'I declare the winner of the 2011 Brownlow Medal...'

Chris Judd, of the Carlton Football Club!

Well there we have it! No real big surprise there, but whilst he is my tip to win, it certainly isn't going to be as breezey as what the bookies make it out to be. As you'll see with my leaderboard below only 3 votes seperate the Top 3 - a virtual BOG game. Something else of note, which I reflected on once the season ended was Goodes' ability to virtually poll whilst sitting in the stands. Factoring this in I expect him to nab 1-2 more votes and finish in the Top 3. If there's any real surprise that is majorly different to where my leaderboard stands currently, I predict it'll be that.

So without further ado, here is my much anticipated Top 10 and Team Leaders...

C. Judd - 30
S. Pendlebury - 28 
S. Mitchell* - 27 
M. Murphy - 26 
G. Ablett - 26 
M. Boyd - 26 
A. Goodes - 25 
D. Swan - 20 
J. Selwood* - 20  
N. Dal Santo - 20

Adelaide
Thompson - 16
Van Berlo - 7

Brisbane
Black - 18
Rockliff - 5


Carlton
Judd - 30
Murphy - 26


Collingwood
Pendlebury - 28
Swan - 20


Essendon
Watson - 14
Stanton - 9


Fremantle
Fyfe - 15
Pavich - 14


Geelong
Selwood - 20
Bartel - 12


Gold Coast
Ablett - 26


Hawthorn
Mitchell - 27
Franklin - 19


Melbourne
Moloney - 16
Sylvia - 9


North Melbourne
Swallow - 17
Harvey - 12


Port Adelaide
Boak - 6
Westhoff - 6
Gray - 6


Richmond
Martin - 18
Cotchin - 13


St. Kilda
Dal Santo - 20
Goddard - 11


Sydney
Goodes - 25
Bolton - 13


West Coast
Priddis - 17
Kerr - 16
Cox - 15


Western Bulldogs
Boyd - 26
Griffen - 15

As I like to say in celebration of tonight's illustrious count:

"Ladies and Gentleman please be upstanding, charge your glasses to celebrate the winner of the 2011 Brownlow Medal... or just neck the damned bottle if it's the bloke you've got money on to win."