QUOTE(befitozi @ Apr 17 2007, 10:11 PM)
Outstanding as in match winning performance.
ManUtd won Roma without 3 first choice defenders . Carrick is playing an extremely important role for ManUtds shape , but he is not doing stuffs outstanding unlike Scholes. hence he is not nominated
Besides that , this kind of awards usualy dun go to defenders because its usualy the strikers and midfielders doing the 'outstanding' performances, the match winning performances.
Thats why its cited as a rarity when Cannavaro won Player of the Year. And that to , is because his performance is outstanding enough.
now that is ironic, when you're saying that strikers and midfielders do all the match winning performances, how can they do it when defenders aren't doing their job? A very good example, Roma...how they got thrashed 7-1? Their defenders were just focusing on how to score goals.
What other things did Cannavaro do besides defending well and scoring from headers? Assisting? Scoring for every matches? The irony is there about your definition of the word outstanding. ManUtd won Roma without 3 first choice defenders, but there are still good defenders in their squad. Don't come and tell me that Brown and Heinze aren't good enough.
See how Chelsea suffer when they had so many injuries, Terry was the significant one.
Just because Carra is in Liverpool, not Chelsea, not Man Utd...He's not in the England squad. Many may argue that this is just an assumption, but for many years now he's proved that he's a great defender and even before people knew about John Terry. GH didn't notice his contribution, I guess that's why people didn't notice him and furthermore, back then Liverpool was just another average team like Tottenham now to you guys. Rafa Benitez noticed his contribution and had given him more credits than usual. Sissoko did well too last season and he wasn't even among the nominee for the Young Player of the Year.
Dont get me wrong here as I've voted for the Portugal winger and I truly think that he deserves it. It's just that I felt bad for Carra and fellow good defenders for not being nominated.
This post has been edited by lilredridinghood: Apr 17 2007, 11:53 PM