It certainly needs looking into, because this is the biggest joke since Rangi Chase won it. Roby can feel pretty aggrieved by this as so can Bateman, both of whom would've been very worthy winners.

Totally agree, unless this was decided around June time then Barba shouldn't have been in the top 3. Roby has been outstanding pretty much all year and in my opinion should have walked it.

I think Lewis Tierney must have protested on one knee when he voted for 3rd choice only.

I agree, McShane should've been the 3rd candidate IMO

Hull players only submitted their votes 3-4 weeks ago

Gonna say, it must be done after the 8's started as Dominic Crosby was listed as a Leeds player in the voting. Hence him picking Jack Hughes.

Barber's influence on the team has for the majority of the season been greater than Roby, for Roby he could win it every season but is often the victim of his own high standards.

For me the voting should take place at the end of the season after the Grand Final.

Alex Foster of Cas voted for Robbie Mulhern and Ash Handley as his top two. Toby King of Warrington voted for Huddersfield youngster Louis Senior. A number of the French players from Catalans voted for anyone French at other clubs. This resulted in Romain Navarette being one of the ten most common first choices. These were not the only bizarre choices.

Time to change the system as some players clearly don't care enough to vote seriously. Either use a Dally M type system where points accrue week by week or go back to a representative panel that choose the winner after the playoff semi finals. I would prefer the representative panel approach as the Dally M type system could easily result in someone who is the best player in a poor side winning simply because they are always the best performer in that poor side (this has happened with the Albert Goldthorpe Medal awarded by League Express) rather than being a standout player in the competition.

Agree with this. Representative panel would be the ideal solution if players cant take it seriously.

Regards

King James

Why not just provide 5 nominations and let the players vote against them

Yes it has, hence once he had his future NRL contract sorted and couldn't be bothered, Saints lost most of their games including a CC semi and GF semi.

Indeed, he certainly influenced Lineham's ability to reach the try line so easily in the final 10 on Thursday!