The Full Squad
Goalkeepers
David Martin (Leicester City), Willy Gueret (MK Dons), Owain Fon Williams (Stockport County)
Full Backs
Andrew Whing (Brighton and Hove Albion), Marc Tierney (Colchester United), Dean Lewington (MK Dons), Johnny Mullins (Stockport County)
Centre Backs
Richard Naylor (Leeds United), Aleksandar Tunchev (Leicester City), Tamika Mkandawire (Leyton Orient), Zak Whitbread (Millwall), Dorian Dervite (Southend United)
Central Midfielders
Stuart Campbell (Bristol Rovers), Fabian Delph (Leeds United), Sean Thornton (Leyton Orient), Stephen Gleeson (MK Dons), Peter Leven (MK Dons)
Wide Midfielders
Robert Snodgrass (Leeds United), Anthony Pilkington (Huddersfield Town), Luke Chadwick (MK Dons), George Boyd (Peterborough United)
Forwards
Jermaine Beckford (Leeds United), Steve Howard (Leicester City), Gary Hooper (Scunthorpe United), Theo Robinson (Southend United), Simon Cox (Swindon Town)
The Blues selections
Dorian Dervite (Southend United) is another who has only spent half a season in League One but he has looked a tremendous long term prospect at Roots Hall and his parent club Tottenham Hotspur are likely to want to see the French youngster gain more experience so another loan move to a club at a higher level is likely to be on the agenda next term. Dervite is a very assured performer and his presence has certainly brought about a distinct improvement in the performances of centre back partner Peter Clarke who has looked a different player in the closing months of the season to the one who struggled prior to Christmas.
Two other forwards at contrasting stages of their career who deserve recognition for their performances this season are Joel Porter (Hartlepool United) and Theo Robinson (Southend United). Without the goals of the hard working Australian, Hartlepool would almost certainly be planning for life in League Two next season and with him set to returns down under to try and win a place in his countries World Cup squad he will prove difficult to replace given the North East side's limited resources.
Robinson had previously impressed for Hereford last season and the Watford youngster has enhanced his reputation with a series of impressive displays since moving to Roots Hall after the turn of the year. If Robinson finds himself surplus to requirements at Vicarage Road he will have plenty of options available to him though Steve Tillson may already be in pole position to secure his services and he is sure to have already begun using his powers of persuasion to convince Robinson that he will build a side capable of challenging for promotion in 2009/10. (We hope so to.)
When it was noticed that scoring machines Rickie Lambert (Bristol Rovers) and Matty Fryatt (Leicester City) were surprisingly not in the squad they explained.
Theo Robinson was our 'Theo Walcott wild card' selection judged on the potential he has shown since moving to Roots Hall in January. Before Robinson and Dorian Dervite arrived in January, Southend having lost all their loan stars were in freefall and Playerform were predicting they could potentially get dragged into a relegation battle.
Consequently they have done remarkably well to reach the outer fringes of the plays offs and there is little doubt that Robinson and Dervite have provided the catalyst for the Shrimpers impressive form in the second half of the season. Sean Thornton was another 'controversial' selection but without their revitalised enigma providing much needed creativity in midfield the O's would almost certainly be planning for life in the basement division of English football next season.
For full analysis on the Playerform League One Squad of the Season selections and the players who just missed out go here: www.playerform.co.uk/analysis/sos-review