LIVE: Great predicts dramatic end to Brownlow count

Patrick Cripps shrugged disconnected concerns that helium might've been past his champion shot with a stunning commencement to the season.

The Carlton skipper tallied implicit 30 disposals successful six of his archetypal 7 matches, with the lone outlier successful circular 4 erstwhile helium was subbed retired astatine quarter-time against the Suns.

"Cripps could person 18 votes aft 8 rounds, I mean his archetypal 10 weeks were outstanding," Nathan Brown told Nine's AFL Sunday Football Show.

"His archetypal 2 rounds are definite threes, 3rd crippled helium has 31 (disposals) and kicks 1 (goal). [Teammate] Sam Docherty has 33 but the umpires were good alert of however good Cripps is going astatine this point. So aft 3 rounds, helium could person 9 votes.

The 27-year-old is apt to beryllium close up adjacent the apical of the leaderboard done the archetypal fractional of the season, earlier sliding retired of contention owed to a unsmooth spot successful the mediate of the year.

While Carlton's finals hopes floundered successful the last month, Cripps came location with a bedewed sail and could beryllium a accelerated finisher if he's capable to enactment successful interaction with the leaders.

"With Cripps, it volition beryllium whether helium tin rod immoderate votes late," Matthew Lloyd added.

However, this could acceptable up a arguable decorativeness aft Cripps overturned a two-match prohibition done the appeals board.

"He was beauteous bully successful those past 2 games, wherever they lost, but helium was inactive precise bully and that would beryllium arguable fixed helium was lone cleared by the appeals tribunal," Damian Barrett said.

Former Richmond and Western Bulldogs subordinate Nathan Brown has shared his Brownlow Medal predictions up of tonight's count, hinting astatine a imaginable two-way necktie that goes down to the wire.

"There's a batch of players that could triumph it, I reckon there's astatine slightest 4 but chiefly two," helium told Nine's AFL Sunday Football Show.

In revealing his Brownlow tracker for this season, Brown had Melbourne's Clayton Oliver taking location "Charlie" with 27 votes - 1 up of 2020 victor and Brisbane midfielder, Lachie Neale.

"I've got Clayton Oliver winning by a vote, but arsenic you know, that could spell either mode [with] Lachie Neale a ballot behind," helium said.

"But it could beryllium a two-way necktie betwixt Oliver and Neale which I wouldn't beryllium amazed at.

"Oliver mightiness get the 3 votes successful the past crippled of the play [where Melbourne met Brisbane] truthful it mightiness travel down to that past game."

Brown past had Carlton's Patrick Cripps successful 3rd aft a "slower" 2nd fractional of the twelvemonth but conceded Fremantle youngster Andrew Brayshaw had the imaginable to astonishment the favourites.

"I deliberation I've been harsh connected Brayshaw, similar a batch of ones, a batch of twos. He could get a batch of threes and could stroke them each away," helium said.

"He's the 1 I'm disquieted about."

Melbourne's Christian Petracca and Gold Coast skipper Touk Miller were besides positioned successful Brown's apical six.

"Miller I thought had a amended twelvemonth past year, but having a bully twelvemonth past twelvemonth didn't get the votes, [so] bash the umpires past announcement him much this year?".

Port Adelaide's Connor Rozee finished beardown successful the last 8 rounds to spot sixth, with Geelong's Jeremy Cameron, Sydney's Callum Mills, Richmond's Shai Bolton, and Swans' duo Chad Warner and Luke Parker rounding retired the apical 10.

The two-time All Australian said helium saw the number unfolding successful a precise clear-cut manner, but noted 1 script that could crook the person committee connected its head.

"I've got 3 Sydney players successful the apical 12 truthful if 1 of them poles higher - similar a Callum Mills votes much than Parker," helium said.

"I've dispersed it evenly crossed the Sydney Swans but if 1 of them attracts much votes past you think, past they could beryllium close up determination arsenic well."