Premier League - Your view: Split over Giggs

Eurosport - Sat, 02 May 12:27:00 2009

The awarding of the PFA Player of the Year gong to Manchester United's Ryan Giggs has divided opinion amongst eurosport.yahoo.com readers.

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Giggs was handed the prestigious individual award last week, despite having made just a dozen league starts this season.

He beat four of his United team-mates - Rio Ferdinand, Edwin van der Sar, Cristiano Ronaldo, Nemanja Vidic - and Liverpool's Steven Gerrard to the award, which is voted for by fellow professionals.

Giggs has enjoyed a glorious career with United winning, amongst other titles, 10 Premier League and two Champions League trophies.

The 35-year-old veteran has also won numerous individual awards, including the PFA Young Player of the Year at the beginning of his career back in 1992 and 1993.

But the senior honour had always eluded him, leading some to suggest this year's vote was purely a sentimental one.

The slight majority of readers agreed - out of 28,097 votes cast in our poll since Monday, April 27, 54 per cent believed Giggs to be the wrong choice.

The midfielder does have his supporters though, and 46 per cent of you claimed he was a deserving recipient of the award.

Was Ryan Giggs the right choice for PFA Player of the Year?

Yes 46 per cent - 13000 votes

No 54 per cent - 15097 votes

28097 votes at 08:00 UK time on May 2, 2009

You said:

johnka7a: "Giggs?! All the other nominees deserve the award more than Giggs! Everyone is underrating Ronaldo and no one is acknowledging Gerrard because of his recent injuries! It should be one of them! Giggs deserves this award the least from that group!!!"

Lucy: "This is fixed, there is NO WAY that Giggs should have won this award over Gerrard. Giggs played coming off the bench most of this season."

mike onyibe: "I agree with Arsene Wenger when he comments that the call for PFA award comes too early in the season to pick players with an all-round season average. Otherwise How else can you objectively justify Ryan Giggs? He's a great player no doubt but this season? Methinks not!"

Varnavas P: "Giggs is real legend but lets be realistic. They just gave it to him because of respect and not because of his performances. Gerrard or Vidic deserved it way more."

Chris: "Giving the award to Giggs just seems to be a 'well done, now please retire' move. He hasn't earned it, not this season anyway. It's not supposed to be a lifetime achievement award. Twelve games and one goal?! There are probably numerous players playing for the likes of Bolton, Fulham, Sunderland, Middlesbrough or West Brom (or any other Prem club come to that) who have stats better than 12 games one goal but they have won no award. This is nostalgia of the highest order. Give the award to someone who has played well this season, don't give it to Giggs just for the sake of it, what a load of rubbish."

Ihuoma: "Despite making only 12 Premier League starts and scoring a single goal, Giggs is a great player and very loyal but still doesn't deserve the award for the best individual player in the league. I think Vidic deserves it more than Giggs and Ronaldo."

markear1: "Giggs has been a great pro, one of the best. For that only, maybe he deserved it. But realistically a player who only made 24 appearances, 12 starts and 9 full games does not really deserve it. I would have given it to Gerrard or Vidic."

a.barnes199: "The most decorated player ever, he deserves this award just for that!"

Troika: "I'm an Aston Villa fan, but I've got to say "GIGGSY" you are top of the pile, all young footballers should look up to you as a wonderful example. You have qualities that many of the more glamorous players just don't have... for example "Loyalty" and "Professionalism". I'm proud of you....do the football world a big favour, and carry on until you are 40!"

jimmyrice: "This was voted by the players, you cannot argue that the players know about football."

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  1. If not RYAN GIGGS then who should get? Michale Ballack?­ Michael Owen? Drogba? Gerrard?
    none of these players­ desrve the accolade.. they have not been that long in­ the game
    maintaining the same form and cconsistency...­ lets face it.. ryan has done all this..
    the guy­ deserves more...he should be knighted by HM

    BEL pa zed

    From Brian, on Mon 4 May 3:47PM

  2. If not RYAN GIGGS then who should get? Michale Ballack?­ Michael Owen? Drogba? Gerrard?
    none of these players­ desrve the accolade.. they have not been that long in­ the game
    maintaining the same form and cconsistency...­ lets face it.. ryan has done all this..
    the guy­ deserves more...he should be knighted by HM

