lgfualol Posted 22 July 2020 Share Posted 22 July 2020 I voted Evans POTY as until recently he was pretty much consistently high or the highest in my player ratings. Barnes Sheff Utd goal Barnes YPOTY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Flair Posted 22 July 2020 Share Posted 22 July 2020 11 hours ago, Steve Earle said: Am genuinely amazed not to see a landslide in favour of Evans as POTS! Wins it by a mile for me, no one else even close. Game’s all about opinions though... Barnes YPOTS. Goal? No real stand out but Barnes at Sheff U might edge it... I suppose you have to ask yourself has Evans single handidly won us more games than Vardy has? Vardy is on course for the golden Boot which is an astonishing achievement. He also went on another 8 game consecutive scoring spree, what this man does for us is breathtaking. He also deserves it for never winning it previously due to our fans weird fascination with defence minded players. I swear this harks back to the Levein and Kelly years where we were hideous and only defenders ever looked decent due to the bombardment on our box. This isn't to do a disservice to Jonny Evans as he has been imperious, a long with Ricardo and Ndidi but Vardy is our talisman and we don't feature in any positive record books without him these last few years. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Collymore Posted 22 July 2020 Share Posted 22 July 2020 (edited) 11 hours ago, Steve Earle said: Am genuinely amazed not to see a landslide in favour of Evans as POTS! Wins it by a mile for me, no one else even close. Game’s all about opinions though... Barnes YPOTS. Goal? No real stand out but Barnes at Sheff U might edge it... Errrrrrrm talk about taking players for granted. Vardy has got the golden boot and been unplayable in so many games and you're surprised that Evans hasn't won it by a landslide, you can't be serious...? It could be argued that Ricardo, Ndidi and Kasper could be considered on a par with Evans too. The one thing I'll say about Evans is that he's consistent though. Soyuncu went from looking like the best defender in the world first half season to one of the the worst second half. Edited 22 July 2020 by Collymore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NaijaFox Posted 22 July 2020 Share Posted 22 July 2020 Chilwell Vardy Barnes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sampson Posted 22 July 2020 Share Posted 22 July 2020 (edited) The wikipedia page lists the winners from 1987 onwards. Can't find anything before that. And I definitely think it's true what someone said earlier, Leicester fans have an obsession with defensive players, who've overwhelmingly won it. I seem to remember Lineker losing out the season he won the Golden Boot to someone decent but pretty forgettable in the grand scheme of things like Paul Ramsey as well. 87-88 - Steve Walsh - defender 88-89 - Alan Paris - defender 89-90 - Gary Mills - defender 90-91 - Tony James - defender 91-92 - Gary Mills - defender 92-93 - Colin Hill - defender 93-94 - Simon Grayson - defender 94-95 - Kevin Poole - goalkeeper 95-96 - Garry Parker - midfielder 96-97 - Simon Grayson - defender 97-98 - Matt Elliott - defender 98-99 - Tony Cottee - forward 99-00 - Gerry Taggart - defender 00-01 - Robbie Savage - midfielder 01-02 - Robbie Savage - midfielder 02-03 - Paul Dickov - forward 03-04 - Les Ferdinand - forward 04-05 - Danny Tiatto - defender 05-06 - Joey Gudjonsson - midfielder 06-07 - Iain Hume - forward 07-08 - Richard Stearman - defender 08-09 - Steve Howard - forward 09-10 - Jack Hobbs- defender 10-11 - Richie Wellens - midfielder 11-12 - Kasper Schmeichel - goalkeeper 12-13 - Wes Morgan - defender 13-14 - Danny Drinkwater - midfielder 14-15 - Esteban Cambiasso - midfielder 15-16 - Riyad Mahrez - midfielder 16-17 - Kasper Schmeichel - goalkeeper 17-18 - Harry Maguire - defender 18-19 - Ricardo Perreira - defender Totals: Goalkeepers = 3 Defenders =16 Midfielder = 8 Forwards = 5 That's pretty ludicrous. That as many defenders have won it as every other position combined. Even the forwards who won it were more "hard working" forwards who weren't prolific scorers like Dickov, Howard and Hume. Cottee and Ferdinand are probably the only 2 pure goalscoring strikers to have won it. I think it goes back to though that a game that passes a defender by because of the team or general flow of the game which is going to happen in at least half the games for most players in any typical season they're said to have had a "solid" game, whereas midfielders or forwards are judged to have poor or anonymous games by the same standards. It's way easier being consistent as a defender than a forward or midfield because you don't have to make anything happen, games you're a passenger in, you're judged to have put in a solid performance. A game the team completely dominates, defenders are often given good ratings even when they've never had to do anything all game for example. And then people just judge it on who has had the least noticeably bad games throughout the season which defenders are always going to win, because it's