Top Ten Best and Fairest

[LostDoggy]

1. B Goodes 135
2. J Russell 89
3. N Lower 75
4. Roberts 67
5. M Honeychurch?
6. L Jong 55
7. T Campbell 55
8. C Smith 50
9. M Wallis 47
10. M Bontempelli 37

[bulldogtragic]

Re: Top Ten Best and Fairest

Thanks. Confirms Goodes is a good VFL player.

[azabob]

Re: Top Ten Best and Fairest

Interesting no Talia, Jones or Cordy in the top ten.

Just as interesting Wallis, Bontempelli and Smith are clearly a step above VFL level by playing limited VFL games.

[LostDoggy]

Re: Top Ten Best and Fairest

TC third in the league and 7th in the club. Interesting.

[Webby]

Re: Top Ten Best and Fairest

TC third in the league and 7th in the club. Interesting.

Maybe on the surface, but it is actually not all that unusual. 6 absolute BOG's and you can snag a comp B&F, but you couldn't get near a club B&F with that. Club B&F voting systems tend to reward consistency in that a player can still poll by being the 10th or even 20th best player on the ground. Therefore missing half a dozen games will sting a player more in the club B&F than in the comp B&F.

Chris Grant topped the Brownlow voting in '97, yet Scott West topped him in the club B&F. Same with Hardie and Hawkins in '85. Ablett could win the Brownlow this year but can't possibly win GC's B&F.

The surprising one for me is Cordy not polling all that well. Perhaps I'm only remembering his last two months, but I thought he had. Better year than that.

[Twodogs]

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Mitch Wallis finishes top ten in B&F in the seniors and the reserves in the same year. I can't recall that happening before.

[LostDoggy]

Re: Top Ten Best and Fairest

^what he said