The days of those players are long gone. TBF Lane did used to be a threat running good lines in a semi decent side he was a try threat. He got a load of stick for not doing the graft (warranted at the time) and has really put the effort in this year. Hopefully in a better attacking structure he might offer more again with the ball.

I don’t know who decides the POTY award but the decision has been made, they obviously think he deserves the recognition, why not just respect it. There’s not exactly loads of stand outs. Put a gun to my head I’d have said 1)Herman 2)Martin and 3) Lane so don’t think it’s really a controversial decision at all. Those 3 are the ones that have done the minutes and topped most of the stats, it’s been one of those seasons.

Put me in that category. An "absolute saddo" who believes that Herman was our best player this season and by a country mile.

I'm guessing that it was the coach who choose Lane as his player of the season. Well nothing more needs to be said on that.

After the season we've had these awards are pretty meaningless but if you are going to have them at least take them seriously.

Joke 9f a decision. No surprise really

Nope, I’d agree that Herman was our best player by a long way. I do think though that anyone who thinks A) Herman will care that he’s not won it and it’s some kind of injustice and B) Feels the need to comment on said injustice on the clubs social media posts absolutely needs to get a life.

Like you say the coaching staff likely pick the award. They think Lane deserves it. I don’t agree but don’t really care. If Lane really is as terrible as some on here and the Facebook warriors would have us believe then one of the worlds most experienced coaches simply won’t pick him will he? I’m not even a fan of his, but we’ve had an absolutely woeful season with no organisation on the field and offered absolutely no creativity in attack. Hardly a surprise that the top tackler and player who put in the most minutes has won an award.

It's immaterial but Grix has picked Lane as the player of the season ahead of Herman. It started as a farce and ended in a comedy.

More importantly how's mad monday going.

The award that means the most is the players player of the year, the one voted for by the people who really value what someone does for the team

I'd heard a few players had to cancel travel plans when the catalans game was rescheduled

What a shame, maybe next year they could you know make plans for after the Grand Final and actually do their jobs in August and September

For the lane haters just read his stats in Hdm today.
Its why he was coaches choice.
Wasn’t just Grix but the coaching staff all ex SL players.
The team were rubbish all season but why folk consistently moan about the most consistent player is baffling.
Ese Ese was outstanding but did he play
Wing centre hooker. Look at the stats and effort areas that All SL coaches talk about in their interviews.
For all round effort commitment then lane wins it from a coaching point of view.

As an easy answer to why lane isn’t making the breaks he use too.
The pack are dominated every game.
There are no half backs to lead the team around the park.

Come on guys.

Does anyone really care? For me lane was as average as ever. Yes, he tries hard but they all should.

Shows how bad we are when our player of the year wouldn't get anywhere near the match day squad of most the rest of superleage

Just started reading HDM's player ratings for the season (it's going to be a long read!) and first name mentioned is Liam Tindall... completely forgot he was with us.

Says it all about our attack this season that our Try of the Year was an interception.

This is why we have:
POTY,
Players POTY and
Supporters POTY.

Because all 3 groups see things differently..

Imagine that...

Add a sprinkling of common sense and positivity too.