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Brownlow 2024
- Thread starter Little Ziggyadee
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Bonts was voted by players as most valuable. Umps saw that as 26 votes (or 9 x BOGs) less valuable than Cripps. Obviously a crock.
I don’t know why any player who doesn’t play in the middle of the ground bothers attending. It should be officially acknowledged as the midfielders award.
North received 39 votes last year for a 3 game win season & 31 previous season for a 2 game win 55% season. Not really a competitive based thing. Davis-Uniacke did get the most votes in those seasons. WC did get 15 votes in 2022.
14 players got as many or more votes than Richmond!
This award has just got so ridiculously biased towards midfielders and 'stars' that it is a joke now.
Last time I looked goals (not possessions) win matches!
If a player kicked 100 goals in a season now (most argue almost impossible) they wouldn't even make the leaderboard!
This award has just got so ridiculously biased towards midfielders and 'stars' that it is a joke now.
Last time I looked goals (not possessions) win matches!
If a player kicked 100 goals in a season now (most argue almost impossible) they wouldn't even make the leaderboard!
First time I can remember missing the first half of the Brownlow. Watched a quarter of it before switching off with the remaining quarter left. It's just insufferable now. Endless ads, endless non-Brownlow related crap. Goes on and on and on. Absurd voting. A midfielders award only.
Needs a big overhaul.
Needs a big overhaul.
North have some stats padders who get a lot of the ball but have little influence on the game. They get votes but they don't win them games.
Have a look at our game against them at Marvel. They had lots more possessions and marks but we had way more inside 50s and if we had a forward line would have won the game. As I recall LDU was good that day but so was Vlossy as an example and Baker but they didn't get 30 possessions so didn't vote.
Didn't bother watching. Umps are barely competent, we all knew that, just more eveidence. The record vote hauls to Cripps and Daicos, the snub of Bont. Thats the broad farce, but this year there is any number of individual examples of players being robbed or wrongly favoured to ludicrous levels. I reckon I've seen in news or been texted by mates 15 examples, bont killing it no votes, cripps 2 votes for a poor game, Nick Daicos gets votes when subbed out, Josh no votes when BOG in same game, etc etc etc. Past years you'd get a couple, a swag of them this year. Robbos call for an inquiry into umpiring earlier in the year was talked down and ignored until it died.
Who runs the Brownlow night, is that CH 7 or the AFL? I mean, they have a whole year to plan for it and this is what we get?
The cringe level speaking to players is off the charts. Some beefy bloke delivering the votes in a steel case, give me a break!
The cringe level speaking to players is off the charts. Some beefy bloke delivering the votes in a steel case, give me a break!
No no, the umps have spoken. Seb Ross was much more important in the game
