PFA Team of the Year

[red g]

The PFA team is always a poor reflection for 2 reasons. Firstly, its voted for so early, secondly players only see other teams when they play against them and therefore go off MOTD highlights and Sky games.

Mind you people on here, myself included, are often no better. We all say player x is ****e or brilliant, after having watched them a couple of times on the box. The only players you can really comment on are LFC's as I watch them nealry every game, either live or on the box.

but is it not player of the year? not the season, hence its voted for at the end of the year?

[thesilverfoxlfc]

It should be done at the end of the season, but i guess its hard to get all the players,managers etc.....after the season ends with Players going on holidays and Summer tournaments

[Ron_Mexico]

I agree but there are about 600 Premiership players eligible to vote in the PFA awards so I can't see how it could be fixed. Presumably at the time they voted (beginning of 2007) the Mancs were having a purple patch.

my comment was tongue in cheek, i know it can't be fixed but the results are ridiculous.

your theory is probably what happened. i don't think scholes, rio, or evra should have been included. I bet the players don't take this very seriously at all, especially mid season when their focus should be on their own team, which could explain how the team of the year includes so many dodgy selections

[rushscored4]

my comment was tongue in cheek, i know it can't be fixed but the results are ridiculous.

I know and I agree...

United might be the best team in the league this season (the league table never lies) but they do not have the best defence or indeed the best individual defenders. How can Van Der Sar be deemed better than Reina or Cech who even at Xmas had better records than the big Dutchman? How could Ferdinand be considered better than Carra or John Terry? Or Neville better than Finnan although that could be considered looking through red-tinted glasses! I'll go along with Vidic but at the time the votes were cast I would have put at least two other left backs ahead of Evra. However, they're both from unfashionable 'smaller' teams (Baines at Wigan and Taylor at Portsmouth) and don't appear on TV as much

I can't argue with Ronaldo, Scholes or even Giggs but I'm surprised Amplard wasn't in there not for his ability but because he always seems to do well in these 'buddy' votes. I think most people would have put Drogba in their teams but I would have had McCarthy of Blackburn or Peter Crouch (based on his England performances in 2006 as well as for Liverpool) ahead of Berbatov.

It's all about opinions, eh?

[Assassin]

Yep.

PFA Premier League Team of the Year 2007:
Edwin van der Sar, Gary Neville, Nemanja Vidic, Rio Ferdinand, Patrice Evra (all Man Utd); Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes, Cristiano Ronaldo (all Man Utd) and Steven Gerrard (Liverpool); Didier Drogba (Chelsea) and Dimitar Berbatov (Tottenham)

Eight Manc Kunts Un****inbelievable

Smells of a Richard Keys conspiracy

[Ron_Mexico]

I know and I agree...

United might be the best team in the league this season (the league table never lies) but they do not have the best defence or indeed the best individual defenders. How can Van Der Sar be deemed better than Reina or Cech who even at Xmas had better records than the big Dutchman? How could Ferdinand be considered better than Carra or John Terry? Or Neville better than Finnan although that could be considered looking through red-tinted glasses! I'll go along with Vidic but at the time the votes were cast I would have put at least two other left backs ahead of Evra. However, they're both from unfashionable 'smaller' teams (Baines at Wigan and Taylor at Portsmouth) and don't appear on TV as much

I can't argue with Ronaldo, Scholes or even Giggs but I'm surprised Amplard wasn't in there not for his ability but because he always seems to do well in these 'buddy' votes. I think most people would have put Drogba in their teams but I would have had McCarthy of Blackburn or Peter Crouch (based on his England performances in 2006 as well as for Liverpool) ahead of Berbatov.

It's all about opinions, eh?

your assessment is spot on there mate, i agree with all of it

there are some questionable selections, but the inclusion of neville, evra, and van der sar make this squad a joke. Cech has been brilliant again and Reina has been excellant all season. The stance of the general public toward Lumptard has changed since the world cup, everyone has seemed to realise what an overrated player he is, and the way he conducts himself on the pitch will win him few friends i reckon. Scholes or Giggs should have been subbed out for Essien who has been a monster this season, playing multiple positions and keeping the chavs title hopes alive by himself at times. taylor should have been in there at LB, he's scored some quality goals and brings his best every game. berbatov is great to watch, very smooth, but he is not a natural finisher, never has been, and he wastes alot of chances. mccarthy should have got the nod there, he's a great player and has scored some important goals for bburn

i could go on and on with this team but at the end of the day it doesn't really matter does it?

how did gary neville get in this team tho, honestly

[Spionkop69]

Well my mate's started this thread on a united forum for me.

Will Shaggy et al reply to the content or just abuse me and call me a manc?

Your mate? Of course it is...:whatever:

[lfc4ever]

Well my mate's started this thread on a united forum for me.

Will Shaggy et al reply to the content or just abuse me and call me a manc?

I hope so.

[El Jefecito]

Wouldn't it be great if the players were smart enough to have their own opinions vs. those that are espoused in the papers/highight shows.

I know, I know, I shouldn't superimpose my opinions on those who have had lobotomies.

[DannyMan2006]

All Manc fans I know say Evra is better than Heinze. He's certainly in better form. I would compare his career to Agger's at LFC. Poor at first, but then class the next season.

How funny would it be if the Chavs cleaned up on the domestic front, we won the CL and the Mancs won **** all! And yet the mancs had 8 in team of the year :bird:

My XI

Foster
Finnan
Vidic
Carvalho
Evra
Ronaldo
Essien
Scholes
Lennon
Drogba
Berbatov

Honourable mentions in dispatches: Carson, Carra, Giggs, Doyle, McCarthy.

[Speedy]

I will go away if all the Evra Vs Heinze folks will respond to THIS thread on a Manc forum...

http://www.fredtissue.com/showthread.php?t=24054

[disco]

Evra was ****ing BRILLIANT then when he crashed into Heinze there

[Red_Polo]

Aye, fantastic assist for Kaka by the world's best left back tonight.