Player of the Season?

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Leahy simply to massively upset neurology. :laughing::thinking::wink:

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Cook albeit heā€™s only been average overall. A few great games, plenty of ineffective ones.

Shows how rubbish weā€™ve been.

Actually, iā€™ll go Kinsella then Cook.

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Dobson for me despite a poor middle of season with Kinsella as a close second who was surprisingly left out for some key games.

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Well to be fair i couldnā€™t pick one on the basis that i have only seen about 5 games all season, but on being part of this forum, and what i HAVE seen then i would pick either cookey for stepping up to our league and scoring some great goals, or Kinsella for his sheer effort. reminds me of Deano for that, i hope he doesnā€™t come back to manage us in another 15 years :grin:

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Leahy for sure. :grinning:

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Surprised thereā€™s been so few mentioned Roberts.

I know heā€™s had a few dodgy moments but kept us in many games and stopped other games turning into a cricket score. Not been easy for him either with the clueless defence weā€™ve had for half the season.

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With you on that

He has saved as many points as Cook has won us

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Got to disagree with that. I canā€™t think of many games we would have lost only for Roberts too pull it out of the bag.

He was dreadful for a very long part of the middle of the season and also isnā€™t blameless for our defensive frailties and organisation.

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Definitely should be Mrs Morris, greatest moment of entertainment this season

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Agree, he is over rated.

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In goalkeeping terms he is very young and inexperienced. But definitely worth persevering with in my opinion.

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Oh yeah, and he has his good moments. But player of the season this year? He wouldnā€™t make my top 5 and itā€™s not exactly been a good year.

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I can think of many good saves he has made this season.
He did have a poor run after Christmas, but so have many others.

Donā€™t buy into the Cook being a shoe in so thinking of alternatives.

I wouldnā€™t be starting him at the minute, so difficult to support him as player of the year

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Thatā€™s kind of par for the course though as a keeper. You expect a few good saves. I can also think of many many times he should have done much better.

He has to take his share of the blame for our defence as well, the keeper is a key organiser.

Nah itā€™s not. Head and shoulders and itā€™s not even close. Literally nobody else bar maaaaaaybe Kinsella has performed at the required level this season. Heā€™s the best of a bad bunch.

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Is for me. You can call it the way you seee it, thatā€™s your choice.

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Why though? I genuinely canā€™t see why it would be ā€œso difficult to support him as player of the yearā€ for anybody, even if you donā€™t think he shouldnā€™t win it. Heā€™s quite obviously been one of our better (best) performers over the course of the season.

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On a personal note, Iā€™m not a massive fan of the type of football that needs to be played to accommodate that type of player and also if he isnā€™t featuring at the business end then I am tempted to look elsewhere.

He was a bit ropey early in in the season as well, blowing out of his arse after an hour and scowling at his team mates if he didnā€™t get all his own way.

Had s good spell mid season though.

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Bit unfair. Itā€™s not his fault (and I donā€™t actually think it is the best way to get him firing) to just fling the ball up to him and hope it sticks. Heā€™s actually very neat in build up play when actually given the chance and ideally doesnā€™t touch the ball until the opponents third.

But thatā€™s irrelevant to his performance anyway because if itā€™s a style issue then the whole team has been playing that way anyway :man_shrugging:

As for him being a bit ropey earlier in the season he still managed 4 in his first 10. Hardly poor, blowing or not. Thereā€™s isnā€™t a player in this team that hasnā€™t had a ā€œpoorā€ spell.

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1st - Cook
2nd _ Kinsella
Dobson - No, for all the good work he does, he loses the ball too often.
L. Roberts - getting better, but at fault for a lot of goals, Sunderland for example
Devlin, an outsider and a good captain option

Young Player , does Kinsella come in this category? If no, L Roberts?

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Very unfair. Tranmere didnā€™t have to lump it up all game when they had Cook. Blame management and/or players for going for the easy hoofing it away so itā€™s no longer my problem attitude.

Look at his goals for Tranmere on YouTube. Plenty with his feet, and they were impressive goals too with really good footwork.

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