Player of the season 2008/9

[Morse]

The Liverpool Supporters’ Player of the Season game.

 

Hello everyone.

 

Some of you may know me. I am a visitor to quite a few LFC sites and have been the custodian of the player of the season game for 4 years now. The game has spanned 5 different sites in its time and last year the main voters came from Est1892, 6CM, Scouser Tommy, TLW and YNWA. I am hoping that more voters from other sites will give a more accurate picture of our feelings as Liverpool supporters.

 

I am hoping that you will play a part in this 5th year to enable us to get a picture of our players’ performances and to crown a worthy winner come May 2009.

 

Previous winners:

 

2005 – Jamie Carragher

2006 – Steven Gerrard

2007 – Dirk Kuyt

2008 – Javier Mascherano

 

Many people felt that last year’s winner should have been Fernando Torres or José Reina, and I admit to having some sympathy with this, but the votes were cast and the outcome was fair.

 

This year, the format will be the same. Instead of voting for a single player as your Man of the match, you vote for your top 3. This enables a “steady Eddie” like Reina or Finnan to get his mentions and gain some points. (I did think about a top 5 list, but can foresee problems when the result goes against us…getting people to vote for 1 player is hard enough!)

 

Points are the same as last year, top player gets 5 points, second player gets 3 and third player gets a single point.

 

All competitive games are counted, CC, FA, CLQs, CL and league matches.

 

I shall post current league tables so that we can follow the players’ performances throughout the season.

 

Hopefully, the tables will put an end to the “Pennant is s****” type of arguments.

 

If a moderator could ensure a sticky when I post a Man of the Match thread, I would be grateful…also it would be nice if I could have a sticky league table thread for the game throughout the season.

 

Thanks for your support in this.

 

YNWA.

 

Stu.

[Morse]

Oh, the first game to vote on will be the Standard Liege game on Wednesday.

 

[Stevie H]

it will be torres because he's going to get better and better. we have our own henry / drogba and he's going to be amazing this season.*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*he's not french, this is not technically mockers.

[Maldini]

I think a ranking out of ten would be a better way of doing it, your way throws up some anomalous results.

[DazzlaJ]

I think a ranking out of ten would be a better way of doing it, your way throws up some anomalous results.

 

And to rank every player out of ten would surely mean a s**** load of work for him

[Guest GrandpaSimpson]

Pennant is s***.

[DazzlaJ]

Pennant is s***.

 

No bonus points for stating the obvious

[R A Softlad]

*he's not french, this is not technically mockers.

 

Phew

[Lanus]

it will be torres because he's going to get better and better. we have our own henry / drogba and he's going to be amazing this season.*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*he's not french, this is not technically mockers.

 

Papers please....

 

 

Ok, it checks out.

 

have a nice day sir.

 

Also, May I recomend that if future you install the anti mockers device to your post:

 

AMD

Edited August 11, 2008 by Lanus

[Woodsyla]

The Liverpool Supporters’ Player of the Season game.

 

Hello everyone.

 

Some of you may know me. I am a visitor to quite a few LFC sites and have been the custodian of the player of the season game for 4 years now. The game has spanned 5 different sites in its time and last year the main voters came from Est1892, 6CM, Scouser Tommy, TLW and YNWA. I am hoping that more voters from other sites will give a more accurate picture of our feelings as Liverpool supporters.

 

I am hoping that you will play a part in this 5th year to enable us to get a picture of our players’ performances and to crown a worthy winner come May 2009.

 

Previous winners:

 

2005 – Jamie Carragher

2006 – Steven Gerrard

2007 – Dirk Kuyt

2008 – Javier Mascherano

 

Many people felt that last year’s winner should have been Fernando Torres or José Reina, and I admit to having some sympathy with this, but the votes were cast and the outcome was fair.

 

This year, the format will be the same. Instead of voting for a single player as your Man of the match, you vote for your top 3. This enables a “steady Eddie” like Reina or Finnan to get his mentions and gain some points. (I did think about a top 5 list, but can foresee problems when the result goes against us…getting people to vote for 1 player is hard enough!)

 

Points are the same as last year, top player gets 5 points, second player gets 3 and third player gets a single point.

 

All competitive games are counted, CC, FA, CLQs, CL and league matches.

 

I shall post current league tables so that we can follow the players’ performances throughout the season.

 

Hopefully, the tables will put an end to the “Pennant is s****” type of arguments.

 

If a moderator could ensure a sticky when I post a Man of the Match thread, I would be grateful…also it would be nice if I could have a sticky league table thread for the game throughout the season.

 

Thanks for your support in this.

 

YNWA.

 

Stu.

