New Geelong captain Patrick Dangerfield has laughed off a courageous up to date who thinks the AFL reigning premiers will miss the finals.
In the annual survey of the league’s captains, Brisbane have been the one crew to obtain the utmost 17 votes from their rivals, when requested which groups aside from their very own will make the highest eight.
The Cats and Richmond had 16 votes apiece.
Dangerfield laughed off the dissenting voice, stressing Geelong made some extent of not taking an excessive amount of discover of what others thought after they had a collection of finals disappointments earlier than final 12 months’s flag triumph.
“We try not to care too much about what others think,” he stated.
“If you only listen to that, you’re chasing your tail.
“If you do not suppose it is attainable, you are an opportunity to be came upon.
“I don’t know what they were smoking, but … there are a few new captains, maybe one didn’t fill out the survey properly.”
Sydney and Melbourne polled 15 votes, adopted by Fremantle (12) and Collingwood (11).
At the opposite finish of the spectrum, no captains consider North Melbourne, West Coast, GWS or Essendon will make the finals, whereas Adelaide and St Kilda acquired only one vote.
When requested which different membership will attain the grand remaining, eight captains nominated Geelong, whereas Melbourne and Brisbane acquired 4 votes, and Richmond and Sydney polled as soon as.
Melbourne midfielder Clayton Oliver was rated by 5 captains because the probably Brownlow medallist with Brisbane’s Lachie Neale and Fremantle’s Andrew Brayshaw getting three votes.
Western Bulldogs star Marcus Bontempelli and Gold Coast co-captain Touk Miller acquired two votes whereas final 12 months’s medallist Patrick Cripps polled one vote, together with Christian Petracca and Sydney’s Callum Mills.
Geelong’s attacking ace Jeremy Cameron and Richmond spearhead Tom Lynch topped favouritism to steer the league’s goalkicking with six votes every.
And Brisbane’s extremely rated newcomer Will Aschroft was the overwhelming favorite to say the Rising Star award – he acquired eight votes, with the Bulldogs’ Sam Darcy next-best with two.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
