Gerrard Named Player Of The Year

[asbah]

Source (http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/news/drilldown/N152134060423-2103.htm)

Steven Gerrard has capped another brilliant season at Anfield by being named the PFA Player of the Year by his fellow professionals.
At a gala ceremony in London's Grosvenor House Hotel this evening, the Liverpool captain beat off competition from Wayne Rooney, Frank Lampard, Thierry Henry, John Terry and Joe Cole to land the top honour.

The award finishes off a sensational weekend for Gerrard after he helped Liverpool into the FA Cup final with an excellent display against Chelsea yesterday.

With 19 goals to his name, Gerrard currently sits at the top of the goalscoring charts at Anfield and has played an inspirational role in the Reds' securing Champions League football for next season with three games to spare.

Manchester United's Wayne Rooney won the Young Player of the Year award.

Previous PFA Players of the Year:

1996: Les Ferdinand (Newcastle)
1997: Alan Shearer (Newcastle)
1998: Dennis Bergkamp (Arsenal)
1999: David Ginola (Tottenham)
2000: Roy Keane (Manchester Utd)
2001: Teddy Sheringham (Manchester Utd)
2002: Ruud Van Nistelrooy (Manchester Utd)
2003: Thierry Henry (Arsenal)
2004: Thierry Henry (Arsenal)
2005: John Terry (Chelsea)

[sirpositive]

Congratulations Stevie lad !! :D:D

[steve huge]

That's good news........and thoroughly deserved.

Well done Stevie!!

[saurabh]

http://www.parlonsfoot.com/images/user/gerrard.jpg

Steven Gerrard has capped another brilliant season at Anfield by being named the PFA Player of the Year by his fellow professionals.

At a gala ceremony in London's Grosvenor House Hotel this evening, the Liverpool captain beat off competition from Wayne Rooney, Frank Lampard, Thierry Henry, John Terry and Joe Cole to land the top honour.

The award finishes off a sensational weekend for Gerrard after he helped Liverpool into the FA Cup final with an excellent display against Chelsea yesterday.

With 19 goals to his name, Gerrard currently sits at the top of the goalscoring charts at Anfield and has played an inspirational role in the Reds' securing Champions League football for next season with three games to spare.

Manchester United's Wayne Rooney won the Young Player of the Year award.

More details can be obtained at :-

Liverpool Official Website (http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/news/drilldown/N152134060423-2103.htm)

[Sam]

Threads merged

[thelovepizza]

Legend, by far the most consistant over the entire season.

[steve huge]

.......and well in for Rooney too for Young Player of the Year....again thoroughly deserved.

Well done the Scouse!!

[slipperydave]

good stuff. fully deserved by both Gerrard and Rooney

[Alvey]

Congrats to Gerrard and the 'pool fans here at maxxed.

[randy420]

Personally I think there were a couple other players a bit more worthy of it than Gerrard

[Sam]

Personally I think there were a couple other players a bit more worthy of it than Gerrard

Premiership players obviously disagree with you.

...being named the PFA Player of the Year by his fellow professionals.

[kernelofthekernel]

Intresting , both are born in Liverpool :D

[randy420]

Premiership players obviously disagree with you.
I'm well aware who votes for the award Sam. All I said was I don't think he was the best choice for it.

[funkdoctorspock]

Personally I think there were a couple other players a bit more worthy of it than Gerrard


was about to say the same thing... :mad:

[dagamezmasta]

Personally I think there were a couple other players a bit more worthy of it than Gerrard

Who did you feel deserved it, then? From an unbiased point of view, just in case you'll let your Man U. loyalty get in the way.

I think Gerrard makes a good receiver of the award because he's awesome all-around. He can play in almost any position and still do moderately well at it. He can defend, pass, shoot, dribble, etc. And, he's scored 19 goals. Not a bad tally, if I may say so.

Obviously, there have been other fantastic players in the Premiership as well, such as Lampard, Terry, and Henry. But I guess the majority decided the Gerrard deserved it more than the others did.

[Vip]

And in breaking news ... Arjen Robben was given the award for best acting for season 05-06. Drogba reported to be upset at his team mate. :D



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[risk]

And in breaking news ... Arjen Robben was given the award for best acting for season 05-06. Drogba reported to be upset at his team mate. :D
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classic. he shouldn't despair though - he still has a career in gaellic or american football ahead of him, since he's so good at playing with his hands ;]

to the tune of "He's got the whole world in his hands":

He only scooores with his hands
He only scooores with his hands
Oh how he scoores with his hands
Didier Drogba!

this was sung in my local lfc pub during the semi to much acclaim ;]

-p

[ashmufc]

Well lets hope he is consistent in WC2006!

