surley its a 2 horse race now
sam tomkins or
rangi chase
plz discuss

I'd say it's more likely to be between Roby and Sam.

James Roby has been having a good season and Ben Westwood has done well. It's certainly not a two horse race

Rangi Chase and Sam dont belong in the same sentence.........unless the sentence say "Rangi Chase isnt fit to lace Sams boots"

Could be anyone from;

Sam Tomkins
James Roby
Ben Westwod
Rangi Chase

At the risk of starting a mass debate by bitter opposition fans I think Sean O'Loughlin would deserve it as much as any of the above. More so than Rangi Chase actually.

Not wrong there.

Just wait for the Saints and Wire trolls though praising Foster and Bridge. Get out your weapons

Think you can had Mikey Monas to that list. He seems to be the one that makes Wire tick.

Foster

The players vote for it therefore Sam won't win it imo. If the press voted for it then I think Sam would walk it.

Its a one horse race. Even the players can see that Sam is easily the best player in SL this season.

Some uneducated Scouser will say someone stupid like that

I doubt you'll hear any St Helens fan, that has a clue, fighting Fosters corner with regards to MOS.

At this stage on the year i'd say its between Roby, Chase & S Tomkins, all three of them are having great seasons.

lockers in with a shout

Can only be between Sam, Roby in reality, but O'Loughlin and Westwood should be in with shout too.

O'Loughlin

Shoud be it by a country mile, people really dont understand just how much this guy does, opposition coaches even call him the the best in the league, speaks volumes imo. Just because hes not scoring full length trys does not mean he is not the man of steel, 63 tackles, non missed, That is steel.; The whole systems a joke for me, sams worthy yes, but lockers define MAN OF STEEL.

Roby has got to be the Main Contender, he has been superb for us this year, we have been well down on the troops and he is probably one of the main reasons we are still up there in contention with the top 3. In attack he has been tremendous and just keeps going, he is like a Duracell Battery and never tires, looking at the stats makes interesting reading. He will probably set an all-time record for most meters in a season since superleague began this year….
Below is a list of the best meter makers year by year.

2003 – Vanikola with 3677m
2004 – Korkidas with 4084m
2005 – 0’Connor with 4104m
2006 – Nutley with 3372m
2007 – Roby with 3303m
2008 – Graham with 3774m
2009 – Graham with a staggering 4582m
2010 – Graham with 4036m
2011 – Roby leads with 4330m already, Graham is in 2nd with 3333m and Tomkins is in 3rd with 3130m

And then take a look at his stats in defence it’s quite shocking, Sean O’Loughlin is the best tackler at Wigan by a long way, and even if you add all his tackles, plus all Sam Tomkins tackles and even through in Pat Richards tackles as well, Roby has still done more tackles than the lot of them combined. Roby simply is not human…

Away from Saints, I think Sam Tomkins, Menzies, Chase, Monas have impressed me most and in that order..

Lockers has got to be the Main Contender, he has been superb for us this year and the last few years.

I couldn't really fault it if Roby wins it, especially if saints win a final.

I think O'Loughlin would be a very worthy winner though as well. It'd be great for him to get it.

Lockers is a very good player, but in no way has matched Roby this year in defence or attack, Sam Tomkins has been your best player this year.

I wouldnt complain if roby wins it, but i still think someone like lockers or graham defines man of steel. When you hear it...you think..leader. and they both are, Richards and hodgen? Both top players...but MAN OF STEEL? really? dont think it defines their style.

Because he makes breaks? Dont get me wrong, i loved him running through warringtons defence, i've backed him every week for first try, but i dont feel as if lockers gets the credit he deserves. The grand final ment alot to him as did his try in the CC, For the past few years and for Englands he has come an done a job, Roby may be having a great season (i admit i'd have him playing for wigan anyday) but i still 100% believe Lockers deserved it more than anyone in the entire league, even before richards for me.

It's Sam for mine. Look how he changed the game around tonight when he came back on from his injury. He's our most important player.

Roby has only made so many metres due to his running from dummy-half. That would be 663 runs against the next highest, Danny Houghton with 289. 663? Jesus, that's 30 a game. That's just ridiculous. He's also got the highest number of carries in SL with 803 against the next highest, Rangi Chase with 545. No wonder you all think he's the dog's danglies, he's he only one carrying the ball at Saints. (and that purple-skinned ginner)

He's a great player, don't get me wrong, but one player doing so much work smells of a team not sharing the workload - which is what the best teams do.

Sam.