Gareth Ellis for me.
He is the best and most consistent player I have seen so far in my life at Hull. His defence is just brutal. More often that not anybody who he has tackled gets up slowly to play the ball because he hits them that hard.
A similar situation to when Adrian Peterson won the MVP award after a ACL and MCL injury. I personally thought Ellis' career was over when he went down against Rovers. To come back at all, nevermind how good he has been this year, shows what the guy is made of.

I'd also have on the shortlist Gidley and Houghton.
Bateman for me was looking a shoe-in to at least make the short list but I reckon that chance has been bombed now.

Houghton, Taylor and Sneyd have all been outstanding but the best player in SL this season is Ellis. He is quite simply a great player

Gareth Ellis by a mile. Every hit up is at full intensity. Every tackle is with everything he has. I have lost count of the huge hits he has put in. In the Saints away game, after playing both Easter games he was smashing Kyle Amor all over.

He is a machine

Yep, I'm gonna throw in Ellis as well. Truly great player but also a real leader, it is incredible how much more pumped up we are for a game if he is playing.

For me Ellis has missed too many with injuries / rested. Danny Houghton's stats speak for themselves. Chris Sandow , Jacob Miller and Marc sneyd have all been quality too.

Gareth Ellis or Ben Westwood - both hard as nails & never shirk hard work, and both make a big difference to their teams performance.

As good as Ellis has been this year, Houghton for me is having the season of his life now he can show what he can do with a dangerous pack in front of him. His statistics are almost unbelievable and he has been the heart-beat of the Hull side this year (complimented by Sneyd).

Should be his year regardless of whether Hull go onto win anything

Matty Smith

Jacob Miller

Sean O'Loughlin to get the Norweb sponsored 'Fair Play' award

Wouldn't even be player of the season for Wigan's reserves.

Houghton/Sandow/Bateman will make up the 'shortlist' I reckon, with Houghton winning it.