Whilst I get what you're saying............surely if you're the best player in the World then you're the best in your position also? You wouldn't expect people to pick Lionel Messi as the best player in the World for example but then choose Ronaldo and Van Persie ahead of him in a World XI would you? If you're the best player in the World then nobody else is deemed to be better than you so if you play full back then surely you're the best full back in the World?

But all these different teams/awards are chosen by different people at different times, why is everyone so sure the people who chose the world 13 got it right and the people who voted for the golden boot got it wrong?

I'm sure if the dream team and MOS were chosen at a more appropriate time (I.e after the whole season) we would have seen Sinfields name

I really don't think Sinfield is the best in the world, but the fact that it seems to have riled so many Australians and Wigan fans makes the decision more than worthwhile.

I don't think if Leeds would have lost to Warrington in the Grand Final that Sinfield would have even been nominated for the Golden Boot.
Like i've said before he's a good Pro but over the season there was 5 players who were better?

Apparently not though.

I'm not a fan of Sinfield by any means but well done to him.
We get one over the Aussies and people are still moaning?



I don't understand some people.

Some people may not like it and say it's wrong and that it makes the RL look bad but sometimes when awards are given out a person's career can't help but be considered rather than just 12 months, just look at the recent Sports Personality of the Year......

6 women won a gold medal at the Olympics yet only Katherine Grainger made the 12 nominees, why? Because of her story of finishing 2nd at three previous Olympics.
Chris Hoy, Jason Kenny and Laura Trott all won 2 medals at the track cycling yet only Hoy was in the 12 nominees, why? Because of his successes at previous Olympics meaning he become Britain's top gold medal winner with 6.
Steve Redgrave won 5 golds yet only won SPOTY on the 5th one.
Ryan Giggs (1st) in 2009 and Phil Taylor (2nd) in 2010 surely more to do with 20 years of success rather than the past 12 months.

With Sinfield you can't help but think of his 10 years as captain. How much the club has change under his captaincy both on and off the field. And at the end of the day it's their magazine, they can vote for whoever they want and it's provided a bit more publicity for the sport over here than it would if an Aussie had won it and aren't people always complaining that we don't promote our competition enough?

And no he's not the most naturally skillful player but it's quite refreshing to see a player win awards based on his dedication, determination, hard work and what he has between his ears, rather than always falling at the feet of the most naturally gifted. It sends out a much better message than football and cricket who fall at the feet of the likes of Carlos Tevez, Wayne Rooney and Kevin Pietersen, all of whom have massively let teammates down and been forgiven because of their ability when other less talented players wouldn't be allowed to have their behaviour.

I tend to get on my high horse when Sinfield is talked about in such high regard but to be fair to the lad it's not his fault. It's Eddie and Stevo who put him on a depestal and most of the small minded viewers seem to think the commentators know what they're talking about. It's got that bad that when I watch Leeds on SKY SPORTS now I tend to just watch Sinfield to see if i'm missing something. Even before the Grand Final kicked off I knew he'd get the MOM due to Eddie & Stevo's blind love for him persuading the media, so much so I put money on it and won a tidy sum. He was no where near MOM and Ablett must have been spitting feathers. Credit to Sinfield though he took a nasty knock and got up without causing a fuss. A few weeks before the GF the Rhinos played a play off game and as usual I paid special attention to Sinfield, in the first 20mins he put a high ball up that went backwards, got caught with ball on the last tackle, dropped a ball and threw a pass into the crowd aiming for Hall(I think) but then put a cross field kick to Hall to score and Stevo nearly creamed his pants that Mr Consistent was the star of the game. It just beggers belief that people are so blind to see that he's just an average player who can kick a decent goal.

Just putting it out there but have you given consideration to the idea that maybe you just don't understand the dynamics of Rugby League?

PMSL
With just a week until I turn 40. A lifetime of watching RL at all levels, played in one of the best amateur Yorkshire teams and at one point was involved in coaching until work commitments put an end to that, i'd say I have a better understand of the game than most on here. I'll just put this out there that you're one of those influenced by the media so think Sinfield is worthy of the Golden Boot but also like Jedward and Rylan

I bet you're looking forward to this season. Sky are dedicating an extra 15 minutes to each broadcast so Stevo can refer to him as 'Mr consistent Sir Kevin golden boot winning champion of champions captain fantastic Sinfield MBE OBE CBE GC VC'

We constantly denegrate our sport and yet, when something good happens, we still moan. Why can we not appreciate and be proud of what Kevin Sinfield has achieved? For only the fourth time in history, we have an English winner of the Golden Boot. Maybe he doesn't have the individual skills of the other candidates, but he is a fantastic leader and a very fine rugby league footballer. I say congratulations Kevin.

We follow the best sport in the world but when a player like Sinfield wins the golden boot it makes a mockery of our great game. At least half of the NRL deserve that accolade before Sinfield.

Hey don't joke about things like that. Stevo's probably asked SKY if it's possible

Odd. I have very similar qualifications, except I'm still involved in coaching (and did some rep level in the past, and have a few players in the pros via me) but have almost exactly the opposite opinion to you on Sinfield. One of us must be wrong.

So 50% of the NRL player base have had a better year, individually, than Kevin Sinfield in 2012?

After watching Leeds on SKY and Watching NRL on Premier Sports i'd say yes. Sinfield would be too slow for the NRL and is vastly averrated.

Never mind you might see the light this season.

Presumably vastly overrated by Darryl Powell, Tony Smith, Brian McClennan, Brian McDermott, David Waite, Brian Noble and Steve Macnamara?

They probably see each other on a regular basis so they aren't going to bag him are they. Funny how we never heard how good Sinfield was when Leeds were having their usual mid season dip.

Darren Lockyer doesn't think so.

Can you imagine the media asking Lockers if Sinfield could hack it in the NRL and he laugh his rocks off? No cos our RL public have been brainwashed by the media into thinking he's the best thing since sliced bread and for Lockers to dis that would make him public enemy number 1. Lockers is too nice to say anything bad about SL. You really need to think for yourself instead of believing everything you're told in the media. Sorry to dash your hopes but it was a hoax that a London bus was found at the north pole some years ago.

Rugby League Live 2 doesn't count mate

I do think for myself and I think that Kevin Sinfield is a very fine rugby league footballer. But of course I'm the only one ..........