And that’s exactly what he did. Incredible bloody man he is, he TOPPED our Brownlow votes with 13, finishing around 10th overall, Despite missing 4(?), in a severely curtailed & ultimately disappointing season.Pies4shaw wrote:He might have the 3 votes, though. It was a towering display of leadership by example from him.
The bright spots were the incredible performance of our phenomenal skip, who will end up as our greatest ever Captain.
Also the sharp improvement in several guys, most notably Daics, who actually won GotY in true Daicos style, & was among our best, finishing 4th in the Copeland. Not bad considering we should be getting younger bro Nick in 2021, who by most accounts is even better than his brother, which tends to happen with brothers, especially at Cwd. (See Cloke, Rocca, Coventry, Shaw, Richardson, Twomey etc). Other big improvers were Johnny Noble, & Magic Jack Madgen who both took huge leaps in defense.
Probably the biggest delight for Pies fans was the stirring, underdog win over bogey side West Coast in the Elimination Final. It was up there with 2018’s Prelim against the Tigers (and thank God we did! They’d be after a four peat this year!).
Sadly like that game in 2018 we couldn’t follow it up, leaving the ONLY 2 sides I DIDNT want to win in the Granny. DAMN!
But hearty congratulations to our awesome skip, despite huge obstacles he overcame it all to come even closer to being the Greatest Magpie Ever. An accolade many good judges believe he’s already earned. For me, Pendles is still ‘arguably’ the best, but another season or 2 of brilliant leadership will put the matter beyond all doubt, & given names like Collier, Rose, Richards, McHale, Coventry, Buckley & Shaw, to name a few, that’s no mean feat. If we manage to snaffle another flag in that time, the name Scott Pendlebury will be set in stone as the all time God of CFC.
GO Pies!
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