GB Medal - All results here! Congrats Beamsy!

[Cuthbert Collingwood]

THE AWARDS

I have taken a bit of liberty here and made up some awards. Feel free to suggest any other awards or suggest name changes!

Gavin Brown Medallist
Dayne Beams

Scott Burns Award for 2nd Place
Scott Pendlebury

James Clement Award for 3rd Place
Dane swan

Tony Francis Award for 4th Place / Craig Kelly Award for 5th
Steele Sidebottom / Darren Jolly tied

Nathan Buckley Award for Best Midfielder
Dayne Beams

Saverio Rocca Award for Best Forward
Travis Cloke

Simon Prestigiacomo Award for Best Backman
Ben Reid

The Lazarus Award
Andrew Krakouer

Tony Shaw Award for getting at least some votes in every game
Dane Swan

Chris Judd Award for getting votes when not playing
Kirk Ugle in Round 17

Ron McKeown award for versatility
Tyson Goldsack

Paul Licuria Award for tenacity
Jarrod Blair

The Mick Gayfer Award for not polling much but being pretty bloody good
Alan Toovey

Best Young Player Award (1st or 2nd year)
Lachlan Keeffe

FINAL TABLE

64 Beams
51 Pendlebury
47 Swan
25 Sidebottom
25 Jolly
24.5 Cloke
23 Reid
22 Blair
21 Thomas
18 Shaw
12 Maxwell
9 Fasolo
8 Keeffe
7 O'Brien
5 Wellingham
4 Johnson
3 Didak
3 Krakouer
1.5 Ball
1 Goldsack
1 Wood

The Alternative Table
This is the one where all of your votes count. Players are awarded a proportion of the 15 votes per game depending on how many votes they received. This table rewards the little guy, as well as the little voter. So no-one gave Toovey a vote in the main award? This one gives him a better chance.

58.12 Beams
46.72 Swan
42.93 Pendlebury
25.61 Sidebottom
22.58 Jolly
22.45 Cloke
21.56 Reid
20.39 Shaw
19.80 Blair
18.48 Thomas
11.75 Maxwell
9.34 O'Brien
8.76 Fasolo
6.89 Keeffe
6.79 Wellingham
4.03 Goldsack
3.49 Toovey
3.35 Johnson
2.52 Krakouer
2.41 Didak
2.22 Dawes
2.21 Wood
2.00 Clarke
1.91 Sinclair
1.87 Elliot
1.28 Ball
1.25 Seedsman
1.11 Tarrant
1.01 Brown
0.42 Buckley
0.29 Young
0.14 Williams

The Anti-Brownlow Table
This table is weighted towards backmen and is a bit of a joke!
Midfielders receive 75% of their vote. Ruckmen & Forwards 125% and Backs 200%.

43.59 Beams
43.12 Reid
40.78 Shaw
35.04 Swan
32.20 Pendlebury
28.23 Jolly
28.06 Cloke
23.50 Maxwell
19.21 Sidebottom
18.68 O'Brien
14.85 Blair
13.86 Thomas
13.78 Keeffe
10.95 Fasolo
6.98 Toovey
6.70 Johnson
5.09 Wellingham
5.04 Goldsack
4.00 Clarke
3.15 Krakouer
3.01 Didak
2.78 Dawes
2.76 Wood
2.39 Sinclair
2.34 Elliot
2.22 Tarrant
2.02 Brown
0.96 Ball
0.94 Seedsman
0.84 Buckley
0.58 Young
0.28 Williams

Side by Side Comparison of Top 10 in the Awards
The discrepancy between Pendles and Swan's results are huge. I went back and checked my figures and it appears to be correct. The reason - that Swan polls votes in every game that he plays, while Pendlebury is brilliant in more games. Minor placings interesting as well.

64 Beams 58.12 Beams
51 Pendlebury 46.72 Swan
47 Swan 42.93 Pendlebury
25 Sidebottom 25.61 Sidebottom
25 Jolly 22.58 Jolly
24.5 Cloke 22.45 Cloke
23 Reid 21.56 Reid
22 Blair 20.39 Shaw
21 Thomas 19.80 Blair
18 Shaw 18.48 Thomas

Round 1 versus Hawthorn (loss)

Total Votes 725

5. Pendles - 245 votes
4. Blair - 133
3. Jolly - 96
1.5. Cloke - 59
1.5. Ball - 59

Notable others: Sidey 40, Swan 32

Round 2 versus Richmond (win)

