Gavin Brown Medal: We have a winner!

[Cuthbert Collingwood]

Final Leaderboard
1. Pendles 54
2. Swan 40.5
3. Adams 33
4. Sidey 29
5. Varcoe 24.5
6. Crisp 22
7. Langdon 18
8. Grundy 14.5
9. Williams 13
10. Oxley 11
11. Cloke 10
12. Elliot 10
13. Fasolo 9
14. Greenwood 8
15. Brown 8
16. Seedsman 5
17. Frost 4
18. Moore 4
19. DeGoey 3.5
20. Blair 3
21. Goldy 3
22. White 2
23. Reid 1


Gavin Brown Medallist
Scott Pendlebury

Peter Daicos Award for 2nd Place
Dane Swan

James Clement Award for 3rd Place
Taylor Adams

Sir Scott Burns Award for 4th Place
Steele Sidebottom

Tony Shaw Award for 5th
Travis Varcoe

Nathan Buckley Award for Best Midfielder
Scott Pendlebury

Saverio Rocca Award for Best Forward
Jamie Elliot / Travis Cloke Tie

Simon Prestigiacomo Award for Best Backman
Tom Langdon

The Lazarus Award
Ben Reid / Travis Varcoe tie

Paul Licuria Award for tenacity
Marley Williams

The Mick Gayfer Award for not polling much but being pretty bloody committed
Jarrad Blair

Best Young Player Award (1st year with more than 10 games)
Jack Crisp? Breakout year for sure, but actually a 4th year player with 18 previous games. So the award goes to:
Adam Oxley with 11 votes.

