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The voting takes place around now, ridiculously early, and he wasn't up to speed for the first quarter of the season due to all his commitments so never really a possibility. Much more chance of the football writers award depending on how the rest of the season goes.
To be honest he doesn't really deserve it either. He should probably win the club's POTY award though, Jan has been great also but I don't think anyone is more deserving than Sonny.
Who would be the top 3 contenders in your opinion for POTY?
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For me Van Dijk and Fernandinho are up there - although those sort of players rarely get the nod so maybe it could be somebody like Sterling who has been brilliant this season. Don't get me wrong Sonny isn't far off and should (and I think probably will) be nominated. But the games he missed for the Asian Games and Asian Cup might cost him a bit, as well as his form at the start of the season not being the best (of course this was mainly due to fatigue).
It’ll be Pogba for no good reason at all or van dyke likewise
I think Son will absolutely get the clubs POTY - Alderweireld
But in the league, let's be honest there HAVE been plenty better players. For Son to win the Premier League Player of the Year, he'd have to have been top goalscorer from pretty much week one (due to the way the voting works). Assisting goals left right and centre and scoring in all the big league games.
He's 9th in the goalscoring charts and joint 15th in the assist charts.
The media bias towards Liverpool, the continuous pundit and ex-professional praise along with their defensive record pretty much guarantees van Dijk wins it in my view, that rubs off on players votes, see how no one was talking about him when he was at Southampton.
I actually think someone like Bernardo Silva should be in with a shout, but I think a bit like Son, he is a bit underappreciated by the masses when names are mentioned for best players in the league, form players in the league and names in the hat for winning POTY.
He'll probably get in the TOTY though.
Bernardo Silva is a good shout as well actually, become so important to them. Guardiola loves him.
I was just thinking when watching City the other week that he would have been the perfect Eriksen replacement. Works JUST as hard (record for most distance covered in the Premier League this season and in top 10 since records began) and is a creative player too.
Just a shame we go to France to sign Nkoudou's and Njie's and not Bernardo Silvas.
Mate, can i ask where you get reliable stats for ground covered in a game / season ?
Usually Opta.
Here's a list of most distance covered since 14/15.
Bernardo Silva also ran 13.65km against us at Wembley this season. Eriksen runs on average just over 12km a game for us in the Premier League which is usually the most on our team. Dele usually always runs him close too.
Dan Gosling runs A LOT!Usually Opta.
Here's a list of most distance covered since 14/15.
Bernardo Silva also ran 13.65km against us at Wembley this season. Eriksen runs on average just over 12km a game for us in the Premier League which is usually the most on our team. Dele usually always runs him close too.
Usually Opta.
Here's a list of most distance covered since 14/15.
Bernardo Silva also ran 13.65km against us at Wembley this season. Eriksen runs on average just over 12km a game for us in the Premier League which is usually the most on our team. Dele usually always runs him close too.
Many thx champ.
Bernardo Gold is better
It'll go to Son.
But I would give it to Winks. Sissoko 2nd.
What they did over Xmas, and all season really, has been truly special.
Without them, we'd be nowhere.
Not saying that Sonny is player of the season, but the bolded does not take into account Son has played in 2 international tournaments DURING the season, and has been going pretty much non-stop since the start of last season (for about 1 1/2 years). Then on top of that you have to consider the performances and how the players affect the play rather than just stats.
Kane for example is scoring less goals than Son is when you look at a per minute basis.. and that's before you even take into account Kane has scored 3 penalties. Also how easy were those goals etc... Sterling's goals for example are generally a lot easier to score than Son's. Just go through and watch them and you will see a big difference.
I know Mourhino has voted for him already!
It also doesn't take into account that he couldn't get a single Premier League goal before November, when he had played numerous times for us.
He's only missed 4 Premier League games this season which is the same amount of games Aguero and Kane have missed, 1 less game than Sterling has missed, 1 less than Pogba has missed, 2 less games than Mane has missed and 3 less games than Hazard has missed.
A goal is a goal at the end of the day. Shouldn't matter if it's from outside the box or a tap-in.