The Official Liverpool FC Thread [Vol 14]
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m3sye said:
As I've just said in the city forum
He has never gone more than 2 games either and has also broke and set the record against the number of teams scored against In the league, which shows he doesn't bag high numbers against weaker teams to gloss his stats
Or steal goals from teammates, He has never gone more than 2 games either and has also broke and set the record against the number of teams scored against In the league, which shows he doesn't bag high numbers against weaker teams to gloss his stats
m3sye said:
F sake. Not more championship fodder for the team. FSG out!
ORD said:
Same PFA process as put Otamendi in team of the season? If you love Salah, that’s great; but this award is silly.
Why is it silly ? It’s what the players vote for but obviously they are not as clued up as you fella 
Congrats to Mo Salah , he has had a truly fantastic season .
Pommy said:
Mo got 76% of the votes.
Next nearest was De Bruyne on 14%, De Gea on 6% and Kane on 3% .
Thats incredible.
That was the BBC SPORT Readers Poll; not the PFA vote (which they don't reveal how the vote went).Next nearest was De Bruyne on 14%, De Gea on 6% and Kane on 3% .
Thats incredible.
Congrats to Mo - well deserved.
I see Guardiola has come out this morning and said the PFA got it wrong and the award should have gone to De Bruyne. I can understand that but I do think Salah the way he has acclimatised himself in the PL in a short space of time (which let's face it is a way different pace to Serie A), his goals AND assists and also the humble way generally he has gone about it... I do think he pips De Bruyne, even though he contributed to his team winning the league and has been generally all round brilliant also.
type-r said:
Pommy said:
Mo got 76% of the votes.
Next nearest was De Bruyne on 14%, De Gea on 6% and Kane on 3% .
Thats incredible.
That was the BBC SPORT Readers Poll; not the PFA vote (which they don't reveal how the vote went).Next nearest was De Bruyne on 14%, De Gea on 6% and Kane on 3% .
Thats incredible.
Congrats to Mo - well deserved.
I see Guardiola has come out this morning and said the PFA got it wrong and the award should have gone to De Bruyne. I can understand that but I do think Salah the way he has acclimatised himself in the PL in a short space of time (which let's face it is a way different pace to Serie A), his goals AND assists and also the humble way generally he has gone about it... I do think he pips De Bruyne, even though he contributed to his team winning the league and has been generally all round brilliant also.
d and I've always thought his teams lacked class (Kompany and Silva excepted). Salah fully deserved the award as he's been outstanding all season, not just for part of it. Let's hope he's s
te from here on in. Black can man said:
ORD said:
Same PFA process as put Otamendi in team of the season? If you love Salah, that’s great; but this award is silly.
Why is it silly ? It’s what the players vote for but obviously they are not as clued up as you fella Congrats to Mo Salah , he has had a truly fantastic season .
That is not to say that Salah is not a worthy winner. He is. He has had a fantastic season.
I think KdB tips him to it, but that is just a personal view - I am more impressed by people that run the game (Scholes is my all-time favourite player) than scorers.
It is shame that so few people voted for De Gea, though: objectively, he has probably been the best player in the league. He has made saves that no other keeper in the world would make and has made almost no errors. You can almost never say that kind of thing about a striker - they always miss some very easy chances.
m3sye said:
The amount of long standing records Salah is about to break makes it a no brainer
You cannot break the amount of records he has and is about too and not rightly be the player of the year
Spot on IMO.You cannot break the amount of records he has and is about too and not rightly be the player of the year
As well as all the other records he's already broken, he only needs 1 goal to break the Premier League record for a 38 game season. All this in his debut season, and not playing as a #9.
m3sye said:
The amount of long standing records Salah is about to break makes it a no brainer
You cannot break the amount of records he has and is about too and not rightly be the player of the year
The problem with relying on records is that it all kinda depends on what you measure. If there were a statistic for "outstanding saves", De Gea may well have smashed the record. If there was a record for "running games", KdB may well have smashed it.You cannot break the amount of records he has and is about too and not rightly be the player of the year
Also, there are plenty of players whose numbers don't tell you much - strikers in excellent sides always score a lot of goals, for example - so that hugely important statistic won't tell you that much about how good they are. Andy Cole was never a world class striker, but his numbers for Utd would tell you otherwise.
None of that is to say Salah is not a deserving winner. My point is that you have to go with an overall impression, rather than the numbers. Numbers can be only part of the picture.
All a out opinions I suppose but the sheer fact he has done this from not a number 9 position, in his first season, breaking record for number of games scored so never smashing the weaker teams, scoring in big big games, never going more than 2 games without a goal ..the list is endless and he is without doubt a worthy winner
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