Mega Thread Brownlow Medal: Matthew Priddis (WCE)

[X_box_X]

Smith and Wesson .40. Don't move.

 

[Yellow Feathers]

Best West Coast player ever.

 

[Smotie]

Best West Coast player ever.

Now see that is just some ridiculous shit that proves you have no understanding of football.

Go watch table tennis

 

[Smotie]

Priddis is better.

Gun gun gun gun

Ditto above. Table tennis for you too.

 

[X_box_X]

Ditto above. Table tennis for you too.

You're just jealous we know more about the team you follow than you do.

 

[X_box_X]

Ditto above. Table tennis for you too.

You're just jealous we know more about the team you follow than you do.

 

[Yellow Feathers]

I think the funniest thing is most West Coast supporters wouldn't have Priddis in the best ever 22. Players from the 90's era would push him out of the midfield...

Now that he's won a Charlie they'll be forced to put him in, lol.

 

[utility]

What an absolute joke.

No other West Coast player polled more than 10 votes and they had the easiest draw beating up on the shit teams. Such an unworthy winner.

He didn't make the All Australian team for a reason.

... or maybe the AA selectors are morons?

 

[Meatpie88]

I backed Priddis about three weeks ago after looking at his stats, I sent the tip out on facey and boy o boy have I got some love from people who followed suit...
Anyone got a screenshot of the bet on PRIDDIS?

 

[X_box_X]

I backed Priddis about three weeks ago after looking at his stats, I sent the tip out on facey and boy o boy have I got some love from people who followed suit...
Anyone got a screenshot of the bet on PRIDDIS?

Quality first post.

Are you hoping people post a screenshot of their unclaimed winning TAB ticket on Priddis winning so you can go into a TAB where "you know" an operator, so you can get them to enter in the serial number to claim the ticket?

Nice try.

 

[WaltzingMatera]

I think the funniest thing is most West Coast supporters wouldn't have Priddis in the best ever 22. Players from the 90's era would push him out of the midfield...

Now that he's won a Charlie they'll be forced to put him in, lol.

1. Need to be careful thinking most west coast supporters are like some loud few on Big Footy.

2. WC has had some pretty good midfielders over the years...

 

[Jak!x]

How did Lewis and Heppell manage to poll so few votes?

 

[silk]

How did Lewis and Heppell manage to poll so few votes?

Umpire bias? Does lewis have a reputation of being a back talker or anything?

 

[Jak!x]

Umpire bias? Does lewis have a reputation of being a back talker or anything?

Actually now you mention it, I can recall a few times he's blasted the umpires, good point

 

[WaltzingMatera]

Actually now you mention it, I can recall a few times he's blasted the umpires, good point

Hawthorn forward Jack Gunston might have given a hint, before the count, to those who spent the night trying to work out when Jordan Lewis was going to appear on the main leaderboard. Speaking to Fox Footy about Lewis' chances, team-mate Gunston said: "he is a bit of a hot-head out there sometimes, he can say a few too many things, and the umpires might not give him too many votes". Lewis was also asked about his sometimes testy relationship with the umpires and conceded: "I don't think it helps".

Read more: http://www.theage.com.au/afl/brownl...edal-count-20140923-10km2t.html#ixzz3ECY40KyX

 

[hawksalltheway]

havent read this whole thread...but has the Priddis 2 votes v Gold Coast been mentioned as dubious? i watched that game and wouldnt have had him in the votes...conveniently put him in front of Fyfe though....

AFL conspiracy?

 

[Big Sauce 21]

havent read this whole thread...but has the Priddis 2 votes v Gold Coast been mentioned as dubious? i watched that game and wouldnt have had him in the votes...conveniently put him in front of Fyfe though....

AFL conspiracy?

