A calming Briers drop goal and a Chris Hicks try in the closing minutes finally sparked mass scenes of jubilation for the primrose and blue fans

"I'm just so thrilled," said the inspirational skipper who looks set to now be crowned Man of Steel.

"We showed great character to come back after having an early try disallowed.

As quoted in the manchester evening news. thoughts anyone.
oh yea see you all at wemblee. come on you wire

surly sumone from a team that could quite possibly not finish in playoff wont win man of steel

my money is on tony pulatea from saints as a outside bet

brett hodgson is also another one for me

I think Morley will get man of steel as long as we finish in the top 8! He has been quite simply awsesome this year

Totally agree, he has shown all the qualities that a MOS should display

yep I'll go with puletua as man of steel at an outside bet....1000/1 to be exact if he gets better odds than that I'll be gobsmacked.

he is absolutely not a man of steel... When James Graham is taking out drives from his own line Puletua is not the man next in line ...he's the type of forward that looks good when running cricket scores up, not when theres graft to be done....

Morely though stands every chance,but it will be the form of the 'club' that could eventually rob him of man of steel which will be a shame....

Imo at the present time its a two horsed race between Mozza and Senior.

However as teams raise their games for the run in i expect a few others to be in the hat come decision time.

Morley man of steel?
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Moz would be a fine choice. As would Sir James of Graham.

I have sneaky feeling it will be Keith Senior. Can't find anywhere to put a bet on tho!!!

soz but graham this year does not seem to be making the yardage he did last year,puleatua looked far stronger in the carry against hudds and before you say that you see graham every week,so do the rest of us as you are the only team on sky more than us!
plus he is unsucessfully trying to dye that ginger nut blond,oh and he's been coming out of the defensive line wrongly a lot lately.

Just like he did for Hudds last try on Sunday, Hodgson scooted through the gap and you could see the look on the big duffers face and hear the "DOH" in Leigh

Morley - If we get into play offs.
N. Brown or B. Hodgson if we don't

Was going to say Adrian Vowles in 99 but I think Cas actually got all the way to the semis that year?

Graham's yardage has actually improved from last year, and he has made 300 more metres than last year, in three less games so far.

His average carry brings 7.2m as opposed to 7.1m last year.

That said, I do agree about some of his defence. I also feel he likes to play with the ball too much, and I'd prefer to have the likes of Carvell, Morley and Peacock, who are classic prop forwards.

Morleys a good chance of Man of Steel and he's also a good chance of the Lance Todd. I can see him having a big game at Wembley.

Him and Crabtree have had some classic 'battles' over recent years. Fingers crossed it's Moz's day at Wembley

Love how peacock hasn't got a mention!! He has Been awesome as always!! And his league stats are much better than moz!! moz has played a few less games but is well behind in meters and tackles!! Even his cc games wouldn't make up the difference www.superleague.co.uk/statistics ... eason=2009

Love how peacock hasn't got a mention!! He has Been awesome as always!! And his league stats are much better than moz!! moz has played a few less games but is well behind in meters and tackles!! Even his cc games wouldn't make up the difference www.superleague.co.uk/statistics ... eason=2009

Brett Hodgson's a shoe in

I remember a couple of years ago at the Galpharm when all the talk had been about how Crabtree had destroyed us at the HJ in the prvious game. When Crabtree came off the bench Morley immediately went looking for him and destroyed him with a massive hit. Eorl went off after less than a minute and didn't return.

Firstly i think Morley will win MOS especially if Wire win the cup and have a good run in the play-offs.

However, Graham is the best prop forward in the league by an absolute mile.

Why would you prefer Carvell, Morley or Peacock when Graham passes the ball [iand[/i makes a hell of a lot more yards than any of them as a clasic prop forward?

Anyway for comparison here are the key stats for them all.

Yards.
Graham- 4049
Peacock- 3135
Morley- 2673
Carvell- 2280

Tries.
Graham- 6
Peacock- 4
Carvell- 3
Morley- 1

Carries.
Graham- 562
Peacock- 433
Morley- 329
Carvell- 273


Offloads.
Graham- 23
Carvell- 22
Peacock- 19
Morley- 12

Tackle Busts.
Graham- 50
Peacock- 40
Morley- 29
Carvell- 20

Defensive

Tackles.
Peacock- 660
Graham- 511
Morley- 419
Carvell- 380

Missed Tackles.
Morley- 44
Carvell- 41
Peacock- 27
Graham- 22

Errors.
Graham- 14
Carvell- 10
Peacock- 9
Morley- 8

Penalties.
Peacock- 14
Carvell- 12
Morley- 11
Graham- 6

You are correct. If the MOS is given to a forward it would be impossible to overlook Graham who has been outstanding this season.

I think Hodgson may win it he;s been great this seaso..

Good shout

But he does play 65 minutes per game ... Thats why his stats are so high ..

If this is correct then the 65 minute achievement only further strengthens his case.