KUMB Writers’ Player Of The Month January 2006
- by Gordon Thrower
- Filed: Friday, 10th February 2006
Five matches made up January’s fixture list. A slight wobble at the start of the year when we lost at home to Chelsea was followed by straight wins against Norwich (Cup), Villa, Fulham and Blackburn.
The improvement in form was reflected in a close fight for the January Player Of The Month award. In joint second place were Roy Carroll and the now departed Tomas Repka. Both Roy and Tomas played in three of the five matches played during the month and their average rating of 7.65 would probably have been good enough to take the monthly award in most months. However, out in first place with a splendid average of 7.75 was Danny Gabbidon.The monthly award winners this season to date have been:
August/September: Anton Ferdinand
October: Paul Konchesky
November: Hayden Mullins
December: Yossi Benayoun
Danny’s efforts over January have put him into third place in an increasingly close race at the top of the Player of The Season ratings where he is separated by the narrowest of margins (0.01 of a point) from joint leaders Roy Carroll and Nigel Reo-Coker.
The full table, which includes all matches up to and including the Blackburn cup-tie:
| Squad No. | Name | Weighted Average |
1 | 1 | Carroll | 7.12 |
1 | 20 | Reo-Coker | 7.12 |
3 | 4 | Gabbidon | 7.11 |
4 | 5 | Ferdinand | 7.01 |
5 | 15 | Benayoun | 6.91 |
6 | 17 | Mullins | 6.86 |
7 | 3 | Konchesky | 6.80 |
8 | 10 | Harewood | 6.55 |
9 | 25 | Zamora | 6.54 |
10 | 26 | Newton | 6.30 |
11 | 6 | Fletcher | 6.25 |
12 | 11 | Etherington | 6.24 |
13 | 19 | Collins | 6.20 |
14 | 34 | Hislop | 6.18 |
15 | 8 | Sheringham | 6.16 |
16 | 7 | Dailly | 5.80 |
* Like to share your thoughts on this article? Please visit the KUMB Forum to leave a comment.
* Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the highlighted author/s and do not necessarily represent or reflect the official policy or position of KUMB.com.