If Ablett does not win the brownlow this year...

[Pluggeroo]

Lockett won a Brownlow in 1987 with 117 goals in 21 games.

 

[thecubs08]

Sounds like you have little understanding
Read the paper a bit too much do we?

Hey ShirtLifter you are a first grade f...wit who clearly doesn't understand the game antbrain

 

[AG]

It won't be as surprising as the last two years. Should have won it last year. This year there are about 8 players deserving so he is just one of the players with a chance.

 

[Adelaide Hawk]

Since when did they start handing Brownlows over to the best player in the competition? The Brownlow system is flawed, and therefore carries far too much prestige than it should.

 

[chrisjie]

Same as Rob Harvey. Deserving doesn't always amount to winning it.

Gaz doesn't need a Brownlow to justify his career so far. He is already elite and is well on his way to the Hall of Fame.

People like Shane Woewodin have won a Brownlow......it doesn't always go to the most deserving player and is certainly not the be all and end all.

 

[SriLankanCat]

i dont expect him to win it...too much lip to the umpire.

He is an awesome player...its amazing whne a player gets recognition he goes from being hte underdog to being hated or knocked down...tall poppy syndrome at its finest.

the guy is one of the toughest in the league to tackle, keeps his feet brilliantly, wins the hardball...magnficent player.

Doesnt matter what anyone else thinks anyway the people theat count know how magnificent he is.

 

[damochandler]

i dont think he will win it this year. i dont think this season has been as good as the last 2 to be honest. he should have won it last year. but a bloke called joel selwood and couple of others will take it away from him again

 

[Spluff]

He deserves it, but I doubt he'll win it. Even if he is by far BOG, people will now go 'oh, he had a couple of one two handballs' or 'didn't get 45+ posessions and 4 goals, ho hum'. When you expect a player to be consistently brilliant it's somewhat underwhelming when he actually is brilliant, and therefore he's not going to get as many votes.

 

[DanA]

A tactic Geelong has used, and i'm almost certain it's a game plan, is to give Ablett the ball across half back, draw players too him, when Ablett lays it off (because of the number of players that committed to him) there should be a players free. It's not pretty for Ablett and gives him inflated numbers but it's good for Geelong. Hard to pick up the effect on TV though.

He still does all the other stuff too. Lets not forget he's right up there in clearances, 1st possesions, contested ball, and goals from midfielders in addition to the "cheap stuff".

 

[watermelonslice]

I'd love for him to win it, but I don't think he's been the standout player this year. There are quite a few who deserve it just as much as Ablett on this year's performance alone. As for unlucky players, his dad didn't win one either, despite being nicknamed 'God'.

 

[sainter12riewoldt]

FAIREST AND BEST



thats why players that give too much lip usually dont win it.

 

[MeestaNob]

Ablett Jnr is a great player, but his 40 possession games are worth any other midfielders 30 possession game.

Judd > Jesus

EDIT: And before we get a avalanche of "Zomg Coonie teh w0rst brunlow winarrr ever get fuctd!111loloneone!" - save it.

 

[watermelonslice]

EDIT: And before we get a avalanche of "Zomg Coonie teh w0rst brunlow winarrr ever get fuctd!111loloneone!" - save it.

LOL!

 

[JoondalupJ]

He gets forty million touches and most are easy receives, and the umps love him.

 

[alinghi]

Q: Would there be as much hype surrounding Ablett if he had a different surname?
A: No.

Yes he is a good player, but he plays his best footy in junk time and in meaningless games. He's not a big game player.

 

[pavilion103]

Q: Would there be as much hype surrounding Ablett if he had a different surname?
A: No.

Yes he is a good player, but he plays his best footy in junk time and in meaningless games. He's not a big game player.

2007 rnd 21 - evades a number of players to put the cats in the lead. Unbelievable goal under pressure.
2007 PF - cometh the moment cometh the man
2008 GF - the only one who turned up. Unbelievable game from the Champ.

Just to name a few.

