Martin, can you tell me who will miss out/get Premiership
medals for Manchester United as it stands. As a Hammer I am hoping
Fergie has to send out a few of his 'lesser' players to give them a
medal! Alex Grainger
MARTIN SAYS: Well Alex, you might be pleased to
know that there is no-one on the fringe as it were, although it has
been known for managers to rest a few players with the FA Cup final
six days away. As you probably know, the minimum requirement for a
Premiership winner's medal is 10 games, although the Premier League
have been known to give them out under special circumstances. Dion
Dublin got one in 1993 after breaking his leg and playing only
seven games and it might be the case for Alan Smith, who if he
appears in United's last two games, will have only made nine league
appearances this season. Just for the record here are the men who,
after 36 games, do qualify for a medal under the rules and their
total appearances, either as a sub or in the starting XI: Wes Brown
(20); Michael Carrick (31), Patrice Evra (21), Rio Ferdinand (33),
Darren Fletcher (22), Ryan Giggs (29), Gabriele Heinze (20), Gary
Neville (24), John O'Shea (30), Ji-Sung Park (14), Kieran
Richardson (13), Cristiano Ronaldo (33), Wayne Rooney (33), Louis
Saha (24), Paul Scholes (29), Mikael Silvestre (14), Ole Gunnar
Solskjaer (17), Edwin van der Sar (31), Nemanjar Vidic (25). Here
are the handful that don't: Tomasz Kuszczak (5), Henrik Larsson
(7), Alan Smith (7).