way easier being consistent as a defender than a midfielder or forward and people don't measure them against other player's in their division, . As people only notice they're bad games if they've made errors which directly lead to goals and not just games they weren't involved much in like they do with midfielders or forwards. They also only really pass sideways when not being pressed so people don't notice them trying to make more intricate passes and missing them like midfielders or forwards have to and things like that. Edited 22 July 2020 by Sampson 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AKCJ Posted 22 July 2020 Share Posted 22 July 2020 Player - Evans Goal - Vardy vs Arsenal Young Player - Barnes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonnieTodger Posted 22 July 2020 Share Posted 22 July 2020 God I miss Ricardo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose2010 Posted 22 July 2020 Share Posted 22 July 2020 Vardy player of the season but there are definitely a few contenders. Evans, Ricardo, Ndidi, Cags but we wouldn't be where we are now without Vardy. Hamza for goal. The technique to keep that ball under the cross bar was unreal especially for a DM. Barnes for young player. He has had a great season, good return with goals and assists and he is only getting better. If he masters the one on one's he will increase his goal score no end! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suffolk exile Posted 22 July 2020 Share Posted 22 July 2020 I went; Evan's POTY Barnes for YPOTY and GOTS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmt Posted 22 July 2020 Share Posted 22 July 2020 Vardy POTS Barnes YP Chilwell Goal Easy. Don't get how anyone isn't voting Vardy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viva Posted 22 July 2020 Share Posted 22 July 2020 13 hours ago, Steve Earle said: Am genuinely amazed not to see a landslide in favour of Evans as POTS! Wins it by a mile for me, no one else even close. Game’s all about opinions though... Barnes YPOTS. Goal? No real stand out but Barnes at Sheff U might edge it... I probably wouldn’t have Evans in the top 3. Vardy comfortably clear in 1st. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staffs Fox Posted 22 July 2020 Share Posted 22 July 2020 Might be weird as Vardy’s probably going to win the premier league Golden Boot but I’ve gone for Ricardo His loss had coincided with our dramatic loss of form and that’s not coincidence. He’s the best all round RB in the league and arguably top 3 in Europe. Before lockdown he was immense once again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DerbyshireFox Posted 22 July 2020 Author Share Posted 22 July 2020 I went for Vardy in the end for player of the season in the end, as consistent as Evans has been and the impact Soyuncu has had, it just felt like Vards should get it - he can’t go throughout his career here without winning it surely. Barnes is the only real choice for young player, 8 assists in his first full season, and had started adding goals up until the stoppage of the season. Goal of the season was tougher, but went for Vardys against Arsenal in the end, build up for that was exquisite, highlights us at our best as well. Can vote more than once anyway 🤣 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmayne7 Posted 22 July 2020 Share Posted 22 July 2020 (edited) 6 hours ago, Sampson said: The wikipedia page lists the winners from 1987 onwards. Can't find anything before that. And I definitely think it's true what someone said earlier, Leicester fans have an obsession with defensive players, who've overwhelmingly won it. I seem to remember Lineker losing out the season he won the Golden Boot to someone decent but pretty forgettable in the grand scheme of things like Paul Ramsey as well. 87-88 - Steve Walsh - defender 88-89 - Alan Paris - defender 89-90 - Gary Mills - defender 90-91 - Tony James - defender 91-92 - Gary Mills - defender 92-93 - Colin Hill - defender 93-94 - Simon Grayson - defender 94-95 - Kevin Poole - goalkeeper 95-96 - Garry Parker - midfielder 96-97 - Simon Grayson - defender 97-98 - Matt Elliott - defender 98-99 - Tony Cottee - forward 99-00 - Gerry Taggart - defender 00-01 - Robbie Savage - midfielder 01-02 - Robbie Savage - midfielder 02-03 - Paul Dickov - forward 03-04 - Les Ferdinand - forward 04-05 - Danny Tiatto - defender 05-06 - Joey Gudjonsson - midfielder 06-07 - Iain Hume - forward 07-08 - Richard Stearman - defender 08-09 - Steve Howard - forward 09-10 - Jack Hobbs- defender 10-11 - Richie Wellens - midfielder 11-12 - Kasper Schmeichel - goalkeeper 12-13 - Wes Morgan - defender 13-14 - Danny Drinkwater - midfielder 14-15 - Esteban Cambiasso - midfielder 15-16 - Riyad Mahrez - midfielder 16-17 - Kasper Schmeichel - goalkeeper 17-18 - Harry Maguire - defender 18-19 - Ricardo Perreira - defender Totals: Goalkeepers = 3 Defenders =16 Midfielder = 8 Forwards = 5 That's pretty ludicrous. That as many defenders have won it as every other position combined. Even the forwards who won it were more "hard working" forwards who weren't prolific