Analysis 2023 All Australian Team Awards Night

[Dom PC]

I’d love to hear your arguments supporting that the umpires have better judgment than the selectors

Many people got duped by a quiet 2 or 3 week period Lachie had including the AA selectors.

Not going to argue about Neale. He's had a very very good year. Red hot chance to win our B&F.

 

[KissKiss]

Many people got duped by a quiet 2 or 3 week period Lachie had including the AA selectors.

Not going to argue about Neale. He's had a very very good year. Red hot chance to win our B&F.

He was top 5 in basically every award that was voted on week by week. People just seduced by disposal numbers

 

[BaliDemon]

Caleb Serong

3

Caleb Serong

Age

23

Ht

180cm

Wt

87kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

13.0

3star

K

7.0

3star

HB

6.0

4star

M

1.8

2star

T

3.6

5star

CL

2.6

4star

D

13.0

3star

K

7.0

3star

HB

6.0

3star

M

1.8

2star

T

3.6

4star

CL

2.6

4star

D

13.0

4star

K

7.0

3star

HB

6.0

4star

M

1.8

2star

T

3.6

5star

CL

2.6

5star

was very lucky to be in it. Glen Jakovich

Glen Jakovich

Age

51

Ht

193cm

Wt

102kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

17.2

4star

K

12.0

4star

HB

5.2

4star

M

4.2

4star

T

1.0

3star

No current season stats available

D

17.6

5star

K

11.2

4star

HB

6.4

4star

M

4.2

4star

T

0.6

3star

doing his annual “gotta have a WA boy in there” manoeuvring.

Jack Viney

7

Jack Viney

Age

30

Ht

179cm

Wt

93kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

22.1

5star

K

9.4

4star

HB

12.6

5star

M

2.8

3star

T

5.7

5star

CL

5.0

5star

D

21.8

5star

K

10.3

4star

HB

11.5

5star

M

2.5

3star

T

4.5

5star

CL

5.0

5star

D

13.4

4star

K

8.6

4star

HB

4.8

4star

M

2.6

3star

T

3.4

5star

CL

3.6

5star

or Libba much more deserving of that final bench spot.

 

[Jhye Clark 13]

Many people got duped by a quiet 2 or 3 week period Lachie had including the AA selectors.

Not going to argue about Neale. He's had a very very good year. Red hot chance to win our B&F.

Neale got tagged out of too many games.

 

[Jhye Clark 13]

Caleb Serong was very lucky to be in it. Glen Jakovich doing his annual “gotta have a WA boy in there” manoeuvring.

Jack Viney or Libba much more deserving of that final bench spot.

No he wasn't. Serong had an exceptional year. I watched him closely because I started with him in my SC side.

 

[LukeParkerno1]

Caleb Serong was very lucky to be in it. Glen Jakovich doing his annual “gotta have a WA boy in there” manoeuvring.

Jack Viney or Libba much more deserving of that final bench spot.

Not really, and for a poor Freo side still came in the top 8 of the Brownlow, much easier to get votes in a winning side.

 

[BringFevBack2021]

Caleb Serong was very lucky to be in it. Glen Jakovich doing his annual “gotta have a WA boy in there” manoeuvring.

Jack Viney or Libba much more deserving of that final bench spot.

Serong is like a little, more mobile Cripps - he gets in and under and shovels the ball out effectively to space. He, Butters, Gulden, Daicos and Walsh are for mine the players to watch next year.

Love the way he goes about it, absolute jet.

 

[HairyO]

I’d love to hear your arguments supporting that the umpires have better judgment than the selectors

Darcy
KB
Cornes
Gill
Dillon
Ling

And many other flogs over the years.

The umpires watch the games. There is no requirement for the AA selectors to watch the games.

Every single year the AA selectors come up with terrible choices. Without fail.

 

[LukeParkerno1]

Every single year the AA selectors come up with terrible choices. Without fail.

Which one did they get horribly wrong this year? They actually got it spot on this season.

 

[HairyO]

Which one did they get horribly wrong this year? They actually got it spot on this season.

Stewart was not in the best 6 this year or last year.

Merrett on the bench incredibly lucky too. Could put Stewart there if not wanting Newcombe.

 

[LukeParkerno1]

Stewart was not in the best 6 this year or last year.

Merrett on the bench incredibly lucky too. Could put Stewart there if not wanting Newcombe.

In that role Stewart probably was, he was the only borderline one. Merrett was easily in the best side, bench but easily there, Newcombe is next year (same with Blakey from us, etc). They weren't picking two inside foot soldiers on the bench.

 

[eth-dog]

Stewart was not in the best 6 this year or last year.

Merrett on the bench incredibly lucky too. Could put Stewart there if not wanting Newcombe.

Merrett was lucky? Tell me you didn't watch Essendon play without telling me you didn't watch Essendon play.

Was miles better than Newcombe.

 

[LukeParkerno1]

Merrett was lucky? Tell me you didn't watch Essendon play without telling me you didn't watch Essendon play.

Was miles better than Newcombe.

Yep, easily in the best 22, they got it right probably on the bench but he was a moral of being in the side was just where.

 

[HairyO]

Merrett was lucky? Tell me you didn't watch Essendon play without telling me you didn't watch Essendon play.

Was miles better than Newcombe.

Watched plenty.

Essendon loaded with players who get a heap and dont do a lot with it.

 

[eth-dog]

Watched plenty.

Essendon loaded with players who get a heap and dont do a lot with it.

Saying Merrett "doesn't do much with it" is about as dumb as saying Newcombe is soft.

Keep going, the stupidity is entertaining.

 

[LukeParkerno1]

Watched plenty.

Essendon loaded with players who get a heap and dont do a lot with it.

Merrett is close to the most damaging mid per possession, there's a reason other coaches send their negator to him, you stop Merrett you stop Essendon, sorry but it's true, good teams have but most don't. He's easily in the side.

Stewart i'll cop as a 50/0 but that's the only one, and if that's the ONLY one the selectors have done a great job

 

[BaliDemon]

No he wasn't. Serong had an exceptional year. I watched him closely because I started with him in my SC side.

Didn’t say he didn’t have a good season. Viney and Libba were better. I watched them all closely too.

There’s no way Glen Jakovich watches much non-WA footy. He’s as parochial as it gets and been a dominant voice on that committee for far too long. Him and KB need to * off.

 

[KissKiss]

Neale got tagged out of too many games.

It was like 2/3 games he got tagged out of. Reality is every player has a couple of bad games each year (or miss that many games to injury/suspension) and dont get discounted, why is it an issue for Neale this year?

On every measure Neale had a great year and was the best mid in the 2nd best team, he was in the top handful of mids all year. Its clear in basically every award that counted round by round for this. He was very hard done by in missing the AA team.

I will say if he had been included over some like Serong, Merrett, Dawson (who IMO were there abouts for who I would have dropped for Neale or Libba) we would be having the exact some discussion about how they were hard done by. There are always a few too many very good mids who miss out