With just over half the season gone, who would be your player of the first five months of the season, here we look at a few contenders.
Unlike this time last year when we were not so much looking for the best player of the start of our return back to the Premier league but more like the least terrible, there are a few contenders this time around.
Starting from the back in no particular order I would put these names forward.
Artur Boruc - His return on Saturday saw us pick up our first League win at St Mary's since his injury and only our second in total, in some respects no surprise, in my mind in the first half of the season there wasn't a better keeper in the country, not only did he make some stunning saves but he also commanded his area in a way that no other Saints keeper could do, he truly is worth about 10 points a season, two of those came in the final minute against West Brom.
Dejan Lovren - A rock in the middle of the defence and perhaps the best buy in the past few years since Rickie Lambert, hs presence in the defence has been essential, not to mention his aerial power up at the other end for corners.
Morgan Schneiderlin - Once again another great season in the making for Morgan, has carried on were he left off last year, will figure strongly in the voting not just now but come the final reckoning in May.
Adam Lallana - His finest season yet and there could be more to come as he sets about making sure that he is on that plane to Brazil in the summer, scores some great goals and makes the team tick going forward, the more fluid role he has under Pochettino suits him a lot more than the system deployed last year.
Jay Rodriguez - The unsung hero of the team, whilst others have been feted the obvious names and others yet still argued about who is better between Osvaldo & Rickie, Jay Rod has just got on with scoring goals ane being our best striker, some still refuse to acknowledge this perhaps in some sort of misguided loyalty to Rickie, but Roy Hodgson recognised his talent and although his England debut wasnt as succesful as Adam's or Rickie's come to that, if he keeps scoring and playing how he has done, hi verasility to be able to play either wide or up front might just swing him a place to Brazil.
So there we have it, the top five contenders for player of the season, there are a couple of others who im sure will be put forward, but I feel these five have just made a little bit more of a contribution and therefore deserve it a little bit more.
So do you agree with my selections, if not why not and who would be your player of the half season ?
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