PFA team of the year

[JackBuddy]

Hart

Evra
Vermaelen
Dunne
Ivanovic

Fabregas
Milner
Fletcher
Valencia

Rooney
Drogba

errr? Dawson? Tevez? Lampard? Malouda?

Valencia and Fletcher should definately not be in there. (No doubt a certain few will disagree though)

[Jack.Lfc]

er reina

[::Art::]

I wouldn't have thought Ivanovic, Fletcher or Valencia would be in that team.

[Jack.Lfc]

How the hell is ivanovic there

[Browney]

Had Lennon stayed fit, I think we all know Lennon would oust Valencia. Not to say Valencia hasn't been good, he's performed well consistently. Dawson has been good, but Vermaelen and Dunne have been more so impressive. Fletcher got it because he's improved and become more integral to a title chasing team whereas, for the start of the season, Lampard's position was moved and he had less off an influence. Yeah Lampard has picked up now, but that's with a return to a more natural role. Again, Malouda could have taken Valencia or Milner's spot but I'd say they're all fairly level, it's only personal preference that seperates them.

[luce]

why would valencia and flecher even be in contention when you have midfielders in the league which are more consistent and generally better?

Anyway what about VDS? and i don't think dawson should get in he has only had a few games.

[CHA!NGANG]

GK, RB, CM, LW.

All arguable.

GK I'd say it would be between Given, Hart or Reina. Most the other top keepers like Cech, VDS Have been injured this season. Gomes has played well too.

RB Would be between Ivanovic or Sagna.

CM next to Fabregas, I'd say would be between Lampard, Song (He's been a very good player for us this season but most will disagree), Mascherano, Nasri (Same as song).

LW could be Malouda, Valencia.

For me Tevez would have to be in it and Bent would be a good player to have in it too but not enough striker positions. I'd have done 4-3-3 and got rid of the LW :P

P.S. I know I named a few Arsenal players thereee..

[Adamm]

invanovic has been good but not better than say dawson/king/vidic.
valencia LOL
fletcher LOL
fabregas shouldn't even be in there really.

[CHA!NGANG]

invanovic has been good but not better than say dawson/king/vidic.
valencia LOL
fletcher LOL
fabregas shouldn't even be in there really.

Yeah but then again you need to have a RB in it, and none of those are RB's.

Disagree highly with that 2nd bit. Fabregas has proved to be one of the best players in the world this season with his Assists/Goals and general running of Arsenal this year. In fact if he didn't get injured I'd have said he'd have been in the top 5 in the world this year (depending on the WC).

[Browney]

GK, RB, CM, LW.

All arguable.

GK I'd say it would be between Given, Hart or Reina. Most the other top keepers like Cech, VDS Have been injured this season. Gomes has played well too.

RB Would be between Ivanovic or Sagna.

CM next to Fabregas, I'd say would be between Lampard, Song (He's been a very good player for us this season but most will disagree), Mascherano, Nasri (Same as song).

LW could be Malouda, Valencia.

For me Tevez would have to be in it and Bent would be a good player to have in it too but not enough striker positions. I'd have done 4-3-3 and got rid of the LW :P

P.S. I know I named a few Arsenal players thereee..

Hart's fair enough.

It'll always be the case that new players/young players get recognized more, thus Sagna was brushed aside for an impressive season from Ivanovic. Before this season you would've said Bosingwa had that Chelsea RB role glued down, which is why Ivanovic stood out.

I've already mentioned Lampard, Song will never be spoke about in the same bracket as top, top players, it's just the way things are. Mascherano has had a disappointing season for two reasons, 1. Liverpool's disappointing season in general and 2. Alonso left. Alonso was a perfect foil for him, Lucas isn't. And Nasri, yeah, but most people would put him in a winger's role. Which raises the point, why is Milner out on the wing? He's been playing the centre.

Yeah, I wouldn't argue with Tevez but Bent isn't one of the league's best.

[JackBuddy]

why would valencia and flecher even be in contention when you have midfielders in the league which are more consistent and generally better?

Anyway what about VDS? and i don't think dawson should get in he has only had a few games.

Dawson has been amazing all season.

Opta have produced a team based on their stats. Interesting that only 2 players in the current team make it-

http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/4305/teamofseason.jpg (http://img99.imageshack.us/i/teamofseason.jpg/)
(Taken from Optajoe's Facebook page)

CHA!NGANG- Nasri, Mascherano and Sagna should be nowhere near this list. Not saying they've done badly, but there have been so many better than them this season.

[JackBuddy]

Had Lennon stayed fit, I think we all know Lennon would oust Valencia. Not to say Valencia hasn't been good, he's performed well consistently. Dawson has been good, but Vermaelen and Dunne have been more so impressive. Fletcher got it because he's improved and become more integral to a title chasing team whereas, for the start of the season, Lampard's position was moved and he had less off an influence. Yeah Lampard has picked up now, but that's with a return to a more natural role. Again, Malouda could have taken Valencia or Milner's spot but I'd say they're all fairly level, it's only personal preference that seperates them.
Lennon should be in it, voting finished at the end of Jan.

GK - Gomes/Hart
DEFENDERS - Ivanovic, Dunne, Dawson, Evra
MIDFIELDERS - Lampard, Milner, Fabregas
STRIKERS - Rooney, Drogba, Tevez

That'd be mine.

[Adamm]

Opta have it about spot on for me.

More so than PFA anyway...

[CHA!NGANG]

Dawson has been amazing all season.

Opta have produced a team based on their stats. Interesting that only 2 players in the current team make it-

http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/4305/teamofseason.jpg (http://img99.imageshack.us/i/teamofseason.jpg/)
(Taken from Optajoe's Facebook page)

CHA!NGANG- Nasri, Mascherano and Sagna should be nowhere near this list. Not saying they've done badly, but there have been so many better than them this season.

Like I said, Nasri would be just my opinion and I can see why people would say no but he's had a very good season (granted that it was mainly the 2nd half of the season). Mascherano has had a decent season and I can see why people disagree. As for Sagna... well tbh the PL hasn't got the best RB's in the world and is quite poor in that respect. The only RB's that stand out are Sagna, Ivanovic and Johnson for me and although Ivanovic probably pips it for this season, Sagna has been quite consistant and is a top class RB and isn't far behind.

As for your team, i'd have to disagree with Vermaelen not being there as he has been one of the stand out players in the PL this season and has adapted amazingly well. Dawson has had a great season but if your going to replace anyone I'd say it'll have to be Dunne but then again I would say that :P I think Dunne pips it though.