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Player Watch Welcome to Hawthorn : Jai “Duke” Newcombe - 2024 Peter Crimmins medalist
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few of these names above polled very well tonight, and Jai right among them.
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Not twice the footballer. Cripps is the best contested ball winner of the modern era. Just a beast of a player. Bont is the more well rounded more skillful of the two.
Pretty sure it's some form of high altitude training in Utah I think
That's because only about two or three midfielders from each team poll! Voting is really concentrated among maybe 40 players across the 18 teams and before the season even starts we can all name who those 40 will be. I remember when ruckman won the Brownlow on a regular basis. This year I'm not sure Meek polled at all and yet he was in our top three or four most influential players. Even Sic only got four! I'd like to see a team by team breakdown that shows the % of votes the top two midfielders received for their respective teams versus everyone else. Or the number of votes polled by AA team members who aren't midfielders.
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Exaggeration on twice the footballer but Bont is quicker, more skilful, more elusive and kicks more goals. Josh Kennedy jnr has had 4 better seasons of contested ball than any one season from Cripps, so NO he isn’t the best contested ball winner of the modern era. 45 Brownlow Medal votes from a player who averaged 28.83 possessions in a team that won 13 games is an embarrassment for the AFL! Hopefully Newk (born to play finals) wins a Norm Smith Medal one day because it sure beats winning that joke of a medal presented tonight!
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Have to wonder how many would choose Cripps over Bont.
Well done to Newk but he, like many others, vacuum'd up all our votes rather than them properly being distributed amongst our deserving players.
B&F will be interesting.
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Polled enough to be the #10 Brownlow medal performer, #14 AFL Coaches votes getter.
Surely adds the PCM this year after just missing out in 22 and 23 following his borderline dominant finals performance in both games ?
Surely adds the PCM this year after just missing out in 22 and 23 following his borderline dominant finals performance in both games ?
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Cripps polled 26 more votes then the whole richmond team is crazy
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User name to post ratio checks out
And Newcombe out polled them by 5 votes.
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Finished 4th in the Gary Ayres Medal(highest votes per game). Caps off a really good season.
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From 2 games. 1 losing. Excellent effort.
All the others around him played 3.
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Neale played 4 winning games with the grandfinal also having a 1.5 multiplier, so a good 2 votes more per game than the winner, adjusting for the GF bonus.
Lachie Neale – 26.5 votes (22 Adjusted) 6.25 per game
Isaac Heeney – 20 votes, 6.6 per game
Will Ashcroft - 18.5 votes (14 Adjusted) 4.62 per game
Jai Newcombe - 15, 7.5 per game
Dayne Zorko - 15, 3.75 per game
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This dude is absolutely built for finals footy, what a gun he is.
Still can’t believe we got him in the MSD, how nuts is that?
Still can’t believe we got him in the MSD, how nuts is that?
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It Completely changed our trajectory and fast tracked our rebuild. He’s a top 10 player in comp
I wanna pash Nash
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Great reward for an excellent season. If he can make his last 7 games his new normal he's a top 10 player in the comp. Regardless, he's a star. 3 podium finishes in a row and he's only 23.
The ceiling for the Newcombe Curve just lifted a few feet!
Over the moon for this guy, made it to the top via The Cape and a monster work ethic. Our Coach would be quietly chuffed too.
This whole team is The Other Guys, and they’re heading into 2025 so close to the pinnacle of what this game has to offer, it’s palpable.
Congratulations Jai!
Over the moon for this guy, made it to the top via The Cape and a monster work ethic. Our Coach would be quietly chuffed too.
This whole team is The Other Guys, and they’re heading into 2025 so close to the pinnacle of what this game has to offer, it’s palpable.
Congratulations Jai!
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Congrats Nuke, well deserved PCM.
Now to add the 2025 Normy
Now to add the 2025 Normy
Well deserved!
It is such a joy to watch him play football, we're lucky to have him.
His goal for 2025 should be to consistently perform as he did in the tail end of this year. Once he gets to that level he'll be a brownlow smokey.
It is such a joy to watch him play football, we're lucky to have him.
His goal for 2025 should be to consistently perform as he did in the tail end of this year. Once he gets to that level he'll be a brownlow smokey.
3 top 2 finishes in 3 full seasons.
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