While Ryan Giggs was given the Mickey Mouse trophy of individual accolades, the PFA Player of the Year, it's clear that the people who are paid to watch the games and write about them know who really has been the best this season: Steven Gerrard. (This handy breakdown of the pairs' achievements in the EPL in 2008/09 makes it clear)
The award makes him the first LFC man to lift the trophy since the amazing John Barnes in 1990, and it's totally deserved. Shame about that EPL trophy though (f*ck!).
[Daily Mail]
Showing posts with label Awards. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Awards. Show all posts
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Quick Throw: Man United miss out on a trophy!
Monday, January 12, 2009
Ronaldo wins FIFA World Player Award
Our correspondent in Zurich can confirm that Cristiano Ronaldo has been named FIFA World Player of 2008. Leo Messi placed and El Niño Roto finished third. It's Ronaldo's first time winning the award and closes out his individual trophy treble. Ronny also won this year's Ballon d'or (journalists' vote) and FIFPro World Player of the Year (as voted by the players.)
Friday, November 14, 2008
How Much Do You Love Us?
Alright, listen up people! You love footy, we love footy, you love us. Simple, right? I mean, where else would you go for all of your irresponsible e-journalism on the beautiful game?
What?
No, the correct answer is nowhere! Don't you want to prove how much you love us? We have low self-esteem (worse than a high-school sophmore girl) and need constant affirmation.
The official website of US Soccer is soliciting nominations for the "Best Soccer Blog of 2008" and you know what that means. Dammit, get your shit together people! It means that you should vote for us, obviously.
To tell them how great we are, please send an e-mail to centercircle@ussoccer.org and let them know that you think that Unprofessional Foul is the greatest thing since sliced bread. If you don't vote for us, Bigus and Lingering Bursitis will cry.
A little something to get you in the mood, courtesy of Bigus.
Friday, August 22, 2008
EPL is #1 (Suck it, Barclay's!)
Back in the nascent days of this site, we took an in-house poll to determine which domestic league was the best overall. The surprising result--a unanimous EPL victory. Perhaps we should not have been so surprised, because UEFA agrees. How can you tell? Because when UEFA released the finalists for player of the year at each position, 17 out of 20 nominees came from the English league.
What does this mean for you, the reader? Not much, unless we somehow attract the EPL's best to our humble site for readership. But, after the jump, I'll handicap the races, and perhaps you can make a few quid betting your friends.
GK: This really should have been Cech's race to lose, but he already lost it with that fumble against Turkey. Otherwise, what do we have? Almunia spent the last part of the season benched and still can't break into the Spain squad. Reina was a big ball of meh last season, and who the hell is Neuer kidding? van der Sar wins by default.
Def: Since he is riding a wave of support for losing the England captaincy to that cunt, John Terry, my money (no actual money) is on Rio. Or, if the 4 Prem players split the vote, then Puyol.
Mid: Let's see, Essien played defense for the last couple of months, Cesc went into a hole after Eduardo's injury, and the rest didn't even make the Euros. For the hell of it, I'm going to pick Gerrard, though Scholes was probably the most steady presence for his team.
FW: Cristiano Ronaldo, 42 goals in all competitions. Even though he's not a Forward, he will win this.
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