Player of the Season so far...

MrJoeSoap · 25-12-2006 07:44PM

I'm just about as big an anti-Ronaldo man as you'll find but he has been outstanding this season and certainly deserves a place on the list at least. He's been the best United player in the last three (possibly four) Premiership games.

Probably the best attacking midfielder in the league so far this season.

Playboy · 25-12-2006 07:53PM

eh how is Taylor on that list .. he sux. Sure he scored a few goals but his all around play is woeful. Didnt Redknapp move him to midfield because he couldnt defend to save his life.

Xavi6 · 25-12-2006 09:18PM

el rabitos wrote:

and if he was playing for wigan or some other less attractive team, hadnt got a nice tan and looked like wayne rooney he'd just be that useless winger that gives away the ball all the time

And if he played for Liverpool you'd say the sun shone out of his a**e. In fairness the guy has been class. Impossible to deny whether you like him or not.

LundiMardi · 25-12-2006 09:21PM

Mossy Monk wrote:

David James

I concur.

el rabitos · 25-12-2006 09:30PM

Scholes

Xavi6 wrote:

And if he played for Liverpool you'd say the sun shone out of his a**e. In fairness the guy has been class. Impossible to deny whether you like him or not.

i dont like to picture the image of anything shining out of any mans ass tbh, liverpool player or not. if it makes u feel any better, i dont think gerrard or any liverpool player has any business on a "player of the season so far" list. the team as a whole started the season so bad that none of them merit a place.

and its not impossible to deny that ronaldo has been class....check it out, i'm denying it riiiiight......now. see? denied.

Xavi6 · 25-12-2006 09:43PM

el rabitos wrote:

i dont like to picture the image of anything shining out of any mans ass tbh, liverpool player or not. if it makes u feel any better, i dont think gerrard or any liverpool player has any business on a "player of the season so far" list. the team as a whole started the season so bad that none of them merit a place.

Did I mention any Liverpool players? No. What I said was if Ronaldo was in the exact same form for Liverpool as he is in now for United you would have him on the list. It's not rocket science.

MrJoeSoap · 25-12-2006 09:43PM

el rabitos wrote:

if it makes u feel any better, i dont think gerrard or any liverpool player has any business on a "player of the season so far" list. the team as a whole started the season so bad that none of them merit a place.

Yes, whilst United have had one of their best starts to the Premiership ever, thanks in no small part to a winger who has EIGHT goals already. Thats around the same as what Gerrard, Garcia, Gonzalez and Pennant have put together.

el rabitos · 25-12-2006 09:55PM

Scholes

Xavi6 wrote:

Did I mention any Liverpool players? No. What I said was if Ronaldo was in the exact same form for Liverpool as he is in now for United you would have him on the list. It's not rocket science.

u mentioned liverpool, alluding to the idea that i have red blinkers on and assume liverpool players when playing poorly are really playing great. figuring out what u were getting at is not rocket science.

MrJoeSoap wrote:

Yes, whilst United have had one of their best starts to the Premiership ever, thanks in no small part to a winger who has EIGHT goals already. Thats around the same as what Gerrard, Garcia, Gonzalez and Pennant have put together.

wow, **** then he is awesome!

didier drogba has more than twice the amount of goals thierry henry has this season, that means he's more than twice the player henry is too....right?

Kold · 25-12-2006 10:00PM

Saha

Tom Huddlestone

MrJoeSoap · 25-12-2006 10:04PM

el rabitos wrote:

didier drogba has more than twice the amount of goals thierry henry has this season, that means he's more than twice the player henry is too....right?

It means he's scored twice as many goals as Henry this season, which means he is probably more deserving of the award. I'm not saying Ronaldo is a better player than Gerrard etc or anything of the sort.

I've despised him for the past few years, still do I guess, but you can't argue with his performances this season, with perhaps the exception of the Arsenal game where he was at fault for the goal. Most games he has played in this season he has been at least 8/10.

Saying you can't see Ronaldo's great ability is ridiculous! But then again, he didn't play in the game against Liverpool...

