A third of the way through the season, and this years brownlow medal is fast becoming a three man race.  With the Pies, Dockers and Cats now at the top of the table, so too are their main midfielders in Swan, Barlow and Ablett.  Whilst Barlow had a relatively quieter week, Swan picked up his second BOG on the trott, whilst Abletts performance is at this stage the guaranteed three of the year.

For Swan to be on 9 votes after seven rounds, considering he only picked up 12 for the entire 2009 season, may seem a little far fetched - but that should correct itself this year.  He polled in 7 games for his 12 votes, so he was being noticed, but just not picking up the three.  He did manage to poll 20 votes back in 2007, so Im tipping hell be back up again this year.

And what about Ablett?  Whilst its easy to read too much into statistics - consider this stat: In the period from 2007-2009, GAJ collected 30+ possessions and kicked multiple goals on 13 occassions, for a total of 33 votes, including 10 best on grounds.

Hes already done that 5 times this year...

All votes over the page:

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Demons v Bulldogs
3. T. Scully (3)
2. D. Giansiracusa (5)
1. B. Hudson (1)
....C. Bruce, J. Trengove, S. Higgins

Bombers v Power
3. D. Pearce (3)
2. K. Cornes (7)
1. D. Brogan (1)
....J. Watson, T. Boak, D. Cassisi

Eagles v Hawks
3. J. Kennedy (3)
2. N. Naitanui (4)
1. J. Roughead (1)
....D. Cox, L. Hodge, J. Lewis

Magpies v Kangaroos
3. D. Swan (9)
2. H. Shaw (4)
1. S. Sidebottom (3)
....A. Didak, L. Ball, D. Thomas

Lions v Dockers
3. S. Hill (3)
2. S. Black (2)
1. D. Mundy (2)
....M. Pavlich, M. Rischitelli, P. Hasleby

Cats v Swans
3. G. Ablett (12)
2. P. Chapman (5)
1. J. Podsiadly (1)
....J. Selwood, J. Kelly, N. Malceski

Crows v Tigers
3. S. Goodwin (3)
2. G. Johncock (2)
1. N. Van Berlo (1)
....A. McLeod, S. Thompson, B. Deledio

Saints v Blues
3. A. Carrazzo (6)
2. J. Russell (2)
1. J. Garlett (1)
....L. Hayes, C. Judd, E. Betts

[span style="text-decoration: underline">Leaderboard
12 - G. Ablett (GEEL)
11 - M. Barlow (FREM)
9 - D. Swan (COLL)
7 - L. Hodge (HAW), K. Cornes (PORT)
6 - S. Pendlebury (COLL), J. Brown (BRIS), A. Sandilands (FREM), C. Judd (CARL), J. Brennan (BRIS), A. Carrazzo (CARL), N. Riewoldt (STK)