Pavlich, Palmer & Purple - Palmer Has To Win The Rising Star Award, But He May Not.
Chuck Norris never wins any Academy Awards for his movies, and Brownlow Medals have gone to Liberatore and Hardie instead of Chris Grant and Brad Johnson, so when the Rising Star Award is given out the right player may not receive it.
Rhys Palmer is the only player that it should go to, but it seems that Cyril Rioli is getting a big push from the media, and some even think he should be All-Australian. Rioli has been great in his first year of AFL, but Palmer has been much better. Others have been suggesting Cotchin is the deserving recipient of the award, that wouldn't be fair to Palmer or Rioli.
Palmer has been playing so well that other teams often assign someone to try to stop him. This does not happen to Rioli. Rioli is kicking goals, and as a forward pocket that is his role, Palmer has kicked fewer goals but as a midfielder it is a bit more difficult. Their accuracy in front of goal is nearly identical.
Palmer gets around 10 more possessions a game than Rioli, if they want a statistic to separate the two when voting for the award they should look to that.
Maybe Palmer does get the award, but if he doesn't it will mean that the Dockers have been ripped off more than they were in the Tarrant trade.
Rhys Palmer is the only player that it should go to, but it seems that Cyril Rioli is getting a big push from the media, and some even think he should be All-Australian. Rioli has been great in his first year of AFL, but Palmer has been much better. Others have been suggesting Cotchin is the deserving recipient of the award, that wouldn't be fair to Palmer or Rioli.
Palmer has been playing so well that other teams often assign someone to try to stop him. This does not happen to Rioli. Rioli is kicking goals, and as a forward pocket that is his role, Palmer has kicked fewer goals but as a midfielder it is a bit more difficult. Their accuracy in front of goal is nearly identical.
Palmer gets around 10 more possessions a game than Rioli, if they want a statistic to separate the two when voting for the award they should look to that.
Maybe Palmer does get the award, but if he doesn't it will mean that the Dockers have been ripped off more than they were in the Tarrant trade.
