Ryan Giggs Named PFA Player Of The Year; also PFA team of the year announced

[chuck bass]

why isn't hangeland in team of the year? because of him, fullham are fighting for a uefa cup spot instead of fighting against relegation..

[Mr Pouya]

A good case could have been made for Giggs winning the award in any of his previous 18 seasons, particularly 1999. Finally ending his wait in what has probably been his worst campaign may seem a mark of respect, but all it achieves is to highlight that Giggs is a fading force, like French and Saunders, given honours for who they are, not what they've done, not for what they are but what they once were.

is this guy a retard or something. even though giggs didnt get alot of starts but he was freaking influential and played brilliant. Okay he might not deserve the award but theres no ****ing reason to slag the guy off

[kaz]

I agree with the NO in the telegraph on whether he deserved it:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/leagues/premierleague/manutd/5229564/The-Debate-Is-Ryan-Giggs-worthy-winner-of-PFA-Player-of-Year-award.html

NO

They should just make a lifetime achievement award instead of demeaning the award like this.

[mf_doom]

I didnt expect him to win the award as I said, and I surprised it is in fact his first PFA POTY award.
at this day and age ? no of course not.
overall ? lampard and gerrard have a LONG road to be even close to what Giggs is worth and has done

last time i checked this isn't a life time acheivement award. It is an award based on THIS season's performance. The guy has had 12 appearances and has scored 1 goal.

He was once an amazing player, no doubt, but sentimentality should have no such place in the selection. In my opinion it should have been Gerrard or Vidic. Both where miles more important to their teams than giggs ever was this season.

[fishyboy1209]

No lampard?! wow. United have like 5 players...the only people who deserve to be there are rio, ronaldo, and maybe vidic.

[Mr Pouya]

the only reason giggsy won it because it was long over due and this is prob the last chance he would get to claim the award and despite his age he has shown some brilliant football...specially that right footer this season, that alone deserved the award.

[radin119]

lampard not even on the team bs

[Suprah]

The award is for player of the season.

That's why I'm very surprised (but also very happy) that he got this award.

Weird innit ?

That said, my personal choice was Nemanja Vidic - barring that one shocker against Liverpool - for being a rock in defence, esp. when sometimes most of the defence was injured.

[nimster22]

I didnt expect him to win the award as I said, and I surprised it is in fact his first PFA POTY award.
at this day and age ? no of course not.
overall ? lampard and gerrard have a LONG road to be even close to what Giggs is worth and has done

The award is for player of the season.

[Suprah]

I didnt expect him to win the award as I said, and I surprised it is in fact his first PFA POTY award.

His age is irrelevant, isn't it? And the rest of your argument sounds like the people claiming Peter O'Toole should win the best actor over Forest Whitaker's amazing performance in The Last King of Scotland... it doesn't matter if he's been robbed of it before or whatever, if he's not the POTY, he's not the POTY.
I get he's a United legend. He's a respectable player, but do you honestly think he's been better than Gerrard or Lampard? I think even Van Persie has been better and more important to his team this season.

at this day and age ? no of course not.

overall ? lampard and gerrard have a LONG road to be even close to what Giggs is worth and has done

[nimster22]

Fabregas isnt 36 years old like Giggs.

Giggs' importance for United this season, esp. in goal creating situations, has been valuable despite his age. He has consistently performed well and quite frankly finally deserved such an award when he was pipped away by foreigners and strikers over the last 18-19 years of his career.

Quite frankly, I didnt expect Giggs to win this award, so I am surprised he did...and also given the fact he got the most votes means he won it fairly

His age is irrelevant, isn't it? And the rest of your argument sounds like the people claiming Peter O'Toole should win the best actor over Forest Whitaker's amazing performance in The Last King of Scotland... it doesn't matter if he's been robbed of it before or whatever, if he's not the POTY, he's not the POTY.

I get he's a United legend. He's a respectable player, but do you honestly think he's been better than Gerrard or Lampard? I think even Van Persie has been better and more important to his team this season.

[Suprah]

omg even fabregas who has been out the most season has been better than him and the other players are better than him and in that list gerrard should've won or how about VDS with all that clean sheet keeping united in the run.

the one and only winner should have been lampard, he has been amazing.

silly PFA...

Fabregas isnt 36 years old like Giggs.

Giggs' importance for United this season, esp. in goal creating situations, has been valuable despite his age. He has consistently performed well and quite frankly finally deserved such an award when he was pipped away by foreigners and strikers over the last 18-19 years of his career.

Quite frankly, I didnt expect Giggs to win this award, so I am surprised he did...and also given the fact he got the most votes means he won it fairly

[Farhad-7]

omg even fabregas who has been out the most season has been better than him and the other players are better than him and in that list gerrard should've won or how about VDS with all that clean sheet keeping united in the run.

the one and only winner should have been lampard, he has been amazing.

silly PFA...

[Suprah]

"Despite winning a host of honours, including 10 Premier League titles, the PFA award had eluded Giggs until now"

source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/8019726.stm

Congrats to him, love the guy

OH

i must be mistaking the PFA POTY award with the Young player of the year and other awards.

its amazing how despite being one the greatest left wingers of all time, he only won his FIRST PFA POTY award now

Bloody foreigners

[Saam]

Its his fourth PFA Player of the Year award in nearly 20 years at United

"Despite winning a host of honours, including 10 Premier League titles, the PFA award had eluded Giggs until now"

source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/8019726.stm

Congrats to him, love the guy