News AFL Captains Survey 2011

[mattys123]

The results are in for the 2011 AFL Captain's survey, and only one team is "guaranteed" to make the finals, according to it's 16 opposition captains, and that team is ............ COLLINGWOOD.

Also, have a look at the "likely to make the Grand Final" voting, 14 votes for us, staggering.

http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/109451/default.aspx

Which seven other clubs do you think can make this year's top eight?
Collingwood (16), St Kilda (15), Western Bulldogs (15), Geelong Cats (15), Hawthorn (14), Sydney Swans (10), Adelaide Crows (nine), Fremantle (nine), Carlton (nine), Essendon (five), West Coast (one), North Melbourne (one), Brisbane Lions (nil), Gold Coast Suns (nil), Port Adelaide (nil), Richmond (nil), Melbourne (nil).

Which other club is most likely to reach the Grand Final?
Collingwood (14), Hawthorn (two), Western Bulldogs (one).

Who do you think will win the 2011 Brownlow Medal?
Luke Hodge, Hawthorn (three), Joel Selwood, Geelong Cats (three), Dane Swan, Collingwood (three), Scott Pendlebury, Collingwood (two), Matthew Boyd, Western Bulldogs (one), Adam Goodes, Sydney Swans (one), Chris Judd, Carlton (one), Marc Murphy, Carlton (one), Jack Riewoldt, Richmond (one), Aaron Sandilands, Fremantle (one).

Who do you think will win the 2011 NAB AFL Rising Star?
David Swallow, Gold Coast Suns (13), Shaun Atley, North Melbourne (one), Harley Bennell, Gold Coast Suns (one), Reece Conca, Richmond (one), Dyson Heppell, Essendon (one).

Who do you think will take Mark of the Year?
Liam Jurrah, Melbourne (six), Jack Riewoldt, Richmond (three), Paddy Ryder, Essendon (two), Luke McPharlin, Fremantle (one), Nick Maxwell, Collingwood (one), Nic Naitanui, West Coast (one), Nick Riewoldt, St Kilda (one), Aaron Sandilands, Fremantle (one), Zephaniah Skinner, Western Bulldogs (one).

Who do you think will kick Goal of the Year?
Liam Jurrah, Melbourne (three), Mark LeCras, West Coast (two), Daniel Motlop, Port Adelaide (two), Cyril Rioli, Hawthorn (two), Hayden Ballantyne, Fremantle (one), Eddie Betts, Carlton (one), Alan Didak, Collingwood (one), Jeff Garlett, Carlton (one), Lewis Jetta, Sydney Swans (one), Steve Johnson, Geelong Cats (one), Stephen Milne, St Kilda (one), Daniel Wells, North Melbourne (one).

 

[Jedi01]

The Golden Age to be a Collingwood supporter is now.

 

[handy point]

Considering it's which other club, that means Maxy said either Hawthorn or WB.

14 out of 16 ain't bad.

 

[Ed D]

Interesting none of the captains rate Melbourne with making the finals.

 

[SpongePie]

Maxy for mark of the year (1 vote) haha love it!

 

[MagpieJoel]

Yeah, nice one Maxwell voting for himself for mark of the year. Haha.

 

[Swooop]

Yeah, nice one Maxwell voting for himself for mark of the year. Haha.

That was the first thing that caught my eye aswell

Oh, and Jack Riewoldt winning the Brownlow is pretty out there aswell, not too many FFs do...can't think who was the last one
But he may well be their standout player this year, but I still reckon 100-1

 

[mattys123]

That was the first thing that caught my eye aswell

Oh, and Jack Riewoldt winning the Brownlow is pretty out there aswell, not too many FFs do...can't think who was the last one
But he may well be their standout player this year, but I still reckon 100-1

Riewoldt might be an outside chance, playing in a poor side where not too many players will steal votes of him (ala Judd).

And as for the last full forward to win a Brownlow, Plugger Lockett won at least one didn't he?

 

[Kirby]

Interesting none of the captains rate Melbourne with making the finals.

I thought that was interesting too.

 

[Ed D]

That was the first thing that caught my eye aswell

Oh, and Jack Riewoldt winning the Brownlow is pretty out there aswell, not too many FFs do...can't think who was the last one
But he may well be their standout player this year, but I still reckon 100-1

True on Jack. You only need to look at Buddy Franklin in 2008. He was kicking bags of goals and getting no votes. Seems like a KPF doesn't get votes unless they kick over 5 goals and get a heap of the footy.

 

[Bay Pie]

I wonder who the dingus was that voted for Marc Murphy to win the brownlow. Probably Judd as no other captain could see anyone other then Judd getting the most votes at carlton.

It's good to be the premiers. \\n/.

 

[Bay Pie]

Interesting none of the captains rate Melbourne with making the finals.

I thought that was interesting too.

They obviously didn't have a good look at their fixture.

I don't necessarily think they are in the best 8 sides in the comp but they will win 12 games and that gets you in the 8.

 

[Thommo 42]

Yep, of all the contenders for the bottom half of the 8 - Melbourne have the easiest draw by a mile.

 

[HotPiesWithSauce]

I don't reckon sandi would be much chance for mark of the year either

 

[RattataIsSoCool]

5 Captains reckon Essendon will make the eight, while none expect Melbourne to? What the?

Essendon still have a woeful list, paying Bomber Thompson and Sir Jimmy 2 million a year isn't gonna change that. Absolute monty for the bottom four.
Reminds me of when people started talking about Carlton's chance when they won the pre-season cup GF.

 

[vjknight]

That was the first thing that caught my eye aswell

Oh, and Jack Riewoldt winning the Brownlow is pretty out there aswell, not too many FFs do...can't think who was the last one
But he may well be their standout player this year, but I still reckon 100-1

Riewoldt might be an outside chance, playing in a poor side where not too many players will steal votes of him (ala Judd).

And as for the last full forward to win a Brownlow, Plugger Lockett won at least one didn't he?

True on Jack. You only need to look at Buddy Franklin in 2008. He was kicking bags of goals and getting no votes. Seems like a KPF doesn't get votes unless they kick over 5 goals and get a heap of the footy.

the rumour im hearing is he wont play FF this year - more up the ground to improve him defensively.

 

[Ed D]

the rumour im hearing is he wont play FF this year - more up the ground to improve him defensively.

Even still, someone like Pavlich has been playing that way for a while now and still rates poorly in the Brownlow. It's pretty much a midfielder's medal unless someone has an outrageous season.

 

[Thommo 42]

Reiwolt and Tredrea in the past have had very brownlow worthy years and barely polled, so I doubt that will change with key forwards.

 

[Swooop]

Considering it's which other club, that means Maxy said either Hawthorn or WB.

14 out of 16 ain't bad.

True, and as Hawthorn got 2 votes and Dogs one vote, it's statistically a 66.7% chance Maxy said Hawks.

And given we did the Dogs three times last year, and also given Hawks are a bit of a bogey team for us, possibly that further ups the odds Maxy said Hawks....so it's not drawing too long of a bow, to suggest they're the team we rate the highest.

However, probably no real surprise there?