God DAMN this game is full of sooks.......
How bad are these footy fans....... even media personalities.......... "Swan was robbed" "Brownlow Tarnished" "Judd not worthy"......... pfft, please - Spare me!
Judd won it cause he has nobody in his team to take votes away from him!
SIMPLE AS THAT! (and no, that's not a good thing!)
Look at the top 5.
1) 30 - Chris Judd
2) 26 - Gary Ablett
3) 24 - Dane Swan
4) 21 - Scott Pendlebury
5) 21 - Joel Selwood
The one thing that stands out to me in the top 5 is the fact that there are only 3 teams there. Carlton, Geelong and Collingwood.
When you have a side with Ablett and Selwood, the two are always going to be taking votes from the other. Ditto when you have the likes of Swan and Pendlebury.
Who did Judd have to take votes away from him? Nobody! Judd was easilly our best player this year because everybody else (Yes - Gibbs and co included) failed to stand up! And that's why, as Judd said it, we were slamming down the beers while others were sipping on water! I'm like Judd, i'm envious of those sipping on water.
Look, i don't want to sound un-happy cause i'm wrapped for Juddy......... but this is an individual award and it was won by an individual in a team where other individuals were simply not-as-good. And that's not good for us.
If i was a Geelong or Collingwood supporter, i'd be like "Wow, that's awesome, we had 2 players in the top 5".
I don't understand why so many people are claiming favourtisim to Judd or that it was rigged or that Swan was robbed................. Rubbish.
Carlton votes - 71
Collingwood votes - 89
Geelong votes - 104.
Good God

Judd polled almost half of our votes for god sake! Collingwood had three players poll double figures............ we had just one.
I don't know about you but I'd much rather it be the other way around.
Yet somehow all these sooky supporters are claiming that this brownlow is tarnished???????
Next year, I hope that Judd isn't such a stand out, because that means that the rest of the team has put in more effort. I hope the likes of Gibbs, Murphy and
(just before i get shut down........ I love this team and have a lot of belief in it, but last night prooved that we have a list full of potential that NEEDS to start delivering...........)
P.S well done Juddy.