Quote Darkheart="Darkheart"He has played alot more minutes? Thats why he is ahead in metres, carries etc. Morleys yards per carry is miles better which is what we want.'"
Morley is a 60-70 minute man isn't he? That is what gets said on here. I'd say they play a similar amount of time. Jammer usually does 70-80. Morley YPC is 8.07, while Graham has a YPC of 7.2. Pretty much the only stat he is ahead in.
So despite Morley being rested and playing less time, with the support of Carvell and Rauhihi he is under 1 meter per carry ahead.
Quote Darkheart="WireFanatic II"So Graham deserves to be the Man of Steel solely because St Helens can't be d to bring in any props to lighten his workload?'"
No he deserves it because he has been better than Morley, the fact he has been virtually alone for large parts just adds to it.
Jammer has done 1,496 more meters than Morley, the difference between the two is half of Morley's total season production.
More tries, more carries and yards, more offloads, more tackle busts. All pretty key stats for a prop.
Despite playing more time, which you think would make him more tired, Jammer has made 100 more tackles and missed half as many tackles as Morley. Also conceded less penalties. So Jammer is also better in defence.
Morley is ahead in three stats: YPC, marker tackles and errors.
By every conceivable statistic and reasoning Graham has been better than Morley. He has guided us to second in the table and a cup semi-final and is without doubt our best/ most consistent player.
Morley may be a better leader and will get MOS IMHO (soley because you won the Cup), but Jammer has been by far the better player.