[sheffield_fox]

The Player-Ratings.com 2008/09 Season Awards is in three parts:

Part One - Monthly Awards Review - reviewing who has won what each month
Part Two - Match & Voter Awards Review - a review of who has won the most match and voter awards during the season
Part Three - Player of the Season Awards - the big one. You find out who has done best in each category over the course of the season.

Part One - Monthly Awards Review

The Player-Ratings.com monthly awards were a bit of a monopoly for defenders until January. Aleksandar Tunchev claimed no less than four out of the first five of these awards with the very first one going to Jack Hobbs. Steve Howard broke this trend following Tunchev's injury with keeper Tony Warner having an impressive March while Lloyd Dyer stole the show during the final month of the season.

It was generally midfielders who failed to impress with Lloyd Dyer claiming four consecutive flop of the month titles from December to March. Max Gradel failed to live up to his early promise with the September and August titles while Paul Dickov, Jack Hobbs and Joe Mattock all claimed one a piece.

The most consistent player went to someone different every month while the most inconsistent was often given to the most impressive player of the month with the really top performances hard to match on a consistent basis.

After solely winning the award for the first four months, Matty Fryatt failed to win an attacker of the month title after Steve Howard's second half of the season form kept him out of the picture.

Full summary below:

Goalkeeper/Defender of the Month
August – Jack Hobbs
September – Aleksandar Tunchev
October – Aleksandar Tunchev
November – Aleksandar Tunchev
December – Aleksandar Tunchev
January – Jack Hobbs
February – Mark Bunn
March – Tony Warner
April/May – Wayne Brown

Midfielder of the Month
August – Lloyd Dyer
September – Lloyd Dyer
October – Matt Oakley
November – Lloyd Dyer
December – Matt Oakley
January – Matt Oakley
February – Tom Cleverley
March – Tom Cleverley
April/May – Lloyd Dyer

Attacker of the Month
August – Matty Fryatt
September – Matty Fryatt
October – Matty Fryatt
November – Matty Fryatt
December – Steve Howard
January – Steve Howard
February – Steve Howard
March – Steve Howard
April/May – Steve Howard

Best Team Performance
August – Cheltenham Town (A)
September – Colchester United (A)
October – Huddersfield Town (A)
November – Stevenage Borough (H)
December – Peterborough United (H)
January – Leyton Orient (H)
February – Walsall (A)
March – Cheltenham Town (H)
April/May – Leeds United (H)

Worst Team Performance
August – Stockport County (A)
September – Millwall (H)
October – Brighton & Hove Albion (A)
November – Rotherham United (A)
December – Hereford United (H)
January – Crystal Palace (A)
February – Swindon Town (H)
March – Peterborough United (A)
April/May – Carlisle United (H)

Best Individual Performance
August – Lloyd Dyer v Cheltenham Town (A)
September – Lloyd Dyer v Hartlepool United (H)
October – Steve Howard v Oldham Athletic (A)
November – Matty Fryatt v Dagenham & Redbridge (H)
December – Matty Fryatt v Southend United (H)
January – Mark Davies v Leyton Orient (H)
February – Tom Cleverley v Walsall (A)
March – Matt Oakley v Cheltenham Town (H)
April/May – Lloyd Dyer v Leeds United (H)

Worst Individual Performance
August – DJ Campbell v Stockport County (H)
September – Andy King v Millwall (H)
October – Jack Hobbs v Brighton & Hove Albion (A)
November – Jack Hobbs v Rotherham United (A)
December – Paul Dickov v Hereford United (H)
January – Paul Dickov v Crystal Palace (A)
February – Lloyd Dyer v Swindon Town (H)
March – Paul Dickov v Peterborough United (A)
April/May – Joe Mattock v Hereford United (A)

Most Consistent Player
August – Jack Hobbs
September – Max Gradel
October – Matt Oakley
November – Marc Edworthy
December – Andy King
January – Steve Howard
February – Bruno Berner
March – Tony Warner
April/May – David Stockdale

Most Inconsistent Player
August – Lloyd Dyer
September – Lloyd Dyer
October – Andy King
November – Andy King
December – Matty Fryatt
January – Matt Oakley
February – Tom Cleverley
March – Steve Howard
April/May – Lloyd Dyer

Flop of the Month
August – Paul Dickov
September – Max Gradel
October – Max Gradel
November – Jack Hobbs
December – Lloyd Dyer
January – Lloyd Dyer
February – Lloyd Dyer
March – Lloyd Dyer
April/May – Joe Mattock

Player of the Month
August – Jack Hobbs
September – Aleksandar Tunchev
October – Aleksandar Tunchev
November – Aleksandar Tunchev
December – Aleksandar Tunchev
January – Steve Howard
February – Steve Howard
March – Tony Warner
April/May – Lloyd Dyer

Thanks for reading - part two is coming soon.

This post has been edited by sheffield_fox: 26 May 2009 - 05:46 PM

[Webbo]

Good work. Looking forward to the next 2 parts.

[Vålerenga]

nice work, la...


most interesting thing for me, is seeing the two cleverly midfielder of the month awards - during a time when practically every post was whining on about how much we missed davies

no doubt davies was class, but i think a lot of people got carried away with a couple of good performancess, whilst cleverly contributed a hell of a lot more over the course of the season...

[General Smuts]

Awesome stuff.

[Fez]

Vålerenga, on May 25 2009, 09:54 PM, said:

nice work, la...


most interesting thing for me, is seeing the two cleverly midfielder of the month awards - during a time when practically every post was whining on about how much we missed davies

no doubt davies was class, but i think a lot of people got carried away with a couple of good performancess, whilst cleverly contributed a hell of a lot more over the course of the season...

Pretty clear why it was happening when you look at the results we were getting during those two periods. Davies made Oakley and King's jobs easier, while Cleverley was inconsistent and gave the ball away at least twice as much as Davies ever did.

Cleverley only really had two excellent games for us too - Walsall away and Cheltenham at home - and he must have played far more than Davies.

[dandannieldanok]

Great work Sheff.

Funny to see Lloyd Dyer flop of the month from November through to March, before nipping in to take player of the month for April/May.

[Bert]

Cleverley played 5 more games than Davies did.

[Webbo]

There's no comparison between Cleverly and Davies. I can honestly see Davies playing for England one day, I doubt if Cleverly will ever get another game for ManU.

[peterborofox]

This really does show how great Tunch is.

[lildave3]

How the hell did Cleverly win two midfielder of the month things.

Good work Sheff, makes for interesting reading.