The always a bridesmaid award
Marley for 5 games in 6th place

Round 1 vs Brisbane (W) 86-74
795 total votes

5 Sidey 28.9%
4 Adams 16.6%
3 Langdon 13.3%
2 Pendles 12.1%
1 Grundy 8.1%

6th Swan 7.3%
7th Toovey 5.3%
8th Blair 4.5%


Round 2 vs Adelaide (L) 63-90
417 total votes

5 Pendles 27.1%
4 Langdon 16.8%
3 Oxley 16.3%
2 Blair 16.1%
1 Grundy 9.4%

6th Frost 4.3%

Round 3 vs St Kilda (W) 140-66
859 total votes

5 Swan 32.0%
4 Pendles 13.7%
3 Grundy 12.5%
2 Cloke 10.8%
1 Elliot 9.7%

6th Varcoe 6.8%
7th Broomy 5.5%
7th Crispy 5.5%

Round 4 vs Essendon (W) 69-49
856 Total Votes

5 Seedsman 30.8%
4 Frost 18.6%
3 Pendles 10.8%
2 Adams 10.5%
1 Crisp 10.3%

6th Grundy 5.6%

Round 5 vs Carlton (W) 120-45
794 Total Votes

5 Pendles 33.3%
4 Oxley 22.4%
3 Grundy 14.2%
2 Crisp 11.8%
1 Adams 10.0%

6th Frost 5.3%

Round 6 vs Geelong (L) 59-100
412 Total Votes

5 Pendles 27.9%
4 Brown 20.4%
3 Crisp 9.5%
2 Langdon 8.7%
1 Grundy 8.3%

6th Swan 4.9%
7th Williams 4.4%
8th Toovey 3.9%

Round 7 vs Richmond (L) 100-105
375 Total Votes

5 Swan 33.3% (Maximum votes possible - 125)
4 Crisp 17.9%
3 Cloke 16.8%
2 Grundy 10.7%
1 Blair 6.9%

6th Adams 6.4%
7th Williams 4.3%

Round 8 vs Cold Goast (W) 132-63
510 Total Votes

5 Pendles 30.0%
4 Varcoe 23.9%
3 Goldy 12.2%
2 Elliot 7.6%
1 White 6.9%

6th Williams 6.7%
7th Swan 4.9%

Round 9 vs North (W) 112-95
660 Total Votes

5 Elliot 28.9%
4 Swan 22.7%
3 Sidey 18.3%
2 Crisp 14.5%
1 Fasolo 5.9%

6th Williams 3.6%

Round 10 vs Melbourne (W) 110-85
570 Total Votes

5 Cloke 33.0%
4 Oxley 24.9%
3 Pendles 16.1%
2 Elliot 5.6%
0.5 Swan 3.5%
0.5 Grundy 3.5%

6th Williams 3.3%
7th Blair 3.0%

Round 11 vs GWS (W) 119-77
765 Total Votes

5 Adams 29.0%
4 Brown 19.2%
3 Williams 17.8%
2 Pendles 12.4%
1 Crisp 6.7%

6th Varcoe 4.2%
7th Cloke 3.9%

Round 13 vs Freo (L) 73-80
405 Total Votes

5 Varcoe 23.5%
4 Adams 22.2%
3 Crisp 19.3%
2 Williams 8.1%
1 Pendles 7.2%

6th Swan 5.9%

Round 14 vs Hawks (L) 91-101
470 Total Votes

5 Pendles 32.6%
4 Crisp 21.1%
3 Varcoe 16.6%
2 Williams 10.9%
1 Adams 5.3%

6th Langdon 4.3%
6th Sidey 4.3%

Round 15 vs Port (L) 63-66
390 Total Votes

5 Adams 25.6%
4 Swan 23.3%
3 Pendles 18.5%
2 Varcoe 14.9%
1 Sidey 9.7%

6th Langdon 6.2%

Round 16 vs West Coast (L) 56-87
315 Total Votes

5 Varcoe 28.9%
4 Williams 20.6%
3 Sidey 20.0%
2 Crisp 13.0%
1 Pendles 7.0%

6th Oxley 3.8%

Round 17 vs Bulldogs (L) 86-104
370 Total Votes

5 Sidey 24.1%
4 Moore 21.6%
3 Grundy 12.4%
2 Swan 11.1%
1 Pendles 10.3%

6th Varcoe 7.8%
7th Langdon 6.8%

Round 18 vs Melbourne (L) 54-91
372 Total Votes
5 Swan 25.0%
4 Varcoe 23.4%
3 Fasolo 19.1%
2 Williams 8.3%
1 Sidey 5.4%

6th Adams 5.1%

Round 19 vs Carlton (W) 105-87
414 Total Votes

5 Swan 33.1%
4 Pendles 26.1%
3 Fasolo 17.9%
2 Langdon 7.7%
1 Reid 5.6%

6th Williams 4.1%

Round 20 vs Shitney (L) 76-87
331 Total Votes

5 Swan 34.7%
4 Sidey 19.3%
3 Langdon 10.3%
1.5 DeGoey 6.3%
1.5 Varcoe 6.3%

6th Grundy 5.1%
7th Crisp 4.2%

Round 21 vs Richmond (L) 56-147
157 Total Votes (Nicksters disgusted, vote with feet)

5 Swan 36.9%
4 Greenwood 19.1%
3 Sidey 14.6%
2 Pendles 12.7%
1 Adams 6.4%

6th Varcoe 5.7%

Round 22 vs Geelong (W) 110-62
585 Total Votes

5 Adams 25.6%
4 Greenwood 20.3%
3 Pendles 17.8%
2 DeGoey 11.8%
1 Sidey 7.9%

6th Crisp 7.0%
7th Grundy 8.2%

Round 23 vs Essendon (L) 92-95
224 Total Votes

5 Adams 31.4%
4 Langdon 22.5%
3 Sidey 12.7%
2 Fasolo 11.4%
1 White 10.6%

6th Blair 4.2

[Bob Sugar]

History shows our medal is a great guide to the Copeland, but damn, I reckon its gunna be tight this year, Pendles was good but nowhere near his best, Swanny was good as were Varcoe and Adams, Crisp was good early but tailed off in the latter part.

My tip, Pendles in a developed print from Adams and Swanny, Varcoe 4th.

[Donny]

He'll win by a mile.

[Skids]

2 wins = 1654 votes (827/game)
1 loss = 417 votes

Twice as many 'voters' when we win

Hmmm Round 2.... 417 votes ???? Can't be possible. 28 people vote, 15 votes each (5, 4, 3, 2, 1) = 420 votes 3 missing votes.

Round 3 ... 859 votes ??? Again, not possible. 58 people vote, 15 votes each = 870 votes 11 missing votes.

We're 3 rounds in people, and already, there's 14 votes floating somewhere in cyberspace Not good enough

[David]

Skids, people will often only name two or three players, or else sometimes have players 'tied' on the last spot. You get a lot of idiosyncratic voting – I know, because I had to deal with that kind of stuff all the time when I used to do the counting.

Anyway, great work so far CC. Looking forward to the whole count, and hope we get some pleasant surprises.

