I think " worlds best winger " will get MOS if Eddie is on the panel this year

TBF, no accusation can be too wild in the world of British RL.

There has to be some explanation as to why the players voted for Chase. The rumour that certain clubs imposed block-votes on their teams to keep Sam away from the trophy, is far more believable to me than the notion that they all know so little about the game as to give it to Chase.

This thread really has tickled me. I remember everyone up in arms when Barrett was robbed with people suggesting that the players should vote for the MOS as the "experts" didnt know thier from thier elbow. Now that has happened and Sam didn't win it last year, people are complaining about that.

I've never said at any point that Chase is the better player, but simply whinging that Sam didn't win it due to what you're all claiming as 'Biased voting' is typical Wigan paranoia. I know Sam is the better all round player than Chase, but maybe, just maybe, the players have a different opinion?

Maybe the players thought that one man dragging a team around the park and making them competitive was worth the award?

Until I see some proof instead of rumours and hearsay, i'll say that the players player award is the best way to go about this.

Now if the shortlist this year is Richie Mathers, Karl Pryce & Sam, and Sam still doesn't win, I may be inclined to believe in the conspiracy.

It's not my argument mate, just some other people's opinions.

I can understand why though. Ryan O'Hara on twitter has posted comments regarding Sam Tomkins and Tom Burgess and a few other Bradford players joined a group entitled "Gareth Raynor should be man of the match for knocking out Sam Tomkins". I can't imagine the Leeds players being particularly happy with Sam either.

He gets under the oppositions skin. No denying it.

Like another poster said perhaps the players thought that chase draggin cas around and making them competetive was more deserving. Tomkins is the better player but he also plays in a much better team so he has a better platform to work off where as cas are pretty much reliant on chase.