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PFA Player of the Year Nominations


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So for the main award, the 6 nominations are:

 

Gareth Bale, Michael Carrick, Eden Hazard, Juan Mata, Luis Suarez and Robin van Persie

 

and the Young Player of the Year, the nominations are:

 

Gareth Bale, Eden Hazard, Christian Benteke, Romelu Lukaku, Danny Welbeck and Jack Wilshere

 

 

No great surprises, with the possible exception of Michu being missed out, in the main list. Not so sure about the Young Player of the Year list - Wilshire's been injured most of the year and has Welbeck really scored enough?

 

For me, the winners would be Bale & Benteke.

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So for the main award, the 6 nominations are:

 

Gareth Bale, Michael Carrick, Eden Hazard, Juan Mata, Luis Suarez and Robin van Persie

 

and the Young Player of the Year, the nominations are:

 

Gareth Bale, Eden Hazard, Christian Benteke, Romelu Lukaku, Danny Welbeck and Jack Wilshere

 

 

 

No great surprises, with the possible exception of Michu being missed out, in the main list. Not so sure about the Young Player of the Year list - Wilshire's been injured most of the year and has Welbeck really scored enough?

 

For me, the winners would be Bale & Benteke.

 

Jokes are Carrick Welbeck and Wilshere - rest all well deserved

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Michu should be on the main list. Any number of good u-23s would have deserved the nominations over Welbeck and Wilshere. Here's just a few;

 

Shaw

Rafael

Weimann

Schneiderlin

Ben Davies

Nastasic

 

etc. A player with only 1 goal and a player who's spent half the season injured being nominated is pretty bad.

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How are Hazard and Carrick in Player of the Year ahead of Zabaletta and Michu? Chelsea have been also rans in every competition this season although agree Mata has been outstanding.

 

Shame Morgan hasn't been noticed although these sorts of awards are normally based on MOTD & Sky exposure rather than the stats such as distance covered, balls won and tackles made.

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IMO Michu is definitely best value signing of the season, but thats not what the PFA award is....

 

Rafael should have ben in the YP nominations but that category is essentially a waste of time because if Bale doesn't win it then something is wrong.

 

For me Bale should win both.

 

POTY: 1. Bale 2. Mata 3. Suarez

 

YPOTY: 1. Bale 2. Benteke 3. Lukaku

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Shame Morgan hasn't been noticed although these sorts of awards are normally based on MOTD & Sky exposure rather than the stats such as distance covered, balls won and tackles made.

 

The nominations come from fellow professionals... the players themselves submit two votes each, and the shortlist is drawn up from that.

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What is it with Welbeck? He's a decent enough player, but what on earth ahs he done in the last 12 months to warrant a nomination? Oh, he's scored 3 goals. That must be it.

 

I like Benteke, so think that's a good call and also Lukaku has had a decent season once he was given a run in the team.

 

Carrick has been excellent as well for what it's worth, he's put in a midfield masterclass for Utd this year and his nomination is deserved in my opinion.

 

But based on stats, surely Morgan should be in there? He's rated, statistically, as one of the best DM's in the world. Yet he's overlooked for the likes of Wiltshire and Welbeck. Wiltshire is a good player, but he's another example of someone who is hyped up beyond their actual level of ability, just because he's english and slightly better than the other dross we turn out.

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Isn't 23 at the start of the season a bit old for `young player of the season these days? I mean is Bale actually ever going to be better than he already is now?

 

He's fairly young ... guess it depends how hungry he is :D

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Because he's not *that* good...

 

More concerned with Morg having an amazing season and Welbeck getting a look in instead!

 

the less interest in Morgan the better. We don't want his head turned.

Also, with a bit of luck Alan Hansen will catch Shaw ball watching at the start of next season, write him off on MOTD, like he did Bale, and then we can get a few great season's from the lad without any bids coming in.

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What is it with Welbeck? He's a decent enough player, but what on earth ahs he done in the last 12 months to warrant a nomination? Oh, he's scored 3 goals. That must be it.

 

I like Benteke, so think that's a good call and also Lukaku has had a decent season once he was given a run in the team.

 

Carrick has been excellent as well for what it's worth, he's put in a midfield masterclass for Utd this year and his nomination is deserved in my opinion.

