Re: 2016 Man Of Steel : Wed Jul 27, 2016 10:22 pm  

Gareth Ellis 100%.

Re: 2016 Man Of Steel : Wed Jul 27, 2016 10:28 pm  

It's strange on these type of threads how many people suggest players from the club they support. Half way through the season I would have said it was between Sandow and Bateman, Sandow got injured and Bateman had his issues since. I don't think there's any obvious candidates that there has been in previous years and we could probably select a shortlist of around a dozen who have a decent shout.

Re: 2016 Man Of Steel : Thu Jul 28, 2016 6:58 am  

Gareth Ellis for me.
He is the best and most consistent player I have seen so far in my life at Hull. His defence is just brutal. More often that not anybody who he has tackled gets up slowly to play the ball because he hits them that hard.
A similar situation to when Adrian Peterson won the MVP award after a ACL and MCL injury. I personally thought Ellis' career was over when he went down against Rovers. To come back at all, nevermind how good he has been this year, shows what the guy is made of.

I'd also have on the shortlist Gidley and Houghton.
Bateman for me was looking a shoe-in to at least make the short list but I reckon that chance has been bombed now.

Re: 2016 Man Of Steel : Thu Jul 28, 2016 7:56 am  

Houghton, Taylor and Sneyd have all been outstanding but the best player in SL this season is Ellis. He is quite simply a great player

Re: 2016 Man Of Steel : Thu Jul 28, 2016 8:02 am  

Gareth Ellis by a mile. Every hit up is at full intensity. Every tackle is with everything he has. I have lost count of the huge hits he has put in. In the Saints away game, after playing both Easter games he was smashing Kyle Amor all over.

He is a machine

Re: 2016 Man Of Steel : Thu Jul 28, 2016 9:10 am  

Yep, I'm gonna throw in Ellis as well. Truly great player but also a real leader, it is incredible how much more pumped up we are for a game if he is playing.

Re: 2016 Man Of Steel : Thu Jul 28, 2016 9:28 am  

For me Ellis has missed too many with injuries / rested. Danny Houghton's stats speak for themselves. Chris Sandow , Jacob Miller and Marc sneyd have all been quality too.

Re: 2016 Man Of Steel : Thu Jul 28, 2016 9:37 am  

Gareth Ellis or Ben Westwood - both hard as nails & never shirk hard work, and both make a big difference to their teams performance.

Re: 2016 Man Of Steel : Thu Jul 28, 2016 9:49 am  

As good as Ellis has been this year, Houghton for me is having the season of his life now he can show what he can do with a dangerous pack in front of him. His statistics are almost unbelievable and he has been the heart-beat of the Hull side this year (complimented by Sneyd).

Should be his year regardless of whether Hull go onto win anything

Re: 2016 Man Of Steel : Thu Jul 28, 2016 10:21 am  

Matty Smith