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The trouble with a flaky
season like the one we've had means the lack of consistency throughout
the squad has left us with some slightly bizarre nominations, there are some players who had a good month and were
never heard of again and then others, like Danny Shittu, who didn't win
once.
Still the usual
suspects are there and thems the rules so here are your 2006 player of
the season nominations.
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WINNER
AUGUST 2005
If
Tommy Doherty had had eight more months like August then he might
actually be a contender, trouble is he didn't. Injury and fitness took
it's toll and the Bristol Strangler ended the season transfer listed and
on his way out of the club.
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Tommy
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WINNER
September 2005
He may not be the
most complete player to ever pull on The Hoops but nine goals in
twenty starts is a decent return for a player who hasn't been at a
hundred percent from the day we signed him. Here's an interesting
fact only three of Nygaard's goals this season was meaningless to us
in terms of points. Take away the other six and we would have been
relegated.
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Marc
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WINNER
OCTOBER & DECEMBER 2005
Simon Royce has
been slightly overshadowed by the arrival of Paul Jones in January
but his contribution to the season has been immense. He almost
single handed kept us in countless games and his performance at
Pride Park this season was one of the best goalkeeping displays I've
ever seen from an R's 'keeper.
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WINNER
NOVEMBER 2005
Shabba began to
make his mark on the first team towards the tail end of last year,
he got his first goal after coming off the bench against Plymouth
and his exuberance won him the November award. Since then things
have gone a little south for him, his contract wrangles are well
publicised and he seemed to hit a wall towards the end of the
campaign.
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WINNER
JANUARY 2006
One
of the major favourites for the award, Gareth Ainsworth has been one
of our few consistent performers over the whole season. Not the most
skilful of footballers but his never say die attitude has proved
invaluable time after time, the home game against Hull springs to
mind, we were 2-0 down and Ainsworth's determination helped him to
score twice and earn us an unlikely looking draw. He also ended the
season captaining the side.
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Gareth
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WINNER
FEBRUARY 2006
Like Tommy Doherty Steve Lomas is another player whose season has
been dogged with injuries and we never really got to see the best of
him. February was a good month for the ginger assassin though, he
was excellent in all four games and won the man of the match award
for his efforts during our 3-2 win against Sheffield United.
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Steve
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WINNER
MARCH 2006
Like Simon Royce before him Paul Jones has saved us point after
point. The King of the double save only joined us in February but
has been named our man of the match three times in his fourteen
games for his performances against Wolves and Stoke at home and
Sheffield Wednesday away.
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Paul
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WINNER
APRIL 2006
Finally Lee Cook took a much deserved monthly award in April, 2006
really saw Cook start to find top form and, since taking over the
managers chair, Gary Waddock really seems to have let him off the
leash. In the final games of the season he was full of running and
ideas and looked dangerous time after time. Let's hope we can hold
onto him this summer because he is only going to improve.
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So that's the nominations, who gets your
vote? To take part simply click the link below, this will open a pop up
window, choose your nomination for the Player of the Season award,
complete your name on the form and hit submit to register your vote. We'll
announce the results on the site in about a week. Thanks for voting.
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