 

But based on stats, surely Morgan should be in there? He's rated, statistically, as one of the best DM's in the world. Yet he's overlooked for the likes of Wiltshire and Welbeck. Wiltshire is a good player, but he's another example of someone who is hyped up beyond their actual level of ability, just because he's english and slightly better than the other dross we turn out.

How many games has Lukaku started this season? Can't be that many?
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So for the main award, the 6 nominations are:

 

Gareth Bale, Michael Carrick, Eden Hazard, Juan Mata, Luis Suarez and Robin van Persie

 

and the Young Player of the Year, the nominations are:

 

Gareth Bale, Eden Hazard, Christian Benteke, Romelu Lukaku, Danny Welbeck and Jack Wilshere

 

 

No great surprises, with the possible exception of Michu being missed out, in the main list. Not so sure about the Young Player of the Year list - Wilshire's been injured most of the year and has Welbeck really scored enough?

 

For me, the winners would be Bale & Benteke.

 

Why is the Prems leading goal scorer not there FFS

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He's fairly young ... guess it depends how hungry he is :D

 

I don't see what he can do better. Everything he touches turns to gold already.

 

Genuine question, is Ronaldo better now than when at his best at Manure?

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Anna Thompson ‏@BBCAnnaT12m

 

Okay I am going to open up the debate seen as that BBC woman has mentioned womens football. I see some english female equaled PETER Shiltons cap record and there were many saying she is a far better player than Peter shilton etc and more deserving of her caps..

Sorry there is no comparison bewtween mens football and womens football let alone a direct comparison with shilts. There are some women harking on about pay parity with premier league stars . If they were any good they would be selected for the Moan you , chelsea etc mens team ., Truth is they are no where near good enough for the recently relegated portsmouth league 3 team

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the less interest in Morgan the better. We don't want his head turned.

Also, with a bit of luck Alan Hansen will catch Shaw ball watching at the start of next season, write him off on MOTD, like he did Bale, and then we can get a few great season's from the lad without any bids coming in.

 

Oh yeah forgot about that, need to keep heads down and not worry about this till next year when it's too late for clubs to steal them off us!!

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A bit more on the voting - so if you don't agree with the nominations, have a word with the Saints players...!

 

http://www.thepfa.com/thepfa/pfaawards/voting-system-explained

 

 

I know Jos voted for Van Persie.....chauvinist. However when you've got clubs like Man U and the Arse who have about 80 professional players they're most likely to vote for one of their own. So as we don't have that many anyway we're never going to get enough votes to make the top 6. System protects itself, bigger you are the more players you have .

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I know Jos voted for Van Persie.....chauvinist. However when you've got clubs like Man U and the Arse who have about 80 professional players they're most likely to vote for one of their own. So as we don't have that many anyway we're never going to get enough votes to make the top 6. System protects itself, bigger you are the more players you have .

 

They can't vote for their own teammates.

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I'd go with most of that team, perhaps de Gea in nets, who is one of the few keepers I've seen that has pulled off wonder saves this season.

 

Personally I've not been all that impressed by Cazorla. He was woeful at our place. Fellaini was more impressive. He matched the hype. Too good for Everton. I think I'd have NeilTaylor or Rafael Da Silva before Evra.

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Lol....Welbeck?! Are you taking the **** ? And like you say, Wilshere has spent the majority of the season injured. No real surprise though, standard sh!tty FA favouring the big clubs.

 

There chosen by their fellow professionals not the FA!

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There chosen by their fellow professionals not the FA!

 

The hand wringing in this post is quite funny. People are effectively saying they know better than the actual players who have voted; the players who have actually played against the players they have voted for.

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Why is it a January-to-January vote?

 

Surely a lot of footballers own these 'smart phones' nowadays (or could borrow one from their agent?).

 

Perhaps somebody needs to design an application ('app') that will measure players' performance/impact from August to somewhen about now?

 

A proper PL August-to-now list ought to include Williams, Michu, Baines, Schneiderlin, Vertongen, Maloney.

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Why is it a January-to-January vote?

 

Surely a lot of footballers own these 'smart phones' nowadays (or could borrow one from their agent?).

 

Perhaps somebody needs to design an application ('app') that will measure players' performance/impact from August to somewhen about now?

 

A proper PL August-to-now list ought to include Williams, Michu, Baines, Schneiderlin, Vertongen, Maloney.

 

Is it?

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