Cristiano Ronaldo is the heavy favorite to sweep the PFA Awards, again. Last year Cristiano Ronaldo won both the PFA player of the year and PFA young player of the year awards.
3 players return this year to the PFA player of the year shortlist, Steven Gerrard, Cesc Febregas and of course Cristiano Ronaldo. 3 players also return to the PFA young player of the year shortlist, Cristiano Ronaldo, Cesc Fabregas and Micah Richards.
Ronaldo was robbed of the FIFA World Player of the Year in 2007. Not to take anything from Kaka, but Ronaldo was better. If Ronaldo does not win both PFA awards this year, the competition is rigged. No other nominee has had the success Ronaldo has had this season. Not only individual success but team success as well.
Cesc Fabregas and Emmanuel Adebayor couldn’t carry their team into the semi-finals of the Champions League and have now slipped into 3rd place in the Premier League and it has been 3 years since Arsenal won any silverware.
Fernando Torres and Steven Gerrard could not finish better than 4th place in the Premier League. Fernando Torres has had a decent run, scoring 21 goals and Steven Gerrard has scored 10. Yet they don’t come close to Ronaldo’s 27.
David James was the best keeper in the league, but Portsmouth is struggling to stay in 6th
And if a player wins the player of the year award (and is young enough to be nominated for the young player of the year) He deserves the young player of the year award.
