Who would you choose and dont just be bias towards your own team - honest opinion

my view - James Roby, he is a world class player, the stats dont lie he is the backbone to the saints team and should have won it 3 years running.

Sam T- if purely on stats

One of Tomkins or Roby, the two best players in Super League.

Tomkins is simply not a man of steel. Decent player, maybe. Man of steel, not a chance.

Roby is a workhorse, but never seems to particularly stand out. Maybe just because we're all used to seeing him carry Saints week in week out.

For me the epitome of Man of Steel is Westwood.

honest opinion is between Ben Westwood and James Roby, as has just been said Tomkins doesnt deserve the title 'Man of Steel'

That winger from Wigan has been pretty decent all year.

Anthony Gelling
Or do you mean whinger. If so Tomkins.

Couldn't argue with Tomkins, Roby or Westwood irrespective of how much one of those annoy the out of me.

Sam Tomkins will get it all day long.

If Wigan fans think he has been their most influential player then thats fair enough. I would imagine its really been Brett Finch.

similar to Wire fans who will Say they think its been Benny Westwood for us but in fact its probably been Brett Hodgson.

Man of Steel is a bit of an odd award. rename it player of the year then Tomkins can have it

Ultimately it is a player of the year award and the title is just a gimmick. Saying that to say Tomkins isn't a tough nut would be totally wrong. I'm not saying he's hard in a fighting sense but my god he's tough. He cops more rough treatment then any other player and comes back for more. He's had players like David Howell, Carl Ablett and our own Hame Lauaki try to take his head off over the years but he never shys away.

Guys like Tomkins, Hodgson and Burrow show as much 'Steel' as anybody because they constantly get battered and play at a huge size disadvantage but keep coming back.

I'm not saying Tomkins is the only candidate to win it but the title would be fair.

Tomkins' form is shocking. Man of Steel is Scott Dureau. Anyone else getting it would be farcical.

Someone mentioned Burrow, I reckon he might be in with a shot, he's been so influential at Leeds for years and takes plenty of crunching tackles from men nearly twice his size.

chris hill for sure! the step up from championship to super league and to be one of the best props in super league this year and win a challenge cup he has been immense this year

If it's supposed to go to the man who's performed over and above what is expected, and best influenced his team's performances, I'd say Hill ..... and can't disagree that Finch, not Tomkins has made Wigan tick this year ......

But, it's a popularity contest, so it wont be Tomkins ...... good player (boy, did that hurt to type that!) but he even winds up his own team-mates ..... and the way he reacted when Hughes made a mess was disgraceful!

Basing it on my first thought above, I'd like to see a shortlist of Hill, Raleigh, Dureau, Burrows (just, from Delaney), Houghton, and, here's one that's been missed by most ..... Ben Cross ..... written off as 'past his sell-by', he's held (or at least given 100% trying) the Smellies together through a really difficult first season.

Depends on next couple of games, any of those mentioned can nick it last furlong. I assume it's decided after Semis?