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    ... Paul McShane. Seems like the same old, 'big fish in a small pond.'
    In my opinion he hasn't even been the best hooker this season, never mind best player.

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    Who was on the selection committee? Daryl Powell, Jon Wells and Stevie ••••ing Wonder? What an absolute ••••take.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Duke Eddington View Post
    ... Paul McShane. Seems like the same old, 'big fish in a small pond.'
    In my opinion he hasn't even been the best hooker this season, never mind best player.
    If you offered all 12 clubs Roby or McShane for 2021 you’d have a 12-0 decision...

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    Because of the disjointed points system this year it came down to Ellery Hanley to pick a winner!

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    Cas finished 9th out of 11. Won 6 out of 10 and somehow McShane has won MOS. I can't spek

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    What an absolute farce. You have to laugh

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    This truly is a VERY strange season


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    It shows how flawed the system is, it puts more weighting on the better players of poor teams as they are more likely to stand out each week rather than actually taking in to account the end result of where their team ends up. What we now have is a result that says the leagues best player this year played for a team that finished eighth and only won one league game since resumption.

    Personally, i think the Man of Steel award needs some sort of weighting system applied to it, based on where teams finish in the league, that way you have a system that in essence awards the Man of Steel to one of the best teams best players, rather than giving it the best bloke in a crap team.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Duke Eddington View Post
    ... Paul McShane. Seems like the same old, 'big fish in a small pond.'
    In my opinion he hasn't even been the best hooker this season, never mind best player.
    He’s not even been been the best player at cas

    It’s as close as they’re getting to silverware, they can put it in their cabinet along with Powell’s “Sore loser” award, Luke Gales toupee and the LLS they celebrated like they’d won the Lot!

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    As much as you got the odd stupid one under the player's player method, the winner was usually about right

    In fact why don't they go back to the original, picked by a panel, and also a player's player of the year

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    I’m baffled. I’ve watched a load of Super League this year and I haven’t noticed him at all throughout the year. He’s not even been the best hooker in Super League, Roby and Powell have been better than him by some distance, so the fact he’s Man of Steel is a joke.
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    He has similar stats to Roby with 2 massive differentials: Missed Tackles 50 McShane compared to 5 for Roby, Penalty Machine 14 McShane compared to 3 for Roby.

    The only logical explanation is that he was a regular player for Cas when the team was injury ridden so he picked up lots of points and played through without being rested. So Man of Survival would be more apt.

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    Well deserved MOS.....









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    My Man of Steel is Alex Walmsley and i'm not biased?????????????

    No way is McShane better than Big Alex. Roby, Powell and Clarke all better Hookers than McShane this season.

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    It’s a farce but at the same time I think Bevan French has been massively overrated this year so thats cushioned the blow for me.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Duke Eddington View Post
    Because of the disjointed points system this year it came down to Ellery Hanley to pick a winner!
    Hanley's first choice was Richard Pachniuk.



    The whole contest is utterly discredited. Utter bollocks.

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    Ridiculous decision. BTW, that Carney chat with Elstone at the start of the show was bugging me. Don’t remember the word rugby being mentioned once. Elstone saying that ‘Super League means so much to the fans’. No mate, Super League means nothing to me, it’s a brand name. I’m a rugby league fan. Use the name of the sport.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gray77 View Post
    Ridiculous decision. BTW, that Carney chat with Elstone at the start of the show was bugging me. Don’t remember the word rugby being mentioned once. Elstone saying that ‘Super League means so much to the fans’. No mate, Super League means nothing to me, it’s a brand name. I’m a rugby league fan. Use the name of the sport.
    Probably scared of being sued for copyright infringement by the public schoolboys of yawnion.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gray77 View Post
    Ridiculous decision. BTW, that Carney chat with Elstone at the start of the show was bugging me. Don’t remember the word rugby being mentioned once. Elstone saying that ‘Super League means so much to the fans’. No mate, Super League means nothing to me, it’s a brand name. I’m a rugby league fan. Use the name of the sport.
    He's starting to get on my nerves Elstone.

    Talks a lot. Doesn't do a lot.

    FWIW, I think Farrell was worth m.o.s.

    Never rated him at international level but he's a key player for Wigan & he has been top drawer this season

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ralph Fridge View Post
    He's starting to get on my nerves Elstone.

    Talks a lot. Doesn't do a lot.

    FWIW, I think Farrell was worth m.o.s.

    Never rated him at international level but he's a key player for Wigan & he has been top drawer this season
    Welcome to my world. He's a slimey little prick with the backbone of a jelly fish.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Webbo Again View Post
    Hanley's first choice was Richard Pachniuk.
    And that sums up Bonkers Ellery's knowledge of hookers in a nutshell.

    Graham Holroyd was his runner up. :-)
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    This just about sums up 2020.

    McShane wouldn't get in the team of anyone in the Top 6, and there are probably about 30 players in SL that you would pick ahead of him.
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    Looks like MOS has been added to the "not worth winning" bin along with the league leaders shield and the cup. There isn't going to be anything left worth winning if we are not careful.
    I could agree with you but then we would both be wrong.

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    Probably the worst winner of MoS ever......
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dos Cervezas View Post
    I’m baffled. I’ve watched a load of Super League this year and I haven’t noticed him at all throughout the year. He’s not even been the best hooker in Super League, Roby and Powell have been better than him by some distance, so the fact he’s Man of Steel is a joke.
    Never seen him have a good game against us

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