Here follows the PON Man of the Match number of wins with the Playoff Final to go.

Tom Iorpenda: 8 wins

Nick Tsaroulla: 5

Matt Palmer: 4

Rod McDonald: 4

Matty Platt: 4

Alassana Jatta: 4

James Belshaw: 3

Scott Robertson: 3

Matt Dennis: 2

Jodi Jones: 2

Conor Grant: 2

Lucas Ness: 2

Jacob Bedeau: 2

Kelle Roos: 2

Ollie Norburn: 2

Keenan Bennetts: 1

Lee Ndlovu: 1

Luke Browne: 1

Will Jarvis: 1

So on the amount of wins Tom Iorpenda is the PON player of the season.

Good to see so many different Man of the Matches, it's also interesting to see how they compare and who is at the upper end. I am pleased for everyone, but especially for Tom Iorpenda.

It would have been interesting to see how many M of the M Matty Platt & Rod McDonald would have collected if they hadn't been injured., but I think that Tim Iorpenda deserved his accolade.

Yeah definitely makes for interesting reading but not a massive surprise that Iorpenda had the most MotM awards! I think the fact Macari never won and Bedeau only won twice (despite being in a lot of fans thoughts for player of the season) shows they are underrated and sometimes it's easier for the middle of the back 3 to shine because they always have these two players surporting them.

The number of votes cast during the season made for interesting reading too.

Iorpenda got 91 votes including those 8 wins.

Tsaroulla got 117 votes including those 5 wins

Palmer got a total of 166 votes during the season including his 4 wins.

McDonald got 113 votes with his 4 wins.

Bedeau got 19 votes with his two wins.

So Iorpenda, Tsaroulla, Palmer & McDonald were the top 4.

Great stuff @Robbie and thanks for posting this thread all season long.

I probably got Iorpenda winning most myself. An interesting next step would be to divide those votes by the number of games played, I think that'd give a clue to who has consistently played with the most quality. I wouldn't want to take anything away from Iorpenda, I think the most MoMs is right, but I think the best performing player per games played, by a very clear margin, is Rod McDonald.

I think Platt, McDonald & Iorpenda were very close on my list - McD probably top. Grant wasn’t too far behind and Tsaroulla 5th. Not sure I voted for anyone else, maybe Palmer once.

Very impressive to see such a long list (c half the squad) & some strong contenders. It’s only a small sample of voters but it still reflects the overall contributions made by the group. Very few, if any, passengers in most games.

I've done a spreadsheet giving some additional info.

Column A is player appearances.

Column B is total votes.

Column C is number of wins.

Column D is position.

Interesting stuff @Robbie 

The results and votes are what they are. But something's awry if Aljofree can get 10 more votes than macari on 27 fewer appearances!! Macari should be far far higher on that list than he is. MP wouldn't have picked him 36 times until his injury, if he wasn't doing well.

I think MP described him as 'underrated' in one of his interviews. PON votes definitely point towards that.

Well, I guess you are likely to get more votes for having 2 outstanding games than 36 “steady” ones - and I vaguely recall Aljofree having a “stormer” early season but genuinely can’t remember the game itself. I agree that Macari has been a stalwart and has frequently been a contender but he’s been eclipsed because one of Iorpenda, Mc Donald, Platt, Jatta and Tsaroulla have usually attracted the bulk of the votes. Same applies to Palmer, tho’, quite frankly, that is astonishing. I voted fir him once only.

The number of votes for Palmer does actually surprise me greatly, given that there are generally only between c 7 - 15 votes for MOTM on here. He just hasn’t been all that good for most of the season, indeed he’s missed c 35% of it.

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I think that it was great to see so many players (19) getting a Man of the Match award.

It's maybe surprising to some that Macari & Hall didn't get an award, but some players can perform steadily all season without standing out in a particular match. The fact that Martin kept picking them shows that he values their contribution.

Players like Grant & Bedeau with two awards & Bennetts with one were three other players that are valuable to the squad & played a large number of games.

Matt Palmer is a fans favourite so it's no surprise that he received a large number of votes, especially earlier on in the season when there were lots of members voting. As for Aljofree he started reasonably well in the first few games, but other defenders were deemed more solid & he lost his place.

I do believe that the players that stood out over the season finished near the top of the list, however if McDonald, Platt, Jatta, Robertson & Belshaw could have played many more games, I think we may have seen a close race for the most Gongs awarded.