Scully among the goals
Nathan Holland and Anthony Scully have both been nominated for the Premier League 2 Player of the Month award for October.
The duo have been in top form for the under 23s throughout the month, each netting twice as the side recorded convincing away league victories over Stoke and Norwich.
Holland also recorded two assists against Cheltenham Town in the Leasing.com Trophy early in the month, while Scully set up two goals at Stoke and netted against Wolfsburg ‘B’ in the Premier League International Cup earlier this week.
The nomination marks Scully’s second consecutive nod for the award, having won the prize for his goalscoring exploits in September, while Holland has also been nominated for it before in February 2017.
Holland has been in terrific form
With Dan Kemp also having been put forward for August’s award, the U23s have now picked up four nominations in just three months.
“I was very happy to win the award last month, as it is a great achievement, but my only goal was to continue playing well after that,” said Scully. “I never really thought about being nominated again, but to be up for it this month is brilliant, and I’m very happy.
“It’s been a great month for me but, more importantly, it’s been great for the team as we have maintained our league form and remain top of the league.”
Holland was in agreement with his teammate: “It’s always nice to be recognised and rewarded for your hard work. I’m delighted.
“It was a fantastic month. I’m feeling fit, healthy and really enjoying my football at the moment. I hope that both the team and I can just keep pushing on from here.”
Fantastic to see the younger players do so well, hopefully we will be in a position soon to give them a chance in the first team.