Marcus Bontempelli Wins Charles Sutton Medal As Western Bulldogs Best & Fairest In 2019

Charles Sutton Medal
How they vote: Coach Luke Beveridge and four assistants each give a vote from zero to five for each player in each game of the season. Players can receive a minimum of zero or maximum of 25 votes for any game.

Top 101. Marcus Bontempelli 299 votes
2. Josh Dunkley 270
3. Jack Macrae 268
4. Jason Johannisen 174
5. Caleb Daniel 164
6. Lachie Hunter 161
7. Easton Wood 160
8. Aaron Naughton 154
9. Sam Lloyd 153
10. Hayden Crozier 141

Bont Wins Western Bulldogs B&F

Charles Sutton Medal Top 10

1. Marcus Bontempelli (319 votes)
2. Dale Morris (248)
3. Lachie Hunter (246)
4. Tom Liberatore (218)
5. Liam Picken (214)
6. Luke Dahlhaus (201)
7. Jackson Macrae, Caleb Daniel (185)
9. Matthew Boyd (184)
10. Jason Johannisen (165)

Award Winners

Charles Sutton Medal (first place): Marcus Bontempelli
Doug Hawkins Medal (second place): Dale Morris
Gary Dempsey Medal (third place): Lachie Hunter
Best in Finals: Liam Picken
Chris Grant Best First Year Player: Josh Dunkley
Tony Liberatore Most Improved Player: Jordan Roughead
Brad Johnson Best Team Player: Matthew Boyd
John Van Groningen Domestique Award: Dale Morris
Scott West Most Courageous Award: Tom Liberatore
John Schultz Community Award: Marcus Bontempelli
Victoria University Education Award: Mitch Wallis
Footscray Best and Fairest: Jordan Russell
Footscray Best and Fairest runner up: Mitch Honeychurch
Footscray Best and Fairest third place: Lukas Webb
Bulldogs Taskforce VFL Coaches Award: Anthony Barry
Susan Alberti Award: Jaimee Lambert

Finally A Close Grand Final....Hopefully

The closeness of this resut will come down to the ability of the Bulldogs to be able to get off to a good start. in the last 2 finals the Swans have kicked 7 goals in the first quarter to effectively win the game so the Bullies must restrict them to 4 goals or less in the first quarter.
The keys for Swans victory are

1. For Swans to win Lance Franklin needs 3+ goals 
2. The supporting cast in the forward line Tippett, McGlynn, papley, Rohan and Xavier Richards to get 8 or more between them 
3. The Mids to control the clearances 
4. Defensive forward to tag Johannisen

5 Key Players

1. Lance Franklin - the money man goal machine
2. Dane Rampe - Intercept specialst 
3. Luke Parker - Gun mid and also terrific overhead mark and goalkicker
4. Kurt Tippett - At his best a top 5 league ruckman and up forward capable of multiple goals
5. Josh Kennedy - the engine that drives the train, clearance and contested disposal king.

The keys for Bulldogs victory are

1. Roughead and Tom Boyd to break even in Ruck and be competitive in forward line.
2. Mids must hit the scoreboard.
3. Quick ball movement forward of centre so Swans can't double team.
4. Lock down Lance Franklin.

5 Key Players

1. Jake Stringer - The package needs a huge game
2. Jason johannisen - Pace and skill off half back 
3. Dale Morris - Needs to nullify Franklin
4. Easton Wood - Takes intercept marks in defence
5. Tom Liberatore - If he can bring the clearance/contested/tackling to his optimum 

The final 22 for each teamhas been revealed with the usual heart warming/breaking stories. Looking at the Bullies Clay Smith had 3 knee reco's in 3 years he was the catalyst for last week's he kicked 4 first half goals in the preliminary final to be best on ground, then there is Shane Biggs for Sydney Swans player who managed just 6 games in 2 season's is now an integral part of the Bullies premiership push. Then Caleb Daniel, with the talk of the modern day midfielder being 6 foot 4+ and with key position players now all pushing 200+ having a player of just 168cm and 68kg being such a key player and runner up in the Rising star. Now the heart breakers, Robert Murphy the Captain, the life blood of the team 295 game veteran ruptured his ACL in round 3 and will have to watch from the coaches box, what a bummer hang in there Murph. Matt Suckling is another moved over from Hawthorn after last year and looked like a brilliant decision has ended up a kick in the face with him being named an emergency, bet that wasn't in the contract!
On the other side of the coin the Swans have 3 first year players and another 2 with under 15 games experience with Sam Naismith a story not dissalimar to Kieran Jack playing both Rugby codes up to the age of 16 until being invited to the Swans academy by Paul Roos played in round 16 and has been in the side since. Aliir Aliir would have been one of the fairy tale stories but not for an injury in the last final.