Playboy · 26-12-2006 04:56AM

Kold wrote:

Tom Huddlestone

Ye he has been great this season for a 19 year old. I think Spurs got the better deal .. Huddlestone, 19 years of age for 2.5 mil for carrick, 26 and 18.6 million!

besty · 26-12-2006 03:59PM

Saha

It would have to be Drogba just ahead of Ronaldo and Scholes.

Xavi6 · 26-12-2006 05:12PM

Some player that Ronaldo fella. 2 more goals today so far and only on 5 minutes.

MrJoeSoap · 26-12-2006 05:24PM

United at 0-0 at half-time and struggling to break Wigan down.

Ronaldo comes on and within 6 minutes he has scored twice and now United are 3-0 up. Any thoughts, el rabitos?

Nalz · 26-12-2006 05:48PM

Saha

el rabitos wrote:

wow, **** then he is awesome!

didier drogba has more than twice the amount of goals thierry henry has this season, that means he's more than twice the player henry is too....right?

R O N A L D O is flippin deadly so he is, so he is. so there

now Trilla will wait for sarcastic remark

evad_lhorg · 26-12-2006 05:54PM

Fabregas

scholes,raonaldo, drogba or essien.

el rabitos · 26-12-2006 06:00PM

Scholes

MrJoeSoap wrote:

United at 0-0 at half-time and struggling to break Wigan down.

Ronaldo comes on and within 6 minutes he has scored twice and now United are 3-0 up. Any thoughts, el rabitos?

thoughts? u already know my thoughts on ronaldo, read above.

Trilla wrote:

R O N A L D O is flippin deadly so he is, so he is. so there

nothing sarcastic to say to ya man, but i'm diggin the capital letters and the spaces, raonaldo is the best.

MrJoeSoap · 26-12-2006 06:04PM

el rabitos wrote:

thoughts? u already know my thoughts on ronaldo, read above.

Thats three man-of-the-match performances in the last four games. Will you at least concede that he deserves to be on the list?

Attractive Nun · 26-12-2006 06:18PM

Saha

Is that joint top scorer for the season so far? That's pretty damn impressive for a winger who doesn't usually take penalties.

EDIT: If he can bag a couple of wonder goals and equally good performances against the top teams in the second half of the season, he'll surely be Drogba's only challenger for player of the season.

MrJoeSoap · 26-12-2006 06:27PM

He's still 2 behind Drogba.

evilhomer · 26-12-2006 08:40PM

I think it's between Drogba, Essien and Ronaldo for me plus Fabregas just keeps getting better and better!

I'm going to go for Ronaldo for a few reasons,
1) Incredible progress he has made this season.
2) Consistency (which was what a lot of people were complaining he didn't have over the last few seasons)
3) Sheer entertainment value!

With Drogba a close second any nothing to choose between Essien and Fabregas (tied for third).

Now through bar-code coloured glasses I would hope to see Dyer(IF he can stay fit) and Martins on that list before the end of the season.

edit: mmmm, why isn't Ronaldo on that list? shocking! makes a mockery of the poll

Bateman · 26-12-2006 09:57PM

Saha

Drogba for me as well. Not sure why Gerrard would even be on the shortlist.

All I can remember him doing is diving against Sheffield United, and failing to turn up for the away games at Chelsea and United.

Guy:Incognito · 26-12-2006 11:22PM

While C.Ronaldo is doing well this season theres still the frustrating parts in his game. He's looking good in highlights but still giving the ball away and being a bit wastfull when you watch the full game. Looking at the goals in his last 2 games.

The first one on saterday was vintage wastfull Ronaldo, he ran 40 yards with the ball and whacked it at a defender, but got lucky when it dropped in front of him to be able to hit it again. Today he did well to get into an empty bit of space and take advantage of horrendous marking. his 2nd , he missed a peno and again got lucky when the rebound dropped right to him. It could be seen as getting the rub of the green but I just dont know, suppose we'll have to see how long this purple patch lasts for.

el rabitos · 26-12-2006 11:29PM

Scholes

MrJoeSoap wrote:

Thats three man-of-the-match performances in the last four games. Will you at least concede that he deserves to be on the list?

no

(sorry to be so blunt)

Xavi6 · 26-12-2006 11:50PM

el rabitos wrote:

no

(sorry to be so blunt)

Ah now that's just being plain stubborn.