I would of went

3. Kennedy
2. Le Cras
1. Lycett

next in line Jack Martin, Priddis was no where near votes

 

[Damon_3388]

My assessment of how the votes should have gone in West Coast's games:

Round 1 vs. Western Bulldogs - 3. Mark Lecras (West Coast), 2. Matt Rosa (West Coast), 1. Dean Cox (West Coast)
Round 2 vs. Melbourne - 3. Luke Shuey (West Coast), 2. Chris Masten (West Coast), 1. Josh Kennedy (West Coast)
Round 3 vs. St Kilda - 3. Dean Cox (West Coast), 2. Matt Priddis (West Coast), 1. Luke Dunstan (St Kilda)
Round 4 vs. Geelong - 3. Steve Johnson (Geelong), 2. Jimmy Bartel (Geelong), 1. Joel Selwood (Geelong)
Round 5 vs. Port Adelaide - 3. Robbie Gray (Port Adelaide), 2. Chris Masten (West Coast), 1. Brad Ebert (Port Adelaide)
Round 6 vs. Carlton - 3. Marc Murphy (Carlton), 2. Matt Priddis (West Coast), 1. Brock McLean (Carlton)
Round 7 vs. Fremantle - 3. Aaron Sandilands (Fremantle), 2. Matt Rosa (West Coast), 1. Lachie Neale (Fremantle)
Round 8 vs. GWS - 3. Josh Kennedy (West Coast), 2. Matt Priddis (West Coast), 1. Mark Lecras (West Coast)
Round 10 vs. Collingwood - 3. Scott Pendlebury (Collingwood), 2. Matt Priddis (West Coast), 1. Dayne Beams (Collingwood)
Round 11 vs. North Melbourne - 3. Ben Cunnington (North Melbourne), 2. Brent Harvey (North Melbourne), 1. Mark Lecras (West Coast)
Round 12 vs. Hawthorn - 3. Jarryd Roughead (Hawthorn), 2. Luke Hodge (Hawthorn), 1. Andrew Gaff (West Coast)
Round 13 vs. Gold Coast - 3. Shannon Hurn (West Coast), 2. Dion Prestia (Gold Coast), 1. Jeremy McGovern (West Coast)
Round 14 vs. St Kilda - 3. Matt Priddis (West Coast), 2. Matt Rosa (West Coast), 1. Jack Billings (St Kilda)
Round 15 vs. Fremantle - 3. Nathan Fyfe (Fremantle), 2. Eric Mackenzie (West Coast), 1. Stephen Hill (Fremantle)
Round 16 vs. Sydney - 3. Luke Parker (Sydney), 2. Jarrad McVeigh (Sydney), 1. Matt Priddis (West Coast)
Round 17 vs. Brisbane - 3. Luke Shuey (West Coast), 2. Ryan Hardwood (Brisbane), 1. Scott Lycett (West Coast)
Round 18 vs. Richmond - 3. Anthony Miles (Richmond), 2. Matt Priddis (West Coast), 1. Nathan Foley (Richmond)
Round 19 vs. Adelaide - 3. Nic Naitanui (West Coast), 2. Josh Kennedy (West Coast), 1. Sam Jacobs (Adelaide)
Round 20 vs. Collingwood - 3. Matt Priddis (West Coast), 2. Luke Shuey (West Coast), 1. Sam Butler (West Coast)
Round 21 vs. Essendon - 3. Mark Baguley (Essendon), 2. Luke Shuey (West Coast), 1. Dyson Heppell (Essendon)
Round 22 vs. Melbourne - 3. Mark Lecras (West Coast), 2. Chris Masten (West Coast), 1. Jack Darling (West Coast)
Round 23 vs. Gold Coast - 3. Nic Naitanui (West Coast), 2. Josh Kennedy (West Coast), 1. Mark Lecras (West Coast)

West Coast leaderboard
Matt Priddis - 17
Luke Shuey - 10
Mark Lecras - 9
Josh Kennedy - 7
Matt Rosa - 6
Chris Masten - 6
Dean Cox - 4
Shannon Hurn - 1
Andrew Gaff - 1
Jeremy McGovern - 1
Scott Lycett - 1
Sam Butler - 1
Jack Darling - 1

Make of that what you will...

