KUMB Writers’ Player Of The Season 2006

Over the past few years the writers’ award has evolved from a simple average of the player marks awarded by our match reporters to a complex series of calculations designed to take into account appearances. Consistency over a long period is therefore rewarded at the expense of the one-off spectacular performance.

We also introduced a monthly “Player of the Month” Award, mainly as a way of forcing Gnome to keep the spreadsheet up to date. Three of the last four monthly awards went in the same direction. Given his consistency and the way in which he took to the Premiership like a duck to water, it can come as no surprise that the KUMB Writers’ Player of the Season for 2006 goes to Danny Gabbidon whose average mark of 7.13 out of 10 is the highest mark since records began.

Skipper Nigel Reo-Coker took second place with 6.94 whilst Anton Ferdinand came in third with 6.88. All three had marks that would have been good enough to take the title in previous years, an indication perhaps of the improved standards of football delivered by the team over the past twelve months.

The full table:

Squad No.

Name

Weighted Average

14Gabbidon7.13 
220Reo-Coker6.94 
35Ferdinand 6.88 
43Konchesky6.87 
51Carroll6.77 
617Mullins6.73 
719Collins6.64 
810Harewood6.61 
915Benayoun6.59 
1011Etherington6.48 
1125Zamora 6.40 
1234Hislop6.26 
136Fletcher6.23 
1426Newton 6.21 
158Sheringham6.05 
167Dailly5.91 
172Scaloni5.84 


Congratulations to Danny who joins an illustrious band of former winners:

Kumb Writers’ Award – Previous winners

2005 Jimmy Walker
2004 Matthew Etherington
2003 Joe Cole

KUMB would like to thank all those who submitted match reports throughout the season thus making the Writers’ award possible.

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