Who are the players your club can't afford to lose? (AFL site)

[Dice]

We did alright without Cotchin all last season.

How did you rate Kieran Jack's year ?  I thought he was outstanding

2013 Brownlow medal
1. Gary Ablett, Gold Coast Suns (28 votes)
2. Joel Selwood, Geelong (27 votes)
3. Dane Swan, Collingwood (26 votes)
4. Patrick Dangerfield, Adelaide (22 votes)
Tied 5. Daniel Hannebery, Sydney (21 votes)
T5. Scott Pendlebury, Collingwood (21 votes)
T5. Tom Rockliff, Brisbane (21 votes)
T8. Trent Cotchin, Richmond (19 votes)T8. Kieren Jack, Sydney (19 votes)
10. Jobe Watson, Essendon (17 votes)
T11. Dustin Martin, Richmond (16 votes)
T11. Sam Mitchell, Hawthorn (16 votes)
T11. David Mundy, Fremantle (16 votes)
T14. Luke Hodge, Hawthorn (15 votes)
T14. Rory Sloane, Adelaide (15 votes)

[tony_montana]

Cotchin before he hurt himself against freo was on fire, after that not so much, expect him to dominate this year

[Diocletian]

We did alright without Cotchin all last season.

How did you rate Kieran Jack's year ?  I thought he was outstanding

2013 Brownlow medal
1. Gary Ablett, Gold Coast Suns (28 votes)
2. Joel Selwood, Geelong (27 votes)
3. Dane Swan, Collingwood (26 votes)
4. Patrick Dangerfield, Adelaide (22 votes)
Tied 5. Daniel Hannebery, Sydney (21 votes)
T5. Scott Pendlebury, Collingwood (21 votes)
T5. Tom Rockliff, Brisbane (21 votes)
T8. Trent Cotchin, Richmond (19 votes)T8. Kieren Jack, Sydney (19 votes)
10. Jobe Watson, Essendon (17 votes)
T11. Dustin Martin, Richmond (16 votes)
T11. Sam Mitchell, Hawthorn (16 votes)
T11. David Mundy, Fremantle (16 votes)
T14. Luke Hodge, Hawthorn (15 votes)
T14. Rory Sloane, Adelaide (15 votes)

All that proves is what most astute football watchers already know - that the Brownlow is bollocks.

[dwaino]

19 votes or 19 kicks?

[Diocletian]

19 votes or 19 kicks?

One vote for every kick that actually hit it's intended target.

[dwaino]

19, someone must have been a bit generous awarding those dinky little floaters then.

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I reckon Oren is cool.
Serviceable back up.
May surprise this year.

LMAO@ Andrew Browne

[Judge Roughneck]

We did alright without Cotchin all last season.

How did you rate Kieran Jack's year ?  I thought he was outstanding

2013 Brownlow medal
1. Gary Ablett, Gold Coast Suns (28 votes)
2. Joel Selwood, Geelong (27 votes)
3. Dane Swan, Collingwood (26 votes)
4. Patrick Dangerfield, Adelaide (22 votes)
Tied 5. Daniel Hannebery, Sydney (21 votes)
T5. Scott Pendlebury, Collingwood (21 votes)
T5. Tom Rockliff, Brisbane (21 votes)
T8. Trent Cotchin, Richmond (19 votes)T8. Kieren Jack, Sydney (19 votes)
10. Jobe Watson, Essendon (17 votes)
T11. Dustin Martin, Richmond (16 votes)
T11. Sam Mitchell, Hawthorn (16 votes)
T11. David Mundy, Fremantle (16 votes)
T14. Luke Hodge, Hawthorn (15 votes)
T14. Rory Sloane, Adelaide (15 votes)

All that proves is what most astute football watchers already know - that the Brownlow is bollocks.

It holds more weight than Richmond b and f

Jack lol.

When chimp is below his best , he is still serviceable

[Diocletian]

We did alright without Cotchin all last season.

How did you rate Kieran Jack's year ?  I thought he was outstanding

2013 Brownlow medal
1. Gary Ablett, Gold Coast Suns (28 votes)
2. Joel Selwood, Geelong (27 votes)
3. Dane Swan, Collingwood (26 votes)
4. Patrick Dangerfield, Adelaide (22 votes)
Tied 5. Daniel Hannebery, Sydney (21 votes)
T5. Scott Pendlebury, Collingwood (21 votes)
T5. Tom Rockliff, Brisbane (21 votes)
T8. Trent Cotchin, Richmond (19 votes)T8. Kieren Jack, Sydney (19 votes)
10. Jobe Watson, Essendon (17 votes)
T11. Dustin Martin, Richmond (16 votes)
T11. Sam Mitchell, Hawthorn (16 votes)
T11. David Mundy, Fremantle (16 votes)
T14. Luke Hodge, Hawthorn (15 votes)
T14. Rory Sloane, Adelaide (15 votes)

All that proves is what most astute football watchers already know - that the Brownlow is bollocks.

It holds more weight than Richmond b and f

Jack lol.

When chimp is below his best , he is still serviceable

Neither have much credibility. B & F's are invariably just popularity contests amongst the players whilst the coaching staff generally weigh votes in favour of  plodders who best follow team orders and the best trainers. The Brownlow on the other hand has become a midfielders/big names award that is judged by people who are busy trying to officiate the game not spectate and consequently their votes are usually an afterthought - on top of the fact most modern day AFL umpires are of poor standard and lack a natural feel for the game. (Which is both the fault of the media hyping them up as personalities when the nature of their job should demand they be virtually invisible and the AFL doing their heads in with constant rule changes & directives, but that's for a whole other discussion.)

[Penelope]

since when do players give votes in B&Fs?
  @ votes being given to good trainers.

about the closest to getting that part right is coaches weighing votes to those that follow their directions best, it's just sometimes that is a plodder, except for at Richmond, of course, where that has been the case every year for the last 45 years or so.