 

[Abstract]

My assessment of how the votes should have gone in West Coast's games:

Round 1 vs. Western Bulldogs - 3. Mark Lecras (West Coast), 2. Matt Rosa (West Coast), 1. Dean Cox (West Coast)
Round 2 vs. Melbourne - 3. Luke Shuey (West Coast), 2. Chris Masten (West Coast), 1. Josh Kennedy (West Coast)
Round 3 vs. St Kilda - 3. Dean Cox (West Coast), 2. Matt Priddis (West Coast), 1. Luke Dunstan (St Kilda)
Round 4 vs. Geelong - 3. Steve Johnson (Geelong), 2. Jimmy Bartel (Geelong), 1. Joel Selwood (Geelong)
Round 5 vs. Port Adelaide - 3. Robbie Gray (Port Adelaide), 2. Chris Masten (West Coast), 1. Brad Ebert (Port Adelaide)
Round 6 vs. Carlton - 3. Marc Murphy (Carlton), 2. Matt Priddis (West Coast), 1. Brock McLean (Carlton)
Round 7 vs. Fremantle - 3. Aaron Sandilands (Fremantle), 2. Matt Rosa (West Coast), 1. Lachie Neale (Fremantle)
Round 8 vs. GWS - 3. Josh Kennedy (West Coast), 2. Matt Priddis (West Coast), 1. Mark Lecras (West Coast)
Round 10 vs. Collingwood - 3. Scott Pendlebury (Collingwood), 2. Matt Priddis (West Coast), 1. Dayne Beams (Collingwood)
Round 11 vs. North Melbourne - 3. Ben Cunnington (North Melbourne), 2. Brent Harvey (North Melbourne), 1. Mark Lecras (West Coast)
Round 12 vs. Hawthorn - 3. Jarryd Roughead (Hawthorn), 2. Luke Hodge (Hawthorn), 1. Andrew Gaff (West Coast)
Round 13 vs. Gold Coast - 3. Shannon Hurn (West Coast), 2. Dion Prestia (Gold Coast), 1. Jeremy McGovern (West Coast)
Round 14 vs. St Kilda - 3. Matt Priddis (West Coast), 2. Matt Rosa (West Coast), 1. Jack Billings (St Kilda)
Round 15 vs. Fremantle - 3. Nathan Fyfe (Fremantle), 2. Eric Mackenzie (West Coast), 1. Stephen Hill (Fremantle)
Round 16 vs. Sydney - 3. Luke Parker (Sydney), 2. Jarrad McVeigh (Sydney), 1. Matt Priddis (West Coast)
Round 17 vs. Brisbane - 3. Luke Shuey (West Coast), 2. Ryan Hardwood (Brisbane), 1. Scott Lycett (West Coast)
Round 18 vs. Richmond - 3. Anthony Miles (Richmond), 2. Matt Priddis (West Coast), 1. Nathan Foley (Richmond)
Round 19 vs. Adelaide - 3. Nic Naitanui (West Coast), 2. Josh Kennedy (West Coast), 1. Sam Jacobs (Adelaide)
Round 20 vs. Collingwood - 3. Matt Priddis (West Coast), 2. Luke Shuey (West Coast), 1. Sam Butler (West Coast)
Round 21 vs. Essendon - 3. Mark Baguley (Essendon), 2. Luke Shuey (West Coast), 1. Dyson Heppell (Essendon)
Round 22 vs. Melbourne - 3. Mark Lecras (West Coast), 2. Chris Masten (West Coast), 1. Jack Darling (West Coast)
Round 23 vs. Gold Coast - 3. Nic Naitanui (West Coast), 2. Josh Kennedy (West Coast), 1. Mark Lecras (West Coast)

West Coast leaderboard
Matt Priddis - 17
Luke Shuey - 10
Mark Lecras - 9
Josh Kennedy - 7
Matt Rosa - 6
Chris Masten - 6
Dean Cox - 4
Shannon Hurn - 1
Andrew Gaff - 1
Jeremy McGovern - 1
Scott Lycett - 1
Sam Butler - 1
Jack Darling - 1

Make of that what you will...

Maybe you should become an umpire. Add three votes for Round 19. Clearly best on...

