I can't help but notice every year when the dally ms happen.Theres no eels players ever winning anything significant no medals no dally m no team of the year no coach of the year nothing.Theres Bairley to none of any eels players ever there now.
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If it's not flawed why is there a blow up about some winners every year?.
Rating every player gives every player a fair chance to get a score they deserve. Rugby league week use to do it this way.
Edit. What do you mean its not for the best player overall, that's exactly what it is.
Who was the last Dally M winner where people said the person who won shouldn't have? Maybe Wighton in 2020? Ponga in 2023 had a little bit but his finish was that good that he did deserve it.
Also, I didn't say the whole system is not flawed, you said that players taking points off each other is flawed. That is not a flaw when say Yeo has a better game than Cleary, as he is a superstar player, he will get more points. Compared to someone like Ponga who if Newcastle win, more than not he is responsible as there aren't as many other superstars in his team that have as much impact on the result as he does. So if Edwards or Yeo for example are getting 6 points and Cleary only gets 3 for a Penrith win, that is not a flaw.
If players in the same game as Cleary play better than him, they deserve more points. Fact is, at Penrith, there are players who are good enough to shine despite Cleary being there compared to someone like say Ponga or Hynes prior to this year as they are the main ones in their teams.
You say every year, has anyone complained that Cleary got it last night? Look at the past years where he didn't win it when Penrith won the comp. 2021, Turbo won and had what many consider the most dominant season in League history. 2022 he played 14 regular season games. 2023, Ponga had a Jarryd Hayne like stretch carrying Newcastle to finals. 2024, he played 13 games all year. Then last year, Penrith started poorly so he wouldn't have scored well, but also in their late surge, Yeo and Edwards were a big part of the come back. No matter the scoring, that is not the best system but what is, some years a player just had a career year over Cleary.
As with player rating, giving scores out of 10 sounds fair on paper, but match ratings are always tied to the scoreboard. If a team gets smashed 40-0, even their best player rarely gets more than a 6/10, while average players on the winning team get 7s and 8s for barely breaking a sweat. The 3-2-1 actually protects individual dominance in losing sides much better than a 1-10 rating system does.
Maybe because half the team hasn't hit their peak and the other half are close to retirement
Hey at least we had the rookie of the year !. Lol Eels - the feeder club of the year 🤣
I will say Chief, not saying it for sake of arguing ill have this regardless of who it was. But Sanders shouldn't have even qualified for rookie of the year.
He played 2 games in 2024 and 2 games in 2025. This was his 3rd year in FG. I understand the rule of under 6 games or something like that but what if a player plays 1 game a year for 6 years, he can win rookie of the year in his 7th season? To me, once you have debuted, the following season you are not a rookie. If they keep it as the following year under 6 games you can still be counted then fair but 3 years since debut?
Wasnt a strong year either as I felt Harrison at least deserved a nomination.
As for Sanders, you know my thoughts on that whole thing. Don't want Blue Eel to come get me haha.
Alright Alright we've got some signings coming
I love it how some have come here to abuse the club after the Dally M's when if you ask the same people 3 months ago if we would have any involvement in the Dally M's the answer would be an emphatic no. So why is it a problem now when we knew for a while we would have no mention? Haha
Not really abusing the club, just taking the piss and we knew we would have no involvement in the Dally Ms, 3 months ago because for more then 2 years now we have been screaming and calling out for a big name signing cause we know no one on this team has the calibre to participate. It's there fault cause they've been playing with their cocks missing every single signing available🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
41 years now and counting, got to start making some serious moves in the off season
Now I wouldn't say they are just sitting there missing targets. They are trying. You can try and fail miserably too. You can try but not hard enough either. They are trying to get players. Now is what they are doing good enough? No. But not like they are sitting saying "everything is amazing" they know but have no idea how to get out of it to be fair.
You don't necessarily need Dally M players to be successful, you just need a team working together week in week out with a passion to be their very best. You don't even have to go after victories - they will come if you have the right attitude. That will eventually attract quality players who want to get the best out of themselves, and will show the young players what it takes to be a successful NRL player.
Obviously the club needs to play their part too for a club-wide passion for consistent performance.
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