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  1. 22-02-2009, 09:18 AM #1
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    "Ablett was robbed of the Brownlow"

    Are we going to hear this all season? Heard a bit of it last night.

    I'm sick of it already.
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    Re: "Ablett was robbed of the Brownlow"

    Quote Originally Posted by Dry Rot View Post
    Are we going to hear this all season? Heard a bit of it last night.

    I'm sick of it already.
    I can understand why he is so highly rated by the media and his own supporters but he does have a number of players in his own side that will pinch votes from him so he may never win one.

    The media like to set someone up as the early favorite so it's good that it is him.
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    Re: "Ablett was robbed of the Brownlow"

    Quote Originally Posted by Dry Rot View Post
    Are we going to hear this all season? Heard a bit of it last night.

    I'm sick of it already.
    You hear it all the time but there has only truely been 1 bloke who really was robbed of a Brownlow.
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  4. 22-02-2009, 09:40 AM #4
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    Re: "Ablett was robbed of the Brownlow"

    Quote Originally Posted by Sockeye Salmon View Post
    You hear it all the time but there has only truely been 1 bloke who really was robbed of a Brownlow.
    aint that the truth
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    Re: "Ablett was robbed of the Brownlow"

    Quote Originally Posted by Sockeye Salmon View Post
    You hear it all the time but there has only truely been 1 bloke who really was robbed of a Brownlow.
    ... and by such a good friend of our club.
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  6. 22-02-2009, 11:32 AM #6
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    Re: "Ablett was robbed of the Brownlow"

    Is all this based on an NAB cup match last night where most teams dont go in fully on the ball and play junior taggers on good players to give them a taste?
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    Re: "Ablett was robbed of the Brownlow"

    Quote Originally Posted by Dry Rot View Post
    Are we going to hear this all season? Heard a bit of it last night.

    I'm sick of it already.
    I don't know about you blokes but I've been hearing it from my mates since the Tuesday after.

    The fact of the matter is if he deserved to win then he would have.
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    Re: "Ablett was robbed of the Brownlow"

    Ablett wasn't "robbed" he was unlucky to miss a few games which may have resulted in him getting votes. Pure and simple.
    That is the case with a player most years.
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    Re: "Ablett was robbed of the Brownlow"

    Quote Originally Posted by ledge View Post
    Is all this based on an NAB cup match last night where most teams dont go in fully on the ball and play junior taggers on good players to give them a taste?
    I can remember a few years back one such player from our club with 16 on his back,
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    Re: "Ablett was robbed of the Brownlow"

    Ablett is very good but so are some of his teammates they will always take votes off of each other. Seeing the expression on Gablett's face after missing out to Bartel and then to Cooney he seemed so visibly upset. Perhaps, the media building him up so much he thought he was a shoe-in to win the brownlow.
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  11. 22-02-2009, 04:19 PM #11
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    Re: "Ablett was robbed of the Brownlow"

    He was robbed? Ablett? I mean, yeah, i'll grudgingly admit he's good, but like BB said, he himself thought he was going to win it, so it made me even more glad he didn't. As if Ablett wont have another chance at winning it!
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  12. 22-02-2009, 10:15 PM #12
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    Re: "Ablett was robbed of the Brownlow"

    Quote Originally Posted by BulldogBelle View Post
    Ablett is very good but so are some of his teammates they will always take votes off of each other. Seeing the expression on Gablett's face after missing out to Bartel and then to Cooney he seemed so visibly upset. Perhaps, the media building him up so much he thought he was a shoe-in to win the brownlow.
    Reminded me of West losing out to Woewodin - we've had some ordinary Brownlow nights, was about time we caught a break....and we did.

    Cooney had a fantastic year, but the league's best & fairest for 09? Hey, we all love him, and there's been worse medalists.

    Another argument is that he was clearly BOG against Melbourne in round 2 and didn't get the 3 votes. He did get 3 in round 21 when Mitch Hahn played the game of his life, but that's the Brownlow.
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  13. 23-02-2009, 09:37 AM #13
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    Re: "Ablett was robbed of the Brownlow"

    Was Ablett the best player in the comp last year? Probably Yes
    Would he have won if he didn't miss games with injury? Probably yes
    Does the best player in the comp usually win the Brownlow? Hardly Ever


    Umpires judge this award, it's flawed to a large degree but it is the pre eminent award mainly because it has been around the longest.
    Lots of great players have never won one, but I bet Ablett enjoys his premiership medal from 07 quite a bit and that Cooney would swap his Brownlow for one.
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  14. 23-02-2009, 11:43 AM #14
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    Re: "Ablett was robbed of the Brownlow"

    For a guy that has been nigh on untacklable for a few years I didn't think it was possible

    But from Saturday nights cameo Abletts agility and evasiveness looked to have gone up another level
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  15. 23-02-2009, 03:08 PM #15
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    Re: "Ablett was robbed of the Brownlow"

    Quote Originally Posted by Bulldog Revolution View Post
    For a guy that has been nigh on untacklable for a few years I didn't think it was possible

    But from Saturday nights cameo Abletts agility and evasiveness looked to have gone up another level
    I'm not sure there's currently an opposition player that I enjoy watching more (except against us). I'll pick him for my DT just so I can have another excuse to watch him at every opportunity.
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