2008 Brownlow Medalist: Adam Cooney

[LostDoggy]

Well done on a fantastic season Adam, a truly deserved winner!!

Very proud moment for Adam and the club

[Raw Toast]

Well done on a fantastic season Adam, a truly deserved winner!!

Very proud moment for Adam and the club

Indeed - still got a fair bit of improvement left in him as well.

(I'm also pretty gruntled about the $1 each way I put on him at 101 before the season started.)

[strebla]

Amazing aquivement well done Coons

[LostDoggy]

COOOOOOOOOOOOOOONS!
Well done Cooney, and excellent speech might i add!

[LostDoggy]

Fantastic result! I am still shaking! Well done Adam! :)

[bornadog]

Great stuff Cooney. I thought he wouldn't get any votes towards the end of the season, but he pinched a couple against Brisbane, which surprised me.

Well Done, what a star.

[Mofra]

Should shut a few up, well done puck!

[The Bulldogs Bite]

Absolutely fantastic - very happy for him.

[Rocket Science]

Upon annointing the winner, anyone else notice Quartermain state Cooney was the first Bulldog Brownlow winner since Scott Wynd in 1993?...Pffft.

Onya Coondawg.

Perhaps a little fortunate I would have thought but not undeserving in the slightest...Enjoyed a career year.

The Brownlow factory's open for business again!

[The Coon Dog]

Upon annointing the winner, anyone else notice Quartermain state Cooney was the first Bulldog Brownlow winner since Scott Wynd in 1993?...Pffft.

Onya Coondawg.

Perhaps a little fortunate I would have thought but not undeserving in the slightest...Enjoyed a career year.

The Brownlow factory's open for business again!

That was actually Mike Fitzpatrick, not Quaterbrain.

[Rocket Science]

Ahh yes, thanks for the heads-up.

A slick showing this eve from AFL head office all round, eh?

[wimberga]

Who else collects? im off for my $505 tomorrow morning. Great work coondog

[LostDoggy]

Congratulations Cooney - glad to win something over Geelong;) At 22 I think there is another Brownlow in you as well as a flag. Go Dogs!

[LostDoggy]

What an great night for Adam, and what an awesome year hes had.

I still cant stop jumping up and down screaming, i must look like a looney hahahaha.

Im so excited for him, he deserves it.

[The Coon Dog]

In all the excitement, here's how it finished:

24: Adam Cooney (Western Bulldogs)
23: Simon Black (Brisbane Lions)
22: Gary Ablett (Geelong), Matthew Richardson (Richmond)
21: *Adam Goodes (Sydney)
20: *Lance Franklin (Hawthorn)
19: Joel Selwood (Geelong)
17: Brent Harvey (North Melbourne), Matthew Pavlich (Fremantle)
16: Chris Judd (Carlton), Brad Sewell (Hawthorn)

[hujsh]

Amazing how well Selwood did and how often Bartell was snubbed.

[The Bulldogs Bite]

Amazing how well Selwood did and how often Bartell was snubbed.

Yep - I was surprised about the above also.

Oh, and Goodes must know an umpire or ten ;)

[Scorlibo]

I collect $5 040 Wimberga ;)

I'm thinking Selwood (polled amazingly well this year and should continue to improve) or Griff for next year.

[Scorlibo]

Oh, and Goodes must know an umpire or ten ;)

Goodes is an absolute umpires pet. Had him finishing on 15 in my count and thats taking into acount his pet-iness. Crazy.

[The Coon Dog]

http://www.news.com.au/common/imagedata/0,,6263988,00.jpg

Our vote getters:

Western Bulldogs

Adam Cooney 24

Daniel Cross 12

Matthew Boyd 12

Ryan Griffen 10

Jason Akermanis 5

Robert Murphy 4

Daniel Giansiracusa 3

Scott West 3

Mitch Hahn 3

Lindsay Gilbee 2

Brian Lake 2

Nathan Eagleton 2

Dale Morris 1

TOTAL 83

[G-Mo77]

Awesome news. I went out to check the polling on my 5 minute break at 11 and saw Coon there making a speech. I couldn't believe it!!!

[Scraggers]

Who else collects? im off for my $505 tomorrow morning. Great work coondog

$50 on Cooney last night at 17 ½ to 1

Mmmm ... what's that ? About $870 odd ... roughly ??

Grouse if you ask me !!!

[cinder]

ROFL. Well done to all who bet.
So happy - we desperately needed SOME form of success. Congrats Cooney!

[aker39]

Well done Coons. I thought at about Rnd 15 he was going to come up 1 BOG short, but I am very happy that he managed to get up.

I'll be over to the TAB at lunch time to pick up my $1,010. I placed the bet on 18th December.

[The Pie Man]

Congratulations Adam - I feel asleep before it was all over assuming Hahn would get BOG in Round 21 - the vagaries of the Brownlow huh?