Teams For The AFL Semi-Finals

SEMI-FINAL TEAMS

HAWTHORN v WESTERN BULLDOGS

Friday September 16, 7:50pm, MCG

HAWKS

B: T.Duryea, J.Frawley, S.Burgoyne

HB: L.Hodge, J.Gibson, G.Birchall

C: I.Smith, S.Mitchell, B.Hill

HF: L.Breust, J.Gunston, C.Rioli

F: P.Puopolo, J.Fitzpatrick, R.Schoenmakers

R: B.McEvoy, J.Lewis, L.Shiels

I/C: B.Stratton, B.Whitecross, J.Sicily, B.Hartung

EMG: W.Langford, D.Howe, M.Spangher

IN: B.Hartung, J.Sicily

OUT: R.Burton (calf), D.Howe

BULLDOGS

B: J.Johannisen, J.Hamling, M.Boyd

HB: M.Suckling, D.Morris, E.Wood

C: L.Hunter, M.Bontempelli, L.Picken

HF: J.Macrae, Z.Cordy, J.Stringer

F: T.Dickson, T.Boyd, C.Daniel

R: J.Roughead, L.Dahlhaus, T.Liberatore

I/C: C.Smith, T.McLean, J.Dunkley, S.Biggs

EMG: T.Campbell, L.Webb, R.Smith

IN: T.McLean

OUT: L.Jong (shoulder)

SYDNEY SWANS v ADELAIDE CROWS

Saturday September 17, 7:25pm, SCG

SWANS

B: N.Smith, H.Grundy, D.Rampe

HB: H.Marsh, A.Aliir, J.McVeigh

C: I.Heeney, J.Kennedy, J.Lloyd

HF: G.Hewett, L.Franklin, L.Parker

F: T.Mitchell, G.Rohan, X.Richards

R: S.Naismith, D.Hannebery, K.Jack, T.Papley

I/C: J.Laidler, B.McGlynn, T.Nankervis, T.Papley

EMG: H.Cunningham, J.Rose, T.Richards

IN: J.Laidler, T.Nankervis

OUT: K.Tippett (jaw), C.Mills (hamstring)

CROWS

B: L.Brown, D.Talia, R.Laird

HB: B.Smith, K.Hartigan, K.Cheney

C: R.Atkins, R.Sloane, D.Mackay

HF: E.Betts, T.Walker, C.Cameron

F: J.Lyons, J.Jenkins, T.Lynch

R: S.Jacobs, M.Crouch, R.Douglas

I/C: B.Crouch, S.Thompson, J.Lever, M.McGovern

EMG: R.Knight, P.Seedsman, A.Otten

No change

Suckling Moves To Bulldogs Good Move Or Not?

Premiership player Matt Suckling has signed a 3 year deal with the Western Bulldogs after rejecting a 2 year contract offer from the Hawks. After playing in a premiership team less than 2 weeks ago leaving the Hawks after 102 games and 2 premierships in 2 years it seems a weird fucking move to me,  looking at Hawthorn's list they should be pushing top 4 again next year and yes the Bullies did make massive strides this year I still find it strange unless the Dogs have significantly increased his salary, either way club loyalty is pretty much a dying trait in this day and age.

Easton Wood Surprise Bulldogs Best And Fairest Winner

Charles Sutton Medal top 101. Easton Wood (268 votes)
2. Robert Murphy (229)
3. Marcus Bontempelli (226)
4. Luke Dahlhaus (223)
5. Matthew Boyd (217)
6. Jason Johannisen (198)
7. Jake Stringer (193)
8. Jackson Macrae (192)
9. Mitch Wallis (189)
10. Liam Picken (182)

2015 Best Team Line Up's Pre-Season - Western Bulldogs

WESTERN BULLDOGS

B: Dale Morris, Jordan Roughead, Liam Picken
HB: Robert Murphy, Michael Talia, Brett Goodes
C: Marcus Bontempelli, Mitch Wallis, Matt Boyd
HF: Jake Stringer, Jack Redpath, Tory Dickson
F:  Stewart Crameri, Tom Boyd,Luke Dahlaus
Foll: Will Minson, Tom Libertaore, Jack Macrae
I/C: Lachie Hunter, Jason Johannisen, Easton Wood, Lin Jong

AFTER ROUND 8

B: Dale Morris, Jordan Roughead, Easton Wood
HB: Robert Murphy, Michael Talia, Brett Goodes
C: Marcus Bontempelli, Mitch Wallis, Matt Boyd
HF: Jake Stringer, Fletcher Roberts, Tory Dickson
F:  Stewart Crameri, Tom Boyd, Luke Dahlaus
Foll: Ayce Cordy, Liam Picken, Matt Boyd
I/C: Lachie Hunter, Jason Johannisen, , Lin Jong