No, that is the whole [ipointlessness[/i of having this poll.
Had the poll stopped at 9.00 this morning you could have claimed a 'victory' for the Edwards camp. If it stops now you could claim victory for Schofield. Who knows which of the two you could claim as the 'best player' tomorrow?

Like I said it's a bit of fun, but IMO the result (at any given time) is still pretty irrelevant.

has anyone made a credible case for edwards being better than schofield yet?

Has anyone made a credible case for him not being better than Schofield

Saying Schofield is better than Edwards is like saying Benji Marshall is better than Thurston. You just can't say it, they are different players. Just because Thurston isn't as flash does not mean he isn't as good.

It comes down to who you would rather have in your team. Edwards every time. If you wanted to win that is.

Read my post again. I am saying Edwards was better in different ways other than being flash. In the same way that Thurston is better than Marshall without the flash. I didn't realise opening up the defence and individual brilliance was the only way in which you can be 'better' than another player.

Yes, I get that. Maybe I should have just quoted the bit about the ‘if you want to win pick Edwards’ as the team element of our sport make that argument impossible to defend

As for the flash vs. Individual brilliance. I think it is a little bit of a false argument because Schofield was certainly capable of bossing a game (definitely later in his career at 6) but if we need to categorise them as such then I think that Schofield was a better flashy player than Edwards was a solid player

If I was selecting a team from that era, Schofield would be one of the first on the team sheet

Love this quote from Schofield “My best performances that year came in the Test series in New Zealand(1990) and I loved it when Phil Clarke told me that Shaun Edwards’s dad put pictures of me wearing the Great Britain number-six jersey up in his kitchen to motivate him into getting the jersey back. But from then on, Shaun wasn’t getting that jersey back, it was mine.''

Got more dosh than him.

Schofield. Schofield is definitely fatter than Edwards.

Presumably the highlight of Schofield's career.

Meanwhile, in 1990 Shaun had already lifted 4 Challenge Cups, 1 World Club Challenge, 2 League Titles, 4 Regal/John Player Trophies, 3 Lancashire Cups and 1 Man of Steel - with plenty more to come. Which would Schofield have preferred do you think?

He doesn't have much choice, really. That's the only line he can spew.

Well apart from being a MOS and Golden Boot winner, having record number of GB caps and being one of the best playesr in pretty much every team he played in. Where as once Edwards was out of his comfort zone at Wigan he was found wanting.