Jim Park Medal 2016

[PaulP]

Interesting how Kerridge was hot property preseason (and has continued to work extremely hard) but it's Matthew Wright who is 130 points ahead of him.  I really like Wright. He's honest and hard at it.

I like them both, but I certainly agree with you.

[crashlander]

I like them both, but I certainly agree with you.

I can understand. Both Kerridge and Wright have been strong contributors each week. Good value for our trading last year.

[crashlander]

Round 9: Carlton vs North Melbourne
Alas, we fell back to Earth with a bang. Not overly surprising with the structural difficulties our present injuries have created. Nobody to really challenge Goldstein, which was basically the difference in the game.

Naturally, there were not as many voters this week: logistics did not suit with us not on TV. Nor are we on TV this week, but....
The overall rating this week was 6.69, almost a perfect D-. To be expected when we lose by 10 goals.
Again the votes were well spread: 14 different players managed to get at least 1 vote. A positive sign for our future.

Votes:
Docherty, Sam 301
Byrne, Ciaran 189
Gibbs, Bryce 145
Kerridge, Sam 119
Cripps, Patrick 59
Plowman, Lachlan 59
Sumner, Liam 45
Murphy, Marc 37
Wright, Matthew 15
Jones, Liam 15
Thomas, Dale 7
Curnow, Edward 4
Tuohy, Zach 4
Armfield, Dennis 4

Progressives:
1573 - Docherty, Sam (0)
1359 - Gibbs, Bryce (0)
1136 - Cripps, Patrick (0)
1005 - Simpson, Kade (0)
945 - Murphy, Marc (0)
757 - Curnow, Edward (0)
690 - Thomas, Dale (0)
592 - Weitering, Jacob (0)
402 - Wright, Matthew (0)
389 - Byrne, Ciaran (0)
372 - Kerridge, Sam (0)
359 - Kreuzer, Matthew (0)
258 - Rowe, Sam (0)
251 - Casboult, Levi (0)
148 - Plowman, Lachlan (0)
101 - Sumner, Liam (0)
93 - Phillips, Andrew (0)
72 - Graham, Nick (0)
57 - Curnow, Charles (0)
28 - Jamison, Michael (0)
23 - Jones, Liam (0)
20 - Everitt, Andrejs (0)
19 - Tuohy, Zach (0)
19 - Boekhorst, Blaine (0)
18 - Armfield, Dennis (0)
15 - Lamb, Jed (0)
9 - White, Simon (0)
6 - Buckley, Dylan (0)
3 - Walker, Andrew (0)
3 - Whiley, Mark (0)

Docherty has opened up a small break between him, in 1st place, and the rest of the pack. However, there is nothing unassailable in his lead.

[crashlander]

Rd 10: Carlton vs Geelong:
A win for the ages, that showed how much improvement we have made so far. I wish I had been there. At least it happened!

There were 22 voters this week, perhaps a little less than I would have expected from such a great win, but almost twice what we were getting for much of last year. Thank you, voters! Without you, this would award would be pointless.
The rating this week averaged out at 9.97: close enough to an A for it not to matter and the best we have seen for a long time.
There were 13 different players who deserved and received votes; an impressive effort at the best of times, but becoming typical over the last 6 weeks. May this trend continue!

Votes:
Gibbs, Bryce 432
Docherty, Sam 266
Curnow, Edward 161
Everitt, Andrejs 161
Kreuzer, Matthew 119
Armfield, Dennis 114
Cripps, Patrick 62
Rowe, Sam  57
White, Simon 38
Simpson, Kade 33
Tuohy, Zach 24
Walker, Andrew 24
Casboult, Levi 5

Unlike recent weeks, opinion fell firmly in favour of Bryce Gibbs this week, whose performance in the absence of captain Marc Murphy was excellent. There are claims that Gibbs is now in Brownlow contention!

