Where will Jack Gunston play for in 2012?

Jack Gunston who played with the Adelaide crows this year wants to play for a victorian club. There are rumours going around that he's stated where he wants to go but I actually haven't seen any articles or anything about it.
So I am going to ask this question: Where do you think he will play for in 2012?
Give us your thoughts.
All I know is that North melbourne, Hawthorn and Essendon are after him. Do you think he will line up for either of those clubs or somewhere else?

All about the umpires

Hey don't get me wrong here but we definately need umpires to umpire all games of footy. I say this because it takes a lot of guts to go and umpire a game of footy.
With that out of the way, the umpires for the Grand Final have been chosen. I know many people will be happy because their favourite umpire Ray Chamberlain isn't one of them.
Congratulations go out to Chris Donlon (making his grand final debut), Shaun Ryan and Brett Rosebury, with Matt Stevic as emergency.
I am not going to say this again but for those of you who don't umpire and don't know the rules and want to help out in a way consider joining your local umpiring association to learn the rules and to learn how to umpire. You will find that it takes a lot of practice before you get the rewards that you want.

Congratulations to Andrew Swallow

Andrew Swallow is my favourite player from North Melbourne and I am so proud of him as he plays some awesome footy and does some freakish things out there on the footy field. I think some of the AFL umpires feel the same way.
Andrew Swallow racked up 16 votes in the 2011 Brownlow Medal which was held on Monday night. That's the highest amount of votes for North Melbourne.

Top vote-winners

16. Andrew Swallow
11. Drew Petrie
8. Brent Harvey
6. Brady Rawlings, Todd Goldstein
5. Daniel Wells
4. Jack Ziebell, Leigh Adams
2. Ryan Bastinac
1. Aaron Edwards, Scott Thompson, Levi Greenwood, Matt Campbell

Round 24
3. Brent Harvey (North)
2. Robin Nahas (Richmond)
1. Dustin Martin (Richmond)

Round 23

3. Nick Riewoldt (St Kilda)
2. Nick Dal Santo (St Kilda)
1. Brendan Goddard (St Kilda)

Round 22
3. Andrew Swallow (North)
2. Leigh Adams (North)
1. Todd Goldstein (North)

Round 21
Bye

Round 20
3. Sam Mitchell (Hawthorn)
2. Luke Hodge (Hawthorn)
1. Matt Campbell (North)

Round 19
3. Bryce Gibbs (Carlton)
2. Andrew Swallow (North)
1. Chris Judd (Carlton)

Round 18
3. Drew Petrie (North)
2. Ryan Bastinac (North)
1. Simon Black (Brisbane)

Round 17
3. Jack Ziebell (North)
2. Daniel Wells (North)
1. Drew Petrie (North)

Round 16
3. Dane Swan (Collingwood)
2. Leon Davis (Collingwood)
1. Steele Sidebottom (Collingwood)

Round 15
3. Nick Dal Santo (St Kilda)
2. Brady Rawlings (North)
1. Jack Steven (St Kilda)

Round 14
3. Drew Petrie (North)
2. Todd Goldstein (North)
1. Levi Greenwood (North)

Round 13
3. Brady Rawlings (North)
2. Brent Harvey (North)
1. Jobe Watson (Essendon)

Round 12
3. Daniel Wells (North)
2. Gary Ablett (Gold Coast)
1. Drew Petrie (North)

Round 11
3. Andrew Swallow (North)
2. Drew Petrie (North)
1. Jack Ziebell (North)

Round 10
3. Tadhg Kennelly (Sydney)
2. Andrew Swallow (North)
1. Scott Thompson (North)

Round 9

3. Jonathan Brown (Brisbane)
2. Andrew Swallow (North)
1. Simon Black (Brisbane)

Round 83. Todd Goldstein (North)
2. Andrew Swallow (North)
1. Aaron Edwards (North)

Round 7
3. Joel Selwood (Geelong)
2. Matthew Stokes (Geelong)
1. James Kelly (Geelong)

