Romeu Sweeps The Player Of The Year Awards.
Oriol Romeu capped a fine season by winning both the fans and the players player of the year awards.
There will not be too many who will argue with the Spanish midfielder winning both awards, in fairness he might have been pushed a little harder if Virgil Van Dijk had not been injured in January, but that happened and Romeu is a worthy winner in both awards.
The President's award as chosen by Club legend Terry Paine went to Maya Yoshida and although I have been a critic of the Japanese International this season, I cannot argue with this, no one can deny Yoshida's commitment to Southampton Football Club and the fact that he has done his best in a situation that he really should not have been thrown into, to lose one central defender and not replace them is careless, to do it a second time is something that is not only plain failure of someone to do their job, but has cost us dearly.
Sofiane Boufal won the goal of the year award for his strike against Sunderland in the League Cup gaining 31% of the voting and narrowly seeing off Jay Rodriguez challenge for his second goal at Bournemouth with 29%
Jake Vokins was awarded Young Player of the Season, following a fine season for the Under-18s and Under-23s.
Vokins, who was unable to collect the award due to being at the European Championships with England Under-17s, made huge progress throughout the year and signed his first professional contract in March.
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