Dipper and Plugger must have been exceptionally well behaved, when they won.
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Brownlow 2024
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Plugger was a thug, but didn't back answer much to umpires, particularly in the early days apparently.Dipper and Plugger must have been exceptionally well behaved, when they won.
Dipper...bit too young to remember him much. Was he much different to other players of the 80s in terms of his physicality?
IMO Dipper was one of the worst of his era.
The 80s were a lot cleaner than the 70s.
My half a zack.
A panel of two recently (a few years) retired players watch the game in the flesh, then again on video, then cast 3-2-1.Voters probably must have played 100 games or so.
Each two member panel must not have played for the teams they vote on, and each panel must be positionally different.
Eg a mid and a back.
There would be a limit on how many games each player could vote on and they must not vote on same team(s) twice.
Any ex-players with a current role in the media is ineligible.
A panel of two recently (a few years) retired players watch the game in the flesh, then again on video, then cast 3-2-1.Voters probably must have played 100 games or so.
Each two member panel must not have played for the teams they vote on, and each panel must be positionally different.
Eg a mid and a back.
There would be a limit on how many games each player could vote on and they must not vote on same team(s) twice.
Any ex-players with a current role in the media is ineligible.
Nine votes between them after 22 games of footy. Somehow I doubt either of them actually dominated the comp this year.
My enduring memory of Dipper is from the ‘89 GF. He had both of the Hocking brothers in a headlock, while they were whacking into his ribs. Liked the elbows did Dipper.
Nope no domination. Imagine playing in that forward line this year. Rioli had a really good back half of the season I thought.
Gazza cleaned up Dipper up in that Game.
The only time I remember Gazza coming off second best was after he crashed into Glen Jackovich.
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Was that how he broke the ribs? Pretty sure Dipper finished the game with a punctured lung. Gazza burst Wayne Johnson’s spleen with a shirtfront once, he could hit hard.
Thought the same.
Every Brownlow multi in the country would have Bont rightfully leading votes for the Dogs.
Yet Treloar gets most votes, and CEO Wife announces before the count that Bont won't win.
Stinky night from a stinky organisation
AFL360 showed Dill's wife virtually leak out that "Bont is not in the mix" before the counting....WTF!!
But, but, but. All the votes were kept secret n locked in a safe at Armaguard. Just like every year for the last 50 years n there's never been a leak before the count.
Was that a state of origin game? I remember WA v Vic and Ablett got hip and shouldered hard, then he got up and played out the game. Course....I was probably in my early teens. I may have remembered that game with an air of rose coloured glasses.
I can't say for sureif it was a State of Origin or a Geelong game , that is the only time I remember Gazza being shook up after a clash.
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Robbo says something along the lines of there was nothing sinister about it, silly thing to say, but nothing suss. What a load of BS.
Her tip was Bont but she was told he wasn't in the mix.
Totally agree.
KB 1974 was a clear one where he should have won. At least Keith Greig was a great player and KB came third.
But the howler of all time was Geoff Raines getting no votes in 1980.
The umps are incompetent in so many ways.
I have never watched the Brownlow, it is a contrived borefest, and I have never understood how anyone can keep awake through that rubbish.
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