Club captains have left no doubt as to who they consider the 2017 AFL Premiership favourite…
Greater Western Sydney.
On Thursday the AFL released the results of its annual captains’ survey, in which captains were asked which other club (apart from their own) would reach the GF in 2017:
GWS – 14 votes
Adelaide – 1 vote
Sydney – 1 vote
West Coast – 1 vote
Western Bulldogs – 1 vote
Asked which other clubs would make the eight, Sydney was the only unanimous pick, closely followed by GWS and West Coast:
Sydney – 17 votes
GWS – 16 votes
West Coast -16 votes
Adelaide – 15 votes
Western Bulldogs – 15 votes
Geelong – 14 votes
Hawthorn – 14 votes
St Kilda – 11 votes
Melbourne – 6 votes
Essendon – 1 vote
Fremantle – 1 vote
On the Brownlow Medal, Patrick Dangerfield was voted favourite to win (with five votes) ahead of Marcus Bontempelli, Dan Hannebery and Dustin Martin who each scored two votes.
