Ellis or Inglis for mine. Id have given it Hayne myself but as hes not on the shortlist...

And you're not on the panel......

cameron smith

inglis was stood down for a couple of games, i'm not saying it should go against him but think it might, and moi moi was only good second half of the season.

It will be embarrassing if anyone but Inglis wins it. there is no one close to him at the moment. He has single handedly saved the Aussies a point againt the Kiwis and ripped us a new one all within the space of 7 days recently. Without him the Aussies look average.

Where's LF to tell us that his opinion is worth more than the people who picked this shortlist? I mean Sinfield and Ellis has to be a joke, right?

I thought the Golden Boot was picked on Representative performances? I could be wrong though.

Sinfield deserves to be on the list no question.

The Golden Boot is for INTERNATIONAL Player of the Year, not "World's Best Player". The Man of Steel hasn't played rep football for years, and the Dally M Medal winner is out on the wing just to get a game!
There is only one winner of this award - Greg Inglis.

Depends on the outcome of the game on saturday, if England get a suprising win, it will be an Englishman picking up the award, and rightly so!

You could also argue that Lockyer only stands out because he is brilliant

Why?

Agreed

I NEVER thought i'd say this but Sinfield deserves to be on that list.
Its actually calculated on performance throughout the year but weighted by Internationals so if you're man of the series but spent 4 months of the season out injured you'll have a better chance than MOS.
Club appearances obviously are considered because when Smith won it in 07 Aus played next to no rep games.

Inglis, Sinfield or Smith will get it depending on saturdays result.
Moi Moi's been immense in his position especially in the back half of the season but was annonymous on saturday.
Ellis has been phenominal but Sinfields captained his club side to the GF AGAIN and been fantastic for England this year, again, something I never thought i'd say

Nothing against Sinfield winning it but I can't agree with that rationale.

You're effectively saying if Inglis scores a hat trick in defeat on Saturday he can't be crowned best player in the world.

Inglis or Smith have to win it IMO. Sinfield has been terrific for Leeds and I really like him as a player, but I can't help but think the huge praise being lavished on him results partly from the fact that we all expected him to be anonymous in an England shirt again.

Comical that Sinfield is in this list