Re: End of season awards/MOS : Tue Oct 04, 2016 6:49 pm
Fantastic Mr Catpiss wrote:
140 something available votes from the humberside region, only 3 votes for chris hill,
Houghton only got 10 from widnes and wigan so about the same from those 2 clubs on a pro rata basis against their total votes received (houghton 169, Hill 50) as hill's from Hull and hull kr. It seems odd that hill isn't thought of more highly by his peers but I guess those that play against him week in, week out maybe just expect him to do what he does. warrington players received 47 votes from Hull players so no tactical voting there if that's what you're implying but it seems they favour clarke and currie over hill.
As for hill v ellis, again there must be a reason more players voted for ellis. Maybe he hits like a train and they all remember it or maybe they see his leadership qualities when they're playing against him but ellis was quite a distant 3rd and not that far ahead of hill anyway
As for houghton, he's been excellent this year for one of the top sides so he was always in with a shout. i expect the other players appreciate how hard it is making 50 tackles every week and have recognised it with the vote. Well deserved IMO on a number of levels