And the winner of the NUFCblog.org Player of the Season is…
Posted on May 14th, 2010 | 37 Comments |
It has been down to you, the reader, to decide the destination of this much coveted award. It’s only fair that we are the ones to pass judgement on how a player has played for us throughout the season, we know much more than the experts anyway. So it gives me great pleasure to announce that the winner of this award, as voted for by you and with 28% of the final vote is….. Jose Enrique.
I’m sure he is ecstatic knowing that he is now the proud owner of our coveted award, but as yet I have been unable to track down the Spaniard to ask him how he is feeling at what must be an emotional and triumphant time for him. Unfortunately he will have to wait to be presented with the widely respected trophy although I can give everyone an update on the progress of it’s construction. I can reveal that the finishing touches are being applied and all I need now to finish the trophy off are some nails, glue and some tin-foil. And to think my mother never rated Blue Peter and wondered why I used to watch it as a child, who’s laughing now eh mother?
All joking aside, it really is indicative of just how well Enrique has performed throughout the season and it’s not often you get a full-back winning a Player of the Season award regardless of the stature of it. Jose is one of the players we have no worries about for next season, although it would be nice of we could muster some cover for the lad and make us less reliant on him.
Jose is a firm fan favourite and also appears to be a popular character amongst his team-mates, as evidenced by some emotional scenes after he scored his first goal in a Newcastle shirt against Nottingham Forest back in March. In short, he has been one of the outstanding performers in a team that has smashed so many record this season. Well done Jose.
Runner up was Fabricio Coloccini who managed to collect 17% of the vote, whilst in third place was Kevin Nolan with 11%.
Coloccini has become a cult hero with the fans this term and has looked a class apart from any other defender in the league. His composure and skill on the ball is not something that is usually evident in a central defender, yet the Argie has it in spades.
As for Kevin Nolan, his 18 goals cannot be ignored despite accusations that he is probably not the fastest or most mobile midfielder we posess. I would counter that by asking people to look at the second goal in what was a 4-0 win away at Ipswich earlier on in the season, plus he also has the uncanny ability of being in the right place at the right time.
To conclude, there has been some cracking season long peformances from a number of individuals, all of which have contributed to such a successful season on the pitch. My only hope is that this time next year we can dish out the award to someone who has helped us to stay in the Premier League and not to the best of a bad bunch who got relegated. In the meantime, sing-a-long…
Jose Jose Jose Jose…
NUFCBlog Author: toonsy
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other than jose, this result is nowt like nufc’s is it. they have BUTT as second highest rated player!!