[steve huge]

Well lets hope he is consistent in WC2006!

I doubt he will though unfortunately. Like most other Liverpool players in the past, he's never really produced the goods for England, not consistently anyway. Hopefully he can be played in his favoured attacking role, but that would more than likely be at the expense of Fat Frank, so unlikely to happen.....

[saurabh]

Well lets hope he is consistent in WC2006!

Erickson does not know how to use him. If he knew, surely Gerrard can perform in WC as well. But I am not sure what impact he can make as a defensive midfielder.

[Sammy 21]

He's a superb player and his performances this season have been excellent. He definately deserves the award.

[dagamezmasta]

And in breaking news ... Arjen Robben was given the award for best acting for season 05-06. Drogba reported to be upset at his team mate. :D



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I'm still confused how Hollywood could choose Reese Witherspoon over Arjen Robben for the Best Actress Award last month. :confused:

[asbah]

Source: BBC (http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/4935884.stm)

Player of the Year:
Steven Gerrard (Liverpool)

Young Player of the Year:
Wayne Rooney (Manchester United)

Premiership Team of the Year:
Shay Given (Newcastle), Pascal Chimbonda (Wigan), John Terry (Chelsea), Jamie Carragher (Liverpool), William Gallas (Chelsea), Steven Gerrard (Liverpool), Frank Lampard (Chelsea), Joe Cole (Chelsea), Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United), Thierry Henry (Arsenal), Wayne Rooney (Manchester United).

Championship Team of the Year:
Marcus Hahnemann (Reading), Gary Kelly (Leeds), Ibrahima Sonko (Reading), Joleon Lescott (Wolves), Nicky Shorey (Reading), Steve Sidwell (Reading), Ashley Young (Watford), Phil Jagielka (Sheffield United), Jason Koumas (Cardiff), Marlon King (Watford), Kevin Doyle (Reading)

League One Team of the Year:
Darryl Flahavan (Southend), Greg Halford (Colchester), Sam Sodje (Brentford), Adam Barrett (Southend), Gareth Roberts (Tranmere), Neil Danns (Colchester), Andy Robinson (Swansea), Kevin Maher (Southend) Michael McIndoe (Doncaster), Lee Trundle (Swansea), Billy Sharp (Scunthorpe).

League Two Team of the Year:
Joe Hart (Shrewsbury), Danny Senda (Wycombe), Roger Johnson (Wycombe), Gareth McAuley (Lincoln), Matthew Lockwood (Leyton Orient), Kevin Betsy (Wycombe), Joshua Low (Northampton), Mark Jones (Wrexham), Ian Taylor (Northampton), Karl Hawley (Carlisle), Michael Reddy (Grimsby).

[jlimty]

Nice to see Carra in the team of the season! He has been class for past 2 seasons without much acclaim.

Congrats to both Stevie and Rooney on their awards as well. For his age group you must say that Rooney's a class apart from the other nominees. So randy and funkdoctorspock who do you reckon should have won it? (out of the nominees of course)

[sirpositive]

Scouse honour as Gerrard and Rooney clinch awards (http://uk.sports.yahoo.com/23042006/3/scouse-honour-gerrard-rooney-clinch-awards.html)

extra little article with interviews with the two winners :)

[jak914]

Congrats to Stevie. He really deserves this honor. Puts him up there with some greats.

[brain26]

Is that an American in that list? :) Congrats

[stcronaldo]

cristiano ronaldo in the EPL XI, wtf?? he hasn't done shit except for a few good performances lately, before the turn of the year he was a super crap player, bad choice
give it to fabregas

[Yusuf]

Erickson does not know how to use him. If he knew, surely Gerrard can perform in WC as well. But I am not sure what impact he can make as a defensive midfielder.
Eriksson does not know how to use anyone, paul scholes anyone?
cristiano ronaldo in the EPL XI, wtf?? he hasn't done shit except for a few good performances lately, before the turn of the year he was a super crap player
Same for fibergrass.

I dont think steven gerrard deserved it.... but then when you have 4 misfiring strikers around you.... it gives you more recognition. If this award was only based on league performances then gerrard loses by a long way.