 

I think the reason Mascerano won it not Torres is because everyone expect Torres to set the world on fire every match. In 2005,2006 and 2007 Gerrard was our best player. He didn't get the votes even when he is head and shoulders above every other player on the park because he's Gerrard and we expect that. In 2008 it was arguably Torres but Masch is a good shout and Gerrard was there or there about. Until people vote for the actual BEST player on the pitch not the one who performed above himself then you will always have anomolies like Kuyt winning in 2007. It would get very boring though as Gerrard would have won it every year for the past 6 seasons.

 

Maybe making the points 5-2-1 might tip the balance in the favour of the outstanding performer and away from the consistent 'over' performer ?

[Hassony]

maybe a player of the month vote at the end of every month that is worth 20 for 1st, 10 for 2nd and 5 for 3rd, in addition to the match voting

[Lanus]

maybe a player of the month vote at the end of every month that is worth 20 for 1st, 10 for 2nd and 5 for 3rd, in addition to the match voting

 

excellent idea. would give more credit to expected gods of the game.

[Hassony]

excellent idea. would give more credit to expected gods of the game.

so you love me even more now?

[Guest spk]

any chance of dropping the full results into this thread or pm'ing me ... id be dead interested

[Morse]

Result: Standard Liege - Away - CLQ

 

 

1. Reina.....................632 votes...............5 points

2. Carragher...............146 votes...............3 points

3. Alonso...................141 votes................1 point.

 

 

All sites agree with Pepe top.

YNWA, ST and Est1892 had Xabi second and Carra 3rd.

TLW had Carra second and Alonso 3rd.

6CM had Benny second and Carra 3rd.

 

I posted the thread on RAWK as well and had quite a few voters, but unfortunatley Rushian removed the thread and so the votes were lost. Don't know what his problem with the game is...perhaps someone here knows him and can find out why he won't sanction the game? T'would be nice to include them in our family gathering.

 

Current standing then:

 

1. Reina..................1 first...................5 points

2. Carragher............1 second...............3 points

3. Alonso................1 third...................1 point.

[Morse]

Result: Sunderland - Away - PL

 

 

1. Alonso..........................439 votes...................5 points

2. Torres...........................274 votes...................3 points

3. Gerrard.........................133 votes....................1 point.

 

All sites had it as above apart from 6CM who had Benayoun in 3rd.

 

 

Current standings:

 

1. Alonso.................1 first....1 third..................6 points

2. Reina..................1 first...............................5 points

3. Torres.................1 second...........................3 points

3. Carragher............1 second...........................3 points

5. Gerrard................1 third..............................1 point.

[Morse]

Result: Middlesbrough - Home - PL

 

 

1. Carragher............................454 votes.................5 points

2. Skrtel..................................283 votes.................3 points

3. Gerrard................................138 votes.................1 point.

 

 

All sites voted as above except ST, who had Reina in 3rd.

 

 

Current standings:

 

1. Carragher............1 first....1 second...............8 points

2. Alonso.................1 first....1 third..................6 points

3. Reina..................1 first...............................5 points

4. Torres.................1 second...........................3 points

5. Skrtel..................1 second...........................3 points

6. Gerrard................2 third..............................2 points

 

 

Thanks for voting.

[Guest spk]

thanks man - i appreciate it. good to see skrtel in the running

[Morse]

Result: Standard Liege - Home - CLQ

 

 

1. Reina.......................554 votes.................5 points

2. Skrtel.......................214 votes.................3 points

3. El Zhar.....................137 votes..................1 point.

 

All sites had Reina top.

All sites had Skrtel second apart from ST, who had El Zhar.

YNWA and TLW had Carra third.

Est1892 and 6CM had El Zhar 3rd.

ST had Skrtel 3rd.

 

 

Current standings:

 

1. Reina..................2 first..............................10 points

2. Carragher............1 first....1 second...............8 points

3. Alonso.................1 first....1 third..................6 points

3. Skrtel..................2 second...........................6 points

4. Torres.................1 second...........................3 points

5. Gerrard................2 third..............................2 points

6. El Zhar................1 third...............................1 point.

 

 

Thanks for voting.

[Kite]

Well done morsest1, you're doing a grand job there

[Morse]

Result: Aston Villa - Away - PL

 

 

1. Mascherano......................370 votes.......................5 points

2. Carragher.........................246 votes.......................3 points

3. Dossena...........................123 votes.......................1 point.

 

All sites had Mascher top and Carra second apart from 6Cm who had it Carra then Mascher.

YNWA had Reina 3rd.

ST and TLW had Alonso 3rd.

Est1892 and 6CM had Dossena 3rd.

 

 

Current standings:

 

1. Carragher............1 first....2 second..............11 points

2. Reina..................2 first...............................10 points

3. Alonso.................1 first....1 third..................6 points

4. Skrtel..................2 second...........................6 points

5. Mascherano..........1 first...............................5 points

6. Torres.................1 second...........................3 points

7. Gerrard................2 third..............................2 points

8. El Zhar................1 third...............................1 point

9. Dossena...............1 third..............................1 point.

 

 

Thanks for voting.

