AFL Ladder by Brownlow vote

[Go Swannies]

There's a very interesting list on BigFooty of how each club rates by Brownlow votes.

http://www.bigfooty.com/forum/showthread.php?t=198761

It shows:
Ladder by total Brownlow Votes

Adelaide 92
West Coast 90
St Kilda 86
Sydney 82
Western Bulldogs 81
Kangaroos 73
Geelong 71
Fremantle 69
Brisbane 62
Hawthorn 61
Port Adelaide 60
Melbourne 54
Richmond 54
Essendon 50
Collingwood 37
Carlton 34



Number of players polling per team

Adelaide 17
Geelong 16
Sydney 14
Brisbane 14
Port Adelaide 14
Richmond 14
Essendon 13
Carlton 13
Kangaroos 12
Melbourne 12
Western Bulldogs 11
Fremantle 11
Hawthorn 11
Collingwood 11
West Coast 10
St Kilda 9

That's a fascinating correlation. Interesting that the Saints and Toasters rely on a few.

[Rizzo]

So, we are a more even team than West Coast and need to shut down their top players to win?

[NMWBloods]

It can be argued they rely on a few or that a few particularly stand out and grab most of the votes. Given that midfielders dominate the Brownlow and WC and StK have two of the best-known midfields in the comp, it's hardly surprising.

[Schneiderman]

Originally posted by NMWBloods
It can be argued they rely on a few or that a few particularly stand out and grab most of the votes. Given that midfielders dominate the Brownlow and WC and StK have two of the best-known midfields in the comp, it's hardly surprising.

The Brownlow vote last night would imply that:
1. Shut down Kerr, Cousins and Judd. I think Kerr is more dangerous early in the game, but clearly fades (or is finally tagged out of it) towards the second half.
2. Limit the effect of Embley and Wirrpunda. These two give all of the run to the team.
3. At worst break-even with Cox in the ruck dual. With two fit ruckmen, thats not terribly difficult.

A very beatable team, and I think the mantra of "well you cant shut them all down, because there are too many good players" is really a ruse (Roos?) to lull them into a fall sense of security.

The fact that they are the second youngest team in the comp should not go unnoticed. They seem to play well with the confidence that they have 6 game-breakers, but shut them down and you have 16 rather lost players out there. I think Fletcher is actually pretty ordinary, apart from one good year last year.