[deviant]

very well deserved finally some recognition for Gerrard

[jhh]

1. Lampard
2. Terry
3. Gerrard
4. Rooney
5. Henry
6. Cole

[Imran]

well done stevie g! top player and a top lad, handled the pressure of transfer rumours well to have an excellent season. Inspirational player, captain and just a red man through and through YNWA!

[chriswvtr]

Well done Stevie, bout time he got some recognition :D

[Kan]

Get in there son!

[darrenj]

Stevie totally deserves it

[germinals]

ummm ok

gerrard is a great player but seriously how did he beat lampard?

[Kan]

ummm ok

gerrard is a great player but seriously how did he beat lampard?

Ask the players that voted for him;) :p

Plus, you're from sydney what would you know.:p:p:p

[givemehistory]

ummm ok

gerrard is a great player but seriously how did he beat lampard?

For me (and I'm being as neutral as possible) Gerrard has shown much more consistency this season than Lampard, and he's also played 80% of the matches out wide, which is completely not his natural position, but he's taken on the responsibility and played the best he can (and scored 19 goals to boot). That, to me, puts him above Lampard.

[Imran]

For me (and I'm being as neutral as possible) Gerrard has shown much more consistency this season than Lampard, and he's also played 80% of the matches out wide, which is completely not his natural position, but he's taken on the responsibility and played the best he can (and scored 19 goals to boot). That, to me, puts him above Lampard.
On top of gmh's arguments, in some games we are left asking where is Lampard? No matter how bad liverpool plays, Gerrard stamps some kind of authority into it. He doesn't go missing in some games, like Lampard. No offence to the player, he's a champion and extremely talented player, but if we are to reward consistency for this season, Gerrard was clearly but maybe marginally better than Lamps

[germinals]

Ask the players that voted for him;) :p

Plus, you're from sydney what would you know.:p:p:p

true, im sorry i don't get the privilege of english football... :(

but i did go to the same primary and high school as harry kewell!!! beat that :D

[Kan]

true, im sorry i don't get the privilege of english football... :(

but i did go to the same primary and high school as harry kewell!!! beat that :D

Wow, that is tough to beat. Nice one!
I went to the same Highschool as Mark Viduka for like 2 years but then moved. Close but no Cigar, only because I rate Harry much more higher than Viduka.

[matt12345]

he deserves it. he has been massive for us. an f.a cup would be the capper.

[zaffo]

Gerrard lol...gotta be kidding me...Henry for me carried Arsenal and hasnt disapointed while Lampard has been at his best during most of the season both i believe deserved it over Gerrard...With Henry winning it.

Henry:
Games: 29 - Goals: 33 - Assists:3

Lampard:
Games: 33 - Goals: 16 - Assists: 9

J.Cole:
Games: 31 - Goals: 7 - Assists: 3 (Clearly his best ever season)

Gerrard:
Games: 30 - Goals: 8 - Assists: 5 - 1 Red Card

[chriswvtr]

Gerrard lol...gotta be kidding me...Henry for me carried Arsenal and hasnt disapointed while Lampard has been at his best during most of the season both i believe deserved it over Gerrard...With Henry winning it.

Henry:
Games: 29 - Goals: 33 - Assists:3

Lampard:
Games: 33 - Goals: 16 - Assists: 9

J.Cole:
Games: 31 - Goals: 7 - Assists: 3 (Clearly his best ever season)

Gerrard:
Games: 30 - Goals: 8 - Assists: 5 - 1 Red Card


Spose you know more than all the PLAYERS who voted for this award and actually play in the games do you :rolleyes:

[zaffo]

never clamed to know more....Just venting my view like i'm most welcome to do...of corse ur not doing to agree with me seaming as ur beloved scouser won.

[Imran]

Gerrard lol...gotta be kidding me...Henry for me carried Arsenal and hasnt disapointed while Lampard has been at his best during most of the season both i believe deserved it over Gerrard...With Henry winning it.