PHB · 27-12-2006 12:18AM

Scholes

Xavi, I don't think you get this yet.

Yes, he may have scored ten goals this season,
Yes, he may have four assists this season,
Yes, he may have at least 4 MOM's, probably seven,
Yes, he may have been integral to United being top of the league,
Yes, he may have been the best player in the team that is top of the league,
Yes, he may be on the top points in pretty much every fantasy football league,

But,
Most of the stuff he does he does cause he's lucky, it's nothing to do with technique

Most of the stuff he does he does is due to bad defending, cause, as we all know, it's not like some of Drogba's goals were due to some bad goalkeeping by Howard, or shocking defending on corner kicks, like today against Reading.

In some matches, he isn't World Class!!!
Most of these matches, when he plays poor are against the stronger teams [Despite being Utd's best player against the 2nd place team, playing average against the 3rd place team, scoring against the 4th place team, scoring a goal against the 5th place team, missing the match against the sixth place team]

And to top it off, despite running 40 yards, despite beating 4 players, despite his first shot getting blocked and getting to the rebound, despite finishing the ball sublimly, he didn't whack the ball in the net the first time, ****ing waste of space!!!

el rabitos · 27-12-2006 12:37AM

Scholes

PHB wrote:

Xavi, I don't think you get this yet.

Yes, he may have scored ten goals this season,
Yes, he may have four assists this season,
Yes, he may have at least 4 MOM's, probably seven,
Yes, he may have been integral to United being top of the league,
Yes, he may have been the best player in the team that is top of the league,
Yes, he may be on the top points in pretty much every fantasy football league,

But,
Most of the stuff he does he does cause he's lucky, it's nothing to do with technique

Most of the stuff he does he does is due to bad defending, cause, as we all know, it's not like some of Drogba's goals were due to some bad goalkeeping by Howard, or shocking defending on corner kicks, like today against Reading.

In some matches, he isn't World Class!!!
Most of these matches, when he plays poor are against the stronger teams [Despite being Utd's best player against the 2nd place team, playing average against the 3rd place team, scoring against the 4th place team, scoring a goal against the 5th place team, missing the match against the sixth place team]

And to top it off, despite running 40 yards, despite beating 4 players, despite his first shot getting blocked and getting to the rebound, despite finishing the ball sublimly, he didn't whack the ball in the net the first time, ****ing waste of space!!!

its tough to tell if your being sarcastic there

Bateman · 27-12-2006 12:41AM

Saha

Agreed. It's fairly well hidden sarcasm anyway!

MrJoeSoap · 27-12-2006 12:43AM

el rabitos wrote:

no

(sorry to be so blunt)

xavi6 wrote:

Ah now that's just being plain stubborn.

Stubborn isn't the word! Seriously el rabitos, what does the guy have to do? 10 goals for a winger is a sensational return.

Sky Sports viewers ratings, just for you El Rabitos!

vs Wigan - 9.0
vs Villa - 9.4
vs West Ham - 7.1
vs Man City - 8.8
vs Middlesboro - 8.4
vs Everton - 8.4
vs Chelsea - 8.0
vs Sheff Utd - 8.1
vs Blackburn - 9.0
vs Portsmouth - 8.7
vs Bolton - 7.5
vs Newcastle - 9.2
vs Reading - 8.7
vs Arsenal - 6.3
vs Tottenham - 7.6
vs Watford - 7.7
vs Charlton - 8.4
vs Fulham - 8.5

el rabitos wrote:

its tough to tell if your being sarcastic there

No, its tough to tell if you are being sarcastic here. PHB's post is far easier to judge...

Bateman · 27-12-2006 12:48AM

Saha

Lol, Sky Sports viewers ratings are really going to clinch it for anyone on the fence.

Player of the Season so far...

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