Universal Love 2018 Brownlow Medal

Brayshaw is a sneaky bugger - good effort to poll so well. Didn't even notice him creeping up the leaderboard.
That helmet really helped him stand out. Plus with Gawn not being a midfielder, and Oliver being a diving flog, the umps had to give their votes to someone.
 
C'mon peeps. Let's not be bagging out Mitchell just because he's not a sexy winner or because we wanted Cripps to win.

Yeah Mitchell is somewhat of a boring accumulator and he gets some cheap 1-2s. But he also racks up elite levels of contested possessions, clearances and tackles.

Is he a perfect winner? No. Did I enjoy him more than say Fyfe and Martin in their Brownlow years? No. Is Mitchell a deserving winner based on 2018 form? Yes.
 
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Mitchell is similar to Ablett, in that he racks up high numbers of possessions every week, but the stats don't tell the story of his game.
He can have an absolutely dominant 45 possession game, or a largely ineffectual 45 possession game, and because of this he is both over-rated and under-rated.
 

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I'm so proud of Cripps' brownlow performance.
To poll 20 votes when a team only wins 2 games, is bloody amazing.
He is one of the big positives to come out of this year.
Well done Cripps, you are a contested ball winning beast. :footy::footy::footy::footy::footy::footy::footy::thumbsu:
 

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Personally, think Mitchell was a pretty deserving winner.

But holy s**t he seems like a boring bloke. Then mid speech...

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Except for the whole he should’ve got suspended thing


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He's ruckman height, has dark blond hair, and looks like someone carved him from marble with the intention of one-upping Narcissus.

He'll go okay.
Is hard to see Crippa's number when he is running around with 2 blokes latched onto his back though.... He does usually brush them off in time for the next stoppage for a few seconds....
 
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Mitchell is similar to Ablett, in that he racks up high numbers of possessions every week, but the stats don't tell the story of his game.
He can have an absolutely dominant 45 possession game, or a largely ineffectual 45 possession game, and because of this he is both over-rated and under-rated.
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