RTE Pundits teams of the season

mike65

Giles, Stevens and Wheelan put forward thier 11s of the season all three picked Gerrard, Torres, Alonso, Ronaldo and Rooney which is fair enough, while the likes of Rio, Vidic, Lampard, Ireland, (Glenn) Johnson, Jaskelinen, VDS made an appearance or two.

jesus_thats_gre

Thought that there team was actually ok with the exception of Howard in goals.

Ardent

I can't remember any Chelsea players in any of the teams. Boswinga deserving of a place maybe?

jesus_thats_gre

Yeah, possibly.

eagle eye

jesus_thats_gre wrote: »

Thought that there team was actually ok with the exception of Howard in goals.

I agree with Howard in goals. Imo the best goalkeeper by miles in the PL this season.

Im_No_Superman

Ardent wrote: »

I can't remember any Chelsea players in any of the teams. Boswinga deserving of a place maybe?

Lampard surely worth a shout too. 12 goals and 10 assists in the league.

OPENROAD

Any chance of listing what team each of them went for tks

SlickRic

lampard has been criminally underestimated this season imo.

mike65

Sorry my mind lacks that power of recall. But no Arsenal player got a mention that I recall and only one Chelsea player did - Lamps.

Jazzy

giles team-
howard
jageailka
vidic
baines
glen johnson
alonso
lampard
gerrard
rooney
ronaldo
torres

trevors team-
jaaskelinen
vidic
ferdinand
evra
glen johnson
fletcher
alonso
gerrard
rooney
ronaldo
torres

ronnies team-
VDS
vidic
???
evra
johnson
alonso
lampard
rooney
ronaldo
gerrard
torres


dammit. if only i could remember the centre back in ronnies team. im quite impressed with myself tho for getting them

OPENROAD

mike65 wrote: »

Sorry my mind lacks that power of recall. But no Arsenal player got a mention that I recall and only one Chelsea player did - Lamps.

What??? no mention for Eboue They have lost the plot imo.

mike65

Was it Hangerland (sp)?

GLaDOS

Serious lack of Schwarzer

PHB

Lampard deserves his place in the team, he really has been very very good this year. He's so often overlooked but is one of the best players in the world, as Mourinho used to constantly point out.

Good to see some people acknowledging Fletcher, he really has been outstanding this year, stepped up from squad player to real first choice. The question is can he push on and challenge Hargreaves now

OPENROAD

ScienceNerd wrote: »

Serious lack of Schwarzer

+1

He would be my goalkeeper of the season.

chopperbyrne

No golden boot winner up front for any of them either.

Smegball

This season I would have went for maybe the leagues top goal scorer over Torres.

SlickRic

PHB wrote: »

Good to see some people acknowledging Fletcher, he really has been outstanding this year, stepped up from squad player to real first choice. The question is can he push on and challenge Hargreaves now

for me, hargreaves has to earn his place back.

at a time when Scholes has waned, Giggs could only play some of the games, where Carrick doesn't really ever dominate, and Anderson has yet to make the step up (though i think he eventually will), Fletcher has grafted, no more than that, he's run his fair share of games for a championship winning team.

hargreaves, though probably more talented, should need to prove himself big time when he makes his return.

Headshot

SlickRic wrote: »

hargreaves, though probably more talented, should need to prove himself big time when he makes his return.

if he ever returns

Im one of those that think Hargreaves will always be a crocked

SlickRic

Headshot wrote: »

Im one of those that think Hargreaves will always be a crocked

wouldn't argue with that one bit.

which is why you were so fortunate fletcher made the step up like he did this season.

Tusky

Giggs didnt get a single vote ?

Quazzie

Tusky wrote: »

Giggs didnt get a single vote ?

Maybe they didn't feel the need to offer the sympathy vote like the PFA did.

Spud83

Quazzie wrote: »

Maybe they didn't feel the need to offer the sympathy vote like the PFA did.

I don't think sympathy is the right word. Really don't think the members of the PFA feel sorry for Giggs.

PiE

More sentimental than sympathy - which just makes the award even more irrelevant than it already was.

Quazzie

alanmurphy83 wrote: »

I don't think sympathy is the right word. Really don't think the members of the PFA feel sorry for Giggs.

Agreed

PiE wrote: »

More sentimental than sympathy - which just makes the award even more irrelevant than it already was.

Sentimental is a more apt word.

yahoo_moe

mike65 wrote: »

Was it Hangerland (sp)?

Nah, he went for Jagielka as well.

Xavi6

eagle eye wrote: »

I agree with Howard in goals. Imo the best goalkeeper by miles in the PL this season.

G'way out of that.

Yes he was good but 'miles' better than Schwarzer? That's just plain silly.

The_Hustler

Smegball wrote: »

This season I would have went for maybe the leagues top goal scorer over Torres.

I wouldn't consider him consistent enough. He was a bit like Hull and their points; he got loads of goals at the start but in the second half of the season he hardly scored any. I am a Chelsea fan by the way.

That_Guy

mike65 wrote: »

Was it Hangerland (sp)?

He wasn't mentioned in any.

Fenix

PiE wrote: »

More sentimental than sympathy - which just makes the award even more irrelevant than it already was.

While I agree that Giggs getting it was a sentimental outcome, I disagree that the PFA player of the year is irrelevant, take the last ten;

Roy Keane Manchester United
Teddy Sheringham Manchester United
Ruud van Nistelrooy Manchester United
Thierry Henry Arsenal
Thierry Henry Arsenal
John Terry Chelsea
Steven Gerrard Liverpool
Cristiano Ronaldo Manchester United
Cristiano Ronaldo Manchester United
Ryan Giggs Manchester United

I think it's quite a nice addition to anyones cv.