Player of the season 2018/9

[Morse]

Result: Game 53 - Champions' League Final v Tottenham Hotspur - Madrid - (W 2-0)
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1. Alisson Becker -------------------141 votes--------------5 points
2. Virgil Van Dijk ---------------------97 votes--------------3 points
3. Joel Matip ------------------------42 votes---------------1 point
Clean sheet bonus ----------------Alisson Becker-----------0.5 point
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WOW.
Crap performance doesn't matter.
We did it.
Number 6 in the bag.
The first of many trophies under Jurgen.
Happy days!.
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The Final table:
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1. Van Dijk -------8MOM-----52nd------63rd-------------------------61
2. Alisson --------7MOM-----32nd------23rd---------27CSB----------59.5
3. Mane ---------7MOM-----52nd------53rd-------------------------55
4. Robertson -----4MOM-----62nd------53rd-------------------------43
5. Salah ---------3MOM-----72nd------53rd-------------------------41
6. Wijnaldum -----4MOM-----42nd------53rd-------------------------37
7. Fabinho -------3MOM-----52nd------63rd-------------------------36
8. Henderson-----5MOM-----12nd------23rd-------------------------30
9. Shaqiri --------3MOM-----32nd------13rd-------------------------25
10. Milner --------3MOM-----22nd------23rd-------------------------23
11. Keita --------2MOM-----22nd------13rd--------------------------17
11. Gomez -------2MOM-----22nd------13rd-------------------------17
12. Firmino ------1MOM-----12nd------43rd--------------------------12
13. Arnold -------1MOM-----22nd------23rd--------------------------10
14. Matip ------------------22nd-------33rd--------------------------9
15. Lovren -----------------12nd-------13rd--------------------------4
16. Hoever -----------------12nd-------------------------------------3
16. Sturridge ---------------12nd-------------------------------------3
16. Lallana -----------------12nd-------------------------------------3
17. Origi -------------------------------13rd--------------------------1
17. Camacho --------------------------13rd---------------------------1
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Thanks for voting.
REMEMBER: Don't vote on the threads as I only count votes through the link.

Our new Champion of Champions is:

VIRGIL VAN DIJK!!!


Discussion points:

1. Virgil won 8 MOM awards this season which is impressive, but just as impressive is that he was pushed the whole season by Alisson and Sadio with 7 each. The fact we have had a group of players on top of their game suggests that Klopp recognises the need to improve on last year's Salah solo show.
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2. Jordan Henderson had 5 MOM awards. I am so happy for him lifting the cup as he has been not universally liked in the same way as Lucas Leiva. He is a great asset to have and an Englishman with a large heart in midfield. Love his attitude.
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3. Andy Robertson was Mr. Consistent with 15 places in the top 3 this season. His battle with Trent was one of the great reasons we did so well.
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4. Talking of TAA, his was a disappointing 13th place in the table with only 1 MOM performance. I suppose when he plays well, we score lots of goals and the attacking players get the votes too.
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5. Divock Origi was so important this season. We know about his wins against Everton and Newcastle that gained us 4 points in the league, but he also did so well in Europe. One to watch although I suspect he will always remain in the shadows of the front 3.
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6. The most disappointing thing about our front 3 was Bobby Firmino's hit and miss season. The guy did become blind at one point and suffered different injury problems but he didn't shine as much as his teeth did.
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7. For me, the new recruits were slow to adapt, and Klopp recognised this straight away and kept their appearances down to a minimum. Keita showed first and impressed in pockets and it took months before we got to see Fabinho Tavares. This guy is so good. He reminds me of a young Patrick Vieira and Steven Gerrard rolled into one. Considering he is in his first season of PL football, it was a mighty impressive season. Well done to him...possibly our 2020 player of the season?

Over to you...what are your thoughts on such a fantastic season?
It should have been the double (97 points and not win the league?! Rubbish).
Let's make it a league victory next year REDS. YNWA.

[Shaggy]

I reckon that table has worked out just about right, the only anomalies really imo are Trent and Matip being so low.

[Exiled_red]

I think that is about right VVD has definitely been player of the season, it makes a change for it to be a defender, but him and Alisson have made a huge difference to our side and both deserve to be up there. I think that TAA is a bit hard done by.

Perhaps Origi has been hard done by too he has got key goals in some massive games despite hardly playing, 1 third place doesn't really show that. Matip too is a little low down in the rankings. I guess these are symptoms of such a good season, picking MOTM has been difficult this year because generally most players have done well in most games. In previous years it has been difficult because the bad performances it has been hard to pick anyone.

Also Morse thanks for all the hard work you put into this