what poll is that??

He has been given the award so that the RFL can justify it's rediculous play-off system, but it doesn't wash with me.

Usual Aussie rantings, "we can't have our own way, so we're going to sulk". They see it as "a snub" to their players because one of them didn't win it. Has anyone told them that they don't have a God given right to win it every year. Their arrogance knows no bounds.

I hope your joking.

The one in the link in my post above.

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The best player in the world is exactly what it says on the tin , and it is voted for by people who in general have half an idea what they are talking about .
If you pay attention you will see the title IS NOT 'Best player wearing a particular number on his shirt or playing any chosen position' .
The world 13 was chosen by people deciding who was the best individual in each position on the field . Each of those chosen have been judged to be the best at doing a specific job in a specified position . It does not mean that any of the chosen 13 are by any means the best player in the world . It just means that they are considered to be the best in a given position .
Are you understanding what I am trying to say , or shall I repeat myself but shuffle the words again ?
The 'best player in the world' may not be the best in any given position . For example . Ryan Hall is recognised by many people as the worlds best winger . That does not mean he is in with a shout of the golden boot . It just means he is good on the wing .
I believe that Mr Sinfield has been awarded the title for having been the best team captain ( note this is not a specific shirt number or field position ) and ( as many people have already posted) most influential leader of men out on the field of play in 2012 .

Hope that clears things up for the unsure/unwashed/overfed/uneducated .

By the way . As so many people have posted that Kevin has been the most influential team player in the world (but not 'the best' ) are any of them prepared to man up and admit that he should have been awarded the MOS ?


Rant over



BR

He has got it because he deserved it, he has worked his butt of for the Leeds club, and as shown the same commitment for the game
when people writ him off as a international he kept going and as shown his mettle

You could quite easily apply that to the Goons as well! I suspect all the unsavoury characters we shipped over there were from a small town in Greater Manchester.

As SaintsFan says its the one he linked to from the Aussie Telegraph

Updated poll:

Ben Barba 44.84% (1759 votes)
Kevin Sinfield 55.16% (2164 votes)

LOL

Whilst I get what you're saying............surely if you're the best player in the World then you're the best in your position also? You wouldn't expect people to pick Lionel Messi as the best player in the World for example but then choose Ronaldo and Van Persie ahead of him in a World XI would you? If you're the best player in the World then nobody else is deemed to be better than you so if you play full back then surely you're the best full back in the World?