Henry:
Games: 29 - Goals: 33 - Assists:3

Lampard:
Games: 33 - Goals: 16 - Assists: 9

J.Cole:
Games: 31 - Goals: 7 - Assists: 3 (Clearly his best ever season)

Gerrard:
Games: 30 - Goals: 8 - Assists: 5 - 1 Red Card
yeh zaffo probably does, because in football stats mean everything doesnt it?- who cares about what a player contributes on top of stats in terms of just mere presence, support and leadership :rolleyes: and what do the players who voted know? truly they don't look through enough up websites to dig up stats and prove crappy points... fancy putting the "red card" alert next to Gerrard (that really means he had a shite season doesn't it, we are convinced *nods*) and Joe Cole - "clearly his best ever season", I admit he had a good season but sometimes your "best ever" season is simply not good enough to match it with others still...it's such a lame supporting argument to put next to a player's name....heskey can have his best ever season for goodness sake? why not put him up for nominations? no offence intended :) just venting my views too

[zaffo]

Well gerrard recieved a red card unlike lamp and that so of corse they arnt going to that next to there name...Whats wrong with saying the truth about J.Cole? He has performed very well and better then 90% of people would have thought. It has been his best ever season to this date...next season could all be different though. Never said stats counted either i just posted them to show what everyone had done during the season in reguards to those areas.

Gerrard is a good leader and shows passion but so do alot of other players. Terry shows just as much Leadership, support and has the same presence that Gerrard does so why didnt he win?

Gerrard only looked as good as he does becasue he has crap strikers so he has to score goals which makes him more noticed...and a long with Carra and Alonso are the only players who stand out...

[yammy]

Terry shows just as much Leadership, support and has the same presence that Gerrard does so why didnt he win?



He did last year for this very reason. pmsl

[Sam]

Gerrard lol...gotta be kidding me...Henry for me carried Arsenal and hasnt disapointed while Lampard has been at his best during most of the season both i believe deserved it over Gerrard...With Henry winning it.

Henry:
Games: 29 - Goals: 33 - Assists:3

Lampard:
Games: 33 - Goals: 16 - Assists: 9

J.Cole:
Games: 31 - Goals: 7 - Assists: 3 (Clearly his best ever season)

Gerrard:
Games: 30 - Goals: 8 - Assists: 5 - 1 Red Card

I assume you started following football when you discovered this site, in December 2005. Not a problem at all, you watch more games, learn about the tactics and strategies, positioning of players and all that stuff. Everyone was a n00b once so no worries :)
Just out of curiosity, why did you include all goals by Henry but only league goals and assists by Gerrard, you didn't want to manipulate did you ? :eek: :rolleyes:

[zaffo]

lol nice but its been 10yrs since i've started to follow the beautiful game...both with Juve and Cheslsea.

Also they are league stats and Henry was a typo its 23* my bad but hey doesnt change much. Still had a better season the Gerrard.

[chriswvtr]

lol nice but its been 10yrs since i've started to follow the beautiful game...both with Juve and Cheslsea.

Also they are league stats and Henry was a typo its 23* my bad but hey doesnt change much. Still had a better season the Gerrard.


Henrys a striker, he's bound to score more goals, and what you still seem to fail to grasp is that it was voted for by the people who know more about the game than any of us, the ones who actually play it.

[zaffo]

No shit sherlock but i can vent my view on who i believe should have one it. And of corse ur not going to aruge with there choice are you? :D

[opm1s6]

Rooney should have gotten it...

whatever, he'll just be more dominant next season and force out of the hands of less worthy players.

[Lonso]

Just venting my view like i'm most welcome to do...

Fancy testing that theory bud? :D






In all fairness, yes you are welcome to share your futile football opinions to us, its a very nice public forum we have here. But DO expect the backlash if your argument deserves it. ;)

And seriously mate, go back and read all your posts in this thread, you're arguing as if a panel gave this award out. When you're saying things like:

Gerrard lol...gotta be kidding me...

well.. it sounds really stuuuuuupid. You're presumabley laughing at some Chelsea players too who would have voted for Gerrard. Silly billy.

[steve huge]

Rooney should have gotten it...

whatever, he'll just be more dominant next season and force out of the hands of less worthy players.

Well, at he least he got Young Player of the Year.

Just wondering (and too lazy to check myself), has anyone ever won Young Player and Player of the Year awards in the same season?

[Imran]

umm I'm pretty sure no one yet. Rooney would be one of the closest candidates I would think.

