CobraCraig wrote:Think I am probably one of the only ones on here that will agree with you a bit on this (certainly won’t be a Barrett/Tomkins robbery if French doesn’t win it), I think Welsby maybe just deserves it ahead of French for the reasons stated but there isn’t much in it, although I do think French playing 3 positions and the majority of the season in a new position at stand off is very impressive, although maybe not relevant.
I disagree. The award is for the best player in Superleague and that's been French. I don't care if Paul McShane has stood out in an otherwise average Cas side, to use a recent example or if Brodie Croft was excellent for half a season last time out. I don't care if James Roby was excellent making an impact from off the bench. Those are not the criteria we should be using. Unfortunately, more often than not, that is exactly what happens.