Wally in there is surprising, feel like she had an ok season.
LWM is a no-brainer for me. A shame Fox hasn’t been included, she has been amazing since she arrived. Not worthy to have won it, but definitely up for a nomination.
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Genuinely one of the harder ones for a while imo.
Russo’s contributions have been underrated in my opinion. I think this has been a weird case of course correcting because of the undeserved praise she’s received, when in actual fact there is a lot to praise her for it’s just not the typical striker stuff and it’s been going largely unnoticed. But she’s not POTS for me.
Wälti has been class as always, she deserves to be in the discussion (as is the norm for her) but I don’t think she is POTS. I also weirdly think this has been one of her worst seasons here, which goes to show her absurdly high level, when your downturn is still this good!
Pelova has been superb. Not much else to say. If she’d had this season in previous seasons it would be a POTS winning performance. But there’s just two problems ahead of her…
How does one define POTS? Is it the most consistent performer across a season, is it the best player across a season, or a combo of those 2 things? Is it a player that has contributed the most in the moments that count? Stina is clearly the second, her performances when it matters have been second to none in the squad and she’s the player that has brought us joy this season. She’s arguably also performed to a high level when she has played, but that when she has played is a sticking point too.
For me though POTS is a hybrid between contributing when it counts and consistent, high level play across the season. That player for me is Wubben-Moy. We aren’t even in the position for players like Stina to have big moments without the performance from Lotte this season. I’ve made no secret of my admiration but also trust in her abilities for years now however I’d be a fool not to see how much she has improved this season. She has stepped up to be *the* defender in the absence and reintegration of Leah. Her ability to seamlessly swap CB partners and also swap between LCB and RCB both in different and during games has been astounding, that in itself is a such elite level skill. I could go on for days about her season and it’s such a shame it seems to have ended with an injury but hopefully they’re just being careful with it as we have nothing to play for and no need to risk her.
As I said at the beginning this was the hardest POTS in a while but it was also one in which I knew my vote instantly.
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Can only be Lotte
LWM for me
this is impossible
Wally in there is surprising, feel like she had an ok season.
LWM is a no-brainer for me. A shame Fox hasn’t been included, she has been amazing since she arrived. Not worthy to have won it, but definitely up for a nomination.
Genuinely one of the harder ones for a while imo.
Russo’s contributions have been underrated in my opinion. I think this has been a weird case of course correcting because of the undeserved praise she’s received, when in actual fact there is a lot to praise her for it’s just not the typical striker stuff and it’s been going largely unnoticed. But she’s not POTS for me.
Wälti has been class as always, she deserves to be in the discussion (as is the norm for her) but I don’t think she is POTS. I also weirdly think this has been one of her worst seasons here, which goes to show her absurdly high level, when your downturn is still this good!
Pelova has been superb. Not much else to say. If she’d had this season in previous seasons it would be a POTS winning performance. But there’s just two problems ahead of her…
How does one define POTS? Is it the most consistent performer across a season, is it the best player across a season, or a combo of those 2 things? Is it a player that has contributed the most in the moments that count? Stina is clearly the second, her performances when it matters have been second to none in the squad and she’s the player that has brought us joy this season. She’s arguably also performed to a high level when she has played, but that when she has played is a sticking point too.
For me though POTS is a hybrid between contributing when it counts and consistent, high level play across the season. That player for me is Wubben-Moy. We aren’t even in the position for players like Stina to have big moments without the performance from Lotte this season. I’ve made no secret of my admiration but also trust in her abilities for years now however I’d be a fool not to see how much she has improved this season. She has stepped up to be *the* defender in the absence and reintegration of Leah. Her ability to seamlessly swap CB partners and also swap between LCB and RCB both in different and during games has been astounding, that in itself is a such elite level skill. I could go on for days about her season and it’s such a shame it seems to have ended with an injury but hopefully they’re just being careful with it as we have nothing to play for and no need to risk her.
As I said at the beginning this was the hardest POTS in a while but it was also one in which I knew my vote instantly.