So it only seems right that we have a little Scores on the Dores awards ceremony for what was a totally brilliant 2024-25 season. Disagree all you want, but here's my take.....
Most improved player-It has to be Owen Goodman, obviously aided and abetted by our incomparable goalkeeping coach, Bayzo. He came in at the start of the season and looked about as nervous as a long tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs. Very few people that I spoke to had any hope for him, but just gradually the calamities and hesitation went from once every three games to once every six, then finally into the "pretty much never" column.
Sporting an Afro which gives him a "Huggy Bear from Starsky & Hutch's best mate" look, he seemed to almost visibly grow as the season went on. Nothing short of astonishing in the away leg of the playoff semi finals, I've now got no doubt that he will become a goalie out of the very top drawer.
Best young player-Has to be Isaac Ogundere. Now his Mum has cleared us the pronunciation (it sounds a bit like how Speedy Gonzales used to say "Eeba, Eeba, Underay") I feel like we all appreciate Isaac even more. Has a real gift for a defender, the choirboy looks and constantly surprised eyebrows giving him a look of innocence which bely his "dirty bugger" tendencies. He's able to kick people at will and the referees can't seem to shake off that "Ah but he's such a nice lad" impression.
Rock solid defender who has a smidge of pace, he bombs forward like a drunk trying to get to the kebab shop before the shutters go down. I've made no secret of the fact he's my favourite player, superb attitude who deserves every success he'll get.
Most exciting player-Another easy choice, it's Aaron Sasu. Quicker than a knife fight fight in a phone booth and trickier than a magicians hat, he can light up the game with one burst of magic. Glides across the turf like a racehorse and doesn't leave footprints, he'd have an Apache tracker scratching his feathered headdress in bemusement.
At the moment watching him is like watching a sketch show as opposed to a Ricky Gervais crafted comedy. It's all snippets and snipbits, some of it works well while other bits fall flat on their arse. The good bits though, Wow. I've always said with young players that the best thing is not to focus your energy on what they CAN'T do, it's best to treasure what they CAN do. When that treasure in the CAN column is stuff that nobody else is capable of, polish it.
Aaron Sasu can be absolutely anything. If you're not excited by him, you're watching a different game to me.
Player of the season-Gladiators, READY! It's surely only a matter of time until we lose him to the TV show (My suggestion for the name is "DRAGON") as not only will he earn more cash but his shorts will be even tighter and shorter than he wears them for Wimbledon.
Of course I'm talking about Joe Lewis. What a player, what a man, what a leader. There's more to him than short shorts (no really ladies, there IS) and he was magnificent for us last season. Had he not gotten injured, we'd have won the league.
Best Awayday-Doncaster. It always is (for me), and this time not only did we get to experience some cracking Northern pubs but we were treated to a superb game of football too. It was a real backs to the wall display down to ten men, then at the end we almost won it with a swashbuckling Joe Lewis burst.
Anyway, roll on League One!
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