Sad One you are way off the mark, Monas has been the best Hooker in the comp this year without doubt.

I'd maybe agree he's been the best hooker, but its not without doubt. Roby has been awesome all year, they are just different styles of player.

Leave the club bias out of it and take a look at Roby. It's impossible to leave him out. He is a phenom.



Averaging, thats right averaging, nigh on 200m and 40 tackles a game.

Roby and Monaghan are both great players but Monaghan has a problem and its a major one.



Sorry he is not Roby. Roby seems to be the darling of some of the media i would have had Monaghan in as the better of the 2. But Roby got MOS 2-3 years ago when clearly Trent Barrett was the better player.



I do believe he might be the love Child of Stevo





For legal purposes thats a joke.



If he is not in the dream team i dont think he will get MOS but i might be wrong. Personally i think Sam Tomkins has produced some incredible stuff this season and so has Monaghan. I just hope one of them gets it and not Roby.

The MOS is selected from the dream team I think.

SL coaches have to produce strategies/gameplans to stop the likes of Monaghan, Roby, Tomkins, Chase, Briers, Lomax etc each week. I suspect that if it was they rather than a bunch of journos who came up with the dream team we would see some different faces.



If the players get to vote on their peers for Man Of Steel, then I think the SL coaches should vote the Dream Team.

To the detriment of Saints at times I imagine... Saints get a roll on, have the opposition disorganised, and instead of swinging the ball out and scoring, Roby darts 10 metres up the pitch and is tackles.



Whereas Monaghan 9 times out of ten will choose the right option, and is a big reason for us amassing so many points this season.



This is the reason the aussies beat us so comfortably, they have player with brains and skills, we just have brawn.

Yes on 2nd thoughts he has not been the clear best hooker in the Comp and Roby has been great for Saints.

But Monas should have been in the SL Dream team ahead of Roby.

Agreed, he's an unreal workhorse, you can't help but see that with the naked eye without the need for statistics. I do think he is a physical freak, a one off.



Only problem is, you could counter-argue that by saying that he's ineffective, or his style doesn't lend itself to making you guys successful, as you've not beaten any of the big sides this year and have found yourselves well off the pace this year, for all of his good work.

Or you could argue that the fact that we're pretty obviously beneath the top 2 means it's even more impressive?





I don't agree he's ineffective, he's made breaks in key games for us this season and we've just put the ball down. He doesn't steal plays by going on his own very often either. I'd bet 90% of his metres are made between the 20s.

Ron you make a good point here.

Regarding Roby and Monas, both excellent hookers and both deserving of a place in the dream team - shame there can be only one - and further to my message regarding coaches selecting the dream team. It would be interesting to know which player is the greater 'headache' to opposition SL coaches when planning for games against Saints or Wire. I may be biased, but I suspect Monas.