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Pereira and Townsend have had their off moments, either in whole games or parts of games.
I can't think, off the top of my head, of any error Johnstone has made this season which, for any player, is unheard of. In addition to being consistently good, he has been outstandingly good at times.
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Last year’s space goat it is faw shaw. SJ has come of age and we will reap the financial benefit in a couple of months time
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05-05-2021, 08:03 PM
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It’s Johnstone or Pereira .... then rest long way behind given when others came in e.g Yokuslu
Have I missed something or has Townsend become Derek Statham? ... he has done okay and everything a LB should do, without much flair but to put him the same category as these two is absolute nonsense
Honourable mention to Bartley
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Johnstone has been consistently excellent throughout the whole season and thoroughly deserves the award.
Townsend has similarly been consistent, but I doubt he's contributed as much as SJ or Pereira.
Had Okay been here from the summer, he'd have probably pipped SJ, but there's no contest.
Honourable mentions for Bartley, Furlong and Phillips for upping their game since Sam arrived but they're nowhere near the likes of SJ and MP.
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05-05-2021, 08:16 PM
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Johnstone - no contest. Had he not been quite so good this season, we wouldn’t be far off sitting where Blades do. Some of his saves were week-after-week brilliant, at a time we had nothing else really to cheer about. We’ve taken some drubbings this term for sure, but without him there would have been more.
Periera has provided some memorable moments and is rightly second. But has been absent in some games, even after being played where he should be. That’s not to take anything away - he’s proved he can cut it at this level. Just sadly, that will unlikely be with us.
Townsend and Bartley also make the shortlist for me but Johnstone wins this one comfortably.