    BEL pa zed

    From Brian, on Mon 4 May 3:46PM

  3. If not RYAN GIGGS then who should get? Michale Ballack?­ Michael Owen? Drogba? Gerrard?
    none of these players­ desrve the accolade.. they have not been that long in­ the game
    maintaining the same form and cconsistency...­ lets face it.. ryan has done all this..
    the guy­ deserves more...he should be knighted by HM

    BEL pa zed

    From Brian, on Mon 4 May 3:45PM

  4. I think Giggs should not have got this award. It is not­ good enough for him.

    From Gearoid, on Sun 3 May 6:53PM

  5. get your heads cleared lads!! they just told him thank­ you 4 your loyalty. Thats a great way to say goodbye,­ see you around the block. Giggs may become one of those­ assistant soon. Drink to his name, i'm buying, meet­ me at the pub. CHEERS!!!!

    From ogbeboruyi, on Sun 3 May 12:14PM

  6. total fix giggs should not of got it a farce total­ farce

    From tom,c,dare, on Sat 2 May 10:49PM

  7. PFA WAS NOT FOR GIGGS IT WAS FOR S GERRARD HE IS NUMBER­ 1

    From fayjohn7396, on Sat 2 May 10:43PM

  8. PFA WAS NOT FOR GIGGS IT WAS FOR S GERRARD HE IS NUMBER­ 1

    From fayjohn7396, on Sat 2 May 10:41PM

  9. According to all the brain-dead Man U haters and in­­ particular all the Liverpool players( past and­ present)­ and including the so called TV pundits,­ United should­ have bottled it before now and should­ have run out­ of steam or run out of legs. What on­ earth is United doing­ by winning their games and now­ equalling the scousers­ on goal difference. Further,­ the result and­ particularly the performance against­ Arsenal must have­ been a real sickener for the­ scousers to swallow. Here­ come United again!

    From BRIAN, on Sat 2 May 6:28PM

  10. Some people here, like steviecalrow, are absolutely­ BRAINLESS. The press didn't vote, Manchester United­ fans didn't vote. Manchester United players are not­ allowed to vote for players from their own team. Giggs­ could not vote for himself. It was his fellow­ professionals from teams like Liverpool, Arsenal,­ Chelsea, etc. who voted for him.
    Lucy, it wasn't­ fixed. There may have been a sentimental element to­ this vote but that is not against the rules. Nobody­ stood out as having a particularly good season. There­ are liverpool fans here who would have Steven Gerrard­ win the eurovision and Miss World competitions if they­ could.
    Eurosport.yahoo should have more sense than to­ even put this poll forward. It's something you­ would expect from The Sun or The Daily Star.

    From Gearoid, on Sat 2 May 5:10PM

  11. Giggs proved against boro why he earned the pfa award..­ he's class

    From BRIAN, on Sat 2 May 2:53PM

  12. If this decision was made by any other group other than­ his fellow Professionals then I would agree, That it­ was the wrong decision to elect Giggs as the winner.­ But these players are in unison when they made their­ majority decision

    From Ronnie, on Sat 2 May 2:38PM

  13. So who were 2nd and 3rd anyway?

    From Winston Bunn, on Sat 2 May 2:34PM

  14. giggs deserves a penis in his arse

    From Alex Z, on Sat 2 May 1:49PM

  15. VOTED FOR BY THE PLAYERS... WHO KNOW FOOTBALL A­ DAMNSIGHT BETTER THAN US.. besides Giggs has had a­ great season lets not forget (Fantastic at the age of­ 35)

    No one has stood out, like in previous seasons,­ they all had a good shout.. But the proffesionals have­ voted for Giggs

    Cant believe such a big thing has been­ made of it...

    From tme_retailsolutions, on Sat 2 May 1:49PM

  16. Gerrard probably voted for himself....lol

    From tsrts1969, on Sat 2 May 1:46PM

  17. All the players from league voted. And GIGGS is the­ player of this season...don't be jealous:)

    From tsrts1969, on Sat 2 May 1:44PM

  18. Its fellow players who decide on the award, get over­ it. He won.

    Wait until next year to whine and­ complain.
    Whatever you say won't change the fact he­ was VOTED by fellow PLAYERS already.

    From d, on Sat 2 May 1:35PM

  19. His service to the game is outstanding!!

    From T M, on Sat 2 May 1:22PM

  20. Giggs just scored another one for Man U against Midd.­ Deserves it in my opinion for his service to the­ game.

    Cheers, Rick

    From Richard, on Sat 2 May 1:16PM
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