 

[Goosecat]

Matt Priddis: Last Man Standing
September 23, 2014 by Peter_B 11 Comments
A week ago I sat down for an evening to compile the stats to condemn the All Australian selectors for not picking Eric MacKenzie as the best key defender in the AFL. I was angry. Typical Victorian-centric myopia. Look at the numbers, only Talia did a similar job of holding the Franklins and Hawkins of the comp. Hooker and Rance are easybeats when the cream comes to the top.
As for Matt Priddis, I shrugged my shoulders. He would be the first man picked for most teams, not for what he does, but for the work he does to create opportunities for his team and team mates. He is at every contest. At the bottom of every pack. Shovelling it out to the team mates who can run and create.
My rationale was that he doesn’t hurt you directly. He doesn’t waste many opportunities, but we all know that his kicking penetration is modest. So he plays to his strengths. He struggles to kick 40 metres, so he gut runs to space at the 30 so he can chip a goal.
He doesn’t have a right foot, so he has a step. Most left footers swing wide and beat you on the outside. Matt goes that way, props, and beats you on the inside. Every time; every week; every year. I have seen him sell that candy a hundred times, and beat his opponent 99.
He makes a strength of weakness. Overcoached AFL players play the percentages. Don’t get beaten on the outside is so drummed in to them, that the players who props and goes inside has an edge.
Matt is the Moneyball man of the AFL. Best in disposals. Third best in tackles. Played every game. Never gets suspended. Never gives away silly free kicks.
He is the last man standing in every pack. He is often tackled, but rarely stripped. Small but not slight, with incredible core strength that needs a herd of elephants to take to ground.
He was the last man standing in his draft years, overlooked for 4 seasons among his peers, before a Sandover Medal with Subiaco in 2006 meant his local AFL club could no longer overlook him in favour of fancier imported models.
And the last man standing in AFL 2014. Fyfe boneheadedly suspended thanks to a coach that is turning sublime talent into midfield meat grinder. Ablett, Dangerfield and Kennedy injured and not standing up to the stresses of a full season. Franklin rested for a final round to give the Tigers an opportunity at finals humiliation, while rewarding the Eagles with a Brownlow in place of an elimination final beating.
I was glad that Matt got the 2 votes in the last round to win the medal outright. No one – not even a Docker – deserves that heartbreak. I have marvelled at Nat Fyfe’s skills from his earliest games, as my match reports attest. The extra 20 kilos required for Rossball, and the bash crash role will take 50 games and 50 Brownlow votes off his longevity. Another footsoldier sacrificed on the wire on footy’s version of trench warfare. When will they ever learn?
When everyone is playing the same percentages, the place to be is where the percentages aren’t. When everyone is recruiting beep tests and standing jumps, why not recruit a bloke who can find space and share with team mates? When recruiting 17yo’s gives you dodgey knees, stress fractures and flakes who go to water under pressure – why not recruit a 20yo with 3 seasons of playing against men behind him?
And above all you recruit character and effort. A man who will give you 100% of all his capacity every time; instead of 60% of his potential when mind, body and planets align.
Matt Priddis has been Ben Cousins successor in most things, including Brownlow Medal winning West Coast Eagles. Recruited in 2006 but only playing 2 games as Ben and the Eagles won the AFL premiership, while Matt won the WAFL’s Sandover Medal. An AFL regular from 2007 as meth and macho took priority over matches for Ben. Judd got sick of the circus and eventually Kerr’s battering ram style betrayed his body.
Substance over style. Matt Priddis has always known how to outwork and outlast team mates as well as opponents.
Last man standing.
Nice guys finish first. The tortoise passes all the hares.
Matt – The Avenging Eagle and I have seen and treasured every minute of every game you have played in 9 seasons at Subiaco Oval.
You were our Every Man. Now you are everyone’s All Australian.

 

[SpaceClef]

Maybe you should become an umpire. Add three votes for Round 19. Clearly best on...

He was really good against Adelaide but Naitanui dragged us back into the game singlehandedly in the first half. I'd have given Priddis 2 and Gaff 1.

 

[Forward Press]

He was really good against Adelaide but Naitanui dragged us back into the game singlehandedly in the first half. I'd have given Priddis 2 and Gaff 1.

I had both about even for the Adelaide game, so it wasn't a huge surprise to me that he got 3.

I was more surprised at him being adjudged BOG in our two losses against Collingwood and Richmond - I personally gave 1, 2 at most. But that's how Brownlow winners, well, win the medal - they tend to pick up an extra vote (or two) in games where they weren't expected to poll well, or to even poll at all.

 

[Roobs321]

It still feels like a dream, in a good way. The last two days when I woke, after 5-10 seconds, I was like wow, he actually did it!

 

[Smotie]

You're just jealous we know more about the team you follow than you do.

Go away troll.

 

[X_box_X]

Go away troll.

MML