BBS player of the Season - Pirates edition

A home win. This is not a drill. We won at home.

anyway a great debut from DKD just beat a typical Barry performance of genius and madness for me.

 

Cotter for me. An honourable mention for Connell & Cosgrove.

 

DKD, very closely followed by Cotter, Craig and Cossy.

 

Enjoyed DKD’s debut but thought Craig was outstanding today and gets my vote

 

This.

 

DKD.

End of thread.

 

Toss up between Cotter and Connell for me, but went for Connell. Rarely gave the ball away, great pass for the opening goal and close with a couple of efforts. At the heart of most of the good moves.

 

What counts as rarely cos I would have needed 2 hands to count his stray passes today.

 

I thought Connell gave the ball away loads today, and his passing was off. Funny how we all see the game different.

Gone for DKD. Cotter a close second.

 

81% pass completion, so must have been doing something right.

 

I think he saw a lot of the ball to be fair. Especially first half.

34/42 passes.

Comparison... Craig was 37/45.

 

I thought his passing was off trying too many Hollywood balls.

 

Craig was excellent, Cosgrove also played really well

 

Craig and DKD were great. Cotter as good as I’ve seen him.

I plumped for Cosgrove though. Not necessarily the prettiest performance, but absolutely integral to everything we achieved today. Without him we’d have had the ball turned over quicker, them come out quicker, and they’d have been able to sit higher up the pitch. He occupied their back line and didn’t lose a header all afternoon, even at one point trying to head a ball on the floor…

Proper number 9 performance today, gutsy, physical, selfless - and he should have had an assist or two with his creativity too.

 

it was good to see him win headers and those knock downs going to our players. I’m often critical of him because I think he has all the attributes to be a real threat at this level. Hopefully this is the start.

 

First and foremost, it's important to note that it was a good team performance today. The first 30 minutes was excellent, creating multiple chances which on another day we could have been 3 or 4 nil up. The mix up at the back for their goal wouldn't have mattered then. The team is gelling. It's still a work in progress, but the signs are there that there's more forward momentum with players creating runs off the ball to give multiple options going forward rather than just lumping it forward. Midfield is involved more and we're looking like a team once again.

If we play like we did in the first 30 minutes more and more this season we have a good chance of promotion. Time will tell.

That said Bazzer was my MoM today, with honorable mentions for DKD, Craig & Cozzy. Baz seems to have improved immensely in the last 12 months and getting more consistent. I love Bazzer!

 

DkD, followers by Cotter and Craig!

 

This with sprinkles and raspberry sauce.

DKD, Craig and Cotter all had good games but Sammy boy put one hell of a shift in without any reward and was integral to our victory. Hopefully, it will be the first of many and he'll be on the end of some of the great football we played in the first 20 minutes in the future.

Also thought Earl was excellent first half and good to see Benson back playing though it seems I'm the only one who thought he was mince when he came on.