by SCIAG »
08 Feb 2009 14:49
Mr. Reading Sorry, I couldn't be bothered to trawl through all the pages, but did any of those links mention the Barclays player of the month award, or Peter Mate?
No, but the principle applies- three times in a few months, our players won awards due to our mass voting (della and Sidwell winning goal of the week, Federici winning player of the round). Look, I'm not making stuff up, I simply wouldn't see the point. I distinctly remember the voting- there was one drop down where you selected a side, then that activated another drop down where every player was listed. Initially Mate was second bottom as it was ranked by squad number, but then Bozanic, who hadn't been given a squad number, was moved to the top. Some bright spark said "let's do what they want, vote Bozanic!" but he didn't get above Mate. Whoever was in charge of the award saw sense and gave it to somebody more deserving.
If you don't believe me, fine. I won't be in the dock over this. I know what happened, and I don't really care whether a few users on an internet forum don't believe me.