MVP 2024 Most Valuable Giant (MVG)

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The Most Valuable Giant (MVG) voting is back again for 2024.

We're going to go with the same voting system for our GWS BigFooty Board MVP as the last six years, which I think works well.

Posters will have a total of 15 votes per game to award to players as they see fit, with a maximum of 5 votes per player. That still allows you to award the standard 5,4,3,2,1 but flexibility to award differently if your assessment of players' performance is different.

I then turn those votes into points as a percentage (i.e. a score out of 100), with everyone who gets awarded points getting points (providing they round to a minimum of 1). So, a total of 100 points gets awarded each week (rounding errors sometimes makes that 99 or 101).

For example:

• if 3 players perform equally well, you may choose to award each player 5 points (15 points total)
• if there's one standout well ahead of others, 3 moderately good players, you may choose to award a 5, three 3s & a 1 (15 points total)
• if everyone plays poorly in a loss, you may choose to give 1 point to fifteen different players (15 points total).
• if we have a bad game, and people don't want to give full points totaling 100, then you may award less than a total of 15 votes and say that's all you want to award, in which case the total points awarded to players will be less than the full 100.

After everyone has voted, I'll total the votes and work out a percentage to award the MVP points out of 100 each week.

As usual, each round will have its own thread, and once each round is finalised, this thread will record the running total.

 

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Between Tom and Daylight

 

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Points standing after the opening round:

 

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1st round points results:



And progress points - early days:

 

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Round 2 tally:



And progress points:

 

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Round 3 was our bye, of course, to compensate for playing in opening round.

Round 4 results, versus Suns:



And the prgress points tally:

 

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OK, playing catch-up here, I obviously forgot to update the master spreadsheet.

So, round 5:



And progress table:



Round 6 votes & points awarded:



And tally board:



Round 7 voting outcome:



Round 7 progress board:



Round 8 voting & points awarded:



Round 8 progress board:

 

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Round 9 votes:



Round 9 progress table:



Round 10 votes:



Round 10 progress table:

 

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Round 11 votes:



Round 11 Progress:



Round 13 Votes:



Round 13 Progress:



Round 14 votes:



Round 14 Progress:

 

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Round 15 vs Swans voting:



Progressive tally:



Disparate voting from the Crows game:



Progressive tally. The leader has cleared out, the top 5 are clear of the trailing pack:

 

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The revival rounds!

Voting from round 17's miracle recovery against the Blues:



And the progressive tally:



And round 18 against the Tiges:



And the progressive tally - the fight for the minor places is a real dogfight:

 

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Hi folks. I took the count behind closed doors after round 19, but with the Kevin Sheedy Medal count tomorrow night, it's time to reveal who we thought was the Most Valuable Giant in season 2024. And of course, who were ranked below the numero uno.

I will backfill the individual round counts and updated prgress scores after the reveal of the MVG, but for the moment, tonight I will reveal the order from position 11 onwards ... and tomorrow night I'll roll out our positions 10 to 1.

So, without any further ado, here's the final season 2024 tally, in order from #11 with every single point awarded by our board's voting posters:



Some points to note:

• Peatling absolutely scorched up the ladder in the final few rounds
• Cogs started well, but dropped off with injury ... he's still got the skill, but his body is letting him down
• Idun probably scores better in the actual KSM count than he did here due to the different voting format
• Brown had a great opening round, then disappeared
• for a guy who played most games, and just scored himself something close to $900k per year, Harry Perryman
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  Harry Perryman

  Age

  25

  Ht

  187cm

  Wt

  83kg

  Pos.

  Def

  Career

  Season

  Last 5

  D

  16.5

  4star

  K

  9.4

  4star

  HB

  7.1

  4star

  M

  4.5

  4star

  T

  2.8

  4star

  MG

  216.2

  3star

  D

  18.5

  4star

  K

  10.6

  4star

  HB

  7.9

  4star

  M

  4.5

  4star

  T

  1.3

  2star

  MG

  301.3

  4star

  D

  9.8

  3star

  K

  5.2

  2star

  HB

  4.6

  4star

  M

  3.4

  4star

  T

  2.8

  5star

  MG

  83.2

  2star

  finished well down in the count (Cumming was next to him but hardly played due to injury)

 

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OK, time for the reveal of positions 10th to 6th:

In 10th place, on 111 points:

• In a season in which he suffered more unfortunate injuries, Sam nevertheless was a strong figure in our tall defence, sufficient to clearly finish in 10th place in our voting.

In 9th place, on 113 points:

• Finn Callaghan is starting to make his presence felt in the team. While he hasn't started off with a "bang", like Nick Daicos had, I have confidence that he'll develop into a superb inside midfielder with running prowess for GWS.

In 8th place, on 124 points:

• Our other KPD bookend, Jack Buckley, had a superb year. Untroubled by injuries, he's outpointed his partner in crime (Slammer) in the KSM.

In 7th place, on 132 points:

• Brent Daniels
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  Brent Daniels

  Age

  25

  Ht

  172cm

  Wt

  75kg

  Pos.

  Fwd

  Career

  Season

  Last 5

  D

  12.9

  3star

  K

  6.4

  3star

  HB

  6.5

  4star

  M

  2.6

  3star

  T

  2.9

  4star

  G

  0.4

  3star

  D

  10.3

  3star

  K

  4.3

  2star

  HB

  6.0

  3star

  M

  1.9

  2star

  T

  1.9

  3star

  G

  0.0

  1star

  D

  9.0

  3star

  K

  3.6

  2star

  HB

  5.4

  4star

  M

  1.6

  2star

  T

  3.0

  5star

  G

  0.8

  4star

  had another fantastic year, using his zip and speed to great advantage. Selected in the All Australian Squad for the first time, he fully deserves the accolades that he receives.

In 6th place, on 136 points:

• Josh Kelly was headed for another outstanding year with 3 game MVGs from our posters in the first half of the season, before being struck down by injuries, and not quite getting back to that form at the end of the season.

 

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In 5th place of our GWS Board 2024 MVG, on 153 points, is:



He might have had a down year by his own lofty standards, but it was still a pretty good year from Toby, and our posters recognised that with some consistent voting. Received 3 game MVGs during the season.

 

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In 4th place, on 177 points is:



He looked banged up at times during the season, and hopefully next year we can find a second ruck good enough to take a few games and give him a spell, but in general an excellent year for Keiren Briggs.

 

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Getting to the pointy end. You've probably worked out who the remaining 3 players are. Probably also little surprise when I reveal third place as:



On 202 points, but only good enough this year for third place, he's had another stellar year that netted Lachie Whitfield

6

Lachie Whitfield

Age

30

Ht

185cm

Wt

83kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

22.7

5star

K

13.4

5star

HB

9.3

5star

M

6.3

5star

T

2.7

4star

MG

411.8

5star

D

21.4

5star

K

12.5

5star

HB

8.9

4star

M

5.6

5star

T

1.8

3star

MG

350.6

5star

D

17.6

5star

K

8.2

4star

HB

9.4

5star

M

4.6

5star

T

2.4

4star

an All Australian jacket.

 

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Drumroll please.

Our second place player had a fantastic year. Awarded 5 game MVGs by us, plus another 4 times second best, for a total 331 points.

All Australian for the first time, Coleman Medallist for the first time, our 2nd placed 2024 Most Valuable Giant is:

 

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So, our 2024 Most Valuable Giant, winning by 40 points on 371 points after a magnificent year, is:



Congratulations on a wonderful year, Tom!

 

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Thank you Giant Strides for all your work running this again.

 

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