AFL Rising Star....

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• Sep 3, 2008

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Well the winner has been chosen... and it is....
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RHYS PALMER!!!
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No surprise realy there... here is the articles...

Official Website of the Australian Football League > NEWS ARTICLE > Palmer the prized pick

 

Alistair

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• Sep 3, 2008

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Just got home from the luncheon. A very deserved winner, and the votes were quite consistent throughout

 

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• Sep 3, 2008

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BAHH!!!! Harry Taylor should've won!!

 

hobbibox

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• Sep 3, 2008

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Rioli deserved to win he was a standout in a good team, anyone would of looked good at freo, and Cotchin would have won in a canter if he'd played the entire season.

 

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• Sep 3, 2008

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I'm a bit mystified by Nick Maxwell's top five rising star nominees as published today on afl.com.au...

Official Website of the Australian Football League > NEWS ARTICLE > Young guns: the class of 2008

Where's Cotchie, ya dope!

And while I accept that Brown is a pretty good player, the fact he DIDN'T GET A SINGLE VOTE, which makes Maxwell's assessment smack of bias!

 

SheedyStar

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• Sep 3, 2008

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hmm, not sure if I agree with the choice here, I would have thought Rioli was the stand out this year. To be noticed in such a strong team takes a hell of a lot more then to be noticed in a poor team. Certainly Rioli didn't have the same year as Selwood last year, but I thought he was a terrific contributor for Hawthorn all year. Just my two cents tho....

 

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• Sep 3, 2008

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I think rioli should have won, added an even greater element to a potent forward line in a winning team. I could go on, but alas will leave it at that regarding rioli.

 

Footycardtrader

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• Sep 4, 2008

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hobbibox said:

Rioli deserved to win he was a standout in a good team, anyone would of looked good at freo, and Cotchin would have won in a canter if he'd played the entire season.

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Totally agree... Rioli should have won... held his place (and did really well) in a very strong team... Cotchin with a full season and pre-season would have won by a mile...

Plus... Brown should have received at least a vote... Ibbotson got 7?!?!??! Reimers, Morton, Ebert no votes either?!?!? Gary Lyon said on Friday night before the final round that he had Nathan Brown leading his personal votes...

 

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• Sep 4, 2008

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wicked we could say a few of the rookies were unlucky but rhys palmer very deservant winner and he plays 4 freo of all teams hey

 

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• Sep 4, 2008

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ruckers said:

Totally agree... Rioli should have won... held his place (and did really well) in a very strong team... Cotchin with a full season and pre-season would have won by a mile...

Plus... Brown should have received at least a vote... Ibbotson got 7?!?!??! Reimers, Morton, Ebert no votes either?!?!? Gary Lyon said on Friday night before the final round that he had Nathan Brown leading his personal votes...

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Actually the voting went:
1. Rhys Palmer - Fremantle - 44 votes.
2. Cyril Rioli - Hawthorn - 37.
3. Trent Cotchin - Richmond - 21.
4. Matthew Kreuzer - Carlton - 11.
5. Garrick Ibbotson - Fremantle - 7.
6. Ben McKinley - West Coast - 6.
7. Nathan Brown - Collingwood - 3.
8. Cale Morton - Melbourne - 3.
9. Alipate Carlile - Port Adelaide - 2.
10. Austin Wonaeamirri - Melbourne - 1.

I think Palmer was a deserved winner, it's about the player that had the best first year, not the best player. To slot straight into any AFL side and become the number 1 midfielder taking the oppositions best tagger and still racking up the possies he did is awesome by any standard. Rioli's ball use was better but he went missing for games on ends at patches.

 

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• Sep 4, 2008

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reece palmer played as good as any1 and proberly looked better because his team hadnt been performing as well as the other teams and played very good football so u now he deserved to win and most people should agree with that

 

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• Sep 4, 2008

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10. Austin Wonaeamirri - Melbourne - 1 vote. - That is laughable, he had several outsanding performances and was clearly amongst the top five of this mob.

 

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• Sep 4, 2008

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BorderMailSpecial said:

10. Austin Wonaeamirri - Melbourne - 1 vote. - That is laughable, he had several outsanding performances and was clearly amongst the top five of this mob.

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I hope thats a joke, he was terrible except for 1 game where he was gifted a few crumbing goals

 

BorderMailSpecial

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• Sep 4, 2008

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No it aint a joke. How many Melbourne games did you wach this year?

 

hobbibox

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• Sep 4, 2008

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I saw plenty of him, he's a cheap mans Rioli, wouldn't know what a hard ball get was.

 

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• Sep 15, 2008

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im sure all the hawks fans will say Rioli should have won it, but Palmer was the best and most consitant player, Rioli had a dry patch towards the end of the home and away season.

Plus i had both Palmer and Rioli in my super coach team, Plamer scored much better

 

Fixxxer

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• Sep 15, 2008

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No it aint a joke. How many Melbourne games did you wach this year?

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Austin Wonaeamirri was BOG agsint Geelong i believe....... or was it that other time they lost by 10 plus goals?

Lets see how many Brownlow votes he gets, im tipping 0