Total Votes 540

5. Reid - 155
4. Pendles - 131
3. Blair - 61
2. Cloke - 50
1. Thomas - 48

Notable others: Sidey 41, Swan 30

Round 3 versus Carlton (loss)

Total Votes 495

5. Shaw - 123
4. Keeffe - 122
3. Sidey - 73
2. Maxwell - 68
1. Beams - 40

Notable others: Swan 24, Clarke 17

Running Total to Round 3

Round 4 versus Port (win)

Total Votes 540

5. Swan - 119
4. Cloke - 104
3. Keeffe - 80
2. Sidebottom - 79
1. O'Brien - 72

Notable other: Pendlebury - 44

Round 5 versus Essendon (win)

Total Votes 760

5. Swan - 260
4. Pendlebury - 127
3. Beams - 113
2. Johnson - 69
1. Sidebottom - 47

Notable others: Jolly - 43, Brown - 24, Clarke - 23, Wellingham - 22

Round 6 versus Western Bulldogs (win)

Total Votes 734

5. Beams - 229
4. Pendlebury - 153
3. Sidebottom - 107
2. Shaw - 93
1. Keeffe - 39

Notable others: Sinclair - 33, Swan - 24

Round 7 versus Lions (win)

Total Votes 525

5. Sidebottom - 171
4. Swan - 108
3. Shaw - 98
2. Pendlebury - 42
1. Beams - 30

Notable others: not really

Round 8 versus Geelong (win)

Total Votes 645

5. Pendlebury - 206
4. Sidebottom - 175
3. Reid - 67
2. Beams - 59
1. Goldsack - 43

Notable others: Swan 32, Shaw 29

Round 9 versus Adelaide (win)

Total Votes 825

5. Beams - 259
4. Pendlebury - 175
3. Sidebottom - 140
2. Thomas - 128
1. Blair - 45

Notable other: Shaw 24


Round 10 versus GCS (win)

Total Votes 535

5. Thomas - 178
4. Beams - 117
3. Didak - 75
2. Wellingham - 49
1. Wood - 42

Notable other: Cloke - 40,

Round 11 versus Melbourne (win)

Total Votes 675

5. Swan - 180
4. Beams - 176
3. Sidebottom - 104
2. Wellingham - 101
1. Blair - 79

Notable others: not really

Round 13 versus West Coast (win)

Total Votes 709

5. Beams - 234
4. Swan - 165
3. Cloke - 111
2. Jolly - 64
1. O'Brien - 35

Notable others: Maxwell - 32, Blair - 29

Round 14 versus Fremantle (win)

Total Votes 510

5. Swan - 160
4. Blair - 122
3. Beams - 88
2. Jolly - 59
1. Thomas - 29

Notable others: not really

Round 15 versus Carlton (loss)

Total Votes 360

5. Blair - 96
4. Maxwell - 61
3. Thomas - 58
2. Swan - 38
1. Shaw - 33

Notable others: Toovey 21, Sidebottom 18

Round 16 versus Geelong (win)

Total Votes 740

5. Pendlebury - 185
4. Shaw - 174
3. Beams - 137
2. Swan - 120
1. O'Brien - 31

Notable others: Thomas - 26, Blair - 21

Round 17 versus Hawthorn (loss)

Total Votes 476

5. Beams - 147
4. Swan - 112
3. Maxwell - 93
2. Pendlebury - 38
1. Fasolo - 30

Notable others: meh

Round 18 versus GWS (win)

Total Votes 480

5. Swan - 160
4. Cloke - 80
3. Pendles - 70
2. Beams - 66
1. Reid - 36

Notable others: Shaw - 27, Elliot - 20

Round 19 versus St Kilda (win)

Total Votes 570

5. Jolly - 185
4. Beams - 90
3. Thomas - 81
2. Swan - 77
1. Shaw - 37

Notable others: Reid - 34, O'Brien 30

Round 20 versus Sydney (win)

Total Votes 779

5. Beams - 260
4. Reid - 167
3. Jolly - 123
2. Maxwell - 56
1. Wellingham - 55

Notable other: Dawes - 54

Round 21 versus North Melbourne (loss)

Total Votes 427

5. Beams - 145
4. Thomas - 59
3. Blair - 56
2. Reid - 51
1. Sidebottom - 38

Notable others: Seedsman 34, Shaw - 28

Round 22 versus West Coast (loss)

