Premier League - Team of the Week

Eurosport - Mon, 21 Jan 14:48:00 2008

A look at the best and the worst of the weekend's performers, with Emmanuel Adebayor sharing the Player of the Week award.

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HOW IT WORKS

We tot up the marks out of 10 awarded in five national newspapers - Sun, Mirror, Mail, Times and Guardian - to reach a total out of 50. The top player in each position will be rewarded with a spot in the team of the week, while the worst scorers will be named and shamed in our Flops XI.

TEAM OF THE WEEK

It says a lot for the depth of African talent in the Premier League that, despite a whole host of players currently at the African Nations Cup, the two top performers of the weekend come from Togo and Zimbabwe. Joe Hart is proving a revelation for Sven's City, while honourable mentions go to Kalifa Cisse and Tom Huddlestone, two midfielders who almost made the cut filling in as centre backs.

Joe Hart (Manchester City) - 40

Glen Johnson (Portsmouth) - 34

David Wheater (Middlesbrough) - 40

Michael Dawson (Tottenham Hotspur) - 38

Gael Clichy (Arsenal) - 38

Alexander Hleb (Arsenal) - 40

Niko Kranjcar (Portsmouth) - 40

Claude Makelele (Chelsea) - 38

Tomas Rosicky (Arsenal) - 37

Benjani (Portsmouth) - 41

Emmanuel Adebayor (Arsenal) - 41

FLOPS OF THE WEEK

Fulham's Seol Ki-Yeon made a rare appearance at Craven Cottage and no wonder, as he's the worst player of the week according to Fleet Street. A mark of how badly Elano and Laurent Robert fared is that Titus Bramble scored more than them.

Antti Niemi (Fulham) - 28

Danny Mills (Derby County) - 26

Dejan Stefanovic (Fulham) - 23

Titus Bramble (Wigan) - 24

Jose Enrique (Newcastle United) - 26

Laurent Robert (Derby County) - 21

Elano (Manchester City) - 21

Steven Davies (Fulham) - 23

Seol Ki-Hyeon (Fulham) - 19

Michael Owen (Newcastle United) - 26

Anthony Stokes (Sunderland) - 26

TEAM OF THE SEASON (minimum 12 starts)

Robert Green (West Ham) - 33.2 average

Steve Finnan (Liverpool) - 32

Joleon Lescott (Everton) - 34.6

Martin Laursen (Aston Villa) - 34.03

Gael Clichy (Arsenal) - 32.26

Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United) - 35.17

Steven Gerrard (Liverpool) - 34.81

Mikel Arteta (Everton) - 34.8

Ashley Young (Aston Villa) - 34.39

Wayne Rooney (Manchester United) - 35.57

Fernando Torres (Liverpool) - 34.04

FLOPS OF THE SEASON

Stephen Bywater (Derby County) - 29.83

Jay McEvely (Derby County) - 27.05

Ibrahima Sonko (Reading) - 27.04

Claude Davis (Derby County) - 26.92

Chris Baird (Fulham) - 28.14

Morten Gamst Pedersen (Blackburn Rovers) - 28.41

Brynjar Gunnarsson (Reading) - 27.69

Alan Smith (Newcastle United) - 27.93

Craig Fagan (Derby County) - 28.08

Benni McCarthy (Blackburn Rovers) - 28.26

Michael Chopra (Sunderland) - 28.34

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