This could be a massive positive for the club - really looking forward to 09

[The Underdog]

I sat bolt upright in bed, waking my partner up, after the rd 21 results almost in disbelief that he was ahead. Then could barely keep it together waiting for Ablett to get 3 and beat him out.
Despite the Brownlow being almost a lottery and in my opinion Ablett being the standout of the year, I couldn't be prouder of the Coon Dog. His first 2/3 of the year were exceptional and his performance in the game against Brisbane at the MCG is probably my favourite of the year. Well done Adam.
Now for a Norm Smith in 09;)

[LostDoggy]

Adam Cooney you superstar...

Just imagine how more heavily tagged he will be next year ;)

I picked up a handy $300 for a $20 bet back in April so im happy with that..

But to be the best player ahead of Richo, Harvey, Bartel, Ablett...Absolutely awesome.

I'll say it again..

Adam Cooney You Superstar.

And the best is yet to come :)

[bulldogtragic]

One of the better Brownlow speeches too.

Great for advertising the club, and Coons will have a massive personal sponsorship with Burger Rings now too :)

[DOG GOD]

Well done COOOOOON!!! Fantastic effort for you and the club, and what a speech. A definate character of the AFL for sure.

I was on the edge of my seat during that last round, and when u could see them leaving the richmond votes til the end i was thinking OH NO!!!!! but Coon brought home the charlie...fantastic stuff.

Well done.

[bornadog]

In some ways Cooney is lucky West had a knee problem as he would have most likely taken votes away.

[LostDoggy]

Well done to Cooney, he had an unbelievable year. Can you imagine if Black had won it? He didn't get AA, and yet finished 2nd in the Brownlow. It doesn't make sense (should have been AA is what I'm saying).

Also congratulations to Dale Morris for getting his first vote, I thought that was going to be the highlight of the night, but I think Cooney scraped in with that title.

[bulldogtragic]

In some ways Cooney is lucky West had a knee problem as he would have most likely taken votes away.
Fantastic point. I hadn't thought about that. You are dead on the money.

[LostDoggy]

Talk about a heart stopper bloody hell.

I thought Black had it done and dusted by about round 15. Then Richo started comming into the frame so i jump ship to him, and then by about round 20 i thought to myself, shit Cooney is a shot here.

But when they had the Doggies game votes up first me and my old man though shit. They normally leave the cliff hangers to last. Then when the Cats game came up, i though Ablett was going to pip him, and didnt.

Its absolutely fantastic for him and the club.

[Go_Dogs]

Fantastic news, I'm so happy for Adam. Hopefully this will give him the confidence to take the side to a higher level next year. Bloody ripper!

I think Griffen will see a bit of money from me next year.

[StaRRy#9]

Who else collects? im off for my $505 tomorrow morning. Great work coondog

I collected! put $10 on him at the start of the year, was laughed at by family and friends! oh how sweet it is! $1010 in the kitty!

Well done Cooooney what a star!

PS. i've been reading here for a few weeks now thought i would sign up!

Edit: reading through the rest of the posts looks like quite a few collected here haha good work

[The Coon Dog]

I collected! put $10 on him at the start of the year, was laughed at by family and friends! oh how sweet it is! $1010 in the kitty!

Well done Cooooney what a star!

PS. i've been reading here for a few weeks now thought i would sign up!

Congrats on the collect S9 & welcome to WOOF.

[bornadog]

I collected! put $10 on him at the start of the year, was laughed at by family and friends! oh how sweet it is! $1010 in the kitty!

Well done Cooooney what a star!

PS. i've been reading here for a few weeks now thought i would sign up!

Edit: reading through the rest of the posts looks like quite a few collected here haha good work

Welcome aboard, and great collect. Did they tell you when you signed up the entry fee is $1010:D - just kidding

[Rach]

I almost couldn't believe it when I had a look on the AFL website while at school today! Well done Coons!! :cool:

[LostDoggy]

That was actually Mike Fitzpatrick, not Quaterbrain.

Not that it excuses Quarterbrain from his ridiculous question to Cooney in regard to his partner's child. Thankfully it was well handled by Cooney.

Fitzpatrick forgot about the toast as well. Demetriou didn't know round 1 from round 2. These incompetent fools run the competition :eek:

[Rocket Science]

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Lovely pic of the boys celebrating...Farren looks in particularly good nick.

[Go_Dogs]

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Lovely pic of the boys celebrating...Farren looks in particularly good nick.


Nice photo, would have been a fun night. That red shirt though, terrible.

[Happy Days]

Nice photo, would have been a fun night. That red shirt though, terrible.

I too thought the V-neck was a little last season.

[comrade]

Loving the irony of Coon having the two biggest scapegoats either side of him.

[hujsh]

Not that it excuses Quarterbrain from his ridiculous question to Cooney in regard to his partner's child. Thankfully it was well handled by Cooney.

