Man Utd's Giggs named PFA Player of the Year

last SG · 2009-04-28T13:08:07+00:00

I also think Giggs dont deserve the award. The award is for 2009 performance and not what he done in the past 20 years or so. The more deserving winners (for...

zocoss SG

My take is, everyone has their own choice for Player of the year... We can come up with another 5 or 6 names and it still won't make a difference... The thing here I guess is... This season, there isn't one player that stands out very obviously... Last season we had Ronaldo, easily it was a one man race... This year, we look around and we ask ourselves, who stands out? Lampard, Terry, Drogba all had poor starts to the season. Gerrard also wasn't very obvious in the first half of it... Torres was like playing on and off too... And I guess he is one of those whose 2nd season isn't as good as his first... Vidic and Rio were good but had poor moments with injuries and suspensions too.

So I guess Ryan Giggs stands out in the eyes of fellow professional players who were the ones voting. One thing we have to say is, Giggs whenever he plays this season, he seems to contribute despite his age of 35... Some fellow professionals may look at this and feel he deserve it above the rest who had a poor moment or two this season... And to still play so well at this age... is just amazing when you think of it... Some players like Kewell and Duff who are way younger than Giggs have already gone downhill and he is still at the top.

I don't think there will be another player to win this award at age 35 or above for a long time to come.

SexyChin SG

please share how the current voting system is flawed??

season ends at end of may.

this is only the end of april.

Players to deserve the award?

We have at least the defensive trio of van der sar, vidic and rio in manchester united.

reason for winning?

the crazy amount of clean sheets they kept.

this is only for manchester united. i have not even started on other teams yet.

what has giggs done this season to win?

he didn't even play much for goodness sake. he won it due to past glories, not present form.

charlize SG

As much as I like Giggs, this award is a bit kelong.

You are right, this is Player of The Year, not Player who contributed a lot for the past 20 years.

Should be judged on performances for this league year.

And he wasn't even playing that often - just over 10 starts as reported in the papers?

Other Man U players definitely deserved it better than him.

So next year will be Paul Scholes?

tripsky SG

please share how the current voting system is flawed??

please refer to above 2 posts

iceFatboy SG

please refer to above 2 posts

totally different. they are referring to the player, and the process.

U are referring to the system.. please share how the voting system is flawed.

Is Giggs given all the votings slips so he post himself as the winners? or did MUFC has double the voting slips as per any other teams?

iceFatboy SG

season ends at end of may.

this is only the end of april.

Players to deserve the award?

We have at least the defensive trio of van der sar, vidic and rio in manchester united.

reason for winning?

the crazy amount of clean sheets they kept.

this is only for manchester united. i have not even started on other teams yet.

what has giggs done this season to win?

he didn't even play much for goodness sake. he won it due to past glories, not present form.

Firstly, who are the one voting the winner?

Secondly, who are the ones holding this competiton?

thirdly, if he won it due to past glories, why did he win the award now? He has never won this award before, only the YPFA twice. Strangely, he is not retiring, or dead.So why this point in time?

zocoss SG

I hope that by trying to prove our point that other players are more worthy, we do not belittle Giggs contribution to the United cause just this season alone... Some may fail to realised Giggs's contribution but here is a 35 yrs old guy playing his heart out in every match... Some others might have already retired by this age but he is still doing the business at the highest level... This alone I guess could get him the respect from fellow professional...

But i don't believed its just because of this, fellow professionals have their own eyes to see how he has contributed to United's season this year. Giggs has many a time this season deliver the pass or the final pass for the match winner. Just like the all important goal Macheda scored against Villa...

Starting 27 times for United this season and another 16 as a sub is a lot to ask from a 35 yrs old... Thats 40 over matches for United this season alone and its still not over... We have to remember he is playing in the premiership and not Serie A. He may have started 12 in the Premiership, but he also got the highest sub appearance too in 12 (Even more than Tevez)... Thats shows the importance of the man to the squad. Here is a model player I guess, despite playing so many matches, he have not got booked for a yellow let alone a red card in 40 over matches this season...

On the voting system, i personally don't find anything wrong with it... Of course some will find it to be flaw but do we want a Player of the Year when the season is over and disinterested by then? The voting i guess was conducted in Feb, Mar... Votes has to be counted and arrangements have to be made for the event and organizers to be inform... But by Feb/Mar, the season is already into its 6 or 7th months out of 9 already... Will another 2 months make a big difference? I guess I can accept it cos I prefer to see a Player of the year announced before the season is over rather than when people are no longer interested on it anymore... It would be very disappointing for something so significant to be an anticlimax to a season don't you think so...

Master -_- SG

wah lau...win win la..so much fuss for wat..not u win wat..

iceFatboy SG

wah lau...win win la..so much fuss for wat..not u win wat..

actually, also true lor..

tripsky SG

totally different. they are referring to the player, and the process.

U are referring to the system.. please share how the voting system is flawed.

Is Giggs given all the votings slips so he post himself as the winners? or did MUFC has double the voting slips as per any other teams?

perhaps i misphrased... my apologies. i am referring to the fact that voting occurs so early. imo, voting shd begin after the end of the season due to obvious reasons.

tripsky SG

actually, also true lor..

but then the reason y we are all here is to discuss on watever topics isn't it

iceFatboy SG

perhaps i misphrased... my apologies. i am referring to the fact that voting occurs so early. imo, voting shd begin after the end of the season due to obvious reasons.

no problem..

but end of season hard to get everyone and given it is 34 games, it is pretty much end of season unless, someone can hamdam in 100 goals in last 4 games and then I have nothing to say lor.

maybe, there is some stats table that can show this better.. haha.

AEW5001 SG

Firstly, who are the one voting the winner?

Secondly, who are the ones holding this competiton?

thirdly, if he won it due to past glories, why did he win the award now? He has never won this award before, only the YPFA twice. Strangely, he is not retiring, or dead.So why this point in time?

the influence he has to e Red Devils is nearly unrivalled over e yrs..

GeorgeBest SG

RYAN GIGGS, RYAN GIGGS, RUNNIN' DOWN THE WING

FEARED BY THE BLUES, LOVED BY THE REDS!

RYAN GIGGS!

Greatest player in the Premier League, only rivalled by King Cantona!

dinky1409 SG

i think giggs shldnt haf won it, and he and ronaldo shldnt be in the pfa team of the year..

charlize SG

Giggs is one of the very few good players who never played in the World Cup finals.

Think he had a choice to play for England when he was younger but he chose to play for Wales instead.

omgukilledkenny SG

Giggs is one of the very few good players who never played in the World Cup finals.

Think he had a choice to play for England when he was younger but he chose to play for Wales instead.

Thats an urban myth...

Speaking exclusively in an interview for BBC Choice's 45 Minutes programme, Giggs said despite people often thinking he opted to represent Wales rather than England - he isn't actually qualified to parade the three lions on his shirt.

Giggs explained: "I'm Welsh through and through.
"I was born in Wales, I grew up in Wales and my family are Welsh.

"The confusion was because I played for England schoolboys - but only because I went to an English school. I couldn't actually play for England!"

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