kelly a few in his purple patch.

Round 3 v Swans:
2 - Nick Haynes

Round 4 v Fremantle
3 - Callan Ward
2 - Nick Haynes

Round 5 v St Kilda
3 - Brett Deledio
1 - Dylan Shiel

Round 6 v Brisbane
3 - Dylan Shiel
2 - Lachie Whitfield

Round 7 v Geelong
nil

Round 8 v West Coast Eagles
1 - Callan Ward

Round 9 v North Melbourne
nil

Progress:

Coniglio 5
Shiel, Haynes, Ward - 4

 

[Giant Strides]

Round 10 v Essendon
2 - Steve Coniglio

Round 11 v Adelaide
3 - Dylan Shiel
1 - Ryan Griffen

Round 12 v Gold Coast
3 - Jeremy Cameron
2 - Josh Kelly
1 - Lachie Whitfield

Progress:
Steve Coniglio, Sylan Shiel - 7
Jeremy Cameron (ineligible) - 6

 

[Giant Strides]

Round 13 bye

Round 14 v Brisbane
3 - Dylan Shiel
2- Lachie Whitfield
1 - Josh Kelly

Round 15 v Hawthorn
3 - Callan Ward
1 - Nick Haynes

Round 16 v West Coast Eagles
nil - WTF in an 11 point loss?

Round 17 v Richmond
3 - Callan Ward
2 - Lachie Whitfield
1 - Steve Coniglio

Round 18 v Port Adelaide
3 - Lachie Whitfield
2 - Josh Kelly

Round 19 v St Kilda
3 - Lachie Whitfield
1 - Josh Kelly

Round 20 v Carlton
3 - Josh Kelly
2 - Steve Coniglio
1- Callan Ward

Round 21 v Adelaide
3 - Lachie Whitfield
2 - Callan Ward

Round 22 v Sydney
nil

Round 23 v Melbourne
1 - Steve Coniglio

Final Standings:
16 - Lachie Whitfield (equal 12th): congrats Lachie, a fantastic season
13 - Callan Ward: another excellent season
11 - Steve Coniglio: well done on a solid showing again
10 - Josh Kelly, Dylan Shiel
6 - Jeremy Cameron
5 - Nick Haynes (well done on multiple votes!)
3 - Brett Deledio
1 - Toby Greene, Ryan Griffen

10 players polled votes, 5 players scored 10 or more, 75 votes for GWS players overall.

 

[Determinant]

I believe that unless someone truly ramps their game that top group will always take points from each other, great for GWS, not so great for producing a Brownlow winner

 

[Ichabod Noodle]

Round 16 v West Coast Eagles
nil - WTF in an 11 point loss?

And where we dominated for large chunks of the game and had more scoring shots than them.

But hey, West Coast and home town umpiring - what a shock.

 

[Ichabod Noodle]

Then again... I have no idea why the Brownlow is held in so much higher regard than any of the other awards. We spend pretty much every minute of every game calling the umpires every name under the sun - questioning their eyesight, mental capacity and basic understanding of the game - yet in this regard we are supposed to take their opinion as something that matters, something to celebrate. Weird.

 

[fridgeman]

Thought Coniglio would have polled more votes but he can remain underrated for another season but well done to Whitfield and Ward and with the reasoning on why a Giant will struggle to win the medal I think it is why Mitchell and Fyfe will poll well in that others will not take votes and the ball away from them but if Coniglio has another goal a game and 25 touches next year along with having Scully, Kelly and Greene in the team he should get some individual honours

 

[dlanod]

I believe that unless someone truly ramps their game that top group will always take points from each other, great for GWS, not so great for producing a Brownlow winner

Brisbane begs to differ, but we'd need to finish a clear top two with plenty of dominant performances to get the votes to do it. Only four sweeps and another four 3-2 pairings isn't enough.