Once again the dangers of allowing the man in the street the privilege of democracy are called into question. For the second week running our sophisticated surveillance software has been working overtime, and it appears that somebody is intent on distorting the results on a regular basis.

Whilst a certain centre forward should be praised for his honesty in notifying the returning officer that a vote for him was ineligible because it was placed by his kid brother (commendable enthusiasm here rather than a devilish plot to overthrow democracy), somebody else seems intent on trying to rig the vote each week by voting multiply for various people. This person is not a bona-fide member of the KFP, and his aims are unclear. Even without our surveillance software, voting for Abbott who had a mare and was substituted midway through the second half would be a bit of a give away.

Whilst the first attempt to undermine the processes of democracy by voting numerous times for Reevaldo was vaguely amusing, the more recent (and different) infiltrator is frankly a bit tiresome. We don't place extensive security around the weekly poll, primarily because we're technically inept, but also because we don't expect people to try and spoil what was a genuine attempt to enable the members of the team to have their say on the weekend's match. If you wish to persist in this childish prank, then we'll reluctantly have no choice but to revert to the original dictatorial regime.

Again this all deflects from those who earned the praise of their peers. Paul Mainwaring and Nigel Hoyland were both selected on one ninth of the eligible ballot papers, as was Craig Taylor - perhaps a sympathy vote after he was originally billed as Craig Brown!

But the overall nomination was once again shared as both Dav Gautam and Sandric Loriot received a third of the votes each. Gautam's second Mom Award of the season was well deserved as Logica's most consistent creative force in an ultimately disappointing defeat. But the recognition of Loriot's outstanding debut is equally justified, and all the more impressive given that the Frenchman only played the second half as a substitute.