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It's that time of year again and with what seems like a dozen plus awards it seems to work with keeping discussion in a centralised location

To start with, here's our nominees for the AFLPA Awards:


Tom Stewart, Gryan Miers, and Mark Blicavs have been recognised by their peers for their outstanding 2023 seasons by being nominated for the AFL Players Most Valuable Player Award.

The winner of the coveted prize will be announced on Wednesday, 30 August.

Other Cats up for nominations are Jhye Clark for Best Year Player, Tom Atkins for the Most Courageous Player Award, and Patrick Dangerfield for the Best Captain Award
 
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Here's the AA squad:

2023 AFL ALL-AUSTRALIAN SQUAD: Oscar Allen, Noah Anderson, Harris Andrews, Nick Blakey, Marcus Bontempelli, Luke Breust, Zak Butters, Charlie Cameron, Stephen Coniglio, Patrick Cripps, Charlie Curnow, Josh Daicos, Nick Daicos, Joe Daniher, Jordan Dawson, Jordan de Goey, Tim English, Tom Green, Toby Greene, Errol Gulden, Daniel Houston, Luke Jackson, Kyle Langford, Nick Larkey, Tom Liberatore, Rowan Marshall, Dustin Martin, Zach Merrett, Darcy Moore, Lachie Neale, Jai Newcombe, Christian Petracca, Isaac Quaynor, Mason Redman, Connor Rozee, Luke Ryan, Caleb Serong, James Sicily, Jack Sinclair, Tom Stewart, Jack Viney, Taylor Walker, Jacob Weitering, Callum Wilkie

Squad members by club​

5 - Collingwood
4 - Brisbane
3 - Carlton, Essendon, Fremantle, GWS, Hawthorn, Port Adelaide, St Kilda, Western Bulldogs
2 - Melbourne, Sydney
1 - Geelong, Gold Coast, North Melbourne, Richmond, West Coast


Adelaide:
Jordan Dawson
Never previously All-Australian

Taylor Walker
Never previously All-Australian

Brisbane:
Harris Andrews
2019 and 2020 All-Australian

Charlie Cameron
2019 All-Australian

Joe Daniher
2017 All-Australian

Lachie Neale
2019, 2020 and 2022 All-Australian

Carlton:
Patrick Cripps
2018, 2019 and 2022 All-Australian

Charlie Curnow
2022 All-Australian

Jacob Weitering
Never previously All-Australian

Collingwood:
Josh Daicos
Never previously All-Australian

Nick Daicos
Never previously All-Australian

Jordan de Goey
Never previously All-Australian

Darcy Moore
2020 All-Australian

Isaac Quaynor
Never previously All-Australian

Essendon:
Kyle Langford
Never previously All-Australian

Zach Merrett
2017 and 2021 All-Australian

Mason Redman
Never previously All-Australian

Fremantle:
Luke Jackson
Never previously All-Australian

Luke Ryan
2020 All-Australian

Caleb Serong
Never previously All-Australian

Geelong:
Tom Stewart
2018, 2019, 2021 and 2022 All-Australian

Gold Coast:
Noah Anderson
Never previously All-Australian

GWS:
Stephen Coniglio
Never previously All-Australian

Tom Green
Never previously All-Australian

Toby Greene
2016 and 2021 All-Australian

Hawthorn:
Luke Breust
2014 and 2018 All-Australian

Jai Newcombe
Never previously All-Australian

James Sicily
Never previously All-Australian

Melbourne:
Christian Petracca
2020, 2021 and 2022 All-Australian

Jack Viney
Never previously All-Australian

North Melbourne:
Nick Larkey
Never previously All-Australian

Port Adelaide:
Zak Butters
Never previously All-Australian

Daniel Houston
Never previously All-Australian

Connor Rozee
2022 All-Australian

Richmond:
Dustin Martin
2016, 2017, 2018 and 2020 All-Australian

St Kilda:
Rowan Marshall
Never previously All-Australian

Jack Sinclair
2022 All-Australian

Callum Wilkie
Never previously All-Australian

Sydney:
Rowan Marshall
Never previously All-Australian

Jack Sinclair
2022 All-Australian

Callum Wilkie
Never previously All-Australian

WCE:
Oscar Allen
Never previously All-Australian

Bulldogs:
Marcus Bontempelli
2016, 2019, 2020 and 2021 All-Australian

Tim English
Never previously All-Australian

Tom Liberatore
Never previously All-Australian
 

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I thought Gryan Miers did enough to be at least named in the squad.
 
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Hello Kitty said:
Breust, Martin + Walker 😳😳😳
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Tex kicked 76 goals to finish runner up in the Coleman - he could very easily be wearing a blazer in recognition of his season
 
cats_09 said:
Tex kicked 76 goals to finish runner up in the Coleman - he could very easily be wearing a blazer in recognition of his season
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That’s true, but I can’t stand him 😜
Therefore no AA for him!
Sounds a rational decision to me 😏
 
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Tex kicked 76 goals to finish runner up in the Coleman - he could very easily be wearing a blazer in recognition of his season
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A quarter of those goals were against West Coast though.
 

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Dusty and Cripps are the biggest ‘picked on name alone’ selections I’ve ever seen. Neither player was in the best 100 players in the comp this year let alone beat 44.

Miers, Sam Taylor, Tim Taranto all desperately unlucky.
 
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I did too until I saw he's only kicked 7 goals this season. Which I found really hard to believe to be honest.

But that just isn't enough for any small forward.
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I never said he should be selected on the team, but I thought he did enough with all his goal assists to make the squad.
 
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I did too until I saw he's only kicked 7 goals this season. Which I found really hard to believe to be honest.

But that just isn't enough for any small forward.
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He was often a link player up the field, would love to see his heat maps because based on what I have seen this year Miers isn't a small forward.
 
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He was often a link player up the field, would love to see his heat maps because based on what I have seen this year Miers isn't a small forward.
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Agree with this. I don't think 'small forward' covers what Gryan does. Which may also explain somewhat why he's not in the AA squad: they may struggle to place unique players like him in a list of traditional roles.
 
fpm84 said:
Dusty and Cripps are the biggest ‘picked on name alone’ selections I’ve ever seen. Neither player was in the best 100 players in the comp this year let alone beat 44.

Miers, Sam Taylor, Tim Taranto all desperately unlucky.
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Every game I saw Dusty play, he was very good. He has missed selection before, and this year deserves it- was not selected in 3 of the last 4 seasons, and this is only a squad
 
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I did too until I saw he's only kicked 7 goals this season. Which I found really hard to believe to be honest.

But that just isn't enough for any small forward.
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But he hasn't played as a traditional forward pocket. The idea that he's been fulfilling the same role as Charlie Cameron or Luke Breust is absurd.

Miers' role has been that of a gut-running high half forward creator who also runs his opponent into the ground with his elite endurance capacity and plays a key role in our transition as that link man between the arcs. That's why you see him getting so much of the footy on the wing and why he's been regularly gathering 20+ disposals per game.

I'd love to see a heat map for Miers' season and compare it to the stay-at-home small forwards. I feel confident the difference would be stark and highlight the fact that he shouldn't have been competing for a spot in the team against anyone playing the traditional small forward role. Miers should have been picked on the bench to allow for the unique role he's been playing this year, much like Blitz was picked on the bench for the same reason.
 
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