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TheBrownDog
It's just a popularity contest. The press and club PR departments will push someone forward and half the players will just go with that.
Looks like Henderson this year.
Looks like Henderson this year.
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Early on he was roasting TAA, but he was popping up on both sides there after, in fact all over the park.Wasn't he up against Robertson?
Agree with the common taters that he has improved his final ball. That clipped cross while running at full pelt was delicious. I wonder if he will take up Spain's offer if they call him up again, or will he play for Mali in the African Nations in April.
Who should have won the award last year? Laporte?
Surely that cant happen.It's just a popularity contest. The press and club PR departments will push someone forward and half the players will just go with that.
Looks like Henderson this year.
KDB to win it but the team of the year will be dominated by Liverpool playersNine times out of ten the seasons standout player bags the award. If there is no particularly standout player then you get the odd year that a media darling wins it, like that year Giggs did for example. The whole Liverpool team have stood out, so who to give it to? Maybe the captain is the thinking here. Had KDB kept his early season form going he’d probably have been a shoe-in but at this stage it would be wrong not to award it to a Liverpool player
at Liverpool or in the whole league?FWIW I'd have Mane as the standout so far.
at Liverpool or in the whole league?
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It's much more competitive in the middle, but no one cares about thatJust an opinion, the standout teams back then were obviously Arsenal and United. Chelsea and Liverpool rounded out the "big 4" as it was known. I feel its much more competitive now, any team on their day can cause an upset if you're a little bit off your game. I don't recall so many teams being separated by so few points as it now seems to be from that 4/5th position to say 12th/13th.
I'm not convinced that a Liverpool player should be POTY at this stage. Our success has been built off even contribution from a large number of players in our squad. I would say that we could feasibly have more than half of the top ten (if such a ranking was to be made), but that De Bruyne has been the league's most outstanding player thus far. If it was to be a Liverpool player, I think Mane is the most likely but even he has cooled off of late - whereas De Bruyne is going to comfortably break the assists record and score a fair few goals too.
I think the 2017-18 season sets a similar precedent, when Salah won the award despite City having the greatest season in Premier League history. Although Salah's season was probably a level above what De Bruyne is doing this season, it does show that record breaking teams don't necessarily automatically also collect all the individual awards.
Surely Mané cannot win it when is is no where near the golden boot
It's just a popularity contest. The press and club PR departments will push someone forward and half the players will just go with that.
Looks like Henderson this year.
It's not a team award thoughIt'd be weird to not award it to a Liverpool player.
It's not a team award though
It is kind of strange Wolves have only won 8 games - they were bloody good this morning
Just an opinion, the standout teams back then were obviously Arsenal and United. Chelsea and Liverpool rounded out the "big 4" as it was known. I feel its much more competitive now, any team on their day can cause an upset if you're a little bit off your game. I don't recall so many teams being separated by so few points as it now seems to be from that 4/5th position to say 12th/13th.
Liverpool doing well doesn't diminish the feats of another player.And?
Liverpool doing well doesn't diminish the feats of another player.
I didn't realise KDB was at Liverpool.It does when the best players are at Liverpool.