Quote: Phuzzy "I've thought since its inception that the flaws were clear for all to see. I'm not entirely sure who came up with this format but clear thinking wasn't their strong point. It's a totally unbalanced way to do it. An average player in a poor match can get the same 3 points as an outstanding player in the match of the season.
If they're insistent on using this system, although in all honesty I'm not sure why they would be, then the final five nominees need to have final judgement by the panel of judges who could then take an overview of the season.'"
The Aussies have decided the Dally M this way for years.
There will always be those who disagree with the way it's decided, but for me the players vote was the best one.
The press one is most prone to failure IMO although I'm not sure I disagreed too often with the winner. You see it with a MOM vote though when a winger wins it because he scored a hat-trick when all he has had to do is catch the ball, his centre that has put him away three times or the guy in the middle that got the better of his opposite number to lay the platform rarely gets the credit. Sky giving it to French against Saints for example. Some players will always be built up by the press because they do the spectacular.
For me, go back to the player vote but do it after every game. Each player names their MOM from the opposing team.