The Back Pocket is here to put things right. The kind umpires can pretend are midfielders in order to give them votes.įar too long have defenders not received the attention they deserve. Three years later, Gavin Wanganeen finally did defenders proud, winning it with those 18 votes that would have got Silvagni there, but to put that in perspective, in 20 he would have needed double the votes he did in 1993.Īnd Gavin Wanganeen was a small defender. Silvagni got agonisingly close to winning in 1990, his tally of 16 just two votes short of the winner, but there are no prizes for third place. Matthew Scarlett's career tally of wouldn't have made him a clear winner in six of the last seven Brownlow medal counts. There are of course, the All Australian selections, and premierships.īut between them there are just three Best and Fairest awards, 0 Norm Smith Medals and 0 Brownlows. If youre as sick as we are of defenders going unheralded, love a good spoil or. You would think then, that they would have individual accolades galore. The Back Pocket is a brand new podcast coming live to your ears in 2022. Matthew Scarlett and Steven Silvagni are widely regarded to be two of the greatest defenders - and footballers - of all time.
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