IT seems fair to say that many didn’t think it was ‘Amazing’.

In the middle of what could fairly be called a slow Brownlow Medal night, it was decided that a musical guest was required.

Alex Lloyd, who you probably last thought of back in 2001 when ‘Amazing’ was released, played an acoustic version of his hit — at about half the tempo — to celebrate the 2016 class of retirees.

But some unfair types on social media suggested that it wasn’t their favourite performance of highest.

Maybe it wasn’t quite Meat Loaf — but then, who is?

A DANGER-OUS PHOTOBOMB

EVEN before he won the Brownlow Medal, Patrick Dangerfield may have already won the night.

The Geelong midfielder was the red-hot favourite to take out his first Brownlow on footy’s night of nights and walked the red carpet with partner Mardi.

But before the pair stepped out Patrick was being a little bit cheeky as Mardi got ready.

She revealed he had given us quite the photobomb — or maybe it was a videobomb — on Instagram before the count.

JAEGER BOMBS FOR CLARKO?

HAWTHORN doesn’t need to prepare itself for a grand final for the first time in what feels like decades.

But that may just mean they can focus on other priorities on Brownlow Medal night.

With Jaeger O’Meara keen to head to Waverley Park, Alaistar Clarkson and the Hawks would be keen to maintain a healthy relationship with the Gold Coast Suns ahead of the AFL exchange period.

But surely this was taking pleasantries and negotiations to a new level.

On the Brownlow Medal seating plan, the names of Clarkson and his wife Caryn, as well as Hawks chief executive Stuart Fox and his wife Sybilla, were all placed on the Suns’ table of 19.

We assume this was an administrative error on the AFL’s behalf. Or perhaps a prank.

If not, oh to be a fly on those beer bottles listening to the conversations between Clarkson and Suns coach Rodney Eade. Rocket may not be calm, for once.

KENNEDY TAKES OUT DOWN-LOW

WEST Coast star forward Josh Kennedy certainly lapped up the freedom on Monday night of not having to play in a Grand Final later in the week.

The Coleman Medallist polled an impressive nine votes across the first 10 rounds of the AFL season — and celebrated accordingly.

Every time he polled a vote, he sank a beer.

Kennedy’s polling slowed down as the night went on, but it was looking ugly for the star Eagle at one stage.

EYES UP HERE, MATE

NADIA Bartel was one of the stars of the red carpet, looking resplendent in J’aton with partner Jimmy.

She drew plenty of glances from the fashion-focused — and based on this tweet, from a few others as well.

THEY REMEMBERED

RICHMOND v Essendon, Round 17. D Martin, three votes.

It certainly wasn’t music to Mark Maclure’s ears.

The Carlton premiership player famously gave Dusty no votes after the Tiger picked up a career-high 43 disposals, complaining that they didn’t have an impact on the game.

The umpires disagreed and it appears the Tigers recalled the mini-controversy.

BORIS REVEALS REASON BEHIND TEARS

THE images of Corey Enright in tears after Geelong’s preliminary final loss to Sydney had the AFL world talking.

And on the Brownlow Medal’s red carpet, the Cats veteran revealed exactly why he couldn’t contain his emotions post-game — and it had nothing to do with his uncertain playing future.

“Just cutting onions, mate,” he laughed on Triple M.

“I don’t know what happened, it just hit me at the end. The more I thought about stopping, the more I bloody kept crying.”

When asked whether the outpouring of emotion was because he knew it would be the last time he’d grace an AFL field, Enright insisted he still doesn’t know his future movements.

“It doesn’t mean anything at this stage, mate,” he said.

“We’ll have to have a chat and work it out and go from there.”

DAD BANS OLLIE FROM TWITTER

POOR old Ollie Wines had an interesting night.

The Port Adelaide midfielder began proceedings with this contribution to the social media world on Monday night.

Then he got caught out working the room.

Then after polling one vote in five games (Round 5 v Geelong, Round 7 v Brisbane Lions, Round 9 v West Coast Eagles, Round 12 v Western Bulldogs and Round 15 v Richmond), Wines struggled to hide his disappointment.

Then Mr Wines got whiff of his son’s online activites — and quickly put an end to them.

THAT’S ALL, HALL

GOLD Coast Suns midfielder Aaron Hall got out to a Brownlow flyer — one of the greatest in history, in fact.

He received three votes in the first three games of the season and led the count after three rounds on nine, something only a handful of players have done ever.

That led host broadcasters Channel 7 to interview him — but it was slightly awkward as they asked Hall why he couldn’t run away with it from here.

