Gavin Brown/Nicks BB Medallist 2006: Dane Swan

[Magpie Since 1986]

Ok, just to let you guys know there has been some revising of the system. We are not counting every vote because that system is flawed for a number of reasons. There are an uneven number of posts for each match which means some matches would be given more importance than they should be.

Therefore an average has been taken and an overall 3-2-1 has been awarded to the players that received the most, 2nd most and 3rd most votes respectively. So without further ado, here are the results after all 23 games this year, as voted by the posters of Nick’s:

1st. D Swan - 21 votes
2nd. A Didak - 16 votes
3rd. N Buckley - 14 votes

The Rest:

J Fraser - 10
B Johnson - 9
S Burns - 8
R Shaw - 6
J Clement - 6
A Rocca - 6
H Shaw - 6
P Licuria - 5
C Tarrant - 5
T Cloke - 3
C Egan - 3
S Pendlebury - 3
L Davis - 3
B Holland - 3
S Prestigiacomo - 3
D Thomas - 2
S O'Bree - 2
N Maxwell - 2
J Cloke - 1
R Lonie - 1


Congratulations Dane Swan. I doubt there will be much disagreement with this result. Well deserved from a hugely improved player. Lets hope he can go onto bigger and better things next year.

I will also add that Nathan Buckley had the best single performance of the year for his effort against Brisbane which was the only game in which a player got 3 votes from every single poster.

[Magpie Since 1986]

Here is how the voting went for each game:

R1 (Adelaide)
3 D Swan
2 N Buckley
1 S O’Bree

R2 (Hawthorn)
3 A Rocca
2 B Johnson
1 J Fraser

R3 (Kangaroos)
3 C Tarrant
2 N Maxwell
1 N Buckley

R4 (Essendon)
3 B Johnson
2 A Didak
1 H Shaw

R5 (Port Adelaide)
3 S Prestigiacomo
2 N Buckley
1 B Johnson

R6 (Carlton)
3 B Holland
2 P Licuria
1 S O’Bree

R7 (West Coast)
3 J Fraser
2 D Swan
1 L Davis

R8 (Geelong)
3 D Swan
2 L Davis
1 H Shaw

R9 (Bulldogs)
3 D Swan
2 A Rocca
1 A Didak

R10 (Brisbane)
3 N Buckley
2 S Burns
1 A Didak

R11 (Melbourne)
3 A Didak
2 J Clement
1 S Burns

R12 (Sydney)
3 A Didak
2 S Burns
1 R Lonie

R13 (Richmond)
3 R Shaw
2 B Johnson
1 N Buckley

R14 (St Kilda)
3 N Buckley
2 S Burns
1 H Shaw

R15 (Fremantle)
3 S Pendlebury
2 D Swan
1 A Didak

R16 (West Coast)
3 J Fraser
2 D Thomas
1 C Egan

R17 (Hawthorn)
3 T Cloke
2 A Didak
1 J Clement

R18 (Adelaide)
3 D Swan
2 J Fraser
1 J Cloke

R19 (Essendon)
3 D Swan
2 J Clement
1 J Fraser

R20 (Port Adelaide)
3 H Shaw
2 N Buckley
1 B Johnson

R21 (Carlton)
3 A Didak
2 D Swan
1 A Rocca

R22 (Kangaroos)
3 P Licuria
2 C Egan
1 S Burns

Final (Bulldogs)
3 R Shaw
2 C Tarrant
1 J Clement

[favourites 2008]

Congrats to Swanny on a well deserved medal. Clearly our best as he did have a few weeks out to.

[David]

I posted this in the other thread, it probably belongs here though...
is there any way of letting Swan know? Cos I reckon it would be awesome if he got an award for this season (really deserved it). Might still be a chance for winning the copeland anyway.

[Zakal]

Well how about that....an award handed out where people actually agree with the result!

Holy crap, and it was probably one of the most ad hoc, and informal voting methods every devised.....yet it seemed to work quite nicely.

I wonder why with the 80 years of practice they still havent got a clue how to get the Brownlow right.

[Pa Marmo]

What about we get punkologist to mint our very first Nicks B&F medal (badge) and we organise to give it to Swanny.

[Proud Pies]

[burnsy17]

So..... dumb question..... does he actually win something?

Maybe the club should put on a free all you can drink extravoganza for the people of Nick's where we can award the medal to Swanny?

[Johnson#26]

A big thank you to Magpie Since 1986 for tallying up all the votes from round nine onwards, a magnificent effort indeed, working into the wee hours of the morning to bring you the news.

I've got some ideas to make this award even better in 2007 and beyond, stay tuned for details.

I'd be nice to allow Swanny/the club notification of his victory. For an award devised on the spot, it's run nicely.

[panga]

Don't you find it funny that Richards didn't get a vote in this yet he got one in the Brownlow??

[Tannin]

Swanny gets to buy us all a drink? Cool1 I'll be in it.

[3rd degree]

Well done to Swanny very deserving I hope he wins the Copeland.

[DaVe86]

Yer well done to him, by far the highlight of the year along with heater and thomas

[Nath]

[3rd degree]

Too true I must present it to him! I will go see Fulliautomatix in the village and have it chiselled this very arvo.