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2008 Golden Boot

ozbash

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The eight players nominated for the award, in alphabetical order, are:
Greg Inglis (Melbourne Storm and Australia); Brent Kite (Manly Sea Eagles
and Australia); Benji Marshall (Wests Tigers and Pirtek Kiwis); Jamie
Peacock (Leeds Rhinos and England); Billy Slater (Melbourne Storm and
Australia); Cameron Smith (Melbourne Storm and Australia); Johnathan
Thurston (North Queensland Cowboys and Australia); Manu Vatuvei (Vodafone Warriors and Pirtek Kiwis).

out of Thurston, Slater or Vatuvei...
 
Parra

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Vatuvei

For any Melbourne player to get this after they choked a GF and then a WCF would be a travesty.
 
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Slater - As much as he's won practically nothing (he wasn't that flash in Origin, more solid than anything else), he'll will probably get it through the hype he's been able to produce.

Inglis - He was amazing in Origin II, but he has been AWOL in the RLWC Final and the GF v Manly. Again another one of those Storm players who have a lot of hype around them, but is complimented by their hard working forward pack, and wrestling

Kite - I'd probably give him the golden boot, but there's no kick-returns, sidesteps or runaway tries for this guy. For some pathetic reason he missed out on Origin in favor of some bald bastard.

Thurston - Wasn't he injured? Or was that last year? Anyway he was as good as injured for the Cowboys. As Queensland's and Australia's main goalkicker I have seen him miss the crucial ones. Not his best season.

Benji - Nah not really. This year was about gaining confidence and just seeing out the end of each match. He never really had the Scott Prince/Nathan Fien halfback that he's had every time he's won something (WT 05 and NZ 08).

Vatuvei - Sentimental favorite of mine, like the Warriors he didn't have the most renowned starts, but he finished well, and continued it during the World Cup
 
roughyedspud

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rlo said:
Slater - As much as he's won practically nothing (he wasn't that flash in Origin, more solid than anything else), he'll will probably get it through the hype he's been able to produce.

Inglis - He was amazing in Origin II, but he has been AWOL in the RLWC Final and the GF v Manly. Again another one of those Storm players who have a lot of hype around them, but is complimented by their hard working forward pack, and wrestling

Kite - I'd probably give him the golden boot, but there's no kick-returns, sidesteps or runaway tries for this guy. For some pathetic reason he missed out on Origin in favor of some bald bastard.

Thurston - Wasn't he injured? Or was that last year? Anyway he was as good as injured for the Cowboys. As Queensland's and Australia's main goalkicker I have seen him miss the crucial ones. Not his best season.

Benji - Nah not really. This year was about gaining confidence and just seeing out the end of each match. He never really had the Scott Prince/Nathan Fien halfback that he's had every time he's won something (WT 05 and NZ 08).

Vatuvei - Sentimental favorite of mine, like the Warriors he didn't have the most renowned starts, but he finished well, and continued it during the World Cup
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after sleeping on it i think i would give it to brent kite...he's had a cracking year
 
perverse

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i would definitely give it to slater. his form has been absolutely sh*t hot this year. 1 crucial brainfart hardly undoes the mountains of awesome things he has done. it should also be irrelevant that he hasn't won anything - it is a team game after all, but this is not a team award.
 
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Loudstrat

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Apart from Kite and Vatuvei, Thurston and Smith, each player took part in a shocker. Thurston took no part in the NRL finals, had an injury ravaged season (IMHO, Lockyer should have been nominated ahead of him, although Thurston did play in the Centenary test)

If those things count, Kite and Vatuvei are the favorites. Vatuvei had a brilliant WC, did well in the finals. Kite was consistent all season in a year of inconsistency and injuries to big start.

Will be happy with Kite or Vatuvei, feel that Thurston is in the frame though.
 
East Coast Tiger

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I like Vatuvei but honestly, it would be a joke if he got it. He's good but a winger can't win the GB, and certainly not a winger who makes the mistakes he does and has as many forgettable games as he does. It's got to go to Slater.
 
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I liked Billy when he was a little bloke who mixed the odd bit of brilliance with a lot of crap, but the better and more successful he gets the less i can stand him.
 
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http://news.smh.com.au/sport/billy-slater-wins-leagues-golden-boot-20081129-6ngw.htmlhttp://forums.leagueunlimited.com/newthread.php?do=newthread&f=131

Billy Slater wins league's Golden Boot


November 29, 2008 - 10:16PM



Australia fullback Billy Slater has capped a remarkable season and further erased memories of his World Cup final howler by taking out rugby league's prestigious Golden Boot award.
The Melbourne star continued his impressive haul of individual honours on Saturday night when he won the prize awarded annually to the player adjudged best in the world.
The award was presented at the Rugby League Players' Association ceremony in Sydney, where Slater also took out the RLPA's representative player of the year award.
It capped a remarkable haul of trophies for Slater this season after he collected the Rugby League International Federation's player of the year and World Cup player of the tournament earlier this month.
The honour would help ease the heartache from Slater's wild pass that gifted New Zealand five-eighth Benji Marshall a pivotal try in the Kiwis' shock World Cup final win over the Kangaroos last weekend.
Meanwhile, Sydney Roosters skipper Braith Anasta was joint winner of the RLPA Players' Player of the year award, just a year after being voted the game's most overrated player.
Anasta shared the peer-voted honour with Penrith captain Petero Civoniceva, a standout in another disappointing season for the Panthers.
Parramatta's Nathan Cayless won the RLPA's New Zealand Representative Player of the Year while Manly and Australian flyer David Williams took out the Rookie of the Year.
Slater showed remarkable form throughout the season, scoring 14 tries as the Storm dominated the regular season, before eventually going down to Manly in the Grand Final.
He lost out to Matt Orford by the narrowest of margins for the NRL's Dally M Medal in September and shone for both Queensland and Australia.
Slater emerged from a group of eight nominees, including Greg Inglis, Johnathan Thurston, New Zealand's Benji Marshall and England's Tony Peacock to take out the award which is run by Rugby League World magazine and considered the highest individual honour in the game.
A panel of 12 rugby league writers and former international stars, including Wally Lewis, Garry Schofield, Peter Sterling and Hugh McGahan cast votes for the award.
In other awards at the RLPA ceremony, Manly's Jason King was named the Dennis Tutty Clubman of the Year, Canberra's Alan Tongue the Education and Welfare Player of the Year and Shaun Fensom the NYC Player of the Year.
 
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