MVP West Coast Board MVP 2013 - progress thread

[Miguel Sanchez]

Here's the leaderboard up to Round 6:

Player                Weighted avg
Josh Kennedy          14.48
Chris Masten          12.12
Luke Shuey            9.46
Jack Darling          6.59
Matt Priddis          5.76
Eric MacKenzie        5.38
Darren Glass          5.11
Mitch Brown           4.62
Mark LeCras           4.60
Scott Selwood         4.32
Dean Cox              4.07
Daniel Kerr           2.46
Shannon Hurn          2.33
Josh Hill             1.96
Sam Butler            1.69
Beau Waters           1.53
Adam Selwood          0.92
Bradd Dalziell        0.58
Brad Sheppard         0.55
Callum Sinclair       0.44
Jamie Cripps          0.42
Andrew Gaff           0.26
Will Schofield        0.15
Sharrod Wellingham    0.10
Ashton Hams           0.04
Andrew Embley         0.03
Nic Naitanui          0.02

 

[Miguel Sanchez]

Round 7 - Brisbane v West Coast @ Gabba

Brisbane held pace with West Coast for three quarters but a big final term saw the Eagles get home by a relatively comfortable 26 points.

Your votes were as follows:

Player          Votes   Weighted avg
Darren Glass    195     4.43
Shannon Hurn    149     3.39
Josh Kennedy    116     2.64
Eric MacKenzie  81      1.84
Scott Selwood   33      0.75
Matt Priddis    29      0.66
Brad Sheppard   23      0.52
Matt Rosa       19      0.43
Nic Naitanui    6       0.14
Will Schofield  4       0.09
Bradd Dalziell  3       0.06
Mitch Brown     1       0.02
Mark Hutchings  1       0.02

Dependable skipper Darren Glass had a great game marshalling the defence, even by his own lofty standards, and is awarded the Mark Zanotti Medal.

 

[Miguel Sanchez]

Round 8 - West Coast v North Melbourne @ Subiaco

West Coast were slow out of the blocks and trailed at every change, but a memorable last-gasp effort from Nic Naitanui got the Eagles over the line by 2 points.

Your votes were as follows:

Player          Votes   Weighted avg
Nic Naitanui    139     3.31
Josh Hill       125     2.98
Darren Glass    109     2.60
Shannon Hurn    92      2.19
Eric MacKenzie  50      1.19
Matt Priddis    43      1.02
Chris Masten    23      0.55
Daniel Kerr     19      0.45
Andrew Gaff     11      0.26
Scott Selwood   8       0.19
Luke Shuey      7       0.17
Beau Waters     2       0.05
Will Schofield  2       0.05

Nic Naitanui was influential around the ground for the whole game but never more than in the dying seconds, and narrowly wins the Kasey Green Medal ahead of clever forward Josh Hill.

 

[Miguel Sanchez]

Time for another leaderboard update:

#  Player               Weighted avg votes
1  Josh Kennedy         17.11
2  Chris Masten         12.66
3  Darren Glass         12.14
4  Luke Shuey           9.62
5  Eric MacKenzie       8.41
6  Shannon Hurn         7.90
7  Matt Priddis         7.44
8  Jack Darling         6.59
9  Scott Selwood        5.26
10 Josh Hill            4.94
11 Mitch Brown          4.64
12 Mark LeCras          4.60
13 Dean Cox             4.07
14 Nic Naitanui         3.47
15 Daniel Kerr          2.92
16 Sam Butler           1.69
17 Beau Waters          1.58
18 Brad Sheppard        1.07
19 Adam Selwood         0.92
20 Bradd Dalziell       0.64
21 Andrew Gaff          0.52
22 Callum Sinclair      0.44
23 Matt Rosa            0.43
24 Jamie Cripps         0.42
25 Will Schofield       0.29
26 Sharrod Wellingham   0.10
27 Ashton Hams          0.04
28 Andrew Embley        0.03
29 Mark Hutchings       0.02

 

[HoneyBadger35]

Great work as always Fivey

 

[ioppolo]

