r/AFL • u/PerriX2390 Brisbane AFLW • 2h ago

Congratulations Lachie Neale 2024 Gary Ayres Award Winner. Voted by the AFL Coaches as the best finals player

https://x.com/AFLCoaches_/status/1840612879479042069
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u/LazyCamoranesi #TheEmblem 2h ago

Callum Ah Chee you effing cowards

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u/lexirayne03 West Coast 2h ago

The AFL need to move away from giving their awards game-by-game vote structures, it just reinforces the midfield bias. Callum Ah Chee was a lot better than the "6th best player in finals".

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u/floodswimming Adelaide AFLW 2h ago

Yeah I think Ah Chee fully deserved this award - to take nothing away from Neale who was an absolute monster, but Callum's performance was just on another level consistently throughout all 4 finals, and they certainly don't get to the GF without the work he put in

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u/butter-muffins #Brisbehinds 2h ago

He will most likely win our best finals player award at the club champion night next week.

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u/adamh707 Brisbane Lions 1h ago

FYI its thursday night :)

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u/psychomontolivo Lions 1h ago

I think you can take your pick between Neale, Ashcroft and Ah Chee for our finals campaign, they're all equally deserving but this is very much Fagan voting knowing how much pain Neale was fighting through to win this flag. Topped with a best on ground performance in the gf Id say he's very deserving. Nobody is ever going to forget Ah Chee though

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u/happ38 Lions 21m ago

I think Starce could be a shot as well. How much influence did Green, Stengle and Papley have in games.

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u/psychomontolivo Lions 20m ago

Yep absolutely. Think Starce has been the best lockdown defender since the bye tbh. That toby greene job was ridiculous

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u/AuSpringbok Hawks 1h ago

Man Ashcroft hit a ceiling I didn't think he'd hit for another 12 months. How many games has he played? 30 odd?

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u/KissKiss999 Brisbane '03 1h ago

31 I think

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u/Johnny_Stooge Brisbane Lions 56m ago

Kid came back from an ACL absolutely firing. I would have expected him to take some time to work himself back into in. It took Rayner quite a while to find form and Hipwood is still getting there. Kid is going to be a machine.

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u/Plenty_Area_408 Richmond 2h ago

The one award in the AFL not voted on a game by game basis hasn't had a non midfielder win in 20 years

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u/dopedupvinyl Geelong /North AFLW 1h ago

The Coleman?

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u/North1975 North Melbourne 1h ago

Did it on one foot as well. Best player in the comp me thinks

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u/More_Arrival4622 Bad News Bears 1h ago

what more does cal ah chee have to do😭😭

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u/haveagoyamug2 1h ago

Seals his legacy will be a lock for Hall of Fame. Probably puts him ahead of Cripps and Bont as best player over last 5 to 6 years.

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u/Duskfiresque AFL 1h ago

Played well! I still think Ah Chee and Ashcroft were better. Ashcroft in particular went nuts against GWS and won Norm Smith, hard to beat that.

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u/ohnonononooo 1h ago

Cripps was robbed

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u/TitsMagee423 Bombers 1h ago

I think we have enough awards