Robin wins, plus a chance to create your own award & vote for the best and worst. « Untold Arsenal: Arsenal News, supporting the club, the players and the manager
By Tony Attwood
A billion congrats to Robin on winning the PFA Player of the Year Award – and it made me think we ought to award our own awards too – so here they are.
The award Robin has got is one of several handed out around this time of year. There’s the Football writers Association Footballer of the Year, PFA Fans Player of the Year and the PFA Player of the Year too.
So there are plenty of awards around – and I’ll put more on the Untold Award that I would invite you to nominate players for in a moment. But first, to put Robin’s award in context…
Arsenal have some history in this award what with that Terry Henry being the first player to win it two seasons running.
Before that we had Liam Brady (1979) Dennis Bergkamp (1998) and then Thierry 2003 and 2004. Those are the players he is up there with.
Anyway, with the fullest congrats to Robin van Persie, how about an award for…
1: The worst player of the year who has played against Arsenal. (Oh, and AAA, none of your silly jokes about nominating an Arsenal player because when he plays it is as if he is playing against us. We’ve heard them all before, and originality is not your strong point)
2: The player who has not been regularly playing with the Arsenal first team this season but who is in the club, who you think is most likely to make a big impact next season. (I’ll exclude Jack W from this, as he’s obviously a special case). You can nominate up to three.
3: We could also have a nomination for the player you would most like to see join Arsenal next year.
4: And finally – if you would like to nominate an award please do so. Anything that is original, amusing or otherwise worthy of mention we’ll then come back and do our own award for in a subsequent post.
I will also ask Walter and co to nominate their
- Worst ref of the year
- Best ref of the year.
(Sorry ref reviewers, I should have warned you, but only just thought of it. But given all your stats, I hope it won’t be too onerous a task.)
So to summarise please nominate
1. Worst player of the year who has played against Arsenal.
2. The Arsenal player not currently regularly in the first team but who is in the club, who you think is most likely to make a big impact next season. Up to three votes.
3. Player not currently at Arsenal who you would most like to see us sign.
4. The award you would most like to see Untold run.