[sheffield_fox]

One half of football was all it took for Max Gradel to seal the online man of the match award away at Premiership side Fulham after the 3-2 defeat on Wednesday evening. Gradel came on at half time and seemed to take the second half by storm as he claimed his second man of the match award of the season.

Winger Lloyd Dyer managed to claim a second place spot and veteran Paul Dickov rounded off the top three. Matty Fryatt seemed to make less of an impact in his 45 minutes of player ending with the flop of the match award. (Note. 45 mins is the minimum to be considered for these awards). Full results below:

TOTAL VOTES: 39

Player Awards:

Man of the Match: Max Gradel - 8.33

Flop of the Match: Matty Fryatt - 6.05

Best Defender: Kerrea Gilbert - 7.36
Best Midfielder: Max Gradel - 8.33
Best Striker: Paul Dickov - 7.82

Full Ratings:

1. Max Gradel - 8.33
2. Lloyd Dyer - 7.90
3. Paul Dickov - 7.82
4. Steve Howard - 7.56
5. Kerrea Gilbert - 7.36
6. Andy King - 7.21
7. Aleksandar Tunchev - 7.10
8. Chris Powell - 6.79
9. Michael Morrison / James Wesolowski - 6.54
11. David Martin - 6.26
12. Matty Fryatt - 6.05

Voter Awards:

Top Voters: Bernie's Love Child / Mikey / roma

Most Generous Voter: 1st - Babeh Skwad 4 Lyf yo!!!! - 8.58; 2nd - ashmeister08 - 7.83; 3rd - act smiley - 7.75
Harshest Voter: 1st - Joe - 6.25; 2nd - Southern Fox / JoeyB - 6.33; 3rd - Head Honcho / john - 6.42

Thank you again to everyone who voted.

[lildave3]

Huzzah! Fryatt with a true rating!

And I didn't even vote!

[Uncle Aquilani]

Morrison's and Weso's rating's are pretty harsh.

[Jimmy]

Uncle Albert, on Aug 29 2008, 06:09 PM, said:

Morrison's and Weso's rating's are pretty harsh.

Morrison maybe, but Weso did nothing

[JoeyB]

God i was harsh ::

TBH i think that for the next few weeks gradel will be best used as a sub,(coming on at HT, he will do exactly the same as he did against Fulham but get far more joy, as cheltenhams fitness levels will be no where near as good as fulhams, so if he comes on with fress legs, he can run the RB ragged and we will hopefully get more goals.) Thus giving him more experience which is what i think he needs.

[Uncle Aquilani]

Jimmy, on Aug 29 2008, 06:10 PM, said:

Morrison maybe, but Weso did nothing

Righto.

[Tevez]

Jimmy, on Aug 29 2008, 06:10 PM, said:

Morrison maybe, but Weso did nothing

Of course Weso did nothing. He didn't run a midfield with Andy King against a team that is two divisions higher up against us.

[lildave3]

JoeyB, on Aug 29 2008, 06:12 PM, said:

God i was harsh ::

TBH i think that for the next few weeks gradel will be best used as a sub,(coming on at HT, he will do exactly the same as he did against Fulham but get far more joy, as cheltenhams fitness levels will be no where near as good as fulhams, so if he comes on with fress legs, he can run the RB ragged and we will hopefully get more goals.) Thus giving him more experience which is what i think he needs.

Why are Cheltenham players not going to be as fit as Fulham players?

[JoeyB]

lildave3, on Aug 29 2008, 06:16 PM, said:

Why are Cheltenham players not going to be as fit as Fulham players?

Prem and League one fitness gaps are loads different.

[Fez]

No way was Tunchev our 7th best player IMO. He's been massively underrated there I think.

[Jimmy]

Tevez, on Aug 29 2008, 06:15 PM, said:

Of course Weso did nothing. He didn't run a midfield with Andy King against a team that is two divisions higher up against us.

by nothing I meant nothing of note, ie I hardly noticed he was playing, so an average of around 6 is about right

JoeyB, on Aug 29 2008, 06:17 PM, said:

Prem and League one fitness gaps are loads different.

not as big as you think in the modern game where almost every club has a specialist fitness training system, especially this early in the season, but either way not starting Gradel, unless injured is handicapping ourselves needlessly

[Uncle Aquilani]

Jimmy, on Aug 29 2008, 06:18 PM, said:

by nothing I meant nothing of note, ie I hardly noticed he was playing, so an average of around 6 is about right

Nothing of note? He won alot of tackles that stopped promising attacks for Fulham through Bullard and Murphy.

Weso kept them very, very quiet until the last 10 minutes.

[lildave3]

JoeyB, on Aug 29 2008, 06:17 PM, said:

Prem and League one fitness gaps are loads different.

Nonsense.

A slight difference, maybe. But not much at all.

[Ched]

lildave3, on Aug 29 2008, 06:21 PM, said:

Nonsense.

A slight difference, maybe. But not much at all.

I think you'll find the gap is quite big mate.

[Jimmy]

Ched, on Aug 29 2008, 06:22 PM, said:

I think you'll find the gap is quite big mate.

I wouldn't say our fitness levels were massively lower then Fulham's

[Tevez]

Our back 4 should of got 8/9 at least. They all were fooking quality.

[Kareem Abdul-Jabbar]

Tevez, on Aug 29 2008, 06:24 PM, said:

Our back 4 should of got 8/9 at least. They all were fooking quality.

I was a bit worried about Morrison. Gilbert was his usual good self, and Powell more than held his own out there. And I agree with Fez, Tunchev is being massively under-rated here.

[sheffield_fox]

Is the rating for Powell about right?

[Jimmy]

yeah just about

[sheffield_fox]

Fez, on Aug 29 2008, 06:17 PM, said:

No way was Tunchev our 7th best player IMO. He's been massively underrated there I think.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, on Aug 29 2008, 06:26 PM, said:

I was a bit worried about Morrison. Gilbert was his usual good self, and Powell more than held his own out there. And I agree with Fez, Tunchev is being massively under-rated here.

Tunchev didn't get any ratings below a 6 if that is any consolation.

EDIT: and on the other hand only one person voted him a 9 (no 10's)

This post has been edited by sheffield_fox: 29 August 2008 - 05:29 PM