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Pasoti Young Player of the Season?

Pasoti Young Player of the Season

  • Michael Cooper

    Votes: 36 15.7%
  • Will Mannion

    Votes: 1 0.4%
  • Cameron Sangster

    Votes: 6 2.6%
  • Alex Fletcher

    Votes: 3 1.3%
  • Zak Vyner

    Votes: 178 77.4%
  • Jordan Bentley

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Callum Rose

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Alex Battle

    Votes: 3 1.3%
  • Aaron Taylor

    Votes: 1 0.4%
  • Dan Rooney

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Sam Ryan

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Ryan Law

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Harry Downing

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Luke Jephcott

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Matt Ward

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Billy Craske

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Harry Hodges

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Elliott Crawford

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Klaidi Lolos

    Votes: 2 0.9%
  • Andrew Burn

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Aaron Goulty

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Michael Peck

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Rio Garside

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Adam Randell

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Tom Purrington

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Max Childs

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Total voters
    230

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Who?

The criteria set by the club is that the player must be aged under 21 at the first game of the season.

With thanks to Mark Matthews.
 

Cobi Budge

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Vyner

If he'd have been here all season he'd probably be up there for my main player of the season, oozes class and composure, surely destined for big things.
 
Aug 24, 2014
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Vyner will deservedly win this for his efforts in the first team.

We should not forget the great performance of a number of youngsters in their own leagues and cups. Cooper, Law, Sangster, Battle, and more. have done the club proud.
 
Oct 31, 2015
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Vyner. No one else came close. Shame he is a Robins player but I expect him to be Premier league one day.

Big shout for Cooper. Think this young man could have a future
 
Feb 28, 2016
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I find the other end of season votes pretty black and white, this is the hardest for me as I donā€™t really know what to base it on.

If it was a vote for best breakthrough then I would give it Cooper all day long. If it was best impression on the first team, Fletcher would have secured my vote, if it was most improved from first year apprentice to second year apprentice, Harry Downing is my man. If it was biggest exceeder of expectations, then for my money itā€™s Rio Garside.

However I can not look past, 26 goals in 22 SWPL games, 2 central league goals, and a goal a piece in the SWPL Cup and Devon Bowls. I can not look past someone who, has achieved that despite being out on loan and injured for months. I can not look past someone who has come back fighting after what must have been such a disappointing set back of not being offered a professional contract, like his opo. Who was never given a sniff regardless of how was playing in the Reserves. I can not look past someone attracting interest from a club like BWFC. Someone who incidentally has such a good attitude off the pitch and on it.

Therefore there can be no competition to Alex Battle, for me. He has got my vote here and on the official club vote.
 
Mar 15, 2007
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Fair enough to most that Mark. But in what world has Alex Fletcher made the best impression on the first team when Zak Vyner is also on the list?
 

Cobi Budge

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MarkMatthews":b71nunaq said:
I find the other end of season votes pretty black and white, this is the hardest for me as I donā€™t really know what to base it on.

If it was a vote for best breakthrough then I would give it Cooper all day long. If it was best impression on the first team, Fletcher would have secured my vote, if it was most improved from first year apprentice to second year apprentice, Harry Downing is my man. If it was biggest exceeder of expectations, then for my money itā€™s Rio Garside.

However I can not look past, 26 goals in 22 SWPL games, 2 central league goals, and a goal a piece in the SWPL Cup and Devon Bowls. I can not look past someone who, has achieved that despite being out on loan and injured for months. I can not look past someone who has come back fighting after what must have been such a disappointing set back of not being offered a professional contract, like his opo. Who was never given a sniff regardless of how was playing in the Reserves. I can not look past someone attracting interest from a club like BWFC. Someone who incidentally has such a good attitude off the pitch and on it.

Therefore there can be no competition to Alex Battle, for me. He has got my vote here and on the official club vote.

I appreciate and respect your passion and knowledge for our youth Mark, but how can you possibly say that Alex Fletcher has had more of an impression on the first team than Zak Vyner?
 

