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congrats to jimmy bartel :-)
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Well I'm glad that other little pansy didn't get it. Ah boy the look on his face during those first few voteless rounds, priceless! Bartel was a lot more deserving than ablett, but I don't think he was the leagues " Best and Fairest ". Brent Harvey, Dane Swan and Sam Mitchell all should have polled better.
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maybe they 'the afl' should seriously think about renaming this award.it's certaintly not for the fairest & best player anymore, it's become the midfielders monopoly award...
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When did Ablett crack it for not getting any votes?
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He certainly didnt look happy during the count. I wouldnt say he cracked it, but then, perhaps he did at some point and I didnt see it.
To be honest, I felt a little sorry for G Ablett, as all the pressure was placed on him to win for weeks. He is probably just glad its all over. Like rodderz said in the other thread, Jimmy looked extraordinarily nervous! Well done to him though. Interesting that the Cornes boys didnt score higher. I found it a little ironic that both Scott Thompson and Andrew McLeod got substantially more votes than either Cornes.
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Ablett reached far greater heights than Bartel this year and we saw Ablett's quality in the preliminary final against Collingwood.
While Bartel touches the ball a lot and uses it well, Ablett is the one who gets into contested packs, gets the hard ball and finds an isolated man. Bartel is still a deserving winner, but I think Ablett had a better year on the whole. Ablett is a special player who does extraordinary whereas Bartel is a running midfielder who amasses possessions at will, but so do Adam Simpson and Scott West. I thought Scott Thompson deserved his votes. Chad Cornes is a player we know of already whereas Scott Thompson, while good since crossing over from Melbourne, has never caught the umpire's eyes. I am happy for him. Nathan Foley only getting a vote in no way underlines his year of emergence. It's hard to poll votes when your team gets smashed so often, but should Richmond pick up, I think you'll see him up there. In terms of the midfielders award, I agree. In 1993, Gary Ablett kicked 10 goals against the Adelaide Crows but did not poll a single vote. I think the Brownlow is an important award, but is not a reflection of the BEST player in a year, or even on a day. Greg Williams' 45 possession game back in 1993, not a vote. I gagged when Goodes won last year. No way was he the best player for the year. Judd, Kerr and West all had superior years but Goodes' run of 5 BOGs won him the award, despite being for half a year in which he hardly polled. That, and who else is going to take votes off him? As I said, I prefer media awards as rather than being prancing turkeys, those people analyse the game properly, rather than remember who was busy that day. I also like the concept of the coaches award on Footy Classified. Coaches are fantastic judges and well done to Channel 9 for thinking of that concept. I think umpires are not the best judges when it comes to allocating votes. They'd be far better at voting the winner of the under 9s Ballet Dance-Off.
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Juddy had 'em worried until half way through the season.
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