scorers like Dickov, Howard and Hume. Cottee and Ferdinand are probably the only 2 pure goalscoring strikers to have won it. I think it goes back to though that a game that passes a defender by because of the team or general flow of the game which is going to happen in at least half the games for most players in any typical season they're said to have had a "solid" game, whereas midfielders or forwards are judged to have poor or anonymous games by the same standards. It's way easier being consistent as a defender than a forward or midfield because you don't have to make anything happen, games you're a passenger in, you're judged to have put in a solid performance. A game the team completely dominates, defenders are often given good ratings even when they've never had to do anything all game for example. And then people just judge it on who has had the least noticeably bad games throughout the season which defenders are always going to win, because it's way easier being consistent as a defender than a midfielder or forward and people don't measure them against other player's in their division, . As people only notice they're bad games if they've made errors which directly lead to goals and not just games they weren't involved much in like they do with midfielders or forwards. They also only really pass sideways when not being pressed so people don't notice them trying to make more intricate passes and missing them like midfielders or forwards have to and things like that. Wait, Muzzy never won it?! Despite getting whatever stupid number of assists the second time we went down. Madness. Edited 22 July 2020 by dmayne7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevosevic Posted 22 July 2020 Share Posted 22 July 2020 (edited) As the numbers show - Leicester fans love defenders and cloggers like Savage and Hume If Leicester fans had to decide the balon dor neither Messi or Ronaldo would have one. John Terry and Sergio Ramos would be sitting on 5 a piece. Edited 22 July 2020 by Stevosevic 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthStandUpperTier Posted 22 July 2020 Share Posted 22 July 2020 Conclusion: Our fans are weird. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rain King Posted 22 July 2020 Share Posted 22 July 2020 9 minutes ago, Stevosevic said: As the numbers show - Leicester fans love defenders and cloggers like Savage and Hume If Leicester fans had to decide the balon dor neither Messi or Ronaldo would have one. John Terry and Sergio Ramos would be sitting on 5 a piece. To be fair when Hume won it there really wasn't any alternative. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve_Walsh5 Posted 22 July 2020 Share Posted 22 July 2020 1 minute ago, Stevosevic said: As the numbers show - Leicester fans love defenders and cloggers like Savage and Hume It really is baffling, Premier League top goalscorer, 23 league goals for us and people want to vote for a defender. We wouldn’t be anywhere near where we are without Vardy. The fact that he’s never won it before, if he doesn’t win it this season he’ll never win it. Our greatest player of all time and some of our fans don’t think he deserves a POTY award. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross 'LCFC' Turner Posted 22 July 2020 Share Posted 22 July 2020 2 hours ago, Sampson said: The wikipedia page lists the winners from 1987 onwards. Can't find anything before that. And I definitely think it's true what someone said earlier, Leicester fans have an obsession with defensive players, who've overwhelmingly won it. I seem to remember Lineker losing out the season he won the Golden Boot to someone decent but pretty forgettable in the grand scheme of things like Paul Ramsey as well. 87-88 - Steve Walsh - defender 88-89 - Alan Paris - defender 89-90 - Gary Mills - defender 90-91 - Tony James - defender 91-92 - Gary Mills - defender 92-93 - Colin Hill - defender 93-94 - Simon Grayson - defender 94-95 - Kevin Poole - goalkeeper 95-96 - Garry Parker - midfielder 96-97 - Simon Grayson - defender 97-98 - Matt Elliott - defender 98-99 - Tony Cottee - forward 99-00 - Gerry Taggart - defender 00-01 - Robbie Savage - midfielder 01-02 - Robbie Savage - midfielder 02-03 - Paul Dickov - forward 03-04 - Les Ferdinand - forward 04-05 - Danny Tiatto - defender 05-06 - Joey Gudjonsson - midfielder 06-07 - Iain Hume - forward 07-08 - Richard Stearman - defender 08-09 - Steve Howard - forward 09-10 - Jack Hobbs- defender 10-11 - Richie Wellens - midfielder 11-12 - Kasper Schmeichel - goalkeeper 12-13 - Wes Morgan - defender 13-14 - Danny Drinkwater - midfielder 14-15 - Esteban Cambiasso - midfielder 15-16 - Riyad Mahrez - midfielder 16-17 - Kasper Schmeichel - goalkeeper 17-18 - Harry Maguire - defender 18-19 - Ricardo Perreira - defender Totals: Goalkeepers = 3 Defenders =16 Midfielder = 8 Forwards = 5 That's pretty ludicrous. That as many defenders have won it as every other position combined. Even the forwards who won it were more "hard working" forwards who weren't prolific scorers like Dickov, Howard and Hume. Cottee and Ferdinand are probably the only 2 pure