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A game that will live long in the memory.

Can we scrap the "none of the above"? The whole back 3 were pretty much faultless and Smith did his job well,unlucky to have a goal chalked off. Freckles edges it for me. Sobo impressive latterly

No one did anything really to stand out.  A clean sheet, so arguably has to be someone in the defence, Hall was in the middle of it, so he's my choice, not that there is anything seperating him from the other two either side of him

Why scrap it? Games like Chesterfield it’s a more than valid option.

+1 for keeping

Because of today? If you don't think anyone's worthy,don't vote. To say nobody deserved it today is baffling

To say they were pretty much faultless is stretching reality a fair bit, they were OK compared to last week, but Crewe forwards were really shite!!

Really, Wright was superb that night

To be fair, I don't recall anyone fucking up today

I meant Walsall,

But still, if more fans don’t think anyone warrants a vote so go for none of the above, surely that’s a fairer reflection than only a few voting and someone then getting a MOTM when most fans disagree?

I spent two seasons telling people I wasn't adding none of the above midseason and I'm not removing it midseason either.

Not really. Clearly, the fewer the overall votes the more dissatisfied the fans are . But it's only my opinion.

 Please retain ' none of the above '

Fair enough,just my opinion. I'm not precious about it. Carry on, some people will be delighted if NOTA wins player of the year🙂

Smith had a good first half but the ball went to him less and less in the second

Freckleton scares me. e.g. Can't pass to our players, nearly rebounded it off a useless CF when clearing across the box and got caught out giving away a dangerous freekick (both in the second half).

King looks non league. The U17 lad we played at the end of last season looks better.

I think we started to pass and move forward down the right when Sobowale and Ofoborh came on.

But Adje said all the defence were near faultless

King and Longelo cannot defend, Freckleton is not a centre back.

Freckleton and Smith.

Flip a coin

The defence are nowhere near as solid as I thought they'd bev yet. Can't agree with adje there. We didn't concede but Crewe certainly had us opened up on a fair few occasions. We aren't defending high balls as dominant as I thought we would either.

I'm saying we played 5 at the back. I thought the central 3 mainly did ok.

It was between Smith and Wright for me - so I went with Wright as we kept a clean sheet but didn't score.

Defence = back 3. We don't play full backsWhen I say defence I mean back 3. Don't remember them getting the better of us in the air back there to be honest

King and Longelo are wingbacks they still have to defend!!

True, but they're not solely defenders

Blimey, it's just my opinion not gospel! After last week's error strewn defending, the back 3 improved 100% and yeah they were pretty much( not entirely)faultless I thought

Jesus  I was being humerous!!

Me too

Ah,ok. But even then Bycroft had a belter!

Yeah another +1 for none of the above being kept. It’s better balance for seasons like last season and the first few games of this season where needed. If we’re going to be turgid then I’d rather not give out a “best of a bad bunch” man of the match vote unless it’s actually deserved like Kemp a few times last season

If you’re going to have a NOTA I’d change it to “They were all shite”

So 9 votes today for NOTA today is a fair reflection? Ok, so they were all shite?

If people want to vote that way, that’s their choice

Ah well that'll explain it then.

Personally I think setting  backs are part of the defence, but we can argue that until the cows come home

Let’s get back to basics, 4,4,2 which includes fullbacks, wingers and two up front…..

True

Well,I'm all for that at this level

Exactly, players aren’t technically good enough to copy the elite teams.

None  of them deserve it so i think the tea lady should get it.

I like sumowhale, surprised he's not played more as looks like a proper wingback.   That said the defence were not faultless.  It was 2 abject teams failing to show any quality.  The passing was awful, either hoofball or scared ball and alot of needless free kicks given away.

Noone stood out today, it was just shite.  A lackluster point was the only positive.

Smith for me, hes all elbows and wins more than he loses, the trouble is we dont send enough decent balls his way, he will score 20 this season with better crosses played to him.

Agreed.
 I liked Khan, and wondered if he would have worked better with this better defence we've got now. I would like to know the full story and reason behind his absence, I've probably missed the relevant information.

It could be argued the POTY is a bit of a different voting animal, compared to POTM. Where regular POTM winners might correlate with them standing a good chance of winning POTY, this award often has voting bounds beyond just the activities on the pitch. A POTY might also do shitloads of community and fan engagement, maybe does visits and appearances beyond the minimum, invests in local charities and initiatives or is just a really bloody lovely bloke et al; someone like Michael Doughty {who was both good on and off the pitch}.

Depending on what individual players do throughout the season both on the pic and off the pitch, I would imagine that some would at least manage to do a bit more than NOTA off the pitch - it is the hope that kills us though of course  ::)

IF we played Ofoborh holding I think Khan would a lot in perfectly as a #8 along side Clarke.
Would play to his energetic & headless chickeness strengths imo alas it’s not happening.