Player of The Quarter Season

[matt_magpie]

Bass
Platt
Bedeau
Crowley
Jatta

In that order for me.

I agree with that and the order, it’s been very good recruitment that 4 of that 5 are recent signings. Would be good to get to Jan if maybe we can add 2 or 3 further up the field if the likes of Brown, Martin don’t work out and Scott’s still on leave but that’s not to say them 3 won’t work out, Brown and Marin must now be up to speed with fitness and our tactics so hopefully we can see properly what they can do.

[BigFatPie]

Bedeau for me, think he’s been excellent.

[tied_up_in_notts]

McG for me he wins Games wheras Goalies and defenders stop you losing.

If you win 1-0 it's not the striker who takes one second to score the goal who wins you the game, it's the defenders who defend your goal for 90+ minutes to keep a clean sheet. A good goalkeeper and defence can absolutely win you games, they just don't always get the credit for it.

[since41]

If you win 1-0 it's not the striker who takes one second to score the goal who wins you the game, it's the defenders who defend your goal for 90+ minutes to keep a clean sheet. A good goalkeeper and defence can absolutely win you games, they just don't always get the credit for it.

Strikers in the modern game are part of the defence too so it's absolutely the goal scorer ( mainly a striker) who wins the game.

[MAD_MAGPIE]

Bass
Platt
Bedeau
Crowley
Jatta

In that order for me.

This list is similar to my thoughts. Certainly the three signings of Bass, Platt and Bedeau have created a strong trio and reducing our goals conceded to 0.92 a game so far is a massive improvement on last season and is a title winning defence as that equates to 42 goals over a season. Mansfield had the best defence last season conceding 47 followed by Stockport 48. So we are on course defensively so far.

I did say on here last season that this season we may have to accept scoring less goals than last season and currently this is at 1.67 goals a game so would be 77 goals over the season compared to 89. Crawley got promoted albeit via the playoffs scoring 73 goals.

It's expected with the loss of Langstaff that we may lose a few goals, but with Jatta and I would mention also JJ and McGoldrick as they have done well when they have played and have been instrumental in us being up there in the mix 1/4 of the way through.

It's so far so good and if we can get through this period of injuries and be in a similar place at Christmas to where we are now then this could set us up for a good second half of the season as those new players in the building will only improve as a unit the more games they play together.

[LeftPeg_Pie]

From what I’ve seen, I think it’s tricky to distinguish between Bass, Platt, Bedeau and Crowley.

Crowley can drift in and out of games, but when he’s on it, he’s basically unplayable and head and shoulders one of our two best players.

Bass, Platt and Bedeau, by virtue of where they play, will never really get the plaudits Crowley gets, but they’ve been excellent signings and first class performers so far.

[jacobncfc]

I’d give it to Bass, Bedeau and Platt as a joint award. They’ve been brilliant and solved our big problem from last season.

It’s a problem we’ve barely seen that solid base with our attack as it can be yet with Jatta’s concussion issues and then Jones’ injury, but hopefully we can keep in touch and that’ll come after Christmas.

[the_anticlough]

Bass
Platt
Bedeau
Crowley
Jatta

In that order for me.

Cracking thread. I was going to post it but glad ThaiPie did.

It's very, very tight I think - this was easier to do last season. There are the week-in-week out stalwarts on the one hand and the star turns who have missed a few on the other. Comparing those 2 groups is really difficult, but in the end I go with

1) Platt - Nobody's contributed more across the first 12 games, he's even thrown in a couple of goals! (pace of 8 for season!)
2) Crowley - a couple of duds, but let's not forget he's been stellar in 8 games, by my count
3) McGoldrick - he's been a match winner for us, 5 of his 7 starts were fantastic
4) Bass - best keeper we've had in years, but we can't say he's had a lot to do across the 12 games
5) Jatta - If it wasn't for the concussion there's no doubt he's v.high on the list, so it'd be unfair to mark him down for that

Honourable mentions, in no particular order

Bedeau - been incredibly consistent, not a bad game yet
Jones - played half our games and would clearly be TOP of the list if it was a straight average
Macari - played every league game, started like a train but then dropped off a notch

[tommopie8]

I’d give it to Bass, Bedeau and Platt as a joint award. They’ve been brilliant and solved our big problem from last season.

It’s a problem we’ve barely seen that solid base with our attack as it can be yet with Jatta’s concussion issues and then Jones’ injury, but hopefully we can keep in touch and that’ll come after Christmas.

This point can't be stated enough. If we can stay within touching distance until we get Jones back and can add another traditional winger in January then we should have a good second half of the season to look forward to.

It's very attritional at the minute and we do look a bit bereft of ideas going forward but with Edwards and Jones out it's not particularly surprising.

As for the initial question - Bass. I'd wager he won't see out his contract and will be playing Championship football before too long.

[Boomerangpie]

Bass, very consistent provides calm to the backline and supporters and the biggest single upgrade.
Platt/Bedeau in equal second. Can’t split them both exactly what was needed.