QuoteCome on Philly!!
Biased and all that I am would say Richie Ryan should get player of the year. Williams for young player of the year
As for the team of the year would have gone for Cherrie in goals and Keegan and Dennehy in midfield ahead of Ndo and Chambers
http://www.pfai.ie/news/254-player-o...nees-announced
PLAYER OF THE YEAR NOMINEES
Padraig Amond (Sligo Rovers)
Alan Mannus (Shamrock Rovers)
Richie Ryan (Sligo Rovers)
Brian Shelley (Bohemian FC)
Gary Twigg (Shamrock Rovers)
Shaun Williams (Sporting Fingal)
YOUNG PLAYER OF THE YEAR NOMINEES
Jake Kelly (Bray Wanderers)
Paddy Madden (Bohemian FC)
Shaun Williams (Sporting Fingal)
FIRST DIVISION PLAYER OF THE YEAR NOMINEES
Graham Cummins (Cork City)
Philip Hughes (Monaghan United)
Patrick McEleney (Derry City)
REFEREE OF THE YEAR NOMINEES
Phil Caschera
Neil Doyle
Alan Kelly
IRISH OVERSEAS PLAYER OF THE YEAR NOMINEES
Seamus Coleman (Everton)
Kevin Doyle (Wolverhampton Wanderers)
Keith Fahey (Birmingham City)
PREMIER DIVISION TEAM OF THE YEAR
Alan Mannus (Shamrock Rovers)
Conor Kenna (St Patrick's Athletic)
Gavin Peers (Sligo Rovers)
Brian Shelley (Bohemian FC)
Enda Stevens (Shamrock Rovers)
James Chambers (Shamrock Rovers)
Joseph Ndo (Sligo Rovers)
Richie Ryan (Sligo Rovers
Shaun Williams (Sporting Fingal)
Gary Twigg (Shamrock Rovers)
Padraig Amond (Sligo Rovers)
FIRST DIVISION TEAM OF THE YEAR
Ger Doherty (Derry City)
Alan Carey (Waterford United)
Brian Gartland (Monaghan United)
Kevin Murray (Waterford United)
Pat Purcell (Limerick)
David Cassidy (Shelbourne)
Shane Duggan (Cork City)
James McClean (Derry City)
Patrick McEleney (Derry City)
Graham Cummins (Cork City)
Philip Hughes (Monaghan United)
Come on Philly!!
Ronan Finn has had a better season at Fingal than Williams imo. Its not that Williams isnt deserving of a mention and should be up there but Ronan Finn has been more consistent for us. Best of luck to him though and is definitely in with a good chance of winning the young player award.
Mannus" inclusion in this is a mistake imo but whos to argue with the votes from within the pro ranks?? Cherries mid-season injury must have put him down the rankings?? Will there be a poll here on the team of the season?
By the way well done to Philly on his div1 gong,delighted for him.
In my deeply biased opinion the Player of the year has got to be Richie Ryan, different class in this league and just a step ahead of the rest.
Always a couple of dubious votes but no one should take them to heart. Players are effectively voting on the 4/5 times they play a certain player a year and the odd highlights as practically none of them would watch any other games.
Oh and one of the nominees for ref of the year, Caschera, hasn't reffed Pats this year. We've had Kelly 7 times and Doyle 5 times. Bit weird
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Cashcera is from around the Crumlin area so might just be avoiding giving him those games. I'm not sure if he's done many premier games at all anyway.Originally Posted by Dodge
I think most of the nominations in team and player of the year are pretty fair. I'd go with Richie Ryan as player of the year and Jake Kelly for young player.
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I actually thought Rogers should have got it. Best keeper over the season in my opinion.Mannus" inclusion in this is a mistake imo but whos to argue with the votes from within the pro ranks?? Cherries mid-season injury must have put him down the rankings?? Will there be a poll here on the team of the season?
By the way well done to Philly on his div1 gong,delighted for him.
Ndo was always your standout player against us. Surprised he didn't get nominated for player of the year.
No Matty Crossan?
He should be making team of the century.
Nah, sure we've had an Inchicore man ref against us (and knock us out of cup grrrrrrr)
I'm glad Conor Kenna is in there. Thoroughly deserved. Actually surprised he isn't up for main award too. I'd go with Ryan and Kelly for the two awards
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Is he playing well for you?No Matty Crossan?
He should be making team of the century.
Robbie Hedderman. Arguably the greatest Derry City player of all time...
Sarcasm is lost on a MB at times.
I was thinking about who I would put as the defenders in a team of the season and Kenna was the first player who came to mind. Been superb this season. Would struggle to put a huge case for anyone else really. 2 full backs could really be made up of anyone. No real standout players for me this season. I actually don't think Peers has been as good this season as he was in previous seasons but maybe that's cause he's had less defending to do now that we have players who can hold onto the ball.
That bad, really? I know him so I was just wondering. Hopefully Patrick McEleney will have some joy against him tonight so.
Robbie Hedderman. Arguably the greatest Derry City player of all time...
He has been outstanding and so has Russell in the midfield along with Ryan.
But Richie Ryan is the player that makes us tick over, his ability to sweep the play across the park and set the tempo are just a step ahead of other players.
Joey is probably the single most technically gifted player ever to play for us but Ryan is the heartbeat of our team.
Still very very bitter that the FAI are going to have him ruled out of the Cup Final because of 4 yellow cards and not let him take his suspension against either UCD or Pats.
Ah Matty tries but is definitely suited more to the Irish League where the slower pace is less of a worry.
One good thing for him tonight is that at least Deery won't be there grabbing him by the nads getting Matty sent off in the process.
A complete joke if himself and Blinkhorn are missing. Same issue with O'Grady last year. Don't really understand why it takes them so long to meet. They should be meeting about disciplinary matters weekly and dishing out the suspensions for the next weekend
They do meet weekly. There's an appeals process and thats why it takes so long (even if they choose not to appeal, they have to give them 2 weeks to do it).
Its way too long. Will he definitely miss it though? Don't they usually start postponing suspensions now (to carry over into next year)? Horrible for a player to miss a cup final after picking 4 bookings in 40 odd games
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Hasn't been confirmed for sure yet but rumours that they will be missing it.
Certainly open to correction on how it panned out last year but from what I remember O'Grady got booked in the semi final against Waterford and we were told straight away that he would be missing the final 1 month later even though we still had a couple of league games to play. I think it was that they don't meet towards the end of the season as often.
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