TJH

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Vyner is a fantastic player and an inspired signing. However I donā€™t think loan players should be eligible for these awards. Therefore Cooper for me
 

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TJH":19y0hipw said:
Vyner is a fantastic player and an inspired signing. However I donā€™t think loan players should be eligible for these awards. Therefore Cooper for me

Garita won the official club vote for YPOTS last season. :)

Vyner is good but he's not ours.
Cooper gets my vote, he's come from nowhere to become a squad regular and earn a new contract.
In his only appearance he kept a clean sheet in a 1-1 draw away to Blackburn. It must have been daunting for him to replace Letheren at half time after we had just conceded a goal but he did well.
Everyone talks about the 1-1 draw with Shrewsbury as the turning point of the season, however the Blackburn game was immediately after the Shrewsbury game and things could have turned out so different if Cooper had let nerves get the better of him and conceded a few goals in a damaging defeat against Blackburn.
 

davie nine

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I voted for Vyner as loan player but, having watched his performances against Manchester City and Fulham in the FA Youth Cup as well as a few SWPL and Central League games, I have voted for Mike Cooper, an outstanding prospect from our Academy.
I see no point in voting for a loan player in this category as I would prefer the winner to be someone who has progressed with the club over many years.
I considered Alex Battle but think that Cooper deserves it for his performances in the higher profile games.

I thought that the vote for Garita last season was embarrassing although I do respect the opinions of those who have voted for Vyner in this poll.
 
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Cobi Budge":1imz6fq0 said:
MarkMatthews":1imz6fq0 said:
I find the other end of season votes pretty black and white, this is the hardest for me as I donā€™t really know what to base it on.

If it was a vote for best breakthrough then I would give it Cooper all day long. If it was best impression on the first team, Fletcher would have secured my vote, if it was most improved from first year apprentice to second year apprentice, Harry Downing is my man. If it was biggest exceeder of expectations, then for my money itā€™s Rio Garside.

However I can not look past, 26 goals in 22 SWPL games, 2 central league goals, and a goal a piece in the SWPL Cup and Devon Bowls. I can not look past someone who, has achieved that despite being out on loan and injured for months. I can not look past someone who has come back fighting after what must have been such a disappointing set back of not being offered a professional contract, like his opo. Who was never given a sniff regardless of how was playing in the Reserves. I can not look past someone attracting interest from a club like BWFC. Someone who incidentally has such a good attitude off the pitch and on it.

Therefore there can be no competition to Alex Battle, for me. He has got my vote here and on the official club vote.

I appreciate and respect your passion and knowledge for our youth Mark, but how can you possibly say that Alex Fletcher has had more of an impression on the first team than Zak Vyner?

Vyner could be the best player to ever pull on a green shirt and I still wouldnā€™t vote for him for the reasons others have mentioned. Iā€™m not going to vote a Bristol City player as my PAFC player award. I appreciate before anyone goes trawling through my post history I may have voted a Rotherham player YPotS last year but he was our player when he was playing, I genuinely thought he was better than Garita I voted for him as the best chance of it not going to Garita, pretty sure I made multiple votes to also give Callum Rose a vote out of the then current PAFC lads.
 
Trawling through the posts here AND observing from afar, maybe these awards SHOULD have stricter eligibility criteria applied ?

If a loan player, he can ONLY be considered for THAT award ?

If NOT, then Zak Vyner will only receive a fraction of the votes he may deserve as some voters will be dissuaded from including him in their voting process ?

Some will not, of course.

It has to be a level playing field methinks ?

Hey, but what do I think !

Keep the Faith :scarf:
 
Jul 29, 2010
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TJH":dwzp9ttt said:
Vyner is a fantastic player and an inspired signing. However I donā€™t think loan players should be eligible for these awards. Therefore Cooper for me
For the same reason, Klaidi Lolos.
 
Apr 6, 2009
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there's already loan player award. Cooper has been great for the youth against massive teams and also stepped up for the first time on the first team at half time against Blackburn rovers and kept a clean sheet. got to be Cooper