2018 Dally M Awards

Looking at our top 5 finishers is a joke. Ese’Ese, Fitzgibbon and Griffin either got 2 points or less.

Do they watch our games or just blindly give Pearce and Ponga points?

How many times were Ponga or Pearce our best players in a game? Not a lot of chance for others to get points outside of the odd 1 point a game. It's why those guys are so high on the leaderboard despite us finishing so low.
 
How many times were Ponga or Pearce our best players in a game? Not a lot of chance for others to get points outside of the odd 1 point a game. It's why those guys are so high on the leaderboard despite us finishing so low.
Agreed, points come easier for top players in poor performing teams due to the same few getting the points, Jackson got his points due to that, not many standouts in Dogs so same few, Jackson, Klemmer, us Pearce and Ponga and in Canberra not much of anything and Leillua is easily seen, good or bad. If you are in a top team, Easts or Melb then you share points week in week out with 6-7 top line players.
 
How many times were Ponga or Pearce our best players in a game? Not a lot of chance for others to get points outside of the odd 1 point a game. It's why those guys are so high on the leaderboard despite us finishing so low.
I can think of few occasions where Ponga or Pearce got the 3 or 2 and we had better players. Round 5 against Brisbane was a prime example. Fitzgibbon was comfortably our best that night. I can also remember a couple of games against Parra where Saifiti was definitely our best. Other games where Sione, Griffin and Watson probably deserved 2 or 3 points too.

Pearce and Ponga were our best but there’s a few players that have been robbed of points because they don’t have Pearce or Ponga’s profile.
 
If your not a spine player, you REALLY have to stand out to get any dally M points.

Tal style stand out.
 
If your not a spine player, you REALLY have to stand out to get any dally M points.

Tal style stand out.

Absolutely, If you look at the list of Dally M Medal winners there are only 5 occasions where a 1,6,7 or 9 haven't won

1979 - Steve Morris
1980 - Robert Laurie
1981 - Steve Rogers
1982 - Ray Price

1983 - Terry Lamb
1984 - Michael Potter
1985 - Greg Alexander
1986 - Peter Sterling
1987 - Peter Sterling
1988 - Gavin Miller
1989 - Gavin Miller

1990 - Cliff Lyons
1991 - Michael Potter
1992 - Gary Freeman
1993 - Ricky Stuart
1994 - Cliff Lyons
1995 - Laurie Daley
1996 - Allan Langer
1997 - Not Awarded
1998 - Andrew Johns
1999 - Andrew Johns
2000 - Trent Barrett
2001 - Preston Campbell
2002 - Andrew Johns
2003 - Not Awarded
2004 - Danny Buderus
2005 - Johnathon Thurston
2006 - Cameron Smith
2007 - Johnathon Thurston
2008 - Matt Orford
2009 - Jarryd Hayne
2010 - Todd Carney
2011 - Billy Slater
2012 - Ben Barba
2013 - Cooper Cronk
2014 - Johnathon Thurston and Jarryd Hayne
2015 - Johnathon Thurston
2016 - Cooper Cronk and Jason Taumalolo
2017 - Cameron Smith
2018 - Roger Tuivasa Sheck
 
Gavin Miller was virtually a spine player.
He'd be a 5/8 if he played today - but in those days a guy that big had to play in the forwards, even though he was their main playmaker.
 
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