Yeah I would say Gale either. I would however say he deserves a start for England over Matty smith.

1 cas player who has impressed me no end since his injury is junior moors. Outrageous .

Gale should have played in the 2nd test against the Kiwi's last year.
We were 1 game up and just didn't ask any questions of them in the 2nd test.
He's earned his chance and Smith isn't setting the world alight at Wigan.

Powell has a done a great5 job with the Cas offence and Gale, Dorn and Solomona all look superb when they have ball in hand.

Danny Houghton is a stand out IMO
Gareth Ellis a close 2nd

Sick of the Houghton bandwagon he has been a good club man and certainly gives 100 percent and I would like him at my club as 1 of 2 hookers but he's top tackler because he plays 80 min in middle of park.no one else does.alot of his tackles are 2nd 3rd man in.his scoots are decent his kicking is better than most hookers but his distribution is poor he looks great this season behind the dominant pack.id put sneyd and shaul in same bracket.not an anti fc thing as I do feel ellis foremost and Minichello and Taylor should be worthy winners..I don't feel Houghton is an international standard hooker but by the same token he's been consistent for a long time and deserves a chance to find out..Solomona or ellis for me

He also gets Hull on the front foot a lot by taking out markers with his scoots and clever dummy half play.
He's a bit one dimensional but he's very good at what he does and he has done it fairly consistently over the years so hardly a bandwagon.

I saw a picture of you on our forum. Very striking and a lovely hat..looked like a good day out

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I don't know how to copy a post from one forum to another so would appreciate if someone with said skill could oblige please?

As I explained to you on your board. The picture wasn't of Meast..........

What picture Jools?
And i'm surprise craig hkr doesn't know how to do something, he comes across as being fairly intelligent..

I'm fairly new posting wise after just reading topics.was a good picture of a giants fan posted on one of our topics and was in fetes it was your good self

Infered

I have seen said pic and nope it's definitely not me, but i do know who it is

Fair play.he did look like he was happy that day.see you at the end of this middle 8 lark..nervous times.. as for man of steel When does it actually get awarded?

Odds

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Between Ellis, Houghton and Sandow for me. Can't believe Sneyd is so close in the betting.

Can't see any further than Houghton now, would;t suprise me to see 3 Hull players on the final short list.

I know statistics don't always tell the whole story, but how Gale is not considered to be a candidate is bizzare.
As a half, he has made 15 more try assists thanks Sneyd and has been instrumental in just about all the good things Cas have done this season. He is the one that sets up and executes almost all the plays that lead to Solomona's tries. Again, I may be biased but I wouldn't swap Gale for Sneyd!
I think Houghton deserves to win it but Gale has surely been better than most others.

Top goal kicker
Top points scorer
Lance Todd winner
90+% goal kicking record
Been a key factor in turning narrow losses to wins for the team currently and the top of the league and Challenge Cup holders
Match winner

Sinfield held all those for most seasons of his career yet never got a look in for MOS so those stats clearly mean relatively little in selecting who should get it. Not saying Sneyd hasn't had a decent year but Whenever i have watched Hull play this season Ellis and Houghton are the two who have stood out.

Yet Sneyds had a better season than Sandow.

Really? I don't think that is clear cut and is certainly debatable. I don't follow either team so am giving a true neutral perspective and imo Sandow has shown plenty of touches of class right throughout the season where Sneyd has gone about his buisness in a steady manner behind a forward pack that has generally dominated.

Whatever. like i say, Hopefully its Houghton or Ellis both would be worthy winners and i prefer to see a forward who has run his blood to water all year win this award rather than a fancy Dan half back or try machine winger.

2nd or 3rd man in, are you on halluciagens, he's the best technical tackler in the league by a country mile and is rarely the 2nd man in and never 3rd man, he's being on the end of kicks for tries, makes telling scoots every single game, his passing has gone up a notch, he kicks 40/20s, the guy is a machine and no-one else in the league can play to his level week in week out. I can't remember the last bad game he had.
If DH doesn't get MoS it'll be a travesty, he epitomises what the Man of Steel trophy used to stand for.

As an individual player I don,t think that is the case, he has had a very strong pack all season to give him the advantage of a very good kicking game. Sandow and Gale, stats wise seem to have the better all round game and make things happen with there better strengths of a running game, I don't recall Sneyd having all that many line breaks in the middle of the park. For me Gale, Sandow and Sneeeeeeeyd in that order.

Sneyd is a fantastic kicker, but ball in hand and running he strives to be average.