PL Player of the Year nominees: Luis Suarez, Daniel Sturridge, Steven Gerrard, Eden Hazard, Yaya Toure, Adam Lallana. PL Young Player of the Year nominees: Daniel Sturridge, Eden Hazard, Raheem Sterling, Luke Shaw, Aaron Ramsey, Ross Barkley. 7 of the 12 players English so enough of this 'lack of English talent' bollocks. I reckon Suarez or Toure should win it, and Shaw should get the young player. Thoughts?
I think Suarez, unfortunately, has been the best player this season & probably should get player of the year, but it don't think his overall attitude is a good example of how to play the game. Young player I think is between Sturridge & Shaw, although had Ramsey been fit all season I think he'd have been outstanding & would have walked it. Manager of the year, again I don't like it but I think Rodgers at Liverpool should & will win it, although I believe that Pulis will get in the top 3 for the job he's done.
I echo your sentiments on Suarez. He needs to stop been ****. As for young player I don't really see Sturridge as young any more. What is he 23/24? Same with Hazard. Shaw and Sterling at 19 seem more worthy of it to me.
Suarez will win it by a mile. The Young Player award is a farce - Sturridge will be 25 in September, for God's sake! I think it should be for players under 21 at the start of the season, which leaves Sterling, Shaw and Barkley. I'd pick Shaw.
Depends which one you mean. There's the Premier League one, which almost invariably goes to the title-winning boss, so we may as well ignore that. And there's the LMA one, which is more up for grabs (Kinnear, Clark, Reid, Wilson and Jones all won it before Fergie became the first title-winner to get it). I think the LMA one is presented at their dinner just after the end of the league season (usually the Monday after the final weekend, I think).
I think if you limit it to players under 21, you'll struggle to find enough players performing to create the list. I think 23 should be the limit.
Players aged 21-23 are very capable of winning the proper award anyway. Surely it should be for developing talents, not developed ones? If it means the quality of nominees drops and you have to include the Berahinos and Ward-Prowses of the world, then fine by me. EDIT: Flanagan was also under 21. He's very unlucky indeed to miss out on the list as it is.
Agree about the comments on young player. In my opinion it should be for players who've made 10 career appearances or less at the start of the season.
I think the reason it's so high is because the top teams don't have many kids coming through so they'd have to give it to a lower team who are basically **** but have more young players. It should however be 21 & down, quality over quantity IMO.
Unfortunately, Suarez will win Player of the Year. I'd like Luke Shaw to win Young Player of the Year, though Barkley is equally deserving.
23, young player of the year? I remember when Bobby Robson was making excuses for Gascoigne, saying he was still a young boy, a reporter saying at that age George Best had won the First Division twice, the European Cup, the Footballer Of The Year and The European Footballer Of The Year. He also made reference to the considerably younger lads who not that long ago were flying Spitfires, Hurricanes and Lancasters or wading ashore under fire to put the nonsense spouted about the problems footballers like Gascoigne faced coping with pressure into context.
Talking about this I watch Chelsea V Arsenal in the Youth Cup last night on ITV4, and was very impressed with the football they played, and most are English. The future looks bright.
Suarez by a mile, but if it's going to be an emotional decision (not by me) it'll go to Gerrard. Not one else has a look in
Suarez Shaw Manager of the year Eddie Howe followed by John Still (Luton) I know that they may not be the biggest names in one of the top clubs, but both are the sort of managers that we need to encourage. Eddie Howe appears to be one of those managers who gets the best form the players without fuss. John Still sacrificed a 6 figure income to start from the bottom and become a football league manager the hard way, a great back story.
