There
is something very striking about the poll for our WeAreBrighton.com October player of the month - namely,
that the five candidates consist of four defenders and
one goalkeeper.
It's hard to include anybody else in a
month in which we managed to score just two goals from
our five games and it got to the point where even Gus Poyet was coming out and saying he was bored by the way
we were playing.
Three points was the return from a
possible 15 as first place became tenth - and
realistically, it was only the brilliance of one man that earned two of those points
anyway...
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October 2012
Player of the Month - Tomasz Kuszczak (79.69% of the
vote) |
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In a month in which he earned 66% of
our points with a sensational games at Derby and Blackpool, it comes as
little surprise to see Tomasz Kuszczak walk away
with our October player of the month. The 79% of
the vote he chalked up is a record and just goes
to show what an inspired and vital signing the
big Pole has been since his arrival at The Amex. With any of last seasons
custodians in goal, it is probably fair to say
that we'd be discussing a month in which only
one point was garnered. Poland must have some
severely good goalkeepers to be keeping him out
of their staring XI
Played
5 (5 starts, 0
sub). Scored 0 (he is a goalkeeper, after all). |
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Second: Adam El Abd (9.38% of the vote)
The centre back makes his first appearance in
the top three of the season after coming close
in the other two months passed. Now a regular in
the Egypt squad, he was a rock at Blackpool and
along with Kuszczak pretty much responsible for
that hard earned point at Bloomfield Road. |
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Third:
Wayne Bridge (4.69% of the vote)
It was a
dead heat between Wayne Bridge and Bruno for
third so we turned to Twitter to
decide the vote, with the on-loan Manchester
City left back romping home with 100% in the
Tweet Off. If anybody needs an indication of his
impression at The Amex, he has been in
the top three every month. |
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The
contenders: |
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Wayne Bridge
- The former England left back had another
excellent month, going so far as to state that
he was loving his football again despite playing
in a boring Brighton team. Remains as dangerous
going forward as he is at the back.
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Bruno
- Missed the Ipswich match with injury but quite
rightly the former Valencia man was returned
straight to the starting line up as soon as he
was fit. He may be just three months into his
Albion career, but already a massive fan
favourite.
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Adam El-Abd
- Had another run out for Egypt and his form is
the reason that Lewis Dunk is still to start a
game. Put in a colossal performance against
Blackpool and hasn't put a foot wrong all season. |
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Gordon Greer - The captain was
responsible for the deflection that wrong-footed
Tomasz Kuszczak for Middlesbrough's winner but
other than that has been in fine form at centre
back alongside El-Abd |
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Tomasz
Kuszczak
- Was immense away at both Derby and Blackpool,
almost single-handedly helping the Seagulls
secure the points they took in those games with
an inspired final ten minutes at Pride Park and
sheer class throughout the game at Bloomfield
Road |
