Maybe you should lol at your initial statement first. I never started anything against you, I just retorted to ppl who seem to be posting useless comments instead of participating in a healthy discussion.

wateva bro... "one man's meat is another man's cajones" (see what i did there again..damn)

Couldn't care less now as Giggs took it. I can recall his only one goal so far this season was the single goal that for 3 points.

Not sour grapes but based on the performance, definitely one between Gerrard or Vidic should have nick it.

Gary Neville most likely not, Paul Scholes still stands a chance. I can be sure even if Vidic have won, some would have questioned the panel! Why Giggs achieve such accolade from his fellow peers? Respect! And that itself is a major factor in them casting the votes. Gerard and Ronaldo certainly ain't the favorite ones there as they often seem to be slight arrogant (Ronaldo is a lot )

i vote Vidic.. and again that is for his 12 games shutout...

Whatever you say mate. If you want to have the parting shot so much, you can have it if it means so much to you. I never started anything against you.

My sentiments:

He does not deserve to win the PFA Player of the Year award.

He deserves something better. Like a Lifetime Achievement Award.

The PFA Player of the Year should have went to Vidic or Gerrard.

By the way, what's with all the flaming? This is a thread about a footballer as an individual, don't have to drag the clubs into it.

the bpl players think giggs deserved it ...

no matter how much ppl here think he didnt deserve it all i can do is LOL .. so it seems us forumers know more of football than the players themselves

No. I am certainly not one to question if Vidic won it but perhaps the nightmare given by Torres doesn't help much for this voting.

The one you referred, Ronaldo won the PFA Player of the Year twice for previous 2 season companied with other awards, if not mistaken. Arrogant? What arrogant?

chill la teh tarik on me

Maybe the ppl who voted felt it took more than mere performance to win the award.

Stats may show that Giggs wasnt the super bestest fuyoh players there is on the pitch, but at his age, with his enthusiasm and heart, that attitude on the field this season was wat earned the respect of his peers.

IINM, players cant vote for their own teammates, so if u asked me, and im jus speculating here, that the pool boys, if having to choose between Vida and Giggsy wudve definitely voted for Giggsy!

Not because 'vida had a nightmare handed to him by torres' but simply that the Giggs not only performed when called upon, but still showed heart.

So instead of taking into consideration of simple variables like how many passes were complete, how many goals he scored, how many defenders he left on their backside, i think its the elements that you cant quantify that swayed it to his favour, and theres absolutely no reason why the PFA voters cant take that into consideration!!

[quote=Jonno,Apr 27 2009, 04:07 PM]
This is a further prove that footballers knows nothing about football. There are at least 5 players that is a more worthy winners of the award than Giggs based on this YEAR's contribution.
Maybe I am biased, but of all the 6 nominees, I feel that if you are to choose one of the 6, then it can only be Gerrard, my reasoning, asas follow:

This is the PFA award , if u think If they dont know anything about Football then just ignore it.
Because next year and every year in the future, it will still be voted by footballers which u think they don know anything about football.

Do you know otherwise? In your opinion then, what facts make him deserving of this award? Screw Gerrard, are you saying Gigges deserves it ahead of Vidic based purely on form? Which do you think it most likely? That the players who know him and voted for him, were affected by the fact he's been one of the best players the last decade and is a top bloke in person, or that he was the best player in the league this season? Maybe my logic is flawed but I think the answer to this is pretty obvious.

Just to correct you in case Iwasn't clear enough, but I did say sentiment played a role, I didn't say they voted for him based PURELY on sentiment. Differentiate.

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Added on April 27, 2009, 6:58 pmI think statements like, "well the players voted for him" is moot because this thread is asking for OUR opinions. Tell you what, sometimes fans do know more than players because some watch a lot of games. How many games do you think a player can squeeze into his busy weekly training schedule? Not to mention you have to consider they have personal lives to top it off.

This post has been edited by Duke Red: Apr 27 2009, 06:58 PM

bu the looks of it,no conclusion can be reached from this discussion anyway...
decision has already been made, Giggs is our official PFA winner for this year

those that thinks giggs deservingly deserve to win the award, then be it
those that think giggs won the award based on a sentimental approach,then be it
those that thinks..................yada yada,then be it
and the list goes on,
everyone happy can already

congratz to Ryan Giggs for this award

I agree with Duke Red. Don't question who voted Giggs. Be it panel, coaches or players.

The main question remains, "Is Giggs the best player to win the award?"

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I still think the players do not want Ronaldo to win three times in a row. If only Ronaldo is a saint like Scholes.

This post has been edited by prelude23: Apr 27 2009, 07:05 PM

i thought this award was voted by all professional players in the league ? may be they wanna respect the old man ?

I cant imagine there are actually people calling mod to close down the thread just because of the disagreement.

If everyone agrees with one another, what's the point of discussion?

it's really hard to choose between vida and giggs!But giggs also has done a good job this season!But i'm happy he's won the award!Coz how come the player that winning league title the most not winning PFA of the year before?!

Cant believe all this nonsense/booshit/crap talk that Giggs doesn't deserve the award. His fellow players voted him and is not 1 person voting. They all recognise his ability this season that they never saw in Giggs for the past 17-18 season.

Who would have thought that Giggs can transform himself from a brilliant winger to an excellent ( i mean EXCELLENT, not good enough, or so-so) attacking midfielder! And top of that, he reinvented himself as a top level att mid at the of 35 years old! And still keeps going AND IS GONNA STILL BE A KEY PLAYER for the upcoming match with Arsenal!

Why the fak we would be arguing about that. Clearly those professional players and fellow friends knows better.

Giggsy. You deserve the lot!