Progressives:
1839 - Docherty, Sam (0)
1791 - Gibbs, Bryce (0)
1198 - Cripps, Patrick (0)
1038 - Simpson, Kade (0)
945 - Murphy, Marc (0)
918 - Curnow, Edward (0)
690 - Thomas, Dale (0)
592 - Weitering, Jacob (0)
477 - Kreuzer, Matthew (0)
402 - Wright, Matthew (0)
389 - Byrne, Ciaran (0)
372 - Kerridge, Sam (0)
315 - Rowe, Sam (0)
256 - Casboult, Levi (0)
181 - Everitt, Andrejs (0)
148 - Plowman, Lachlan (0)
132 - Armfield, Dennis (0)
101 - Sumner, Liam (0)
93 - Phillips, Andrew (0)
72 - Graham, Nick (0)
57 - Curnow, Charles (0)
47 - White, Simon (0)
42 - Tuohy, Zach (0)
28 - Jamison, Michael (0)
27 - Walker, Andrew (0)
23 - Jones, Liam (0)
19 - Boekhorst, Blaine (0)
15 - Lamb, Jed (0)
6 - Buckley, Dylan (0)
3 - Whiley, Mark (0)

Docherty and Gibbs have cleared out somewhat, but the closing pack is tight and persistent. 

[crashlander]

Round 11: Carlton vs Brisbane
I read with a smile that Jonathon Brown's daughter has decided to barrack for Carlton because we have made such an impression this year. Well we managed to do the job.
The rating this week was an exact 9.00, the first time I have seen it come out as whole number. This is a B, probably a reasonable opinion considering how we played.
We had 23 voters this week, a solid turnout. One the other hand, 13 players managed to get a vote, another week where we had a lot of contributors. I like that at the best of times. It shows that we are not dependent of a small number of players.

Votes:
Curnow, Edward 360
Weitering, Jacob 275
Kerridge, Sam 232
Tuohy, Zach 107
Armfield, Dennis 78
Cripps, Patrick 70
Docherty, Sam 64
Lamb, Jed 64
Simpson, Kade 39
Plowman, Lachlan 18
Rowe, Sam 16
White, Simon 14
Gorringe, Daniel 8

Curnow, Weitering and Kerridge were clearly the 3 best performed players, but after that there were a number of efforts that attracted attention.

Progressives:
1903 - Docherty, Sam (0)
1791 - Gibbs, Bryce (0)
1279 - Curnow, Edward (0)
1268 - Cripps, Patrick (0)
1077 - Simpson, Kade (0)
945 - Murphy, Marc (0)
867 - Weitering, Jacob (0)
690 - Thomas, Dale (0)
604 - Kerridge, Sam (0)
477 - Kreuzer, Matthew (0)
402 - Wright, Matthew (0)
389 - Byrne, Ciaran (0)
331 - Rowe, Sam (0)
256 - Casboult, Levi (0)
210 - Armfield, Dennis (0)
181 - Everitt, Andrejs (0)
166 - Plowman, Lachlan (0)
149 - Tuohy, Zach (0)
101 - Sumner, Liam (0)
93 - Phillips, Andrew (0)
79 - Lamb, Jed (0)
72 - Graham, Nick (0)
60 - White, Simon (0)
57 - Curnow, Charles (0)
28 - Jamison, Michael (0)
27 - Walker, Andrew (0)
23 - Jones, Liam (0)
19 - Boekhorst, Blaine (0)
8 - Gorringe, Daniel (0)
6 - Buckley, Dylan (0)
3 - Whiley, Mark (0)

Docherty and Gibbs still have a reasonable lead, but there is a strong pack following, with 5 players over 1000 and another, Murphy, not far off. Weitering continues to impress and is getting close to the 1000 himself.

[crashlander]

I let things run on a little this week: no real hurry when this round is our Bye. However, all good things must come to an end. Literally, alas.

This week we had 2 less voters than we did this time last year. Conisidering that this was one of our worse performances of the year and last year's game was a gutsy win, I can understand why. However, we still managed 17 voters.
The rating was back to very low levels this round: 5.94, which is almost an E. definitely down from the heady levels of a couple of week's back.
In some ways we looked burnt out. It was probably a good time to have a Bye. However, 13 different players managed to attract a vote. Under Malthouse that number would have been more like 9.

Votes:
Docherty, Sam 280
Simpson, Kade 183
Thomas, Dale 145
Wright, Matthew 114
Rowe, Sam 38
Plowman, Lachlan 31
Curnow, Edward 30
Kerridge, Sam 24
Lamb, Jed 17
Tuohy, Zach 10
Casboult, Levi 9
Cripps, Patrick 7
Gibbs, Bryce 2

Docherty lead all comers for the 4th time this season. He has had only 1 game outside the top 10 on the field.

