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JC team of the week: the contenders - February 21

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Here are the star men from Matchday 23 of the MGBSFL.

GK
Reuben Rabstein (ML Lions A)
Scott Shear (Redbridge JC B)
Jonny Blain (Oakwood A)

DEFENDERS
Sam Deaner (Athletic Bilbaum)
Scott McKenzie (Redbridge JC B)
Nick Landesberg, Daniel Behar (both ML Lions B)
Josh Pistol (NL Raiders A)
Nick Wallis (SPEC FC)
Alex Lee (Oakwood A)

MIDFIELDERS
Brad Wine, Kyle Bentwood (both Oakwood A)
Daniel Goldhill (Athletic Bilbaum)
Daniel Bean (Redbridge JC B)
Elliott Espinoza (Scrabble FC)
Elias Cohen, Jake Hyman, Charlie Cohen (all ML Lions B)
Ben Joseph, Ricky Engleman (both NL Raiders A)
Jacob Symons (FC Team C)

STRIKERS
Sam Cantor (Oakwood A)
Daniel Garfinkle (Redbridge JC B)
David Fialka (Redbridge JC B)
Jono Gaon (Los Blancos)
Josh Bloom (ML Lions B)
Jordan Marks (NL Raiders A)

MANAGERS
Dan Kristall, Ric Blank & Alex Schock (Oakwood A)
Rob Richman (NL Raiders A)
Samuel Marchant (ML Lions B)
Sam Rank,Richie Caplin, Johan Simberg (all Redbridge JC B)

REFEREE
David Lazarus (RJC A vs Camden Park)

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NOMINATIONS

ATHLETIC BILBAUM
Sam Deaner (CB) - another clean-sheet and another sterling performance
Daniel Goldhill (M) - the midfield caretaker who mopped up throughout

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LOS BLANCOS
Jono Gaon (S) - hat-trick hero, the Jono of old, was back today with three well-taken goals

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REDBRIDGE JEWISH CARE B
Scott Shear (GK) - was fantastic on his second game for the club. A number of crucial saves, including an amazing double save in the final minutes. Also distribution was top draw. A great asset for the club
Scott McKenzie (LWB) - a very solid performance. Defensively very assured and very comfortable on the ball
Daniel Bean - (CM) - the heart of the side. Hassle the opposition for 90 minutes, like Carlos Tevez in the midfield, just a fantastic and hungry player
David Fialka (S) - The Jermaine Defoe of the team. A fantastic and well-earned Hat-trick. Was extremely lively today and tore the Real Sosobad centre-back apart. Just a pleasure to watch at times

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SCRABBLE FC
Elliot Espinoza (CM) - despite such a heavy defeat for his team and skipper for the day, he gave a superb performance driving the team on and never stopped running and working for the entire 90 minutes

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REDBRIDGE JEWISH CARE A
Daniel Garfinkle (S) - even with a full complement, Camden would not have been able to live with his pace and two of the goals were worldies - a great performance from our leading scorer

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MACCABI LONDON LIONS B
Nick Landesberg (CB) - absolutely terrific performance as always. Got on the scoresheet with a penalty and a great header from a corner. Kept the Scrabble attack quiet all game
Daniel Behar (LB) - ran up and down the left flank tirelessly. Awesome tackling and passing the whole game
Elias Cohen (CDM) - totally controlled the middle of the park. Won over 15 headers and was everywhere to be seen on the pitch. Distributing the ball perfectly and dictating the tempo of the game
Jake Hyman (LM) - so silky on the ball, made their right back have a morning he will certainly want to forget and got two goals to show for it
Charlie Cohen (RM) - his sheer pace also made their left back have a morning to forget. Opened the scoring by terrifically rounding the keeper, and got his second by finishing off a goal which can only be described as arguably team goal of the season
Josh Bloom (S) - didn’t get on the scoresheet as usual, but made four awesome assists. Held the ball up perfectly when had to and worked tirelessly as the first line of defence

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NORTH LONDON RAIDERS A
Josh Pistol (D) – since David Rhodes has been out injured, Pistol has stepped up playing two games across the weekend. His performance on Sunday was exemplary, really top class centre back showing. Dominant in the air but also super on the ball too
Ricky Engleman (CM) – scored in every game in 2016, six goals in five games all from centre midfield. But brings so much more to the field than just goals. Supplements the creative Joseph and the deep lying Kay expertly
Jordan Marks (S) – not much more left to say about Jordan. The best player in the league this season
Ben Joseph(CM) – the bigger the occasion the better Ben J plays. By far his best performance of the season. Integral to everything good from a Raiders perspective and such amazing ability to create the third goal

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OAKWOOD A
Alex Lee – a rock at the back and probably my man of the match
Kyle Bentwood – first time we have been able to play him in his preferred DCM position against Hendon. He won the battle against Ari Last
Jonny Blain – another clean sheet for JB
Sam Cantor – another really good performance up front and more goals for his tally

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FC TEAM C
Jacob “Vice” Symons (CM) – played a key role in the centre of midfield winning the ball back and doing the dirty work in front of the defence

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