PFA Players Player Of The Year Nominations

In reality second and third should be dictated solely by who United players vote for, as any non-United player who doesn't vote Ronaldo is clearly bitter and/or a @#%&!.

Originally Posted by dodger

Ridiculous. What is the age limit?

23

he only turned 24 in march, i think they voted for this late feb? maybe thats why....still ridiculous tho

It's supposed to be for players who were under 23 at the start of the season. They've obviously made an exception for the Scouse though.

For me the likes of Rooney and Ronaldo should not be in the running for the young player of the year award. Age wise they may still be a legitimate choice but both have been playing at the top level for 4 years+ and it is slightly against the spirit of the award to include them.

It should be breakthrough players and under 21 at most in my opinion.

Absurd that Rio is not included in the list, best defender in the league by a long way this year.

The youth player award is a joke as if you are not nominated in the main award, you cannot win it, and as younger players are now the best in the league it's time to change the criteria for that award.

It should be best young player in their first full year in the Prem. Opens it up more and stops the silly situation that Ronaldo, Rooney, Fabregas etc cause.

Do players actually nominate based on performances when they face each other, - or do they vote based on hype or what they hear the media and pundits come out with?

Nobody can tell me Gerrard has performed better and more consistently against more opponents than Rio has - absolutely no chance.

However, he is of course the world's best midfielder, the Bionic Man, Mr Liverpool, and plays and beats teams on his own ...

... while Rio is just a JT wannabee

If Ronaldo is in the young player of the year award category, and wins the player of the year category, then he should surely win both. Its not like they could say, well you are the best player in the country, but Ashley Young is a better young player than you.

Originally Posted by Enjoying Insanity

The youth player award is a joke as if you are not nominated in the main award, you cannot win it, and as younger players are now the best in the league it's time to change the criteria for that award.

It should be best young player in their first full year in the Prem. Opens it up more and stops the silly situation that Ronaldo, Rooney, Fabregas etc cause.

Agree with that.

Originally Posted by Paul Mcgrath

If Ronaldo is in the young player of the year award category, and wins the player of the year category, then he should surely win both. Its not like they could say, well you are the best player in the country, but Ashley Young is a better young player than you.

Ta for that, Einstein.

Originally Posted by Ether

Ta for that, Einstein.

No worries mate, someone needed to say it. Anyway i know one of the guys who runs the PFA, he's a £#%&!ing champ, he let me borrow his Black Range Rover 08 plate last week, and he says its certain that Ronnie will win both. Confirmed.

Originally Posted by Ether

Ta for that, Einstein.

Originally Posted by Ether

Agree with that.

What about Old Player of the Year?

£#%&!ing age discrimination at the PFA. If allowances can be made for lack of experience, for Young Player, then how about allowances for a dip in ability?

Article on F365:

http://football365.com/story/0,17033...407596,00.html



The PFA have announced the nominees for their Player of the Year awards, and the usual suspects are there.

The fact that this was voted for in January will account for the presence of Emmanuel Adebayor over Rio Ferdinand, but it's tricky to argue with the other candidates.

Of course Cristiano Ronaldo is going to win, and you don't need us to tell you he's been the best player in the country, nay continent, this season.

However, should that be the primary criteria for a Players' Player of the Year? Should the players not pick a fellow professional who provides 'an example' to the rest of them?

Ronaldo is going to get enough praise this season (not least from assorted easily-impressed floosies in the Manchester area) without his contemporaries giving his already mammoth ego a good rub too. Should the recognition of the best player not be left to those who observe the game, namely fans and writers?

This is an award given by the Professional Footballers' Association, so the award should recognise the outstanding professional of the season.

In that case, it should surely go to David James.

As recently as 2005 James was a national laughing stock. Having not managed to shake off the old 'calamity' tag, James came on at half-time of an England friendly in Denmark, and obligingly handed the Danes four goals, later claiming that he hadn't prepared properly.

At that stage there seemed no way back, especially with the likes of Paul Robinson, Chris Kirkland and Scott Carson seemingly coming through to consign him to the international knacker's yard.

However, since then James has completely changed his outlook on the game, and has benefitted hugely. At that stage James was 35, and could quite easily have shrugged and reasoned that he'd had a decent career. He'd played for big clubs, won a good few caps, played at the European Championships - he had a good innings. Why bother changing now?

But change he did, and thanks to those changes has now reached the stage where he has unquestionably been not only the outstanding English keeper in the Premier League this season, but the outstanding goalkeeper. Full stop.

At 37, James has presented such an unanswerable case for his inclusion in the England side that nobody really complained when he was recalled in place of the younger Robinson and Carson for Fabio Capello's first two national sides. That had a lot to do with the relative ineptitude of the other two, but we felt we were literally in safe hands.

That is the sort of example to his fellow professionals that should not only be applauded, but awarded too.

Ronaldo, Torres and Fabregas will get their adulation and praise elsewhere. James should be recognised for the true professional he is.

Full list of nominees

PFA Player Of The Year: Cristiano Ronaldo, Emmanuel Adebayor, Cesc Fabregas, Steven Gerrard, Fernando Torres and David James.

PFA Young Player Of The Year: Cristiano Ronaldo, Cesc Fabregas, Emmanuel Adebayor, Gabby Agbonlahor, Ashley Young and Micah Richards.

Nick Miller


Are they actually serious?

Originally Posted by Ether

Ta for that, Einstein.

hahahaha

Originally Posted by marlo stansfield

hahahaha

Hahahahaha, he got me good bruv, that champ £#%&!in drew me! tucked me in big time!

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He could, and probably should, have won that award 4 or 5 times.

Does Ronaldo still qualify?

They've probably been left off because it's unfair on the rest.

Anderson isn't on there becasue 90% of the people who aren't United fans don't rate him, at all, believe it or not.[/QUOTE]

not sure about that mate

Why Ronaldo shouldn't get PFA Player's Player of the year;

http://www.football365.com/story/0,1...407596,00.html

Laughable.

Originally Posted by Fuzzy Dunlop

Why Ronaldo shouldn't get PFA Player's Player of the year;

http://www.football365.com/story/0,1...407596,00.html

Laughable.

Indeed, don't expect nothing less from that website considering it's massively ABU.
Remember it slating Anderson the other week for £#%&! all.

Right, so we're all agreed Fabregas should win it right?