Brownlow 2022

[GVGjr]

I was surprised that Rory Laird didn't poll more votes. He played some very dominate games but clearly the short chip kicks to his team mates don't appeal to the umpires.

[Grantysghost]

I guess there's a very real chance the guy who wins our B and F won't be here next season.

[Grantysghost]

I was surprised that Rory Laird didn't poll more votes. He played some very dominate games but clearly the short chip kicks to his team mates don't appeal to the umpires.

How they can give votes and concentrate on what they're doing is beyond me.

Time for an overhaul the system is broken.

[bornadog]

I guess there's a very real chance the guy who wins our B and F won't be here next season.

Tim with two best on grounds

[angelopetraglia]

Chris Grant loses a Brownlow medal to suspension. It was a stray arm that accidently hit Holland high. The umpire paid a free kick and had a perfect view. Umpire refuses to report him. Holland gets straight back up and takes the free kick. Holland plays the next week. No long term injury to Holland. Ian Collins (former Carlton player) intervenes, reports Grant and rubs him out.

Cripps wins a Brownlow. Chooses to bump, leaves the ground with viscous intent, collects Ah Chee high and knocks him unconscious. Ah Chee can't take the free kick. Is subbed out of the game. He then misses the next two weeks due to concussion symptoms. He is reported and given two weeks. Blues take it to the Tribunal. Tribunal agrees with the MRP and gives him two weeks. They then appeal the Tribunal decision and win. The overrule goes against everything that the AFL has said about choosing to bump and then being responsible for your actions.

I still can't believe Grant was robbed. I still can't believe Cripps got off.

[comrade]

Bont really had a stinker by his standards.

[Grantysghost]

Chris Grant loses a Brownlow medal to suspension. It was a stray arm that accidently hit Holland high. The umpire paid a free kick and had a perfect view. Umpire refuses to report him. Holland gets straight back up and takes the free kick. Holland plays the next week. No long term injury to Holland. Ian Collins (former Carlton player) intervenes, reports Grant and rubs him out.

Cripps wins a Brownlow. Chooses to bump, leaves the ground with viscous intent, collects Ah Chee high and knocks him unconscious. Ah Chee can't take the free kick. Is subbed out of the game. He then misses the next two weeks due to concussion symptoms. He is reported and given two weeks. Blues take it to the Tribunal. Tribunal agrees with the MRP and gives him two weeks. They then appeal the Tribunal decision and win. The overrule goes against everything that the AFL has said about choosing to bump and then being responsible for your actions.

I still can't believe Grant was robbed. I still can't believe Cripps got off.

I agree. Berry too, goes the eye and gets to play in a Prelim. Another broken system at the AFL.

Grant's one was so long ago, it's probably hard to compare the two systems but he really must be wondering how many ladders he walked under in 97.

[GVGjr]

Bont really had a stinker by his standards.

There was a 3 or 4 week patch where he just wasn't himself.

[Testekill]

Bont really had a stinker by his standards.

His body was just not right this season, hopefully we got him straight into surgery and rehab so that he can be right for the preseason.

[bornadog]

[bornadog]

Jack Macrae has become the 10th Western bulldogs player to record 100 career Brownlow votes…


176 - G.Dempsey
175 - S.West
134 - M.Bontempelli
130 - N.Ware
112 - C.Grant
112 - T.Whitten Snr
112 - T.Liberatore Snr
111 - M.Boyd
111 - J.Schultz
101 - JACK MACRAE

[Axe Man]

Jack Macrae has become the 10th Western bulldogs player to record 100 career Brownlow votes…


176 - G.Dempsey
175 - S.West
134 - M.Bontempelli
130 - N.Ware
112 - C.Grant
112 - T.Whitten Snr
112 - T.Liberatore Snr
111 - M.Boyd
111 - J.Schultz
101 - JACK MACRAE

Bont will almost certainly end his career as our all time leading vote getter yet may never actually win.

[MrMahatma]

Bont will almost certainly end his career as our all time leading vote getter yet may never actually win.

He'll win next year.

[bornadog]

He'll win next year.

When Bont is injury free, he is a match winner

[Ozza]

Jack Macrae has become the 10th Western bulldogs player to record 100 career Brownlow votes…


176 - G.Dempsey
175 - S.West
134 - M.Bontempelli
130 - N.Ware
112 - C.Grant
112 - T.Whitten Snr
112 - T.Liberatore Snr
111 - M.Boyd
111 - J.Schultz
101 - JACK MACRAE

A question for you - if the Dempsey figure including any years where there was double voting? (I think I recall there was a year or two where both umpires voted so a player could get 6 votes....I may be wrong).