Yay Captain and well done Macca! You are in good company
Yay Captain and well done Macca! You are in good company
"Fortunately, this is the internet, so knowing nothing is no obstacle to having an opinion!." Beerman 18-07-2017
Woohoo, someone noticed!Originally Posted by ScottH
Though I think Jeffers came up with that one, I just "acquired" it.
Well done to Kirky on winning the TLM!!!
CONGRATULATIONS KIRKY!!!!!
Ahh, don't leave us in suspense! What about the final game, the final game!!!
"In some ways we?re less predictable to ourselves and sometimes that can be detrimental because we don?t really know where we?re going" - P.Roos
Semi v Bulldogs, MCG.
Sydney 2.4 5.7 5.13 9.15 69 Bulldogs 2.3 6.5 11.9 16.10 106
BEST: Hall, C Bolton, Kirk, Kennelly, McVeigh
In contrast to Sydneys dismal weather the previous week, Melbourne served up a warm and balmy night, perfect for football.
The game started fairly even, with both sides a bit tentative going forward as the defence from both sides, was working hard to prevent scoring. The swans backline imparticular looked like a well oiled machined, and worked extremely well together repelling attack after attack. The swans by a single point at qtr time.
As has been the habit of the dogs in their previous 2 encounters with the swans, they have blown the game open with an explosive 2nd term. But the Swans weathered the storm to only trail by 2 points. The signs however weren't good, as the dogs legspeed and skillful delivery of the ball seemed to be getting better as the game progressed. As Higgins was about to line up for a shot at goal, the umpire suddenly took the ball from him gave to Kennelly, marched him 100 metres up the other end of the ground, for a free shot at goal, that promptly hit the post. Hall and the LRT, via a 50m penalty gave the swans the lead, but the Dogs wrested it back by all too quickly.
The dogs, again, came out with a renewed vigour, and the swans battled hard to stay in touch but 6 behinds to 5.4 was all they could manage. The dogs only led by 4 goals, when Hall lined up for a shot right on 50 minutes, which resulted in a point. The ball wa then carried almost the length of the ground by Griffen, who finished his good work with a goal, which turned a possible 3 goal lead into a 5 goal lead in a matter of a minute.
In the 4th qtr the swans kicked straighter, but it was all too late as the dogs had their measure, and improved on their 3 qtr time lead, to finish 6 goals in front to end the Swans 2008 Campaign.
Hall, the only multiple goal kicker for the swans, finished with 4 goals.
SF TLM Votes
5 Barry Hall
4 Tadhg Kennelly
3 Amon Buchanan
2 Brett Kirk
1 Jarrad McVeigh
(50 Voters, 20 players received votes)
Round SF Leaderboard.
50 Brett Kirk
39 Ryan O'Keefe
36 Adam Goodes
29 Jarrad McVeigh
27 Barry Hall
22 Jude Bolton
22 Darren Jolly
20 Jarred Moore
19 Martin Mattner
17 Ted Richards
16 Tadhg Kennelly
13 Kieren Jack
13 Paul Bevan
9 Craig Bolton
8 Nick Malceski
8 Amon Buchanan
6 Michael O'Loughlin
5 Craig Bird
3 Leo Barry
2 Lewis Roberts-Thomson
1 Henry Playfair
1 Jared Crouch
Congratulations to Brett Kirk, 2008 Troy Luff Medallist. 2nd player to win a second TLM, adding to his 2004 win. O'Keefe and Goodes filled 2nd and 3rd respectively, without scoring a vote in the final game. McVeigh came 4th in the same year he won the Bob Skilton Medal. While Halls 5 votes put him in outright 5th spot.
Thanks to all who voted, We had the most voters yet, in a year.
172 voters in total, averaging 51.3 votes per round.
Special mention to Lucky Knickers and 573v30 who voted every round, and many more who only missed a game or 2.
Thank you and don't forget to come back and vote next year.
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"Waits for Jude's father to come out and sook about how we all hate Jude so much and that he should have been top of the list*
The difference between insanity and genius is measured only in success.
not bad from BBBH considering games played......
shows that:
a) he still adds value
b) the RWO'ers rate him also
But mostly:
Well done Kirky! Luv yer werk!
"We talked five times. I called him twice, and he called me twice."
Eddie McGuire
Well done Scott (and anyone else involved) in compiling the much vaunted TLM.
Well done also to LK & 573v30 for voting in every round.
Some rounds it was difficult to decide who to vote for (the round 17 game against the Crows springs to mind).
Just a suggestion for next year would it be possible for us to have the option to vote for 1, 2 or 3 players and not have to choose 1, 2 and 3? Sometimes it was easy to choose the BSOG & sometimes the SBSOG but difficult to choose the TBSOG.
Thanks for the countdown ScottH and those who helped.
... and please don't change it, I enjoy having to think about the tough games and rewarding those that actually tried or played well.
"Fortunately, this is the internet, so knowing nothing is no obstacle to having an opinion!." Beerman 18-07-2017
Yeah - thanks Scott for all your work in putting the show on again - both for maintaining throughout the year and for an entertaining count-down. Good to re-live the good and not so good memories of the year.
I was surprised how many players typically received votes for each game - usually well over half the team and sometimes as much as three-quarters. All goes to show how we each see things very differently.
Did any players score maximum possible for any round? Macca against the Dogs is probably the most likely, though Goodes against Freo and maybe even Hall in one of the games when he was OK and everyone else was rubbish.
Did anyone score at least one raw point in every single game they played?
I know what you mean but in a game like the Crows they were all as bad as each other it was extremely difficult to pick anyone out.
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