How has Giggsy won the PFA Player of the Year???


                          

That is the question on many football fans minds right now. Probably even Man Utd fans minds. The fact that 5 out of 6 candidates are Utd fans is mildly surprising but you can see their logic. Ronaldo obviously. And the defensive trio for their record breaking antics. The fact that Gerrard is in shows that he has more consistency than the top players from rival clubs (Terry, Lampard, Cech, Drogs, Fabregas, Adebayor).

But how has Giggsy won it? Granted, he's had his best season for a decade but he's not even a regular starter. His impact has only been on half the games. Many times he just comes off the bench. He doesn't have the Solskjaer effect. Only 1 goal to his name. I was watching the Portsmouth game where Giggsy started. He missed 3 glorious chances to score and if he continues this way he won't break the 100 goal barrier for Utd. I'm not sure about his stats but how many chances has he actually created? I think Scholes makes more through balls than him. I bet Rooney puts in more dangerous crosses than Giggs (example... against Spurs!!! wth!).

Utd fans probably wanted Vidic or Rio and definitely Rooney to win it. But they don't mind as long as the award stays in the family. Its just fans from other clubs who are left perplexed with the selection.

I have never seen the PFA give out sympathy awards to players in the twilight of their careers before. It just reminds me of a more prestigious awards show where they hand out gold gramaphones.

Check out this article:

Unlike the PFA, Eurosport-Yahoo! has no place for sentimental, sympathy votes in its pick of this season's top performers.

HOW IT WORKS

We tot up the marks out of 10 awarded in five national newspapers - The Sun, The Mirror, The Mail, The Times and The Guardian - to create a total out of 50. The top player in each position will be rewarded with a spot in the team of the season, while the worst scorers will be named and shamed in our Flops XI.

This is only the Team of the Season so far - we do not announce our official selection until after the final round of matches.

TEAM OF THE SEASON (minimum 17 starts)

It may surprise you (or not) to find out that PFA Player of the Year Ryan Giggs has not started enough games for Manchester United to qualify for our own equally prestigious gong. Even if there were no minimum games requirement, his average rating of 34.33 would not be enough to earn him a place either on the left side or the centre of midfield.

However the Welshman is in good company - eight of the PFA Team of the Season fail to make the grade based on our far more analytical system.

Only Glen Johnson, Steven Gerrard and Fernando Torres appear in both teams, and none of the six Manchester United players in the PFA Team are in ours. The only United player to feature in our team, Wayne Rooney, was overlooked by the players in favour of Chelsea's Nicolas Anelka.

Torres's inclusion comes only by the skin of his teeth, as he has made the minimum 50 per cent of starts required - 17 out of 34. However, the striker's form has taken him to the top of our scoring charts, making him the front runner for Player of the Season.

Elsewhere, our team is a triumph of democracy, featuring players from eight teams. As our system relies on marks from the national press, is it a sign of thigs to come from the Football Writers' Awards? Only time will tell.

EUROSPORT-YAHOO TEAM OF THE SEASON

GK Shay Given (Manchester City) - 33.88 average

DF Glen Johnson (Portsmouth) - 32.58

DF Martin Laursen (Aston Villa) - 33.84

DF Brede Hangeland (Fulham) - 33.63

DF Leighton Baines (Everton) - 31.77

MF Shaun Wright-Phillips (Manchester City) - 33.42

MF Steven Gerrard (Liverpool) - 35.46

MF Frank Lampard (Chelsea) - 34.94

MF Gareth Barry (Aston Villa) - 34.36

FW Fernando Torres (Liverpool) - 35.53 - Player of the Season

FW Wayne Rooney (Manchester United) - 34.73

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PFA TEAM OF THE SEASON

GK: Edwin van der Sar (Manchester United) - 30.57

DF: Glen Johnson (Portsmouth) - 32.58

DF: Nemanja Vidic (Manchester United) - 32.41

DF: Rio Ferdinand (Manchester United) - 32.38

DF: Patrice Evra (Manchester United) - 31.42

MF: Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United) - 32.38

MF: Steven Gerrard (Liverpool) - 35.46

MF: Ryan Giggs (Manchester United) - 34.33

MF: Ashley Young (Aston Villa) - 33.08

FW: Fernando Torres (Liverpool) - 35.53

FW: Nicolas Anelka (Chelsea) - 30.62

Tony Mabert / Alex Chick / Eurosport

Source:http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/27042009/58/premier-league-team-season-giggs.html


Torres and Gerrard are the top 2!!! That's more like it!!!