MVP The Doig Medal, Beacon Award & Best Clubman - Who will win?

[Seppo]

4 days to go till the Doig Medal night at Burswood. I will be flying back to Perth for the week and will be there to hopefully see Fyfey pick up the main prize. I'll be tanked up on the booze, but I will try and post updates and try and pick up any goss. I have read that Palmer will be there!

Last year winners were

Doig:
1st - Mundy
2nd - Sandilands
3rd - Pavlich
4th - Hill
Beacon: Barlow
Best Clubman: Deboer

Post your predictions...

Doig:
1st - Fyfe
2nd - McPharlin
3rd - Pavlich
4th - Broughton

Beacon: Mzungu
Best Clubman: Barlow (For his work with the kids and the episodes of Roving Mike!)

 

[Clay Davis]

Hard to disagree with that.

Johnson to place due to playing every game.

 

[Nickos66]

Haha yep, probably top 10. Looks like the landscape for club champion awards will be eventually changing across the board to favour players that don't neccesarily play every game. Read: Johnson's DOIG voting days are almost over.

 

[Seppo]

It's amazing to think MJ polled equal 2nd in the Doig a few years ago...

*checks records*

Eq 2nd in 2006
Eq 5th (shared with Crowley) in 2008

 

[balthazarthedonk]

I'd like to see McPharlap win it. Love Fyfe but he, Barlow and Hill can win it interchangeably for the next 10 or so years. Also, McP was robbed in the AA selection

 

[jinxd]

Maybe they should create another award... "This Year's Whipping Boy"... Johnson would win it by a mile!

 

[Pavs Paddock]

Doig:
1st - Fyfe
2nd - McPharlin
3rd - Pavlich
4th - Ballantyne

Beacon: Mzungu
Best Clubman: Morabito
Whipping Boy: McPhee

 

[SH Tracer Bullet]

Doig:
1st - Fyfe
2nd - McPharlin
3rd - Pavlich
4th - Broughton

Beacon: Mzungu


Best Clubman: Mayne

 

[PurpleGreenRed]

1. McPharlin
2. Pavlich
3. Fyfe
4. Ballantyne

Beacon: Mzungu
Clubman: Bradley

 

[willoblue]

I'd like to see McPharlap win it. Love Fyfe but he, Barlow and Hill can win it interchangeably for the next 10 or so years. Also, McPhee? was robbed in the AA selection

McPharlin 2 win from Fyfe
Beacon Clarke (if eligible)
clubman Morabito

 

[ImperialPurple]

Doig:
1. McPharlin
2. Fyfe
3. Pav

Beacon:
Not sure what the criteria is... It used to be the same as the Rising Star, but they changed it somewhere along the line (ie Barlow winning last year when he wasn't eligible for the RS).

So:
If it's same as RS eligibility - then probably Pitt
If it's "best first year player" - then probably Mzungu
If it's "best broad-non-specific-criteria-but-a-young-player" - then probably Clarke ...or as a roughie... FYFE!!!! (We shouldn't forget it was only his 2nd year!)

Best Clubman
Kep

 

[Latro]

IP the beacon is not based on age as Barlow won last year.

 

[bfff]

The Beacon is for best first year player. Mzungu will win.

 

[more_of_bito]

Doig
1st - Mcpharlin
2nd - Fyfe
3rd - Pav
4th - Grover

Beacon: Mzungu
Best Clubman: Suban

 

[leeloo]

Is there any blogging or twittering of the Doig?

 

[estibador]

Club site says there will be updates posted on their facebook.

Where's Seppo's updates when you need them? Could at least have told us what kind of beer they're serving by now.

 

[greatgatsby]

Yep - those of us at the arse-end of the world are light on for info.

 

[leeloo]

Just jumped onto the Facebook page, nice photos, not!

From facebook:
Milestone man Matthew Pavlich just announced that Nat Fyfe has won the Wharfie Award - based upon what is traditionally known as 'one-percenters'. Well done Nat.

 

[Seppo]

As my 1000th post on BF I would like to congratulate Nathan Fyfe for just winning the Wharfie Award which Pav presented to him for the player who put in the most 1%'s.

No votes have been counted for the Doig yet, just had both Steves up doing speeches and Ross had a few good words to say.

Schammer and Roger got up to talk about their retirements just before and I nearly teared up with the thought of Roger not running the ball out of defense next year...

The beers they are serving here are Crownies BTW and I would rather drink my own piss but it won't get me pissed.

My prediction still is Fyfe but I have a feeling McPharlin just might Pip him.

They are staging the votes 1-8 9-17 18-24 so I can post updates on how things have gone through the night if I'm not too drunk.

Go FYFEY!!!

 

[apuchar]

Just jumped onto the Facebook page, nice photos, not!

From facebook:
Milestone man Matthew Pavlich just announced that Nat Fyfe has won the Wharfie Award - based upon what is traditionally known as 'one-percenters'. Well done Nat.

Bet you 10 bucks it's not called the Wharfie award for much longer.

 

[Seppo]

The voting system this year is:
4 coaches voted with 5,4,3,2,1 so maximum voted is 20 for a player...

More to follow.

 

[ilpiantissimo]

After 8 rounds:

Mundy 79
Pav 63
Sandi 63
Fyfe 60
MacPharlin 52

 

[Seppo]

After Rnd 17...
Pav 120
Fyfe 120
Broughton 103
McPharlin 97

 

[leungtl]

 

[Latro]

McPharlin should poll better than Fyfe from now on. I hope Pav gets it so everyone goes off on the award.