[Morse]

Result: Manchester United - Home - PL

 

 

1. Mascherano............................655 votes..............................5 points

2. Alonso...................................431 votes..............................3 points

3. Kuyt.......................................353 votes..............................1 point

4. Riera.....................................208 votes...............................ZERO

 

 

Good start by Albert, unlucky not to pick up his first point.

All sites had Mascher top.

YNWA, ST and TLW had it as above.

Est1892 had Kuyt in second and Alonso 3rd.

6CM had Kuyt second with Riera 3rd.

 

A massive number of votes in for this one...usually Dirk would have won with a score of over 300!

 

 

Current standings:

 

1. Carragher............1 first...2 second................11 points

2. Reina..................2 first...............................10 points

3. Mascherano..........2 first...............................10 points

4. Alonso.................1 first...1 second...1 third....9 points

5. Skrtel..................2 second...........................6 points

6. Torres.................1 second...........................3 points

7. Gerrard................2 third..............................2 points

8. El Zhar.................1 third..............................1 point

9. Dossena...............1 third..............................1 point.

10.Kuyt....................1 third..............................1 point.

 

Thanks for voting.

[Morse]

Result: Marseille - Away - CL

 

1. Gerrard............................477 votes.............5 points

2. Reina...............................423 votes.............3 points

3. Babel...............................169 votes.............1 point

4. Carragher...........................95 votes..............ZERO.

 

 

YNWA, ST and 6CM all voted as above.

Est1892 voted Carra in 3rd.

TLW voted Reina top and Stevie 2nd, Carragher 3rd.

 

 

Current standings:

 

1. Reina..................2 first...1 second................13 points

2. Carragher............1 first...2 second................11 points

3. Mascherano..........2 first...............................10 points

4. Alonso.................1 first...1 second...1 third.....9 points

5. Gerrard................1 first...2 third....................7 points

6. Skrtel..................2 second...........................6 points

7. Torres.................1 second...........................3 points

8. El Zhar.................1 third..............................1 point

9. Dossena...............1 third..............................1 point.

10.Kuyt....................1 third..............................1 point.

11.Babel...................1 third..............................1 point.

 

Thanks for voting.

[Morse]

Result: Stoke City - Home - PL

 

 

1. Arbeloa..................................200 votes........................5 points

2. Gerrard....................................85 votes........................3 points

3. Skrtel......................................78 votes.........................1 point.

 

 

All sites had Alvaro as winner.

YNWA had Skrtel and then Stevie.

ST had Riera then Skrtel.

Est1892 had Gerrard and Skrtel.

6CM had Riera then Gerrard.

TLW had Gerrard then Alonso.

 

 

Current standings:

 

1. Reina..................2 first...1 second................13 points

2. Carragher............1 first...2 second................11 points

3. Mascherano..........2 first...............................10 points

4. Gerrard................1 first...1 second...2 third....10 points

5. Alonso.................1 first...1 second...1 third.....9 points

6. Skrtel..................2 second...1 third................7 points

7. Arbeloa................1 first...............................5 points

8. Torres.................1 second...........................3 points

9. El Zhar.................1 third..............................1 point

10.Dossena...............1 third..............................1 point.

11.Kuyt....................1 third..............................1 point.

12.Babel...................1 third..............................1 point.

 

Thanks for voting

[Morse]

Result: Crewe Alexandra - Home - CC

 

 

1. Agger.................................81 votes........................5 points

2. Hyypia................................65 votes........................3 points

3. Pennant..............................54 votes........................1 point.

 

 

A game with few votes this one.

YNWA and ST agreed with the above.

Est1892 had Lucas, with Pennant and Agger.

6CM had Hyypia, with Agger and Lucas.

TLW had Hyypia, with Pennant and Agger.

 

 

Current standings:

 

1. Reina..................2 first...1 second................13 points

2. Carragher............1 first...2 second................11 points

3. Mascherano..........2 first...............................10 points

4. Gerrard................1 first...1 second...2 third....10 points

5. Alonso.................1 first...1 second...1 third.....9 points

6. Skrtel..................2 second...1 third................7 points

7. Arbeloa................1 first...............................5 points

8. Agger....................1 first..............................5 points

9. Torres..................1 second...........................3 points

10.Hyypia..................1 second.........................3 points

11.El Zhar.................1 third..............................1 point

12.Dossena...............1 third..............................1 point

13.Kuyt.....................1 third..............................1 point

14.Babel...................1 third..............................1 point

15.Pennant................1 third.............................1 point.

 

Thanks for voting