Total Votes 326

5. Fasolo - 74
4. Beams - 48
3. Pendlebury - 45
2. Johnson - 42
1. Reid - 35

Notable other: Toovey 24

Round 23 versus Essendon (win)

Total Votes 534

5. Cloke - 165
4. Swan - 123
3. Fasolo - 100
2. Beams - 63
1. Maxwell - 33

Notable other: Jolly 31

Qualifying Final versus Hawthorn (loss)

Total Votes 465

5. Cloke - 145
4. Jolly - 95
3. Krakouer - 78
2. Reid - 67
1. Pendles - 26

Notable other: Tarrant 19

Semi-Final versus WCE (win)

Total Votes 809

5. Reid - 238
4. Pendlebury - 189
3. Jolly - 116
2. Thomas - 78
1. Beams - 77

Notable others: Goldsack - 50, Swan - 47

Preliminary Final versus Sydney (loss)

Total Votes 432

5. Pendlebury - 113
4. O'Brien - 99
3. Jolly - 56
2. Shaw - 54
1. Blair - 36

Notable other: Cloke 20

[Kingswood]

Beamsy should rake this one in.

[Piethagoras' Theorem]

Yeah, Beams but I think Swan will get close. His possession count gets overrated imo.

[Kingswood]

can we sticky this please?

[Donny]

Yeah, Beams but I think Swan will get close. His possession count gets overrated imo.

I think the opposite.

A bit like Pendles, he only votes if he racks up 35 or more disposals. They have both set the bar so high.

I paid particular attention, last game, to what Swanny does when he doesn't have the ball. He, like Ablett, doesn't fluke getting the ball. He makes great position. His speed to get to a contest or to receive is awesome.

[David]

Thanks Ru, that's magnificent. I miss doing this a little, but it looks like it's in good hands.

[die4pies]

We have a medal named in honour of a Carlton assistant coach?

[Pa Marmo]

We have a medal named in honour of a Carlton assistant coach?

a valid point you raise Shane

[Donny]

We have a medal named in honour of a Carlton assistant coach?

No. In honour of a Pies champ and Premiership player.

[Piethagoras' Theorem]

Yeah, Beams but I think Swan will get close. His possession count gets overrated imo.

I think the opposite.

A bit like Pendles, he only votes if he racks up 35 or more disposals. They have both set the bar so high.

I paid particular attention, last game, to what Swanny does when he doesn't have the ball. He, like Ablett, doesn't fluke getting the ball. He makes great position. His speed to get to a contest or to receive is awesome.

We obviously see things differently then, Donny. Against Essendon I saw a fair bit of waiting around packs for the ball to spill out and a general unwillingness to go in and get the hard ball, which was really annoying. I thought his disposal was also a bit sloppy. Apart from that he did do some great things but imo not enough to earn BOG as some voted.

[5150]

Im sure we all see things differenty. I always base my votes on what I saw (usually at the game) and vote accordingly but I always make a point to check the dream team/super coach points and see how many have based their votes on these.

[Piethagoras' Theorem]

^ yeah, for sure mate. I usually have the best 2 or 3 in my head that I won't budge on but sometimes it's difficult to look or remember beyond that so I'll look at the stats to help jolt the memory a little

[Cuthbert Collingwood]

Round 4 versus Port (win)

Total Votes 540

5. Swan - 119
4. Cloke - 104
3. Keeffe - 80
2. Sidebottom - 79
1. O'Brien - 72

Notable other: Pendlebury - 44

Round 5 versus Essendon (win)

Total Votes 760

5. Swan - 260
4. Pendlebury - 127
3. Beams - 113
2. Johnson - 69
1. Sidebottom - 47

Notable others: Jolly - 43, Brown - 24, Clarke - 23, Wellingham - 22

Round 6 versus Western Bulldogs (win)

Total Votes 734

5. Beams - 229
4. Pendlebury - 153
3. Sidebottom - 107
2. Shaw - 93
1. Keeffe - 39

Notable others: Sinclair - 33, Swan - 24

Running Total to Round 6

17 Pendlebury
10 Swan
9 Beams
9 Sidebottom
8 Keeffe
7.5 Cloke
7 Blair
7 Shaw
5 Reid
3 Jolly
2 Maxwell
2 Johnson
1.5 Ball
1 O'Brien
1 Thomas

[Piethagoras' Theorem]

Nice work ru, how good was Keeffe going, aye? Leading defender! Such a shame his season was cut short

[think better]

I keep forgetting how good Keefe was early in the year - his was a big loss when his knee went.