It's funny that Higgins is apparently the natural footballer that knows how to get the ball in and under, when Pendlebury is averaging 8 more disposals a game, twice as many marks, and twice as many tackles...
Pendlebury's kicked 12 goals playing almost entirely in the midfield, to Higgins' 19 playing pretty much exclusively in the forward line, and goals from midfielders are worth their weight in gold.
Honestly, fair enough if you like Higgins, but Pendlebury is so far ahead of him at
this point that voting for Higgins is either trying to be too "smart", or just anti-Collingwood bias.
There's a reason Pendlebury is going to win the Rising Star in a canter (Unless Martin Clarke steals it from him

)