Bartel Wins the Little Guy Award
Where have all the ruckmen gone, they used to always be among the leaders in the Brownlow. Now if a player is taller than the umpire they are lucky to get a vote.
Here are the top vote-getters from the 2007 Brownlow arranged in a team. The starting 18 players go from 29 votes to 14, the bench is 14 and 13 votes, the emergency players around 13 and 12 votes. Even going to players with 11 and 10 votes, no ruckman was present.
Not easy forming a team out of the best from the Brownlow, it has been a long time since Pavlich played full back or Goodes was in the ruck. Hodge played a bit of centre half back in 2006.
FB Andrew McLeod, Matthew Pavlich, Dane Swan
HB Simon Black, Luke Hodge, Brett Kirk
C Shaun Burgoyne, Jimmy Bartel, Nick Dal Santo
HF Brent Harvey, Nick Riewoldt, Sam Mitchell
FF Scott Thompson, Jonathan Brown, Gary Ablett
Foll Adam Goodes, Daniel Kerr, Chris Judd
bench Brad Johnson, Kane Cornes, Adam Simpson
emergency Joel Corey, Chad Cornes, Simon Goodwin, Heath Scotland
Nothing wrong with Bartel winning the Brownlow, and he now joins former winners like Liberatore and Woewodin. Seriously, Bartel did have a very good season, and he does deserve some recognition, but the real greatness for him will be achieved if he and his team win one more game this season.
From the AFL site:
2007 Brownlow Medal: as it happened
“Ecstatic” Bartel tries to focus on Grand Final
From The Age: Bartel's Brownlow — now Cats eye the big prize
From The Geelong Advertiser:
Geelong trio make history
Jimmy Bartel's Brownlow Medal triumph
It's over to you ... send us your Bartel anthem
Here are the top vote-getters from the 2007 Brownlow arranged in a team. The starting 18 players go from 29 votes to 14, the bench is 14 and 13 votes, the emergency players around 13 and 12 votes. Even going to players with 11 and 10 votes, no ruckman was present.
Not easy forming a team out of the best from the Brownlow, it has been a long time since Pavlich played full back or Goodes was in the ruck. Hodge played a bit of centre half back in 2006.
FB Andrew McLeod, Matthew Pavlich, Dane Swan
HB Simon Black, Luke Hodge, Brett Kirk
C Shaun Burgoyne, Jimmy Bartel, Nick Dal Santo
HF Brent Harvey, Nick Riewoldt, Sam Mitchell
FF Scott Thompson, Jonathan Brown, Gary Ablett
Foll Adam Goodes, Daniel Kerr, Chris Judd
bench Brad Johnson, Kane Cornes, Adam Simpson
emergency Joel Corey, Chad Cornes, Simon Goodwin, Heath Scotland
Nothing wrong with Bartel winning the Brownlow, and he now joins former winners like Liberatore and Woewodin. Seriously, Bartel did have a very good season, and he does deserve some recognition, but the real greatness for him will be achieved if he and his team win one more game this season.
From the AFL site:
2007 Brownlow Medal: as it happened
“Ecstatic” Bartel tries to focus on Grand Final
From The Age: Bartel's Brownlow — now Cats eye the big prize
From The Geelong Advertiser:
Geelong trio make history
Jimmy Bartel's Brownlow Medal triumph
It's over to you ... send us your Bartel anthem
If you fancy yourself as a songwriter and can put together a tune, send it to us and we will publish it on geelongadvertiser.com.au with a slideshow of Jimmy's remarkable year.