 

[Two Eyes]

GAblett would certainly be a worthy winner but he openly wants it too much for my taste. When they cut to him at the brownlow count he always looks like a starving dog staring at a sasusage that is just out of reach.

If Ablett doesn't win the Brownlow this year we may actually see him cry...

 

[Skerret]

Check out the simpletons who wish Ablett was in their team. He sits second for contested possessions and is often at the bottom of packs. Difference between he and Swan is that Ablett can get back to his feet with 3 guys hanging off him and dish off or break free and run. Kicks goals, takes speccies, he does it all. The complete midfielder. Jealousy is ugly btw.

 

[Pluggeroo]

We would all like Ablett in our team, Skerret. That really has nothing to do with whether people think he will win the Brownlow or not. I stated earlier it is a popularity contest with the umpires. If you give them lip, you get diddly. If they like you, you will get the chocolates.

The only exception to the rule would be Buckley, as he was lippy but still got one. Probably a consolation one, too. The other was Hardie. Not sure how he won one...lol

 

[Belnakor]

Hardie was pretty hard to miss, always helps

 

[Dixie Flatline]

Hardie was pretty hard to miss, always helps

He would have taken Charlie home on multiple occasions had he ditched the long-sleeve jumpers.

(Yes, I know Hardie had his reasons for always wearing the long-sleeves)

 

[potatomasher]

The Ablett argument has gotten painful to read. You either have one-eyed Geelong supporters who pretend that the one-twos never happen, or you have one-eyed Geelong haters who say that all of his possessions come from them.

In my honest opinion, watching Gary Ablett getting a clean pickup in a tight contested situation and sprinting away from the hopeful tacklers at pace is one of the best sights in footy at the moment. If he does that about 10 times in a game, I don't care if he gets 30 more possessions from one-two handballs, or no other possessions. He should probably get the three votes regardless. If he doesn't do it at all, and gets mostly one-two handball possessions, which has happened once or twice this year, he might not get votes. Fair enough, it's hard to play well all the time. What the Ablett-haters seem to miss is that most of the time he has gotten these amazing clearances, and most of the time he will be getting votes. He won't be getting votes for those one-two handballs that everyone whinges about, but that isn't why he's a superstar anyway.

I don't reckon he'll win it, I reckon whoever polls the best out of the Saints midfielders might just run away with it, but to say he doesn't deserve it because occasionally he gets the easy ball (which tends to come with being a great user of it) is absurd.

 

[watermelonslice]

The Ablett argument has gotten painful to read. You either have one-eyed Geelong supporters who pretend that the one-twos never happen, or you have one-eyed Geelong haters who say that all of his possessions come from them.

In my honest opinion, watching Gary Ablett getting a clean pickup in a tight contested situation and sprinting away from the hopeful tacklers at pace is one of the best sights in footy at the moment. If he does that about 10 times in a game, I don't care if he gets 30 more possessions from one-two handballs, or no other possessions. He should probably get the three votes regardless. If he doesn't do it at all, and gets mostly one-two handball possessions, which has happened once or twice this year, he might not get votes. Fair enough, it's hard to play well all the time. What the Ablett-haters seem to miss is that most of the time he has gotten these amazing clearances, and most of the time he will be getting votes. He won't be getting votes for those one-two handballs that everyone whinges about, but that isn't why he's a superstar anyway.

I don't reckon he'll win it, I reckon whoever polls the best out of the Saints midfielders might just run away with it, but to say he doesn't deserve it because occasionally he gets the easy ball (which tends to come with being a great user of it) is absurd.

What he said.

 

[alinghi]

2007 rnd 21 - evades a number of players to put the cats in the lead. Unbelievable goal under pressure.
2007 PF - cometh the moment cometh the man
2008 GF - the only one who turned up. Unbelievable game from the Champ.

Just to name a few.

Nothing unbelievable about Ablett in last year's grand final that I saw, I believe every bit of it.

I'm not saying he's a a bad player, he just attracts more attention than he deserves because of his surname.

Won't be surprised when he doesn't win it.

 

[Ninty]

^ Say what?

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****ing brilliant performance, even with sniper Mitchell around.