[Cuthbert Collingwood]

Round 4 vs Essendon (W) 69-49
856 Total Votes

5 Seedsman 30.8%
4 Frost 18.6%
3 Pendles 10.8%
2 Adams 10.5%
1 Crisp 10.3%

6th Grundy 5.6%

Round 5 vs Carlton (W) 120-45
794 Total Votes

5 Pendles 33.3%
4 Oxley 22.4%
3 Grundy 14.2%
2 Crisp 11.8%
1 Adams 10.0%

6th Frost 5.3%

Round 6 vs Geelong (L) 59-100
412 Total Votes

5 Pendles 27.9%
4 Brown 20.4%
3 Crisp 9.5%
2 Langdon 8.7%
1 Grundy 8.3%

6th Swan 4.9%
7th Williams 4.4%
8th Toovey 3.9%

Leaderboard to Round 6
24 Pendles
9 Langdon
9 Grundy
7 Adams
7 Oxley
6 Crisp
5 Sidebottom
5 Swan
5 Seedsman
4 Brown
4 Frost
2 Blair
2 Cloke
1 Elliot

[Cuthbert Collingwood]

[Cuthbert Collingwood]

Results to Round 9

Round 7 vs Richmond (L) 100-105
375 Total Votes

5 Swan 33.3% (Maximum votes possible - 125)
4 Crisp 17.9%
3 Cloke 16.8%
2 Grundy 10.7%
1 Blair 6.9%

6th Adams 6.4%
7th Williams 4.3%

Round 8 vs Cold Goast (W) 132-63
510 Total Votes

5 Pendles 30.0%
4 Varcoe 23.9%
3 Goldy 12.2%
2 Elliot 7.6%
1 White 6.9%

6th Williams 6.7%
7th Swan 4.9%

Round 9 vs North (W) 112-95
660 Total Votes

5 Elliot 28.9%
4 Swan 22.7%
3 Sidey 18.3%
2 Crisp 14.5%
1 Fasolo 5.9%

6th Williams 3.6%

Leaderboard to Round 9
29 Pendles
14 Swan
12 Crisp
11 Grundy
9 Langdon
8 Sidebottom
8 Elliot
7 Adams
7 Oxley
5 Seedsman
5 Cloke
4 Brown
4 Frost
4 Varcoe
3 Blair
3 Goldy
1 White
1 Fasolo

[Cuthbert Collingwood]

Results to Round 11 - the bye

Round 10 vs Melbourne (W) 110-85
570 Total Votes

5 Cloke 33.0%
4 Oxley 24.9%
3 Pendles 16.1%
2 Elliot 5.6%
0.5 Swan 3.5%
0.5 Grundy 3.5%

6th Williams 3.3%
7th Blair 3.0%

Round 11 vs GWS (W) 119-77
765 Total Votes

5 Adams 29.0%
4 Brown 19.2%
3 Williams 17.8%
2 Pendles 12.4%
1 Crisp 6.7%

6th Varcoe 4.2%
7th Cloke 3.9%

Leaderboard to Round 11
34 Pendles
14.5 Swan
13 Crisp
12 Adams
11.5 Grundy
11 Oxley
10 Elliot
10 Cloke
9 Langdon
8 Sidebottom
8 Brown
5 Seedsman
4 Frost
4 Varcoe
3 Blair
3 Goldy
3 Williams
1 White
1 Fasolo

[Cuthbert Collingwood]

Well Pendles is holding steady with a lead of 19.5 over Swan on 14.5. He has polled in all but 2 rounds with 4 BOG's and a smattering of other handy votes. Just how much will he win by in the end? Swan and Sidey will take a few more votes in the second half of the season but surely not enough.

Despite his odd few bad games and obvious injury that he's been carrying I think he'll do pretty well in the Brownlow too, statistically he's up there with Priddis and Fyfe apart from less clearances. Our poor end to the year will definitely mean he polls no higher than 4th or 5th.

[5150]

What betting facility with give me a trifecta of Pendles / Crisp / Adams. (boxed of course...)

[Skids]

[jackcass]

Can just as easily make a donkey vote casting the full 5-1

[Cuthbert Collingwood]

So would you like me to personally message every Nickster asking to complete their votes? Me, I don't give a crap, if some wants to vote 5,4,3 or 3,2,1 or even just 5 I'll count it. I draw the line when someone gives three players the final vote or gives half votes, I'll just use the first name listed. At the end of the day, 90% of the time there are more than 28 voters per round, so even when Eddiesmith gives Cloke 5 votes a game it makes little difference;)

[Donny]

Superb job, as usual, CC.