CherryandWhite.co.uk Player of the Season Race : Sun Aug 01, 2010 9:35 pm  

Neither of the joint leaders scored in the Leeds vote so we have a five horse race with all to play for yet. Pat Richards leads even though he's on equal points with Joel Tomkins because you've voted him 1st place more times than Joel. But Sean O'Loughlin, Stuart Fielden and Sam Tomkins could win it yet. Suppose I best start thinking of some kind of reward.

Neither of the joint leaders scored in the Leeds vote so we have a five horse race with all to play for yet. Pat Richards leads even though he's on equal points with Joel Tomkins because you've voted him 1st place more times than Joel. But Sean O'Loughlin, Stuart Fielden and Sam Tomkins could win it yet. Suppose I best start thinking of some kind of reward.

Re: CherryandWhite.co.uk Player of the Season Race : Sun Aug 01, 2010 10:34 pm  

All club gether for a trophy eh? wouldn't cost much

Re: CherryandWhite.co.uk Player of the Season Race : Sun Aug 01, 2010 10:48 pm  

A cherryandwhite.co.uk flag with their name, this year and picture on it

Re: CherryandWhite.co.uk Player of the Season Race : Sun Aug 01, 2010 10:56 pm  

Famous Amos wrote:

A cherryandwhite.co.uk flag with their name, this year and picture on it

Awesome idea.

Re: CherryandWhite.co.uk Player of the Season Race : Sun Aug 01, 2010 11:05 pm  

Famous Amos wrote:

A cherryandwhite.co.uk flag with their name, this year and picture on it

thats a brilliant idea. very unique too!

Re: CherryandWhite.co.uk Player of the Season Race : Sun Aug 01, 2010 11:29 pm  

Famous Amos wrote:

A cherryandwhite.co.uk flag with their name, this year and picture on it

Great idea!!

Re: CherryandWhite.co.uk Player of the Season Race : Sun Aug 01, 2010 11:54 pm  

I like the flag idea for the winning player.

I also like that the system I dreamt up for this which rewards consistency. Sean O'Loughlin has never won a vote yet for any match this year but even though Pat has won 6 of them Locky is still in the race to win it outright.

Re: CherryandWhite.co.uk Player of the Season Race : Mon Aug 02, 2010 7:55 am  

Bilko wrote:

Sean O'Loughlin has never won a vote yet for any match this year

What a fascinating statistic. Does this mean Sean is still underappreciated by Wigan fans or is he never quite the best player on the park? I suspect he still isn't everyone's cup of tea for some reason, I can't believe he hasn't deserved a single MoM this season, but I'd be interested to hear what other people think.

Re: CherryandWhite.co.uk Player of the Season Race : Mon Aug 02, 2010 8:27 am  

I suspect it is more about "eye-catching"; Lockers does a lot of work which is not spectacular but is damned effective. The likes of Richards, Tomkins (sam) etc will always get more votes because they are more visible - sad but true (and that is not to belittle the likes of Richards who has been superb all season).

The tv mom is always the same - it is often the players who do one spectacular finish or run who win it rather than those who lay the platform and do the hard work- I suppose even amongst fans at the game it is the same although probably more balanced by some fans who can see past the obvious.

Re: CherryandWhite.co.uk Player of the Season Race : Mon Aug 02, 2010 9:10 am  

exiled Warrior wrote:

I suspect it is more about "eye-catching"; Lockers does a lot of work which is not spectacular but is damned effective. The likes of Richards, Tomkins (sam) etc will always get more votes because they are more visible - sad but true (and that is not to belittle the likes of Richards who has been superb all season).

Thats it. Mick Cassidy was a similar asset to our side. Never really a stand out in attack but his defensive contribution was vital. Lockers is exactly the same.

Putting it another way - Lockers has been voted in the "top 5" for 16 of the 27 games this season. Joel 15 times, Pat 12, Fielden 13, Sam 12. So he's most consistently catching the eye - just not being voted top man. I suspect if we'd have had an average Brian Noble type year with poor attack he'd have been voted man of the match quite a few times.