Time for another leaderboard update:

#  Player              Weighted avg votes
1  Josh Kennedy        17.11
2  Chris Masten        12.66
3  Darren Glass        12.14
4  Luke Shuey          9.62
5  Eric MacKenzie      8.41
6  Shannon Hurn        7.90
7  Matt Priddis        7.44
8  Jack Darling        6.59
9  Scott Selwood        5.26
10 Josh Hill            4.94
11 Mitch Brown          4.64
12 Mark LeCras          4.60
13 Dean Cox            4.07
14 Nic Naitanui        3.47
15 Daniel Kerr          2.92
16 Sam Butler          1.69
17 Beau Waters          1.58
18 Brad Sheppard        1.07
19 Adam Selwood        0.92
20 Bradd Dalziell      0.64
21 Andrew Gaff          0.52
22 Callum Sinclair      0.44
23 Matt Rosa            0.43
24 Jamie Cripps        0.42
25 Will Schofield      0.29
26 Sharrod Wellingham  0.10
27 Ashton Hams          0.04
28 Andrew Embley        0.03
29 Mark Hutchings      0.02

Selwood & Dalziell clearly best 22 as proven here.

 

[dajesmac]

Selwood & Dalziell clearly best 22 as proven here.

Haha.

 

[Miguel Sanchez]

Round 9 - GWS Giants v West Coast @ Skoda Stadium

West Coast were never really challenged by an inexperienced GWS outfit, kicking 7 goals in the opening quarter and increasing their lead at every change to run out winners by an even 100 points.

Your votes were as follows:

Player          Votes   Weighted avg
Nic Naitanui    96      3.43
Jack Darling    93      3.32
Chris Masten    78      2.79
Daniel Kerr     49      1.75
Josh Kennedy    34      1.21
Josh Hill       11      0.39
Andrew Gaff     10      0.36
Matt Priddis    10      0.36
Shannon Hurn    6       0.21
Mark Hutchings  3       0.11
Eric MacKenzie  1       0.04

In an extremely tight finish (probably the most exciting thing about this game, to be honest), Nic Naitanui was judged best on ground for his ruckwork, which regularly served up the ball on a silver platter to his midfield, and just pips Eric MacKenzie for the Kevin Sheedy Jacket.

 

[eaglespremiers]

Think we'll see Mackenzie jump to 2nd, Hurn to 3rd or 4th and Naitanui into the top 5 once the votes have been tallied up to round 12.

 

[Miguel Sanchez]

Round 10 - West Coast v Richmond @ Subiaco

A very poor showing by West Coast on a rare Monday night game, giving up 6 goals to none in the second quarter en route to a 41 point loss at the hands of the Tigers.

Your votes were follows:

Player          Votes   Weighted avg
Eric MacKenzie  103     3.96
Josh Hill       78      3.00
Mitch Brown     33      1.27
Josh Kennedy    33      1.27
Nic Naitanui    28      1.08
Scott Selwood   28      1.08
Luke Shuey      25      0.96
Chris Masten    19      0.73
Mark Hutchings  14      0.54
Daniel Kerr     13      0.50
Dean Cox        6       0.23
Jack Darling    4       0.15
Darren Glass    3       0.12
Shannon Hurn    2       0.08
Adam Selwood    1       0.04

In-form backman Eric MacKenzie, who shut down Jack Riewoldt despite the ball spending long periods in the Richmond forward line, was judged best on ground by you. He wins the Ashley Blurton Medal, ahead of livewire forward Josh Hill.

 

[Miguel Sanchez]

Round 11 - St Kilda v West Coast @ Etihad Stadium

West Coast trailed at every stage but stormed home to pip St Kilda at the post, with the game winning goal coming from an extremely unlikely source in Eric MacKenzie.

Your votes will remain in camera for now.

Having done a massive job on his cousin Jack the previous week,Eric MacKenzie clamped down on Nick Riewoldt and ran away from him to kick two goals, including the winner. He was a near-unanimous choice as best on ground, and wins the Peter Melesso Medal.

