The number of Brownlow votes a team receives is a good proxy for how good they really are, and I dont mean where they finished on the ladder.
For the past 20 years (& I havn't looked at the stats to confirm) Richmond has finished near the bottom of the Brownlow ladder, even when we have finished mid table. To me this is a clear indicator that whilst on the rare occassion we have had half decent seasons, I dont think our list has had enough class to be consistently good.
Unfortunately this year was the same, very few votes and typically they go to the usual suspects that really have no hope of winning ie Johnson, Coughlan & Richo. (Notice our All Australian did not pole one vote & I'm not surprised).
Compare our votes to the Bulldogs who finished one game above us, 54 to 81. These guys have young guys with class. We still have alot of drafting to do to get these same type of classy players into our club. Perhaps then we will finally have a better night with Charlie!
For the past 20 years (& I havn't looked at the stats to confirm) Richmond has finished near the bottom of the Brownlow ladder, even when we have finished mid table. To me this is a clear indicator that whilst on the rare occassion we have had half decent seasons, I dont think our list has had enough class to be consistently good.
Unfortunately this year was the same, very few votes and typically they go to the usual suspects that really have no hope of winning ie Johnson, Coughlan & Richo. (Notice our All Australian did not pole one vote & I'm not surprised).
Compare our votes to the Bulldogs who finished one game above us, 54 to 81. These guys have young guys with class. We still have alot of drafting to do to get these same type of classy players into our club. Perhaps then we will finally have a better night with Charlie!
