Quote: Egg Chasing "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.'"
I agree that this format isn't the best way. As you say, the Dally M seems to attract little in the way of criticism. For the most part the correct decisions are made. Maybe that's the model we need to go by.
The players vote wasn't great in my opinion. Too many voting for their mates. It all got a bit silly. It was easy to see vested interest votes being cast too. I remember looking at the list that was posted and just laughing at some of the voting. I think Dom Crosby voting for Jack Hughes was a good example of this.