 

[Miguel Sanchez]

As the team headed into the bye, this was the Top 10:

Josh Kennedy 19.60
Eric MacKenzie 17.35
Chris Masten 16.29
Luke Shuey 13.67
Darren Glass 12.26
Jack Darling 10.49
Shannon Hurn 10.46
Nic Naitanui 8.71
Matt Priddis 8.69
Josh Hill 7.26

 

[Sw3Et]

Keep it up Fivey, good work mate

 

[Miguel Sanchez]

Ok then

Round 13 - Hawthorn v West Coast @ Etihad Stadium

An unfancied West Coast pushed the ladder-leading Hawks all the way, losing by 20 points.

Your votes were as follows:

Player          Votes   Weighted avg
Luke Shuey      138     4.60
Josh Kennedy    103     3.43
Andrew Gaff     98      3.27
Nic Naitanui    45      1.50
Chris Masten    37      1.23
Eric MacKenzie  13      0.43
Daniel Kerr     7       0.23
Scott Selwood   4       0.13
Dean Cox        2       0.07
Pat McGinnity   2       0.07
Mitch Brown     1       0.03

Tyro midfielder Luke Shuey worked hard throughout, kicking two goals and amassing 33 possessions in a strong display. He wins the Michael Collica Medal for his performance.

 

[Agent93]

Man... it's like I don't even remember these games anymore...

 

[Miguel Sanchez]

Round 14 - West Coast v Essendon @ Subiaco

West Coast led at three-quarter time and looked to be home, but coughed up the lead in the dying stages and ended up losing by 7 points.

Your votes were as follows:

Player          Votes   Weighted avg
Matt Priddis    117     4.50
Andrew Gaff     80      3.08
Josh Kennedy    59      2.27
Bradd Dalziell  35      1.35
Mark Hutchings  31      1.19
Eric MacKenzie  26      1.00
Chris Masten    21      0.81
Jack Darling    12      0.46
Daniel Kerr     4       0.15
Mitch Brown     1       0.04
Mark LeCras     1       0.04
Dean Cox        1       0.04
Darren Glass    1       0.04
Ashley Smith    1       0.04

Polarising midfielder Matt Priddis was judged best afield for his 33 disposal game, and receives the Michael Prior Medal.

 

[Miguel Sanchez]

Round 15 - Adelaide v West Coast @ Football Park

In a game that ebbed and flowed, Adelaide hit the front by 13 points late in the final quarter but a remarkable comeback by West Coast was capped off by a left-footed goal by Josh Kennedy to see the Eagles run out 6 point winners.

Your votes were as follows:

Player          Votes   Weighted avg
Eric MacKenzie  150     3.95
Josh Kennedy    141     3.71
Chris Masten    101     2.66
Bradd Dalziell  98      2.58
Matt Priddis    51      1.34
Pat McGinnity   12      0.32
Andrew Embley   6       0.16
Darren Glass    5       0.13
Nic Naitanui    3       0.08
Mark Hutchings  2       0.05
Matt Rosa       1       0.03

Reliable defender Eric MacKenzie was rock solid, picking up 21 possessions and 11 marks and narrowly pipped Kennedy for the Matt Connell Medal.

 

[dajesmac]

Great work Fivey.

 

[Miguel Sanchez]

Round 16 - West Coast v Fremantle @ Subiaco

West Coast kept pace with Fremantle for three quarters but got blown away in the last stanza, going down by 28 points for the second time in a derby this season.

Your votes were as follows:

Player          Votes   Weighted avg
Jack Darling    169     4.83
Eric MacKenzie  109     3.11
Chris Masten    85      2.43
Mark Hutchings  51      1.46
Darren Glass    44      1.26
Andrew Embley   27      0.77
Adam Carter     24      0.69
Will Schofield  16      0.46

Gun forward Jack Darling kicked 5 goals and was a constant threat up forward, and wins the Greg Harding Medal.

 

[Miguel Sanchez]

Votes will go in camera for the final 7 rounds of the season.