Fitzpatrick forgot about the toast as well. Demetriou didn't know round 1 from round 2. These incompetent fools run the competition :eek:

The drinks woman forgot to get cooney a drink untill people started giggling aswell.

Who are some of the guys in the picture

I've got Aka - Eagle Cooney Ray Higgins - .

[Rocket Science]

Guy O'Keefe if not mistaken...and Bouwmann in the red number.

[LostDoggy]

In between Aker and Eags is Easton Wood and yea the red shirt is Jarrad Boumann.

[LostDoggy]

Congratulations Adam - I feel asleep before it was all over assuming Hahn would get BOG in Round 21 - the vagaries of the Brownlow huh?

I was almost asleep as well, i didnt want to hear Ablett or Richo or Black speak up on stage, even tho there all great players, but it all got to me, and i jumped up and screamed and jumped some more, then realised they hadnt done the Richmond game, then when it was all over and they called out Joel Bowdens name i screamed like ive never screamed before,and kept jumping up and down, i would have looked like a looney, luckily i was home alone so noone saw it.

I was jsut so happy for Adam, still am very excited, didnt get much sleep last night, but hey it was worth it.

I LOVE YOU ADAM COONEY.

[The Pie Man]

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Lovely pic of the boys celebrating...Farren looks in particularly good nick.

Doesn't he?

Boumann looks a big lad, me like (if he can actually develop that is)

[bulldog]

Well done Coons you bloody star Im backing Griff for next year

[The Coon Dog]

but it all got to me, and i jumped up and screamed and jumped some more, then realised they hadnt done the Richmond game, then when it was all over and they called out Joel Bowdens name i screamed like ive never screamed before,and kept jumping up and down, i would have looked like a looney, luckily i was home alone so noone saw it.

I love that type of excitement, I felt the same way myself.

[The Pie Man]

Spew I missed it live - I said to myself out loud as soon as Berretts said 'Adam Cooney..' this morning 'you're f..... kidding me'

[wb_age]

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Lovely pic of the boys celebrating...Farren looks in particularly good nick.
Where's the picture?

[GVGjr]

Where's the picture?

It was in that post by RS that you quoted. Might be an issue with Imageshack

[comrade]

I was watching the count in bed with the missus and when he got the votes against the Bombres, I jumped up like a loon and broke a slat under our bed. The things you do as a Doggies fan...

[Scorlibo]

Does anybody know of a site where I could download the torrent for yesterday night's Brownlow?

Thanks

[westdog54]

It was in that post by RS that you quoted. Might be an issue with Imageshack

All I'm getting is Red Xs also.

[LostDoggy]

I love that type of excitement, I felt the same way myself.

Haha im a weirdo, if i see it on the news now i still want to jump uip and down and scream hahaha.

My voice was just getting better after Friday nights game as well, and because i screamed so much on Monday night it went away again, but slowly coming back.

Its just a really exciting time to be a bulldogs fan.

[westdog54]

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Lovely pic of the boys celebrating...Farren looks in particularly good nick.

Ooooh, Mad Monday can be a horrifying thing at times:D

[Happy Days]

Anyone got the pic of Shiggy in the Sun today?

Was a ripper.

[LostDoggy]

Anyone got the pic of Shiggy in the Sun today?

Was a ripper.

Yep, absolute classic!
Pants around the ankles and all! Also read that Aker was in a man-kini and Faz dressed as Superman.... niiice!

[hujsh]

Just ran out of a pub without paying the crazy bastards.

[bulldog]

just wanna say i meet coons at the mcg and had a quick chat with him what a guy great to chat 2

[LostDoggy]

I'm sure we were all as shocked as he was. Congratulations Coons. :)

[Twodogs]

Talk about a heart stopper bloody hell.

I thought Black had it done and dusted by about round 15. Then Richo started comming into the frame so i jump ship to him, and then by about round 20 i thought to myself, shit Cooney is a shot here.

But when they had the Doggies game votes up first me and my old man though shit. They normally leave the cliff hangers to last. Then when the Cats game came up, i though Ablett was going to pip him, and didnt.

Its absolutely fantastic for him and the club.



Is it just me or is Borgy starting to sound like Sally McLellan after the 200 metres hurdles at Beijing?

[Scorlibo]

Is it just me or is Borgy starting to sound like Sally McLellan after the 200 metres hurdles at Beijing?

:p ha ha ha

[bornadog]

Does anybody know of a site where I could download the torrent for yesterday night's Brownlow?

Thanks

http://fr333dom.com/index.php?page=torrent-details&id=1e7d9f6d54ce3d567f044c59543360bf7843cb2b

[Scorlibo]

http://fr333dom.com/index.php?page=torrent-details&id=1e7d9f6d54ce3d567f044c59543360bf7843cb2b

Thanks Bornadog, us Canberrans didn't get coverage of the Brownlow :(