BY Chris Kyriacou
With the
final home game coming up at the weekend and with the Play-offs seemingly out
of reach, it is time to think about who has stood out for the Cherries this
season.
It has been
quite an unbelievable season at Dean Court, better than anyone could have
expected, so many players have stepped up to the plate and deserve to be
recognised.
The player of
the season will be announced before the match on Saturday against Nottingham Forest,
you can vote for your favourite player here: http://tinyurl.com/mmaud2v.
Here are Essential Cherries players of the season (In no particular
order).
Steve Cook
Cook has been phenomenal this season, the cultured centre back can both
play football and defend with the best of them.
Cook is assured on the ball and can be relied on to build the play up
from the back, he is also fantastic in the air and has provided countless last
ditch tackles to save the team.
A premier league defender in the making, Cook has had a fantastic season
and he topped it off with his sublime overhead goal against Ipswich on bank
holiday Monday.
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| Steve Cook getting ready for battle |
Simon
Francis
Ever present Simon Francis has had the season of his life, strong in
defence great in the air. Francis has
also provided a real attacking threat down the right hand side with his
overlapping runs.
He has grown in confidence and stature as the season has progressed and
is looking very accomplished at Championship level.
Lee Camp
Lee Camp joined the Cherries with the reputation of being an experienced
seasoned campaigner in the Championship and he certainly lived up to his
billing.
Camp has controlled and commanded his defence all season, he signed in October
on a loan deal from West Brom, and the move was thankfully made permanent in
the January transfer window.
It is safe to say he has been a
rock for the team and steadied the defence at a time we needed it most.
Lewis Grabban
Lewis Grabban has scored twenty goals this season and has run his heart
out for the team.
He has been simply fantastic and scored the vital goals that the Cherries
needed to stay in the division.
Grabban has now struck up a
partnership with new boy Yann Kermorgant and I am excited to see what the pair
will produce together next season.
My shortlist
is no way extensive and on a whole the squad has stepped up to the Championship
and it was very difficult to choose.
In midfield Harry
Arter, Eunan O’Kane and Matt Ritchie have all had good seasons along with Marc
Pugh, Ryan Fraser and Andrew Surman.
When involved
club captain Tommy Elphick along with Charlie Daniels, Ian Harte and Elliott
Ward have all been very good defensively.
It will be
interesting to see who gets your vote on Saturday afternoon
