[sheffield_fox]

Tunchev Storms To Fourth Monthly Award
December Awards

City’s Bulgarian superstar Aleksandar Tunchev claimed his fourth consecutive player of the month award after his three performances were good enough to oust the marks of his team-mates. Despite claiming the headlines, Matty Fryatt did not make the top three but his strike partner Steve Howard claimed second place and midfield captain Matt Oakley’s consistently good performances saw him finish third.

Fryatt did however claim the best performance of the month with his hat-trick against Southend earning him the first 9+ rated performance of the season. Tunchev and Howard claimed runner up and third place for their performances in the 4-0 win at home to Peterborough.

The Peterborough game was unsurprisingly rated as the best team performance during December. An indication of the quality of performances that City have put in this month was highlighted with a victory being rated as the worst performance of the month – City’s 2-1 win over Hereford at the Walkers Stadium.

After being last month’s most inconsistent player, Andy King was voted December’s most consistent performer. Lloyd Dyer also made the top three for most consistent after also being on the most inconsistent list for November.

Dyer unfortunately collected the December flop of the month title after seemingly struggling to reproduce his early season form. David Martin was only narrowly better than Dyer and Bruno Berner rounded off the bottom three. The averages were in no way as bad as in previous months however and if City continue to aspire to this level, it can only be good for the promotion push.

Full results below:

Goalkeeper/Defender of the Month:
1st – Aleksandar Tunchev – 7.70
2nd – Kerrea Gilbert – 6.80
3rd - Jack Hobbs – 6.71

Midfielder of the Month:
1st – Matt Oakley – 7.49
2nd – Mark Davies – 7.38
3rd - Andy King – 7.12

Attacker of the Month:
1st – Steve Howard – 7.58
2nd – Matty Fryatt – 7.44

Best Team Performance:
1st – Peterborough United (H) – 7.48
2nd – Leeds United (A) – 6.98
3rd – Southend United (H) – 6.96

Worst Team Performance:
1st – Hereford United (H) – 6.37
2nd – Carlisle United (A) – 6.71
3rd – Southend United (H) – 6.96

Best Individual Performance:
1st – Matty Fryatt v Southend United (H) – 9.04
2nd – Aleksandar Tunchev v Peterborough United (H) – 8.45
3rd – Steve Howard v Peterborough United (H) – 8.42

Worst Individual Performance:
1st – Paul Dickov v Hereford United (H) – 5.15
2nd – David Martin v Leeds United (A) / Bruno Berner v Southend United (H) – 6.00
3rd – Lloyd Dyer v Hereford United (H) – 6.09

Most Consistent Player:
1st – Andy King
2nd – Lloyd Dyer
3rd – Kerrea Gilbert

Most Inconsistent Player:
1st – Matty Fryatt
2nd – Aleksandar Tunchev
3rd – Bruno Berner

Flop of the Month:
1st – Lloyd Dyer – 6.39
2nd – David Martin – 6.40
3rd – Bruno Berner – 6.47

Player of the Month:
1st - Aleksandar Tunchev – 7.70
2nd – Steve Howard – 7.58
3rd – Matt Oakley – 7.49

Full Ratings:
1st – Aleksandar Tunchev – 7.70 (3 apps)
2nd – Steve Howard – 7.58 (5 apps)
3rd – Matt Oakley – 7.49 (5 apps)
4th – Matty Fryatt – 7.44 (5 apps)
5th – Mark Davies – 7.38 (5 apps)
6th – Andy King – 7.12 (5 apps)
7th – Kerrea Gilbert – 6.80 (5 apps)
8th – Jack Hobbs – 6.71 (5 apps)
9th – Chris Powell – 6.62 (2 apps)
10th – Bruno Berner – 6.47 (5 apps)
11th – Joe Mattock – 6.47 (1 app)
12th – David Martin – 6.40 (5 apps)
13th – Lloyd Dyer – 6.39 (5 apps)
14th – Michael Morrison – 6.31 (3 apps)
15th – Paul Dickov – 5.38 (2 apps)
16th – Nicky Adams – 5.17 (1 app)

Note: Appearances are based on games where players played long enough to be rated.

Thanks to everyone who voted this month. The half-season awards will be coming very soon.

[JoeyB]

Great work pal.

Keep it up.

Good to finally see Howard getting the recognition he deserves

[Cobbo]

Hope it's not the Tunch's last player of the month aware with us

[lildave3]

Shall we give him Januarys too while we're at it?

[DB11]

Thanks for all that

[bluebeau]

Cobbo, on Jan 1 2009, 06:26 PM, said:

Hope it's not the Tunch's last player of the month aware with us

Yes, that's what I am worried about. The guy is absolute quality & scouts/managers from Championship & Premier will have noticed how good he is. Hope MM tells them where to go if anyone puts a bid in for him.

[carterfox90]

well done tunch keep them coming

[harpendenfox]

Cobbo, on Jan 1 2009, 06:26 PM, said:

Hope it's not the Tunch's last player of the month aware with us

it may be one reason to be thankful for the credit crunch. Apart from Man City there doesn't seem to be endless amounts of money about according to the reviews in the papers. The biggest threat might be if one or two of Wolves better players are snapped up by Prem clubs and they then have money to spend lower down