WeAreBrighton.com Player of the Month - October 2017
The highlight of October was undoubtedly Brighton and
Hove Albion winning their first away game in the Premier
League, a 3-0 success away at West Ham United in one of
the best games on the road we've had in years.
Glenn
Murray scored twice in that and added a third goal of
the month in the 1-1 draw with Southampton a week later
to take over at the top of the Albion goal scoring
charts.
The
month began with a 2-0 defeat away at Arsenal where the
Gunners dominated the game but were unable to run up a
big scoreline thanks largely to the brilliance of Lewis
Dunk, Shane Duffy and Maty Ryan.
That
trio were at it again after the international break when
Everton visited, Ryan in particular putting in the graft
to secure a 1-1 draw with a number of brilliant saves,
none of which were better than his double stop right at
the death.
Pascal Gross now sits third in the Premier League
assists list behind only Kevin De Bruyne and David Silva
while it was also a good month for Gaetan Bong, handed a
surprise start against Arsenal which he has grabbed with
both hands to establish himself as first choice left
back ahead of Markus Suttner.
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October 2017
Player of the Month - Lewis Dunk (30.77% of
the vote) |
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Gareth Southgate might
not rate him enough yet to pick him for England, but
Lewis Dunk has had another superb month at the heart
of the defence as he held off the challenge of
Pascal Gross by just over 1% to be our October
Player of the Month. He was a one man blocking
machine against an Arsenal side who never really got
out of second gear during our draw at the Emirates
and played a pivotal role in securing home points
against Everton and Southampton. As for the win at
West Ha, God only knows why Slaven Bilic told his
team to consistently cross the ball but that was
easy for him too.
Played 4 (4 starts, 0 sub). Scored 0. |
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Second: Pascal Gross (29.06% of the vote)
Runner up for the second month running, the German
midfielder played his part in another three goals to
be behind only Kevin De Bruyne and David Silva in
the assists chart. Particularly promising looks to
be his link up with Glenn Murray, for whom he
provided two goals in October. |
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Third: Glenn Murray (20.09% of the vote)
It's taken him a while to get going, but Glenn
Murray is up and running now in the Premier League.
Two goals at the London Stadium paved the way for
victory over West Ham and he was also on target with
an excellent header in the home draw with
Southampton. |
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The
contenders: |
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Gaetan Bong
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Given a surprising start away at Arsenal, he did
well in dealing with the Alexis Sanchez threat and
then played a big part in the clean sheet at West
Ham United and another solid defensive showing
against Southampton |
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Shane Duffy
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Was a one man heading and blocking machine against
Arsenal. Quite why West Ham decided to put over 30
crosses into the box when he was there at the London
Stadium is anybodies guess |
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Lewis Dunk -
Rumours abound that he is on the verge of an England
call up and it isn't hard to see why. He again had
the pundits raving with his performance against
Arsenal and is one of the main reasons that the
defence looks so tight at the minute |
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Pascal Gross -
Three more assists have taken him third in the
assists chart behind only David Silva and Kevin De
Bruyne. They included a brilliant cross at West Ham,
a fantastic delivery against Everton and a ball
straight onto Glenn Murray's head against
Southampton. |
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Glenn Murray -
After an injury hit start to the campaign, he got up
and running with a brace at West Ham United and then
scored a trademark header in the home draw with
Southampton. Has led the line impeccably in October |
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Maty Ryan -
Made a number of crucial saves to keep the score
down at Arsenal but even more important was his role
in the draw with Everton, particularly the late
double save that helped the Albion cling onto a
point. |
