09-24-2024, 06:54 AM
(This post was last modified: 09-25-2024, 09:34 AM by IvanAwfulbigone.)
(09-24-2024, 02:04 AM)Gointocarlton link Wrote:Lets not let facts get in the way of good stories by the naysayers.
Oh my god, the negativity. Most of us saw with our own eyes that he almost ALWAYS single-handedly influenced games that were in the balance (and dominated games that were not).
Having watched footy for 50+ years I’ve never been more certain of a Brownlow winner. He deserved every vote and he deserved to win by the length of the straight.
Why does the QB at the Super Bowl inevitably win the MVP? Because they have/had the biggest influence. Anyone whingeing about this has no feel for the game or is a Collingwood supporter.
His best quarters are invariably his 3rd and 4th so his efforts would be fresh in the umps minds when they cast votes (sans stats as others have pointed out) after the siren.
Whenever he’s pinged with a free against he just gives the umps that cheeky “you got me” look, gives the ball straight back and gets on with it. That counts for a lot. He is inscrutably fair and I agree with Gerard Whately - it’s a unique quirk that you have to be the “fairest” in this award and it would be a shame to lose that history.
EDIT: I just heard Whateley has been one of those denigrating Crippa’s incredible achievement. I take back what I said. Fuck him.
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