Matt Rowell future Brownlow Medallist? Or merely overrated? (Poll added)

[nahnah]

why would you put overrated in the title of a thread about a kid who has played 3 games

 

[Jables]

The misinformation and perception of Tom Mitchell by so many on this board has gotten to a ridiculous level. "Glorified Crouch", "King of the 3m handball", "Stat padder extraordinaire"

You do realise in his last full season, Tom Mitchell had the 6th most kicks in the entire competition (no Essendon player in the top 25) and was 8th for metres gained (how do you manage that if you are all 3m handballs?).

What makes those stats more remarkable is that he is the only inside midfielder up there. The other 'metres gained' players are the likes of Jayden Short, Lachie Whitfield, Jared Polec, Jake Lloyd, Tom Phillips - outside receivers whose sole job it is to gain metres (and not necessarily win the ball).

But Tom Mitchell was also the #1 clearance player in the league and had the second most contested possessions - how's that for stat padding? He was also #1 for effective disposals (which is incredible given the amount of contested ball he wins) and 3rd for inside 50's.

Sure, he ocassionally does the 1-2 handball but Ablett Jnr (and most other top line mids) did the exact same thing at the height of his powers.

The players, the umpires, the media and the experts all recognised him as the best player in the competition (and he finished 3rd in the Coaches votes Despite Clarko being a very deliberate 'vote sharer') but the 'experts' on Bigfooty all know that he is "just a stat padder", "not damaging", "don't need to tag", "all 3M handballs", etc, etc.

It's Bigfooty, who needs evidence when you just say their stats are inflated?

 

[YippeeYiYeo]

Can the mod who changed the title of this thread revert it back to the original title plz? No way is this kid overrated. Absolute gun already.

Im guessing its Malifce who edited the title and added in a poll...

 

[RUNVS]

As insane as this is if Gold Coast keep winning then Rowell is in contention for the Brownlow this year.

 

[Coaster2012]

15 touches and 2 kicks with a quarter to go. Kids on the verge of having 9 brownlow votes already.

Hes not over rated at all.

Hes under rated.

 

[RUNVS]

15 touches and 2 kicks with a quarter to go. Kids on the verge of having 9 brownlow votes already.

Hes not over rated at all.

Hes under rated.

Only if they win today. If they lose he will get 2 votes.

 

[RUNVS]

Rowell sort of looks like the bully in a 1980's American High School movie.

 

[swanssince2002]

Rowell putting his body on the line in that last few minutes was a thing of beauty. Has it all.

 

[TheGhostOfJohnBelushi]

Rowell sort of looks like the bully in a 1980's American High School movie.

 

[Ricmel]

He might be a future brownlow medallist but I don't think he will ever be the best player in the game. I think he ends up a Tom Mitchell level player

Nope. Already showed he has much bigger game impact than Mitchell. Rowell's under age resume was better than any previous draft pick. BOG in just about every big under age game he played. Will exit the game a great.

 

[Ricmel]

he's the best first year player I've seen.

I'm going to give that title to Judd but Rowell is a close second (and has a lot of games left to go past Judd

 

[Kappa]

Rowell sort of looks like the bully in a 1980's American High School movie.

He sends shivers down the spine.

 

[RUNVS]

He sends shivers down the spine.

Now, not then

 

[Falconista]

Playing beautifully, put his body on the line a few times. I sincerely hope injuries don't stop him and us witnessing his best.

 

[AjsGuns]

Bigfooty is very reactionary, if he is average over the next 3 weeks people will call him a hack. I daresay he will start getting more attention as his GC's best midfielder. I remember Rhys Palmer being compared to Judd after his first season.. didn't turn out so well.

With that said..
IMO his probably already on 8 votes.
Fyfe just did a hammy, Danger has been pretty poor so far and Dusty is out of form. Honestly after 4 rounds he and Neale are probably neck and neck right now. Cripps & Bont have both had 1 outstanding game each and are probably on 3 votes. This is obviously a 17 round season so the winner may only need 22-25 votes. Would say just making AA is a mammoth accomplishment in your first year, let alone a Brownlow. Doubt he wins this year, but this would be the year.

 

[akiva]

Looks like Buzz Lightyear

 

[GC2015]

Would it be fair to say Rowell is likely leading the Brownlow count after four rounds? He's had three best on ground performances in a row which should translate to 9 votes.

Has any other player started the 2020 season this well? Maybe Lachie Neale?

