Golding’s Golden Boy - 2010
Round 1
In an up and down first round for the Reds, the club had many players putting their hands up for the recognition of
the player of the week award. In the A’s, Jack showed control and quality when many team-mates were down, in the D’s
Macca finished well down the stretch to close a 13 point deficit and Palky showed signs that he is going to enjoy
the E team with defenders lining up to buy his tasty array of fakes and floaters.
But this week's player of the week dealt a hammer blow to the opposition with 6 points in the last minute and a
3 with 5.8 seconds remaining on the clock to tie the game.
Jamie Young take a bow.
Back-to-Back POTY awards after his inspired baseline scoop putting the icing on a quality all around game in
last year’s grand final got him that award.
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Round 2
The E's won in a forfeit and we are getting a ruling on whether the stats from that game count***. None the less it's a bit hard to hand out player of the week in a dead rubber. The D’s had a good win with Brownie and Macca being a standout. The C’s … well I think the report covered that angry, angry ground. The B’s had good contributions from Yates and Orken in a tough match against quality opposition and the A’s were balanced and clinical with all playing well.
So this week’s GGB for his standout performance in a rebound win - carrying on his good form from the last five minutes of last week – Andrew McKinnon takes the jug. He was full of energy in a team down on numbers so his spark was particularly important. A quality rounded performance full of hustle, great shooting and composed finishing (except for the last 5 minutes) it was a fine match from Macca who set his career high with 16 and if not for tired legs would have had 20. His award is richly deserved - nice work Macca.
Round 3
With only three matches on the weekend and a 33% success rate there are less candidates than normal for this award. The C’s were driven to the brink of success by Mike Tye with some solid shooting down the stretch and Kobe's baseline was entertaining throughout. G scored a lot for the B’s but still frankly wasn't awesome. Which leaves another balanced performance from the A’s to consider. Really it's between some excellent shooting in the second half from Ben Darsow and a solid 40 minutes from Captain Jack. So for the fact he does was what is required when it is required throughout, Jack Harford gets this week’s award. Jack is gaining momentum as an early favourite for the Players’ Player medal with three from three composed performances so far this season. He showed on Saturday he can also add the glitter to his game with an OMGTWFA pass to Goody with scores tied late. A well deserved award to a player who just keeps on getting better.
Round 4
This week’s PPotW goes to the 17 year club veteran Simon Miller for 4 3’s in the 2nd half and some great on ball D. Sime turned a game that was close into a blowout in a few plays. Well done Sime on your first Player of the Week.
Round 5
A four win afternoon tends to make selecting CCotW more difficult. But it's a nice kind of difficult. Like watching Yates
trying to pick up a really hot bird ... actually not sure how that goes. Anyway, bad analogies aside, the E Train looks to
be checking tickets as it pulls away from the station with another win the key players including (no uniform/no scorer)
with 4 proving the difference in a three point win (that said Flair dominated), Udit was best in the D’s. At Mars, the
teams all look to be settling well with improved performances and victories. The A Team (in cinemas 10 June 2010) looked
better than ever getting a good spread of scoring though 21 from Dave was particularly impressive, the B’s famous victory
was underpinned by Leo's shooting and Corey inside, while great shooting again from Reggie once again set up the C’s for
a win while the bigs finished off the job.
While there may be many deserving this week’s award, the winner is Gorgeous
Leo Borges as his shooting was the
key as the B’s won a great match from a tough position late. Leo has made a big difference to this team taking them
to another level and showing they can be extremely dangerous. On talent Modbury are arguable grand finalists, so this is
a big win and one to use for momentum coming into a stretch of crucial matches. With Leo playing like this they look ready.
Good work Leo, we look forward to handing you a jug soon.
Round 6
Palky was the best in the E’s with 16 of his team’s 21, Temple was a monster on the boards in the D’s, the C’s were
relatively balanced with good scoring from Sime and Mike Tye leading them to a win. The B’s had good shooting from
Leo while Jay ran things well on the break. Orken was good in two games, particularly his 16 in the A's where he was
often the recipient of awesome passes from Captain Jack. Once again not an easy week to make the selection - good balance
and not too much being left to too few. CCotW for Week 6 is Ben Darsow.
Ben has been great this year contributing what is needed at key times while his shooting, as always, has been a highlight.
Two weeks in a row he has scored heavily and efficiently. Well chosen shots, well made passing and good intensity up and
down the floor. At the start of the season we weren't sure how we could fit Ben into the side as a nine man roster
looked difficult to rotate. But Ben has been exceptional, changing his game to suit the circumstance, and stepping up
when required. Good work Ben we'll get you a jug at the Hackney soon.
Round 7
A good week for most teams means a lot of good players. Everyone for the A's was significantly better than every opposition player, Darsow stood out because he got so many shots but hitting 30 is impressive, while Stu will likely get votes for hitting his 2000th career point. In the C’s, BB's energy was amazing, especially considering him being a bit ill, and important for the team as they got a good win, Mike, Lunny and Altmann also important. For the B's Orken battled well with Kong and if not for the loss would possibly be CCotW though Leo down low and G’s shooting was also important getting a lead early. At Hillcrest, Macca and Fornarino were the standouts for the D’s but I cannot underplay the importance of the Pez’s role as the team’s point – what they have been missing all year. Caldy was very good in the E’s, his best game of the year.
This week’s CCotW goes to James Davey. James had a magnificent debut for the club – his 14 points and great defence was the main reason the E’s made a good team look below their best. We see big things for James if he keeps up this kind of play. One game, one free jug – that is a pretty decent return ... well done mate!
***As the stats keeper – the ruling was established many years ago that if the scoresheet is kept up and the game is played out then the stats and votes count ... this has been happening for the last 11 years. There are countless games where we have done this – there was an E’s game last year where Trev got 21 that was counted towards the Players’ Player and stats kept. This is only being bought up as an issue now cos I scored 16. I have precedent if you want me to go through this – Palk has spoken!
