Man of Steel awards

Quote: Deano G "Yesterday really was an appalling day in the history of RL, though the incompetence, hypocrisy and Wigan hating of much of the RL world was actually very amusing.

First the story finally breaks that some clubs have been underpaying the revenue, a clear breach of rule A3:1 of the RFL's operational rules.

In other sports an announcement would be made by the governing body that the clubs concerned were being investigated for misconduct. But no, this is rugby league, and as others have said on this board the political reality of our morally bankrupt game is that they will not be punished for breaching A3:1 or for the obvious and very serious breach of the spirit of the salary cap that this failed tax avoidance constitutes.

And then we have the players' opinion on who the greatest player of 2011 was. What's their opinion worth? Well as a group who have taken years to form a union and given that many players - like turkeys voting for Christmas - still speak out in favour of the salary cap, despite the cap having reduced their wages collectively by more than 30% in real terms, I attach very little weight to what they say on any subject.

The truth of course is that Sam Tomkins played some breathtaking rugby this season. He's the best British player since Hanley and if he avoids injury and stays in RL he could well go on to top even the great man. Chase is a very good player and Roby has had an extraordinary season but Sam is just on a different level.

The reality is that this award, like much that goes on in RL, is a complete joke. So while the muppets in the RL establishment continue to damage the game with their politics, hypocrisy and Wigan hating, I suppose at least we can have a laugh at the expense of these total idiots.
As ever your deluded bitterness shines through.

Sam is a cracking broken field runner, the best in superleague no doubt.

He joins the line like no other player in superleague, and beats men with ease.

But what else does he do? His defence is not great, his decision making under pressure needs to mature and (as an eventual halfback) he wasn't that good at moving the team around the pitch, also his kicking game needed work.

He could be a great, literally great number 6 given time (and imo a coach who will help mature him).

To say it's too early to compare him to Hanley is an understatement.

You have just displayed in full why you are a laughing stock on other boards.