KUMB Writers' Player of the Month - November 2006
- by Gordon Thrower
- Filed: Wednesday, 29th November 2006
Another month closes and Gnome's been at the spreadsheets again. He enjoys it you know. No really........
Four matches, two wins and two defeats. Some better marks for the players too, reflecting improved form over a spell that saw three points come our way courtesy of Arsenal (again) and Sheffield United and a battling if unrewarded display against Chelsea. There was also the away match at Middlesbrough over which, perhaps, a discreet veil should be drawn.The more observant of you will have noticed that the month contained no fewer than two clean sheets. The improvement at the back is reflected by the fact that the top three places this month are occupied by defenders. Anton Ferdinand picks up the bronze this month with a creditable average of 7.00.
Making his first appearance in the monthly awards is our import from the US Jonathan Spector. His score of 7.21 for the month is good enough for second spot. “Way to go bud” is, I believe, the appropriate expression, though I draw the line at whooping noises.
However, ahead of his defensive partners this month in top spot is Danny Gabbidon whose average of 7.63 gives him his first monthly KUMB award of the season, something that I’m sure will be of great comfort to him over the next few weeks as he recovers from the hamstring injury he picked up at the weekend. Probably.
In the race for the season title it’s all change at the top. Both Spector and Robert Green have now played enough matches to qualify for the main table and it’s the ‘keeper that takes over the top spot whilst Spector’s weighted average of 6.36 is enough to see him enter the chart in third place, but I’m still not making whooping noises.
The full table:
1 Green 6.74
2 Ferdinand 6.52
3 Spector 6.36
4 Mullins 6.28
5 Carroll 6.25
5 Gabbidon 6.25
7 Bowyer 6.17
8 Tevez 6.07
9 Benayoun 5.77
10 Konchesky 5.68
11 Sheringham 5.64
12 Mears 5.62
13 Harewood 5.55
14 Dailly 5.51
14 Cole 5.48
16 Zamora 5.36
17 Etherington 5.34
18 Paintsil 5.32
19 Reo-Coker 5.20
20 Mascherano 5.11
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