“Yeah, I reckon I’ll be the first person to start with three threes and then not poll again,” Hall said.

Given he was dropped to the NEAFL for inconsistency and effort concerns, he may be right.

SECURITY GUARD’S EPIC PREP

WE KNOW many invited to the Brownlow Medal allow ample time to prepare for footy’s night of nights.

But it seemed as if one Armaguard employee did more preparation than any other person invited to Crown Palladium on Monday night.

And it didn’t escape the eyes of footy’s social media king Christian Petracca.

As Armaguard handed the votes over to AFL chief executive Gillon McLachlan, Petracca couldn’t help but notice the gun show on display courtesy of the muscular security guard.

Petracca wasn’t the only Twitter user left gobsmacked by the man’s pipes.

SISTERS IN ARMS

TWO innovators of the women’s AFL game have dazzled on the red carpet.

Collingwood marquee signing Moana Hope and Western Bulldogs vice-president Susan Alberti starred on their way to Crown Palladium.

Alberti has been a big driver behind the introduction of the newsWomen’s AFL league, which kicks off in February next year.

Hope, who represented Alberti’s Bulldogs in the recent exhibition match against the Demons, is an exciting, goalkicking forward that has turned into one of the code’s great ambassadors. She will represent Collingwood in next year’s competition.

OH BROTHER

BROWNLOW night is a big one for the McLachlan family — and they’ve already had some mixed moments.

AFL CEO Gillon will be the voice of the count and not only is he well-dressed, but his selfie game was on point on the red carpet.

In contrast, his brother Hamish — a commentator and host on Channel 7 — wasn’t allowed into the building this afternoon, despite being quite recognisable because he didn’t have any ID with him.

BROWNLOW ADVICE: DON’T GET SMASHED

SURPRISE Brownlow winner from 2008, Adam Cooney, can’t quite relate to the feeling that Patrick Dangerfield has going into tonight’s count.

The Cat is the short-priced favourite for the award while Cooney was out at $13 just before the count in his victorious season.

But there is at least one similarity with both Cooney and Dangerfield coming into the count off of a preliminary final loss. And, therefore, Mad Monday.

“Hopefully (Dangerfield) will be feeling a bit better than I did when I won it,” Cooney told Fox Sports News’ AFL Tonight.

“Coming off Mad Monday, I don’t know if the Cats had theirs, so I’m sure he’ll be a bit more sober than me.”

Thankfully for Dangerfield, the Cats are more of a Wacky Wednesday type of club. But the Dogs weren’t in 2008 and when Cooney realised what was happening on that fateful night, he seemed more concerned than excited.

“I went really pale, even worse than what I usually am,” he said.

“I sobered up towards the end of the count, had a few too many beers early and then sculled a few waters right at the end.”

WE KNOW YOUR PAIN, DOM

MELBOURNE young gun Dom Tyson battled what many have gone through before making his way to the Crown Palladium.

Surely this is one of the times he’ll be wishing Roosy was still his coach.

NOT THAT SORT OF CERTAINTY

RECENTLY retired former Hawk and Eagle Xavier Ellis certainly thinks Patrick Dangerfield is going to win his first Brownlow Medal.

Although perhaps he means something else is certain for Dangerfield, based on this tweet.

VOTE SNUBS

Sorry, Shawry

HEATH Shaw isn’t a big poller traditionally, but even he would’ve felt hard done by after walking away with just one vote against the Western Bulldogs in Round 8.

The GWS Giants defender finished with a whopping 36 kicks and 203 Champion Data ranking points, prompting Shaw to tweet this.

Yet Shaw only walked away with the one vote.

Instead Toby Greene (3.1 from 22 disposals) and perennial poller Callan Ward (30 touches) walked away with two and three votes respectively.

What the?

IT CERTAINLY wasn’t Geelong’s best performance of the season, but you would’ve thought at least one Cat would’ve featured in the major votes after a 30-point win.

Apparently not.

Two Essendon midfielders took five of the six Brownlow votes on offer for the two teams’ scrappy Round 4 clash at the MCG.

David Zaharakis and Zach Merrett polled two and three votes respectively from the umpires, while Cat Mitch Duncan was awarded one vote.

Zaharakis (one goals and 34 disposals) and Merrett (one and 29) were the two leading ball-winners on the ground, while Duncan (27) was solid.

However Patrick Dangerfield (27) and Joel Selwood (26) could probably count themselves unlucky.

Perhaps we’re just getting greedy.

More to come throughout the night ...