Progressives:
2182 - Docherty, Sam (0)
1793 - Gibbs, Bryce (0)
1308 - Curnow, Edward (0)
1275 - Cripps, Patrick (0)
1261 - Simpson, Kade (0)
945 - Murphy, Marc (0)
867 - Weitering, Jacob (0)
835 - Thomas, Dale (0)
628 - Kerridge, Sam (0)
515 - Wright, Matthew (0)
477 - Kreuzer, Matthew (0)
389 - Byrne, Ciaran (0)
369 - Rowe, Sam (0)
265 - Casboult, Levi (0)
210 - Armfield, Dennis (0)
197 - Plowman, Lachlan (0)
181 - Everitt, Andrejs (0)
160 - Tuohy, Zach (0)
101 - Sumner, Liam (0)
97 - Lamb, Jed (0)
93 - Phillips, Andrew (0)
72 - Graham, Nick (0)
60 - White, Simon (0)
57 - Curnow, Charles (0)
28 - Jamison, Michael (0)
27 - Walker, Andrew (0)
23 - Jones, Liam (0)
19 - Boekhorst, Blaine (0)
8 - Gorringe, Daniel (0)
6 - Buckley, Dylan (0)
3 - Whiley, Mark (0)
Silvagni, Jack We could be voting for this guy before the Election. He is getting very close.

Docherty has consolidated his lead over Gibbs, with another significant break to Cripps and Simpson. However, I wouldn't be engraving his trophy yet. There is a fair way to go yet!

[pinot]

The Doc has been awesome this year so far,

[crashlander]

The Doc has been awesome this year so far,

Very solid. He must be a very good chance for All Australian honours this year.

[Thryleon]

^^

He'd be up there for the John Nicholls medal at the moment too.

Much of what he does is the celebrated amongst defenders but often not noticeable work amongst the masses.

[crashlander]

Round 14: Carlton vs GWS in Sydney
Alas, GWS powered their way into the top 4 with a win against us. There were even a few guys trying for positions on our list in 2017. However, we tried hard but were beaten. We probably didn't deserve to be beaten by 10 goals, but they can kick them while we are still learning.
I did not vote this round. I didn't see any of the game. Nor was I alone. The only coverage was on pay TV, so the number of voters was down considerably. We had 1 less than for the same round last year.
Our rating, on the other hand, was not that bad. It shows that we were playing a team with a huge amount of talent. The rating was 7.29, basically a D+. Not that bad at all for a 10 goal loss.
There was a reasonable spread of votes: 10 different players managed votes without my extra sharing style.

Votes:
Gibbs, Bryce 306
Docherty, Sam 248
White, Simon 175
Wright, Matthew 155
Curnow, Edward 58
Simpson, Kade 44
Plowman, Lachlan 44
Cripps, Patrick 29
Walker, Andrew 29
Tuohy, Zach 5

Progressives:
2430 - Docherty, Sam (0)
2099 - Gibbs, Bryce (0)
1367 - Curnow, Edward (0)
1304 - Simpson, Kade (0)
1304 - Cripps, Patrick (0)
945 - Murphy, Marc (0)
867 - Weitering, Jacob (0)
835 - Thomas, Dale (0)
671 - Wright, Matthew (0)
628 - Kerridge, Sam (0)
477 - Kreuzer, Matthew (0)
389 - Byrne, Ciaran (0)
369 - Rowe, Sam (0)
265 - Casboult, Levi (0)
241 - Plowman, Lachlan (0)
235 - White, Simon (0)
210 - Armfield, Dennis (0)
181 - Everitt, Andrejs (0)
165 - Tuohy, Zach (0)
101 - Sumner, Liam (0)
97 - Lamb, Jed (0)
93 - Phillips, Andrew (0)
72 - Graham, Nick (0)
57 - Curnow, Charles (0)
56 - Walker, Andrew (0)
28 - Jamison, Michael (0)
23 - Jones, Liam (0)
19 - Boekhorst, Blaine (0)
8 - Gorringe, Daniel (0)
6 - Buckley, Dylan (0)
3 - Whiley, Mark (0)

Docherty has about a one top game lead over Gibbs at this point. Difficult to make up when both guys are doing well most weeks. Behind them comes a group of 3 that are very close (around the 1300 votes), followed by another significant gap to Murphy and Weitering. Our relatively ordinary form since Murphy was injured suggests that we may struggle a little to get many A+ rankings soon, even though the spread of vote getters is a real positive.

At the moment Docherty and Gibbs would be the top contenders for the John Nicholls Medal as well.