Rio Ferdinand has claimed that van Persie should've won POTY instead of Bale. Nothing surprising or even controversial about that, but his reasoning is extremely poor.
He believes that the Welshman only won it because of the timing of the voting.
'There's so much technology at hand that you could do it over an iPad and just say 'bang, bang, bang' at the end of the season.
'I am not just being biased but if it was voted for today Robin van Persie would win it by a country mile.
'But it was voted for by the players in late February or March.
'Gareth Bale is a worthy winner, but for me it isn't a true reflection of the season.'
Not sure what he's been watching over the past couple of months. Bale's form has improved recently and van Persie's has dropped off rather badly.
Agree. Scoring a few offside goals and penalties when the season was all but done doesn't necessarily mean he should have pipped Bale to the award.