[chriswvtr]

Andy Gray in 1977 won both.:D

[sirpositive]

Just wondering (and too lazy to check myself), has anyone ever won Young Player and Player of the Year awards in the same season?
Andy Gray won both PFA awards in 1977 whilst at Villa. :)

[Imran]

wow, Andy bandy, nice going! Villa did achieve some uncanny things back in the days

[Lonso]

Thierry Henry basked in the glory of Arsenal securing a place in the Champions League final - and immediately hailed Steven Gerrard as being an inspiration to everyone at Highbury.
Arsene Wenger's men will face either Barcelona or AC Milan in Paris next month after a goalless draw with Villareal saw them progress 1-0 on aggregate.

Speaking immediately after the match in Spain, the Arsenal skipper was keen to pay tribute to Gerrard and congratulate the Liverpool midfielder on being named PFA Player of the Year at the weekend.

"What Steven Gerrard did last year in the Champions League has been an inspiration to us all," said Henry.

"I am so pleased he has been named Player of the Year. It's been a long time coming for him. I have so much respect for the guy and I want to congratulate him."

Link: http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/news/drilldown/N152164060425-2207.htm

[steve huge]

Yeah, that was a nice touch by Henry.

...and, Andy Gray?? Well bugger me.......

[yammy]

Yeah, that was a nice touch by Henry.

...and, Andy Gray?? Well bugger me.......

No thanks.:p ...Andy Gray though should be locked in a stable with a frisky horse.:rolleyes:

[rob]

He definitely deserves it without a doubt. I think a lot of you saying he's not worthy are forgetting something -

I assume that last year's award would have been done around this same time BEFORE the champions league final. So Gerrard's performance back then in the final has probably been taken into consideration and helped him to win it this year...

[dkainer]

I cant believe the crap going on here that Gerrard doesn't deserve the award.
Reading through these posts I wondered if everyone forgot how inspirational Gerrard was in last years CL final!! Thanks for reminding us Rob.

My goodness, it's been a long time coming, I think Gerrard has been a consistent player for such a long time and fully gets my vote.
Whether I'm a ManU fan or not, any idiot can see this season he's been a better all-round player than anyone else in the EPL.
There isn't a single thing he cant do, whereas the other candidates aren't as complete as Gerrard is.
You guys...
I'm happy Wayne Rooney got best young player and I'm sure one day will get the senior award, but this day belongs to Gerrard, well done.

[Polarized]

Gerrard easily deserved the award as much as anyone else nominated, but lets not forget the liverpool team around him have also been outstanding. Theyve still got a few pieces missing before they can challenge for the title but their progress under benitez have been amazing despite a few missbuys :P

I really didnt want to see Terry get it again. I wont be convinced Terry deserves the praise hes getting until i see him put in some good displays for england in the wc. Terry shining for chelsea is like baros scoring for the czechs. How hard was it to shine when he had nedved get him free with the keeper 3-4 times a game? :P

Id rather have seen the award go to lampard last season. Without him constantly netting theyd have had to rely on drogba to score to win games ;D

[darrenj]

Gerrard deserves this award - looks good for England in WC Rooney, Terry, Gerrard and Lampard

[Yiannis]

Thierry Henry basked in the glory of Arsenal securing a place in the Champions League final - and immediately hailed Steven Gerrard as being an inspiration to everyone at Highbury.
Arsene Wenger's men will face either Barcelona or AC Milan in Paris next month after a goalless draw with Villareal saw them progress 1-0 on aggregate.

Speaking immediately after the match in Spain, the Arsenal skipper was keen to pay tribute to Gerrard and congratulate the Liverpool midfielder on being named PFA Player of the Year at the weekend.

"What Steven Gerrard did last year in the Champions League has been an inspiration to us all," said Henry.

"I am so pleased he has been named Player of the Year. It's been a long time coming for him. I have so much respect for the guy and I want to congratulate him."

What are you talking about Thierry?You'd better listen to Zaffo.He knows better!

[akibo]

Nice to see that gooners as well as other fans can appreciate what Gerrard has to offer to football :)

imo he is to Liverpool & England as valuable as Ronnie is to Barca & Brazil!

[lfc06]

same old same old! with u pathetic football fans if nothing eva goes in your teams teams favour then lets rip other peoples teams to bits, as a liverpool supporter i thort gerrard deserved it, with henry close behind, well done to rooney for his award.

[murphy05]

Well considering the impact he alone made last season (olympiakos, inspiring hope vs Milan to name a few) I honestly can't find anyone better. So it's certainly well deserved.

[yammy]

Eh?????

I thought we were a one man team!!??

WTF's happened?

pmsl.:eek: ;)