Not COTY, but certainly a galaxy better than some of the knee-jerkers at Knowsley Road would have you believe.

Simmons has a tough job next year and Bradford have got themselves an excellent coach.

20 Metres out with no one in front of him. He must be a fantastic in the untelivised games because he just looks solid in every game I have seen him.

I am not saying he is a bad player but I would hope you would need to be better to win MOS. Lesley V had several seasons at Bradford better than Richards in 2010 and he was never in the running. The reason for that was that it was a given that Lesley was made to look good by his team mates and I think you could say the same for Richards.

Pat Richards
Danny Houghton
Michael Maguire

Thats my opinion of him. He's solid, nothing more. His goalkicking gets him more plaudits than it should and he's not scored many tries that players like Chris Hicks or Francis Meli wouldn't score. Good in the air, but MOS for that? No chance. He wouldn't be a major star in the NRL and wouldn't be Irish if he was any good either, he'd be Australian.

There are plenty of players who have had more influence over their side's season than Richards at Wigan. Pryce and Roby at Saints, McGuire, Peacock and Sinfield at Leeds, Clinton Shifcofske and Jarrod Sammut at Crucrucrusaders, Newton and Dobson at KR, Tomkins and Coley at the Goons, Monaghan, King and Westwood at the Dire to name just a selection.

But it's now just a glorified popularity contest anyway and holds little meaning.

The award lost its meaning when the press gave it to a half decent Stains substitute a couple of years ago cause he was young and British.

Yeah half decent and is the best hooker in the league.
Is this cause a certain Trent Barrett did not win MOS,get over it.

Is that the player who was the main reason behind saints finishing top and reaching the grand final. Remind to what great achievement did Barrett help Wigan to?

Trent Barrett was a myth. He was never actually over here.

Man Of Steel - Pat Richards
Young Player Of The Year - Sam Tomkins
Coach Of The Year - Madge

Wigan fan at all?

Whilst he has been good, I don't think Matt King has done enough to get MoS.

If people had to choose a potential MoS from each of the top 8 clubs who would it be?

Wigan - Can't choose between Richards or O'Loughlin
Saints - Roby
Wire - Morley
Leeds - Peacock
Hull - Fitzgibbon
Huddersfield - Kevin Brown
Hull KR - Dobson
Crusaders - Witt

Eeeee. I remember when you used to win things.

Every loser has a future and every winner has a past!

He helped to keep Leon Pryce's pockets full a few times a year.

Why, in that case, have no Leeds players been recognised since 2004 despite winning 4 championships, playing in 5 GFs and topping the table twice?

I am not sure to be honest mate. Jamie Peacock should have won it at some point.

I guess as the MOS is picked before the GF and you guys have not made the Cup Final in a while has worked against you. Maybe the Lance Todd winner will have a good shot at the MOS.

One man doesn't make a side - but there is no substitute for quality - and Barrett was head and shoulders above any other player in SL in his first year here - if he had been a British player he would have been a shoe in.

Because there have been players who have been more deserving during those years.

Pffft. Andy Farrell got the sympathy vote in 2004 despite there being about 4 or 5 Leeds players being more deserving.

And Peacock should've got it last season IMO

Obviously, just for those 5 years there have been more deserving players during those years. But now the Goons are top of the table, one of their players must win it. FACT?

He didn't have half the case for the award this year than he has this.

It can happen you know. Sometimes a player plays above others and they are not in the best team. I remember when Adrian Vowles won it and there was no complaints from me despite his team's finishing position. You could say that Peacock deserved it more last year, however there were plenty in with as good a shout as Peacock including Hodgson.