Westwood is a good shout and there shouldn't be any complaints if he gets it.

When is the short list announced

Hill has been good but he is a long way off man of steel yet, I dare say some people are over hyping his ability because he is a newbie.

I actually do think Sam will win it this year.

Chris Hill? Man of Steel? Are we all going completely mad?

Ryan Atkins? Bloody hell.

Despite Westwood having a good season, the only only contender for MOS is Tomkins. The British game's only genuine superstar.

dnt think tomkins has hit anywhere near the form that he was on last year, everyone in the team has stood up and been counted and thats why we won the league... hock for man of steel!!!

Don't know why lockers never gets a mention if Westwood is there for pure graft IMO lockers matches him with extra creativity too

For what its worth I don't think Sam will win it as IMO finch has been better this year and will win it

In view of results from recent years Ryan Bailey must be a nailed on cert either him or Mathers

I'm not too sure, I don't think the Wire fans would say he's been there best player so it doesn't make sense in that respect. He is a fantastic player though.

Sam should win man of steel, pretty simples really.

The top 3 will sam, roby and either dureau or westwood

I wouldn't be surprised to see Hock in there, He has been immense all season. Has to be sam though.

There is way, way too much emphasis on late season form for this award. Hill? Really? Maybe making it into the dream team sure, but MOS?

I'd prefer an NRL/Goldthorpe style system, but the latter shows how insanely biased the scorers are towards halves - the top 14 this year were spine players: 9 halves, 3 full backs, 2 hookers...

1. Tomkins
2. Westwood
3. Roby

Raid the piggy bank and put a bet on.

That was the order Jamie Peacock voted, he put it on his twitter 2 weeks ago

I recall a former user on here called Skydog, he once stated that Wigan should try and sign Westwood from Warrington, yet he got slated and slagged off by most of the fans that where on this board at that time many of whom are praising Westwood at the moment stated he was crap and not Wigan standard

Maybe he wasn't much good at the time, and got better? It happens, same as players go the other way as well.

Pat got bagged big-time on here when he first arrived.

If a player changes, are we not allowed to change our opinion of them as well?

He's had a good first season.

1. Sam
2. Sam
3. Sam

Anything else is just wrong

Finch has been better than Sam for me

Good enough to win MOS...........................

sams a good player dont get me wrong but i think its about time he goes back to stand off 'his best position' and play that young lad who went to hull at fullback, sam is suspect under the high ball everybody knows that, he hasnt performed half as well as last year IMO plays well against the salfords and hulll kr's but goes hiding in the 'bigger' games ie, saints,warrington and leeds

theres only one winner for man of steel and he should have won it 3 years running AND THE STATS DONT LIE ''James Roby'' and coming from a warrington fan who has a neutral point of view in things like this he is a world class player he doesnt stop running or tackling, he never misses a game, westwood and sam have had good seasons but come on james roby is the clear winner

Goes hiding in the bigger games

You made an absolute tool of yourself at the start, but you got there in the end. James Roby wins it for me.

Roby has been once again very impressive in a Saints team which has lost many of it's stars in recent years. For me it's between him and Sam.

On a side note, and people might disagree I think Lockers should be up there. He's excellent at everything he does on the pitch. For me,e is defines 'Man of Steel'.

*He defines