 

[Ports1870]

He’s be neck and neck with Boak and Neale after four rounds I’d say

 

[TheSunGod]

Looks like Buzz Lightyear

His nickname at the club is Buzz

 

[Tulip]

He's ****ing brilliant. Sam Walsh was the best young player in years but struggled/s by foot. Rowell is genuinely good by foot, or at least has a good enough footy brain that he picks the best option. Sometimes you just know a kid is special. Bontempelli is the most recent one for me who I just knew was going to be a great from his first year, and even then he took about 10 rounds to play IIRC.

 

[RowellAnderson12]

Wow how's all this hate last week for Rowell eh? The bloke has backed it up AGAIN! 3 weeks in a row, 20 touches 2 goals both feet and 7 clearances from 76% TOG the 6th lowest out of 44 players.

Currently in most people's eyes he's polled 6-9 votes in 4 games. Would probably have 30 coaches votes already and most likely be getting Player votes too.

Rowell has it all, can kick both feet, has a strong core which helps him break tackles and stand up in tackles, is a clearance beast, can kick goals, hunger, leadership, is actually pretty quick not one pace like mitchell, crouch, and the best part he's a fantastic humble guy who just likes to play footy.

If you still aren't convince the kid is special then keep your comments to yourself because you're just embarassing yourself.


(If we manages to win the brownlow that will pocket me $8100 this year)

 

[Cotchins Hair Piece]

He might be a future brownlow medallist but I don't think he will ever be the best player in the game. I think he ends up a Tom Mitchell level player

He’s already more effective than Mitchell (and Dangerfield for that matter).

 

[Cotchins Hair Piece]

Wow how's all this hate last week for Rowell eh? The bloke has backed it up AGAIN! 3 weeks in a row, 20 touches 2 goals both feet and 7 clearances from 76% TOG the 6th lowest out of 44 players.

Currently in most people's eyes he's polled 6-9 votes in 4 games. Would probably have 30 coaches votes already and most likely be getting Player votes too.

Rowell has it all, can kick both feet, has a strong core which helps him break tackles and stand up in tackles, is a clearance beast, can kick goals, hunger, leadership, is actually pretty quick not one pace like mitchell, crouch, and the best part he's a fantastic humble guy who just likes to play footy.

If you still aren't convince the kid is special then keep your comments to yourself because you're just embarassing yourself.


(If we manages to win the brownlow that will pocket me $8100 this year)

Tall poppy syndrome/jealously mate. The kids a gun.

 

[mehow2g]

Bigfooty is very reactionary, if he is average over the next 3 weeks people will call him a hack. I daresay he will start getting more attention as his GC's best midfielder. I remember Rhys Palmer being compared to Judd after his first season.. didn't turn out so well.

With that said..
IMO his probably already on 8 votes.
Fyfe just did a hammy, Danger has been pretty poor so far and Dusty is out of form. Honestly after 4 rounds he and Neale are probably neck and neck right now. Cripps & Bont have both had 1 outstanding game each and are probably on 3 votes. This is obviously a 17 round season so the winner may only need 22-25 votes. Would say just making AA is a mammoth accomplishment in your first year, let alone a Brownlow. Doubt he wins this year, but this would be the year.

At the time I couldn't see a the Palmer hype all he did was run yeah it was ok but nothing special.

I get the logic but this kid is something else, I think he won't improve on a upward trajectory like Gary abett jnr, but he already is a great footballer with a footballer brain of a seasoned AFL player with massive consistency, he's not the "could be anything type" he's already there, I don't know where his ceiling is but if he even improves by 10% it's massive.

Most exciting prospect since dusty.

 

[RUNVS]

Wow how's all this hate last week for Rowell eh? The bloke has backed it up AGAIN! 3 weeks in a row, 20 touches 2 goals both feet and 7 clearances from 76% TOG the 6th lowest out of 44 players.

Currently in most people's eyes he's polled 6-9 votes in 4 games. Would probably have 30 coaches votes already and most likely be getting Player votes too.

Rowell has it all, can kick both feet, has a strong core which helps him break tackles and stand up in tackles, is a clearance beast, can kick goals, hunger, leadership, is actually pretty quick not one pace like mitchell, crouch, and the best part he's a fantastic humble guy who just likes to play footy.

If you still aren't convince the kid is special then keep your comments to yourself because you're just embarassing yourself.


(If we manages to win the brownlow that will pocket me $8100 this year)

I don't see much hate in this thread for Rowell. I think you are imagining things.