For the sake of the Brownlow, let's just hope there aren't many more given it's quite difficult to ascertain as to who will get the 3 votes in drawn games.
Of other news to come from Round 2, Hawthorn dynamo Cyril Rioli has been rubbed out for a week for striking Melbourne's Nathan Jones and is now ineligible for the medal. I'm sure there aren't many of you out there, but condolences to those of you that already had pre-season money on him for the Brownlow. He sure was ripping it up, and was actually making me a little nervous as a late outside contender, so his suspension gives me some respite in that sense. Humourous that he'll probably poll 3 votes this round to go along with his suspension.
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St Kilda v Richmond
Lids deserves the 3 straight up for his game on Goddard, and plus won the medal. Milne, as much as I despise the little tiprat, played a lone hand up forward for the Saints kicking 4, and should be some chance of seeing votes. Dal Santo was good, but faded as the game progressed. Martin could sneak a vote for his work in the last quarter when the game was on the line, kicking a couple of crucial goals to keep the Tiges in it. Grigg played a fine game and kicked an important goal, to go along with a handful of possessions. My smokey for this game is Cotchin - he really impressed me with his work in tight, and silky disposal.
North Melbourne v Collingwood
Swan was veeery scrappy at times, and hardly touched it in the first quarter, but redeemed himself by gathering 18 odd touches in the 2nd. Pendles was a standout. He glided around the ground, and his disposal was as smooth as silk as per usual. Beams could feature for his 26 possie, 3 goal game, likewise Dawes who I thought played a superb game as the roaming forward.
Port Adelaide v West Coast
As the commentators said throughout the game; Embley owned that side of the ground he was playing on. Great all round game. Cox backed up his game last week with another impressive performance this week, and Shuey stepped it up as the game went on providing run and drive through the middle. For Port, Gray would be the only chance to sneak a 1, if that.
Gold Coast v Carlton
Gibbs racked it up, but I felt he got a ton of possessions in the back half playing as a loose man with no real opponent. Despite this, his kicking was pure silk and a standout. Judd kicked a couple of nice goals and was his usual dominant self against the inexperienced Suns lineup, in what was his milestone game. Garlett was the most potent fowrad all night and kicked truly on numerous occasions to really sting the GC. Murphy got caught once or twice trying to shrug tackles, which may work against him, but was dominant throughout.
Fremantle v Geelong
This is probably the hardest game to distribute votes!
Enright was clearly one of the standouts for Geelong, but with his unfavourable polling history who knows? Another from the Cats that was impressive was Joel Corey. I felt Pav was Freo's best along with Mundy, but went with the former because he was more eye-catching in the middle.
Western Bulldogs v Brisbane
Griff stood out with his composure under pressure, and kicked 3 very nice goals. Silky smooth! Boyd was a little sloppy with his disposal early on, but was probably the most solid performer over 4 quarters. Coondog played a great game, and was much more solid than last week. Higgins impressed me alot, and his tackling pressure was what stood out head and shoulders above anyone else.
Sydney v Essendon
Bolton was sensational. For an old bloke he really stood out and played his usual blinder against the Dons, and how about that game winning tackle and goal. Very impressive! Goodes was... well, goodes all day. His marking really stood out, and along with Bolton, was the man behind the Swans resurgence in the last quarter.
O'Keefe ran ragged around the ground all day, but played his best work in the middle, smashing it with numerous clearances, and precise footwork. Watson was the best for the Dons in what was a tight game throughout.
Hawthorn v Melbourne
Rioli was the clear BOG. His work in the first quarter alone had me mesmerised! Suckling had a MASSIVE 3rd quarter to turn the tide in the Hawks' favour, and Burgoyne followed up on his solid effort last week. Sewell was also in his prime, dominating at the stoppages. The Dees, however, were woeful in the second half, and given the margin i'd say any of their players are little chance of polling any votes.
$1000 on Karmichael Hunt and Cameron Cloke to sneak into second.
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