West Was Screwed

[TigerFan]

who's with me?

he loses by three votes, and was robbed of at least 5, probably as much as 10.

 

[Zeke]

He's not flashy enough to attract votes from the ignorant umpiring fraternity.

 

[Ed_Gein]

who issues the votes again?

 

[Roonaldo!]

West = Robbed.

 

[Motters19]

...again

 

[Souup]

Yep i Agree..

Was robbed.. again

 

[Monkster]

how did he not get votes in the eagles game? or the lions game for that matter

 

[Mocca]

I have come out of a two-year posting hiatus to post the following:

Round 2 - 30 possessions, zero votes.
Round 4 - 28 possessions, zero votes.
Round 6 - 30 possessions, zero votes.
Round 7 - 30 possessions, zero votes.
Round 10 - 39 possessions, one vote.
Round 11 - 28 possessions, zero votes (far, far and away BOG).
Round 12 - 36 possessions, one vote.
Round 15 - 38 possessions, one vote.
Round 18 - 31 possessions, zero votes.
Round 19 - 32 possessions, zero votes.
Round 20 - 27 possessions, zero votes.

 

[Bullies_06]

dam umpires

 

[lifelike_]

I have come out of a two-year posting hiatus to post the following:

Round 2 - 30 possessions, zero votes.
Round 4 - 28 possessions, zero votes.
Round 6 - 30 possessions, zero votes.
Round 7 - 30 possessions, zero votes.
Round 10 - 39 possessions, one vote.
Round 11 - 28 possessions, zero votes (far, far and away BOG).
Round 12 - 36 possessions, one vote.
Round 15 - 38 possessions, one vote.
Round 18 - 31 possessions, zero votes.
Round 19 - 32 possessions, zero votes.
Round 20 - 27 possessions, zero votes.

1 vote every 100 odd possessions

 

[Ruddiger]

Cooney, Eagle, Cross and Cooney took some votes from him.
West is a class player though and a great leader.

 

[ngbrown]

West = dud

 

[Tas]

There were a lot of games where players who played pretty average got the votes ahead of the better players.

What do you expect when it is the umpires giving the votes.

A lot of players got screwed badly.

West, Goodwin, Riccuto, Reiwoldt (even though it didnt make a huge impact because he missed so many games).

Some players seem to get votes by default. Everett got 3 votes against us early in the year yet he was beaten in the ruck, conceeded more taps to advantage and around the ground.

Umpires are just morons and the Brownlow is the most worthless award in football. The MVP awarded by the players has more merrit.

In saying that, Cousins is a great player and I am happy for him, I just think the whole medal thing is a bit of a farce, not saying he is not deserving of the award.

 

[johnnyhoward]

1 vote every 100 odd possessions

But doesn't he have a 60:40 handball to kick ratio?

 

[bunsen burner]

How many goals he kick?

 

[ormond-allen]

West = dud

if west was a tiger he'd be the best player to have pulled on the yellow and black in the last 20 years.

 

[AndSmithMustScore]

How many goals he kick?

So the only player elligible to win have to kicks goals as well now.

Lets not worry about how many clearances he gets from stoppages.

 

[JohnF]

Not the first and won't be the last to be screwed over by umpires wihtout a clue.

Having so much prestige surrounding a medal meted out by people we spend every week of the footballing year giving schit to says it all really;

FARCE.

 

[bunsen burner]

So the only player elligible to win have to kicks goals as well now.

Lets not worry about how many clearances he gets from stoppages.

Nope, just a weakness in West's game. A very good player and wouldn't begrudge him winning a Brownlow (partic 2000), but whether he was robbed or not is irrelvant. Cousins was the best player this year. It's not as if we had another Woewodin moment and Edwards won the brownlow in front of him.

The best man won it so who cares?

 

[Bretski]

who's with me?

he loses by three votes, and was robbed of at least 5, probably as much as 10.

But cousins shopuld have got many many more votes too, do dont whinge

 

[94_Eagles]

if west was a tiger he'd be the best player to have pulled on the yellow and black in the last 20 years.

I think he was being sarcastic.

 

[SonOfScray]

Nope, just a weakness in West's game. A very good player and wouldn't begrudge him winning a Brownlow (partic 2000), but whether he was robbed or not is irrelvant. Cousins was the best player this year. It's not as if we had another Woewodin moment and Edwards won the brownlow in front of him.

The best man won it so who cares?

Totally agree. This year was one of his better years goal kicking wise, haven't got a stats on me but on memory alone he had a few games where he kicked 1,2, or 3 goals. Not a huge amount but another improvement to his very solid all round game.

A bit stiff to not get up, I had him pinned for around 23 votes. Ah well, there is always next year for him. He'll win if he can start taking contested pack marks in the forward line after clearing the ball from the middle

Either that or he will be stiff again and Peter Street steals votes from him.

 

[Swifty_446]

People give the umps too much credit.

Why do we respect the award so much when we know it's adjudicated by clowns?

The AFLPA is a better indication.

West was not robbed, because Cousins was robbed too, it went both ways. If West got the votes he deserved and Cousins did also, Cousins would have won still.

 

[x-cited]

dont worry doggy fans! i am not a big fan of teh brownlow, its a crock of poo.

u mark and judge a player by how many best and fairests he has won.

SCOTT WEST U R A PHU.CK!NG LEGEND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

THE BROWNLOW SHOULD BE BANISHED, ITS THE MOST OVERRATED AWARD IN ANY SPORT!

now really does anyone really give a toss about what the umpires think, they are busy trying to officiate the game, they have no idea who is the best on ground.

scotty west , u are a champ and keep on carrying on, u dont need a brownlow to prove u r just a total pro and its a shame ur a doggy and not a tiger!!!

 

[dA Crow]

People give the umps too much credit.

Why do we respect the award so much when we know it's adjudicated by clowns?

The AFLPA is a better indication.

West was not robbed, because Cousins was robbed too, it went both ways. If West got the votes he deserved and Cousins did also, Cousins would have won still.

Completely agree. The umps make constant mistakes all year, all seem to have different interpretations of the rules, yet they are allowed to decide the Brownlow, the best and fairest player in the league.