UpWithRivers
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Maguire. Yes hes not Van Dijk. Yes we overspent on him. Yes he's slow. There are lots of excuses ifs and but and maybes. To be honest Im not even convinced of him myself. But you cant argue with him in terms of player of the year.
1) Played every game. Every game! Think about that for one of our defenders!
2) The defense is the third best in the league. It no coincidence we came third. Chelsea had similar goals scored or slightly better but the defence was much worse. Yeah everyone is going to say becaus ewe played more defensive and blah blah blah. But that doesnt chance the fact does it.
3) He came in and was captain. Again you can argue pros and consof his captaincy but again he captained us to third. Fact. Job done.
4) He had ups an downs but never dropped off like Fred or Wan B who dropped off the cliff after the break.
I cant see anyone more deserving. Is he the best player? No. Was he too expensive etc? Yes. But he was definitely the most consistent and gave the most over the whole year.
1) Played every game. Every game! Think about that for one of our defenders!
2) The defense is the third best in the league. It no coincidence we came third. Chelsea had similar goals scored or slightly better but the defence was much worse. Yeah everyone is going to say becaus ewe played more defensive and blah blah blah. But that doesnt chance the fact does it.
3) He came in and was captain. Again you can argue pros and consof his captaincy but again he captained us to third. Fact. Job done.
4) He had ups an downs but never dropped off like Fred or Wan B who dropped off the cliff after the break.
I cant see anyone more deserving. Is he the best player? No. Was he too expensive etc? Yes. But he was definitely the most consistent and gave the most over the whole year.