Re: MVP Awards
Originally Posted by
Scorlibo
You seem to assume that every player is as much a footy head as everyone on this forum. They enjoy playing and they're part of the discourse of the game but for every Bob Murphy there are players like Will Minson or Brodie Grundy who have many other, more pressing interests. What I find interesting is hearing from some of the individual players who the best player they've played on was/is. The answer is nearly always something you didn't entirely expect. Bob Murphy for example, who would have played on some of the best forwards, backs and wingmen in his time says that Ryan O'Keefe is the best he's played on. That's something which interests me, not what the popular opinion of players is on who is the best in the game at the minute.
As for opposition players, I know from playing the game myself that you never pay too much attention to the opposition - your focus is on what your team is doing right or wrong, and what you're doing in the moment. As a forward I would be leading back and forth, often wrestling with my opponent or with my back to the play. Asked which opposition players were playing well I wouldn't have much of a clue unless one of their big forwards had kicked a bag. An independent observer would always follow the game more closely. I've had this same conversation about the MVP award with other friends who have played club footy and they agree that it's very difficult to get an idea of who has been the best and fairest of the league for the season simply by playing every game.
Why did you have to shit on an award designed to recognise the best player when the best player won it? Just seems like wasted motion.
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