Round 6

3. Brent Harvey (North)
2. Andrew Swallow (North)
1. Brady Rawlings (North)

Round 5

3. Dustin Martin (Richmond)
2. Trent Cotchin (Richmond)
1. Drew Petrie (North)

Round 4

3. Hayden Ballantyne (Frem)
2. Aaron Sandilands (Frem)
1. Matthew Pavlich (Frem)

Round 3 Bye

Round 2

3. Dane Swan (Coll)
2. Scott Pendlebury (Coll)
1. Harry O'Brien (Coll)

Round 1:
3. Dean Cox (WCE)
2. Leigh Adams (North)
1. Luke Shuey (WCE)

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Thanks to North Melbourne Footy Club for allowing me to publish their votes on my blog.
I think North Melbourne have got an awesome footballer who can win a brownlow medal in the next few years.

The Banter

Gotta love all the banter that's been flying around the place this week. Every Collingwood supporter bagging the shit out of Geelong and Geelong supporters bagging the shit out of the pies fans.
It's very funny to see.

@CatsInsider Geelong Cats

“@cameronbest: There goes Jesse Hogan's chances of joining the MRP. @catsinsider #catseatbirds” haha

Saw some others around as well. A few people are going to cop it especially over the weekend.
Who am I tipping?
I will be tipping Geelong to bring home the flag. I have a huge dislike for Collingwood. I think they suck.

I have got a joke for you.

What has the IQ of 180? 180 pies fans with the IQ of 1

The Brownlow Medal

Who do you think will win the Brownlow Medal?
The count is on tomorrow night. I personally reckon it will be a 3 way tie between Chris Judd, Adam Goodes and my smokey Andrew Swallow.
Sure many of you are going to say that Andrew Swallow won't get up there but mind you none of you have personally watched a lot of North Melbourne games. I have watched all of the matches. I watch all games of footy so I know what I am talking about.
Many of you who want to write off some up and coming stars might make you get egg all over your face.
I would love to know who your thoughts are on who will win it and why.

VFL Grand Final Williamstown vs Port Melbourne

I am going to be watching the VFL grand final on ABC 1 at 2:10pm today.
I have tipped Williamstown to totally own Port Melbourne who are unbeaten. I reckon Port Melbourne's cocky winning streak will come to an end in today's grand final.
I am going to enjoy watching the game and helping North Melbourne finding some potential new talent for our team.
There will be some awesome stars playing in this grand final. So we will be looking.

Grand Final Week

Gotta love this time of year!
I love Grand Final Week as it starts off with the Brownlow Medal on the Monday Night.
Then you have everything leading up to the Grand Final Day celebrations.
This year the Grand Final is between Collingwood and Geelong. I am personally hoping that Geelong win as it would suit their coach who is one awesome dude.
Just gotta hope that it's not such a one-sided game. I reckon Geelong will win it. But those of you out there who do you think will win it?

Who will North Melbourne recruit?

Now that the footy season has come to an end for most AFL clubs, I would like to know your thoughts on who North Melbourne will recruit in the draft this year?
The trade period starts directly after the Grand Final. (on the Monday) Then it goes for a week.
So who do you guys want in the team?
North Melbourne may have a look at what I am posting up on here. I would love to see your thoughts.
North Melbourne should recruit? and why?
Let me know.
I know we need a tall defender along with a couple of other awesome midfielders.
If North Melbourne look to recruit Travis Tuck from Werribee, would that make you guys happy?

The Preliminary Finals

Ok this is the big one.
4 teams left in the finals. Only 2 of them can make the Grand Final.
My tip for the Grand Final is Collingwood vs Geelong with the Cats coming out and thrashing the pants off the pies.
Many people don't like Collingwood and I am one of those people. But if they are playing in finals good on them yeah I will tip them.

What are your tips on the two games.

My views on the 2011 AFL Finals Series

I really think that this year's finals series is going to be a real ripping one.
We saw the first 4 finals for week 1 and all of the sides that were strong enough made it through to the next week. All except for ST Kilda and Essendon. There are now 6 teams left in the finals series.
Geelong and Collingwood have got the weekend off but both will play the winners of the Hawthorn vs Sydney semi and the West Coast vs Carlton Semi, in the preliminary finals.

We could find ourselves a ripper of a grand final.