At the end of round 16, this was the full leaderboard:

#.  Player          Avg     Votes  
1.  Josh Kennedy    29.01   974
2.  Eric MacKenzie  25.85   869
3.  Chris Masten    23.42   811
4.  Luke Shuey      18.27   598
5.  Jack Darling    15.78   579
6.  Matt Priddis    14.53   455
7.  Darren Glass    13.68   525
8.  Shannon Hurn    10.46   410
9.  Nic Naitanui    10.29   345
10. Josh Hill       8.33    280
11. Scott Selwood   7.39    225
12. Andrew Gaff     7.22    208
13. Mitch Brown     6.26    204
14. Daniel Kerr     5.69    175
15. Dean Cox        4.87    194
16. Mark LeCras     4.64    114
17. Bradd Dalziell  4.57    155
18. Mark Hutchings  3.37    102
19. Sam Butler      1.69    55
20. Blayne Wilson   1.68    62
21. Beau Waters     1.58    44
22. Brad Sheppard   1.18    44
23. Andrew Embley   0.96    34
24. Adam Selwood    0.96    25
25. Will Schofield  0.75    26
26. Adam Carter     0.69    24
27. Matt Rosa       0.46    20
28. Callum Sinclair 0.44    16
29. Jamie Cripps    0.42    11
30. Pat McGinnity   0.38    14
31. S.Wellingham    0.10    4
32. Ashton Hams     0.04    2
33. Ashley Smith    0.04    1

Can MacKenzie or Masten catch JK? Will Wellingham be able to make up lost ground in the final couple of months? All will be revealed during the off-season.

 

[Miguel Sanchez]

Round 17 - West Coast v Sydney @ Subiaco

West Coast were never in the hunt against a vastly superior Sydney outfit, going down by 34 points.

Your votes will remain in camera until the end of the season.

With 20 disposals, 9 marks and 4 goals, Josh Kennedy was at his blistering best and pipped Chris Masten and Darren Glass for the Tony Begovich Medal.

 

[Miguel Sanchez]

Round 18 - Western Bulldogs v West Coast @ Etihad

West Coast went into the game as warm favourites but were outworked and outplayed by a hungrier Bulldogs outfit, going down by 22 points.

Your votes will remain in camera until the end of the season.

Outside midfielder Andrew Gaff shrugged off some poor form, gathering 31 possessions and winning the Murray Rance Medal ahead of comeback kid Sharrod Wellingham.

 

[Miguel Sanchez]

Round 19 - West Coast v Gold Coast @ Subiaco

West Coast were able to overcome a persistent Suns side, the young Queenslanders remaining in striking distance for most of the game before succumbing to a 17 point loss.

Your votes will remain in camera until the end of the season.

High profile recruit Sharrod Wellingham showed the value he brings when fully fit, picking up 23 classy possessions and beating Josh Kennedy and Dean Cox to win the Bluey McKenna Medal.

 

[Miguel Sanchez]

Round 20 - Essendon v West Coast @ Etihad

West Coast caught the Bombers at the end of a turbulent week (even by their 2013 standards) and put their foot squarely on Essendon's throat, turning a narrow half-time lead into a 53-point blowout at the final siren.

Your votes will remain in camera until the end of the season.

Prized recruit Sharrod Wellingham continued his good form, picking up 24 touches and kicking 2 goals to win the Dale Kickett Medal.

 

[Miguel Sanchez]

For fairly obvious reasons I've avoided going back to the final three weeks of the season, but let's just get them out of the way.

Round 21 - West Coast v Geelong @ Subiaco

West Coast gave up the first 5 goals of the match and were already down by more than 9 goals when the teams hit the changerooms at half-time. It didn't get much better in the second half, Geelong's lead hit 76 points before a couple of late goals reduced the final margin to 'only' 66. Those late goals weren't enough to prevent the Eagles from setting their lowest-ever score at Subiaco.

Your votes will remain in camera until the big countdown extravaganza.

Amidst the carnage Sharrod Wellingham stood out for the third week in a row, racking up 29 possessions, 10 clearances and a goal to be a runaway winner of the David Haynes Medal.