Opinion Unpopular Footy Medalists/award winners

[Oliver09]

Just wanted a different face Seb, he was stiff Cupes.

Hird bagged 5 from the midfield from memory that day, maybe 4, around 30 touches. Cupido got 5 from the fwd pocket, he no doubt played well but Hird had him covered that day.

 

[AFDogs]

Josh Kennedy should have won the Norm Smith in 2016. If it wasn't him then Tom Boyd was a clear 2nd.

How JJ got chosen I'll never understand. He played well but was at half back, racked up heaps of uncontested possessions and butchered the footy.

 

[Red Bull]

Dustin Fletcher must be struck from the 400 game club.
Games played whilst on a club sanctioned team wide doping program cannot count !!

 

[Run n Spread]

Norm Smith changes I'd have gone for
08 Ablett
11 Hawkins otherwise Steve Johnson
12 Hannebury otherwise Sewell
13 Gunston
16 Boyd otherwise Kennedy
17 Houli
19 Riewoldt

 

[Run n Spread]

Norm Smith - should it go to the player who was best/most consistant overall or the one that was the most important in influencing the end result?

Not saying Hodge was not deserving in 2008, but Stewart Dew won that game for Hawthorn.

Bit of both. Best on but can't just be a short burst.
However premium goes to who performs when the game is alive and heat on.
Why Rioli was worthy in 15 while others racked it up when game was done.

 

[sobrave]

Matthew Lloyd goal of the year for a back heel from 1 metre out. A 3 year old toddler could kick the same goal

 

[sobrave]

I'll give a pass on the rising star because to be fair, Lewis Taylor was good in 2014 and Bont didn't debut until Round 5.

But giving Matt White goal of the year over Bont is one of the greatest robberies I've seen in the AFL. Whites was a great running goal, but ultimately forgettable. Bont kicked one of the greatest goals of all time

I can remember White's goal running a 200m sprint with someone on his hammer the whole time. Can't remember the Bont, so maybe his was forgettable?

 

[windyhill]

Dustin Fletcher must be struck from the 400 game club.
Games played whilst on a club sanctioned team wide doping program cannot count !!

What did he test positive for ?

 

[Virgin Dog]

I can remember White's goal running a 200m sprint with someone on his hammer the whole time. Can't remember the Bont, so maybe his was forgettable?

Impressive he managed to run further than the length of a football field

 

[PhatBoy]

well here's what it says on the official AFL website

"Presented to the player judged, by an independent panel of football experts, to be best on ground in the Grand Final."

Norm Smith Medal - AFL.com.au

The Norm Smith Medal is presented to the player judged, by an independent panel of football experts, to be best on ground in the Grand Final

www.afl.com.au

Yes there can 2 bazillion different ways to interprete what "best on ground" is (in your own opinion) but I made sure to check that the article didn't ask for opinion, interpretation from armchair fans. It didn't.

(No, I don't approve of so called media experts to be included on the judging panel..like Damo etc...but my disapproval don't mean jack$hit so why waste my time on it).

It’s an eternal argument and it pops up in most sports.
How many times do you hear about a batsman or bowler winning their team the game in the last innings but someone else earlier in the match may have had just as big a role in keeping them in the game.
It’s a footnote now but Joffra Archer took 8-84 in the Ben Stokes headingley match but f***-all people remember it. Ok that’s an extreme example
Because Stokes’ innings was incredibly brilliant but still it was Archer’s bowling that somehow kept England in the game despite being bowled out for 67.

do you give an award to someone who bangs through 3-4 goals in half an hour and swings the game or do you reward the guy who was simply better than 35 other players for three quarters of the game but didn’t do anything match defining?

 

[Gordon Farkas]

 

[RichLeMonde]

Thought Rance was BOG at half time, but the ball hardly went down there in the second half.

Dusty played the best 4 quarter game, but IMO Richmond would have still won if Dusty hadn’t played. Only Tiges player whose absence might have affected the result was Rance (and possibly Houli). In the first quarter when Adelaide had dangerous repeat entries and could easily have gone 5 goals up, it was Rance who repelled them. Dusty was the best player, but not the most valuable IMO.

 

[RichLeMonde]

Good point- should go to the player who does the most damage, rather than simply the best overall. Different to brownlow

Absolutely. Playing extremely well in junk time means nothing. It should be about impact on the result

 

[Cuzz09]

gavin wanganeen 1993 brownlow.

gary Ablett and Wayne Carey put together two of the greatest individual seasons of all time that season.

greg Williams also extremely stiff.


all three were a significant level above wanganeen.

Modra too

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[conrad_437]

Lewis Taylor, 2014 Rising Star. Anyone with eyes could see that Bont had more influence on games than Taylor and it was only due to him playing 3 or 4 games less than Taylor (and David King's dodgy punt).

Bont clearly channelled Michael Jordan after that and took it personally. Meanwhile Taylor is lucky not to be out of the League.

 

[Cuzz09]

Plugger kicked like 120 goals in 12 games in 1991. Stiff

Dunstall kicked like 145 in 92.

Stynes and Wynd won those years.

Ruck me!

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[Red Bull]

What did he test positive for ?

Drug cheat
And he’ll live with it every day …

 

[deanc]

Impressive he managed to run further than the length of a football field

Obviously it was one of those rare 'circumference' type runs, but still very impressive particularly when compared to Mick McGuane's famous 7-bounce effort in 1994 which was only around 60 meters...

 

[Sweetback]

Cats premierships while Steven Dank was there.

 

[windyhill]

Drug cheat
And he’ll live with it every day …

Which banned substance ?

 

[juss]

There's obviously been a few things burning away internally for the OP for the last 5 years judging by the first few nominations that popped into mind.

 

[The 747]

I thought Boyd was robbed in 2016, most influential player on the ground.

 

[sobrave]

Which banned substance ?

Thymosin (not the "good thymosin" either)

 

[windyhill]

Thymosin (not the "good thymosin" either)

So tested positive ?

 

[Sttew]

You wouldn't be saying that if is his career wasn't wrecked by knee injuries. He was a fantastic player before his body let him down.

But Gary Ablett Junior won every award in 08 except the Brownlow. He was favourite by a country mile. Not Cooney’s fault though