Deadly: Pacy frontman Jon Henry-Hayden is in control during Tooting's 1-0 win over Molesey on Saturday Deadlinepix SP20377
Boss Billy Smith has hailed striker Jon Henry-Hayden after the pacy striker topped Tooting & Mitcham's scoring charts.
Henry-Hayden has filled the void left by injury-ravaged Paul Vines to smash 26 goals as the Terrors booked their place in the Ryman Division One South play-offs.
And, ahead of tonight's play-off clash with Worthing at Imperial Fields, Smith poured praise on the former Hampton & Richmond and Staines Town hitman.
"Jon has been the star of the season as far as I am concerned," the Tooting manager said.
"He has got great pace and is a very skilful player.
"If you are giving marks out of 10 for games, he is always at least an eight and you can't ask for more than that."
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Tooting ended their league season with a hard-earned 1-0 home win over relegated Molesey, with skipper Allan McLeod on target with a fortuitous strike. And Smith admitted it was not the most entertaining of games.
He added: "Once you get over the line, you often find it hard to get motivated in games.
"To be fair to Molesey, they did okay.
"Every game seems to have followed a similar pattern this season - teams just come and sit back and let us attack and it is up to us to break them down."
Should Tooting advance in the play-offs, they will face either Cray Wanderers or the Metropolitan Police in the final on Saturday, with a spot in the Ryman Premier Division up for grabs.
And the Terrors boss said he had no preference.
He added: "I know Cray went on that long unbeaten run but we beat them three times this season, so we would be confident.
"We lost to the Met a few weeks back but I don't know how. "To be honest, it will be a difficult game, whoever we face."
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