by RapidShrimp » Thu Apr 08, 2021 10:26 am
For me, it’s got to be one of Carlos, O’Sullivan, Wildig, Songo’o and Stockton.
In my honest opinion, giving it to a defender would be crazy - only 5 teams have conceded more goals than us in the league this season, with only two teams having kept fewer clean sheets. And you’d also expect us to be getting more goals out of the likes of Sam and Davis, the latter of which hasn’t actually recorded a league goal this season!
Our strength has been on the counter, on the wings, and general chance creation (as seen by the stat a few days ago that had us top of chances created in the league!). I think Yann is a good shout for the player of the year - he’s so vital to the way we play, in the way he breaks up the oppositions’ long spells of possession and quickly distributes to create an attacking opportunity. He’s also contributed very well with 3 goals and 2 assists, very good stats for a player of his position in this system. And all of this is backed up by the aforementioned WhoScored stats, with him having the highest average rating of any player currently at the club!
As I mentioned above, you could also easily make a claim for:
- Carlos (12 goals, 2 assists, and only Lavelle has played more league minutes);
- O’Sullivan (not always been in the side but he quickly proved his worth and has 4 goals & 4 assists);
- Wildig (what an improvement he’s made! 7 goals, 3 assists, from a variety of positions);
- Stockton (seems to have gone under the radar with a lot of fans, only CMG has scored more than him, and he’s also bagged 3 assists, and some spectacular goals across the season!).
Young player of the season? Well it depends on how you define “young”:
- U23 would give CMG, Price, Andresson, Cooney, Turner and Denny - there’s a clear winner there
- U21 would only give Price, Andresson and Denny - so that would have to be Price for me, great breakout season for a player just 18 years of age!