So once again we have some contentious calls in forming the All-Australian team, goal of the year and mark of the year.

All Australian Team for 2011:
B: Scarlett, Glass, Enright
HB: R Murphy, Reid, Davis
C: Thomas, Mitchell, Pendlebury
HF: M Murphy, Cloke, Swan
F: Milne, Franklin, Goodes
R: Cox, Judd, Ablett
INT: Boyd, Dal Santo, Petrie, Kelly

Goal of the Year: Ballantyne (Freo)
Mark of the Year: Krakouer (Coll)

My initial thoughts
- Good to have a "Leigh Brown role" player as all clubs have a ruck that plays a dual role these days. Petrie was the best of a bunch that would include players of the ilk of Paddy Ryder and Leigh Brown himself.
- Old Man Bob Murphy lucky to get a game, though if this was a team for a real game, hed be very handy with his ability to go forward.
- Scotland over Davis every day of the week.
- Scarlett v Gibson a difficult choice but I can understand the selectors choice
- SJ the most unlucky, had a huge year. Maybe ahead of the underrated Kelly
- The side seems to have too many mids.
- Correct choice of captain. Suck on that Robert Walls.

- The best goal of the year probably wasnt in the top 3. Personally thought the Judd and Thomas "reverse bananas" took the most skill, but neither in the top 3.
- I have always rated pack marks as better than individual "speckies". I can understand those who rate Walkers mark better as the leap was amazing and the camera close up absolutely perfect. Foxtels work with the other two left a bit to be desired in comparison. Naitanui over Darling was a bigger leap than Walkers, and took the ball at the highest point of all 3 marks. In the end Krakouer not just took the mark over his head (unlike Walkers chest), he took it in a pack of 5 and possibly most importantly at a crucial stage of the game, inspiring his team to victory. (Regardless if Id voted I probably still would have voted for Walker to prove my "unbias")

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