"They're disgusting votes!" | First Thoughts - The Fireball Norm Smith (28.09.26)
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Why did Fireball decide to create their own Norm Smith Medal panel?
Kane and
Kingy. Fire on! Alright, you listen to Fireball, Chris Fagan, Tim Gossage, Tom Morris still to come on the programme, as well as the agenda, but a bit of controversy over the Norm Smith medal on grand final day. So what we thought we would do was put our own panel together. Uh, Kingy, the triple agent, JK, the Quokker, and myself, the five of us submitted out three, two, and one, and the official Norm Smith. With Metal, we're ready to announce.
And the winner of the Norm Smith Medal is Will Ashcroft.
So let's go through the votes.
Uh can I read out who the person that did the votes, you read out the actual votes? Sure. So as part of the uh S C N digital team and uh as a major contributor from Rotnest Island. I Isaac Quaker Sharp voted.
Will Ashcroft three. Josh Dunkley two. Caleb Sarong one.
What were the individual vote tallies from the Fireball panel?
Jordan J. K. Cornelis, who does S C N N F L but certainly not the Super Bowl, voted.
No love for Will Ashcroft here for JK. Josh Dunkley, Caleb Sarong, Harris Andrews. Controversial from JK. Very controversial. They're disgusting votes to be honest.
No wonder we don't thank him. I mean seriously. Uh Sam Watson who represents This Is Your Journey, S. E. N. Gippsland, locked in, Andy engage on a Wednesday, fireball, and the opening of an envelope, he will be there. Any sort of awards night, he will be there.
How did the panel’s votes compare to the official Norm Smith Medal results?
What did he vote?
The triple agent nickname is generous. Will Ashcroft three, Hayden Young two, Josh Dunkley one. Now David Kingy King, the best analyst in football, of course, from Fireball, Fox Footy and the Herald Sun, the runner-up in the Alf Brown Award, the Lou Richards medalist voted. Will Ashcroft three, Hayden Young two, and Luke Jackson one.
Kane the volcano, I am the captain. This is my show Fireball. And channel seven, who are these flogs sitting next to me, Chairman? Voted. I voted. One Jackson. Two, Charlie Cameron, I like that. And three, Will Ashcroft. So you and I both had Will at the top.
We did.
Why did some panel members label certain votes as ‘disgusting’?
So that breakdown breakdown means that Will Ashcroft wins the Norm Smith Medal thanks to Fireball on twelve votes. He voted four threes. No love from JK. Josh Dunkley was second in the Norm Smith with six votes. Sadan Young, Caleb Sarong, Charlie Cameron, Luke Jackson, and Harris Andrews, the official Fireball Norm Smith medal, which makes Will Ashcroft a three time.
And it uh doesn't have one vote for the actual Norm Smith Medallist. No. Not one vote. No. So we found the only five people in the venue that thought Bolton had a fence. Of of a hundred thousand and twenty three people, we found the five that thought Bolton was best on ground.
Well we did do it in hindsight, which is much easier, but uh Well not really.
If you what yeah
In hindsight's easier. Well the cost then in i in the moment is I I still believe in that moment it is difficult, but um yeah, there was a it was a mare.
Which players received the most support from the Fireball analysts?
Um we'll get to our uh winners and losers. It is a bit uh hard. We d uh we don't know how many beers no I'm not saying anyone did, but if you had had a half a beer or something. Yeah. Uh these these are our first thoughts for Signet Life's never flat when you power every moment with a signet power bank. So Hutchie was genuinely flat with us, was he?
Yeah, he couldn't believe it you were you were DJ you were going head basically going head to head with his DJing in the in the S C N Marquee whilst you're at sports pet.
I didn't even get an invite into the S CN Marquee.
I didn't think so. I got one either. It's a sign. I definitely didn't. It's on the outer. Exactly. Gee, we've got to.
What challenges did the hosts face when voting in the moment?
How does Mick Martin get an invite? No, I don't get an invite. No, I got no idea. Make I'll work for the joint.
What are you doing here? Can you all ride a ride a knife for the joint? I still couldn't get one. Uh all right, the uh news break is uh thanks to Macca's new cheesy range. I had a bit of time on my hands yesterday, Kingy. Love it. So I put together my ten winners and losers from grand final. We'll work our way through that on the other side of this. Can you hear me call it? You touch me, I want you that I go with me on you.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
Why did Fireball decide to create their own Norm Smith Medal panel?
0:00–1:01
2
What were the individual vote tallies from the Fireball panel?
1:01–1:42
3
How did the panel’s votes compare to the official Norm Smith Medal results?
1:42–2:27
4
Why did some panel members label certain votes as ‘disgusting’?
2:27–3:25
5
Which players received the most support from the Fireball analysts?
3:25–4:07
6
What challenges did the hosts face when voting in the moment?
4:07–4:54
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