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PFA Players' Player of the Year nominees
Topic Started: Apr 14 2009, 11:22 AM (476 Views)
PsychoStu
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Manchester United players dominate the nominees to be crowned PFA Players' Player of the Year, with five of the six contenders hailing from the current Premier League leaders.

Edwin van der Sar, Nemanja Vidic, Rio Ferdinand, Ryan Giggs and last year's winner Cristiano Ronaldo are in the hunt for the prize, with Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard representing the rest of the Premier League.

United also provide two of the candidates for the PFA Young Player of the Year honour in Jonny Evans and Rafael da Silva, with Aston Villa duo Gabriel Agbonlahor and Ashley Young, Manchester City midfielder Stephen Ireland and Tottenham winger Aaron Lennon the competition.

Dutch veteran Van der Sar is looking to become the first goalkeeper in over 30 years to win the award after setting a record for minutes without conceding a league goal earlier this season.

He has been ably protected by central defensive duo Ferdinand and Vidic, with the Serbian powerhouse tipped by many to take the prize.

However, the evergreen Giggs has been mooted as a possible sentimental vote, with the Welshman yet to add the senior award to the two Young Player of the Year accolades he collected in the early 1990s.

Portuguese ace Ronaldo may not have hit the heights of last season, but he is still the joint-top scorer in the Premier League and is chasing a hat-trick of Player of the Year awards.

Out to prevent a clean sweep of the top three spots is Gerrard, who won the award in 2006 and has been inspirational in Liverpool's push for a first title in 19 years.

In the Young Player category, Evans and Rafael are aiming to become the fourth United player to win the award in the past five years.

Evans has been more than an able understudy to Ferdinand and Vidic in the centre of defence this season, while swashbuckling full-back Rafael has also caught the eye.

Villa's push for a UEFA Champions League spot has been rewarded with Agbonlahor and Young looking to follow in the footsteps of Andy Gray and Gary Shaw, who won this award in 1977 and 1981 respectively.

Ireland has impressed in the centre of midfield for City this season and he is aiming to become only the second player from the club to win the award after Peter Barnes' success back in 1976.

Spurs have also supplied the winner of the Young Player of the Year only once, when Glenn Hoddle won in 1980, and England winger Lennon is in the running after a sparkling campaign at White Hart Lane.
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AntMcfc
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Ireland and Young should be in the proper award aswell as young player of the year, fucking joke. WTF has Giggs or VDS done to get in there?! Fcuk all. C.Ronaldo hasn't even done anything either, what a joke that is.
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I think the nominations are stupid;
Ferdinand - maybe.
Vidic - definatly.
Gerrard - definatly.
Ronaldo - maybe.
Van Der Sar - definatly not.
Giggs - definatly not.

I thought these players could be contenders, RVP, Torres, Alonso, Lampard.
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Joke list.

Gerrard, Lampard, Vidic, Anelka, Rooney and Ireland should be the contenders. It's been a year of shit standards though, I hope next year is better.
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Seriously, Frank Lampard is an absolute legend of the game. He needs to be recognised in some way eg. Frank Lampard OBE, Sir Frank Lampard or some kind of lifetime achievement award.

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yup its a bit of a joke to put vds, rio, ronaldo and maybe even giggs

vidic you cant argue with and maybe rooney whould be there with gerrard etc.

if ireland doesnt win the young pfa then its fixed
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Van der sars inclusion is beyond a joke
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Ferdinand? Ronaldo?

Rafael for young player? Evans? Nasri/Denilson has had a better season than both.
I am soft.
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Player of year = Gerrard

Young player = Lennon
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Rooney for Ronaldo
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Player of the year - Gerrard
Young player of the year - Ireland
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I cant imagine the winner of young player of the year being bald
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Apr 14 2009, 02:05 PM
I cant imagine the winner of young player of the year being bald
:hysterics: :hysterics:
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phil16
Apr 14 2009, 02:05 PM
I cant imagine the winner of young player of the year being bald
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thing i dont get, imo i think Rooney has been United's best player this season along with Vidic but hasnt even been nominated but the likes of VDS and Giggs have :deepthought:
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phil16
Apr 14 2009, 02:05 PM
I cant imagine the winner of young player of the year being bald
:hysterics:
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