More for my own gratification than anything else, here are the jonwant.com
Player of the Season Awards for 2003-2004.
As regular readers will know, I (and my guest reporter, Alex, on
occasion) have marked each player out of ten in each game I have
seen this season, and also awarded a Man of the Match Award for
each game. Based on these figures, and a little discretion, I have
made my choices for the Player of the Season Awards.
In 3rd Place is LEE HUGHES. This was probably
the toughest of the choices but it was average rating of 7.16, coupled
with two Man of the Match Awards, that clinched it for Hughesy.
In the running were Andy Johnson (6.97 and 2 MOMs), Geoff Horsfield
(6.90 and 2 MOMs) and for his immense performances late on in the
season, last year's winner Sean Gregan (6.79 and 6 MOMs). But, for
me, the Ginger Ninja has consistently put in good performances all
season and finished up second highest goalscorer with twelve goals.
In 2nd Place is JASON KOUMAS. His average
rating of 6.90 was bettered by Hughes and Johnson but he got 7 Man
of the Match Awards, and was frequently a match winner. He had a
dip in form in the middle of the season which did bring down his
average rating, but he had to get the second place for the many
moments of sheer quality that he produced to light up the season.
The jonwant.com Player of the Season was once again a clear choice.
With an excellent average rating of 7.39 and an impressive 7 Man
of the Match Awards, it goes to THOMAS GAARDSOE. The
Great Dane played every minute of every game since he joined (other
than those few seconds after he was wrongly dismissed at Millwall),
and has been by far the most consistent performer. He is certainly
Megson's best signing considering the pittance we paid for him,
and I believe he will cut it at Premiership level.
As I mentioned above, Johnson, Horsfield
and Gregan were all close to making the top three, but a special
mention must also go to Lloyd Dyer who, even as sub, managed an
average rating of 7.00, and he was instrumental in changing so many
games late on. I will watch his progress with interest.
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