goalscoring strikers to have won it. I think it goes back to though that a game that passes a defender by because of the team or general flow of the game which is going to happen in at least half the games for most players in any typical season they're said to have had a "solid" game, whereas midfielders or forwards are judged to have poor or anonymous games by the same standards. It's way easier being consistent as a defender than a forward or midfield because you don't have to make anything happen, games you're a passenger in, you're judged to have put in a solid performance. A game the team completely dominates, defenders are often given good ratings even when they've never had to do anything all game for example. And then people just judge it on who has had the least noticeably bad games throughout the season which defenders are always going to win, because it's way easier being consistent as a defender than a midfielder or forward and people don't measure them against other player's in their division, . As people only notice they're bad games if they've made errors which directly lead to goals and not just games they weren't involved much in like they do with midfielders or forwards. They also only really pass sideways when not being pressed so people don't notice them trying to make more intricate passes and missing them like midfielders or forwards have to and things like that. I love how in the space of a couple of years that list goes from Jack Hobbs to Esteban Cambiasso this club is mental and I love it 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthStandUpperTier Posted 22 July 2020 Share Posted 22 July 2020 I mean look at 08/09. Matty Fryatt bangs in the goals all season long, then Steve Howard heads a ball really hard against Leeds and takes the award. Strange, strange fans. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sampson Posted 22 July 2020 Share Posted 22 July 2020 Just now, SouthStandUpperTier said: I mean look at 08/09. Matty Fryatt bangs in the goals all season long, then Steve Howard heads a ball really hard against Leeds and takes the award. Strange, strange fans. Yeah that was another one I remember. Fryatt scored over 30 goals that season, pretty sure he was the highest goalscorer in all 4 top divisions in England over about an 18 month period around then, but you'd still find some Leicester fans saying he was shit but worshipping Steve Howard because he was a hard-working hard man. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Earle Posted 22 July 2020 Share Posted 22 July 2020 1 hour ago, Viva said: I probably wouldn’t have Evans in the top 3. Vardy comfortably clear in 1st. I don’t mean anything snide by this but I’m guessing you haven’t watched many years of footy? Evans’s performances this season have been as good - generally - as we’ve seen from any CB to have played for the club since 1966. He’s not only been almost faultless but has covered for Ricardo & coached & supported Soyuncu through his debut season. You’re perfectly entitled to think that Vardy’s contribution to the cause has been more significant, but if you can’t see that Evans has been one of our best three players this season then I fear you’re missing something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HighPeakFox Posted 22 July 2020 Share Posted 22 July 2020 17 minutes ago, SouthStandUpperTier said: I mean look at 08/09. Matty Fryatt bangs in the goals all season long, then Steve Howard heads a ball really hard against Leeds and takes the award. Strange, strange fans. Yes, well, he was a 'proper' footballer, you know. Absolutely mind boggling, the deification of hard men. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corky Posted 22 July 2020 Share Posted 22 July 2020 8 hours ago, Ric Flair said: I suppose you have to ask yourself has Evans single handidly won us more games than Vardy has? Vardy is on course for the golden Boot which is an astonishing achievement. He also went on another 8 game consecutive scoring spree, what this man does for us is breathtaking. He also deserves it for never winning it previously due to our fans weird fascination with defence minded players. I swear this harks back to the Levein and Kelly years where we were hideous and only defenders ever looked decent due to the bombardment on our box. This isn't to do a disservice to Jonny Evans as he has been imperious, a long with Ricardo and Ndidi but Vardy is our talisman and we don't feature in any positive record books without him these last few years. Vardy and Izzet have been with us a combined 16 seasons, are probably the two most popular players in the past 20/25 years and neither have been player of the season. Has their brilliance just been normalised and taken as a given? Izzet could easily have won it in 1999/00 (was sensational for part of that year) and although Dickov was an understandable winner in 2002/03, Izzet along with Merson ran that division. Vardy could've won it in 2013/14, 2015/16 and from 2017-now really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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