RvP
Wojciech Scezney
Samir Nasri
Robin van Persie
Jack Wilshere
Someone else (state who)
RvP
Just watched Football's Greatest - Marco Van Basten. I can see why so many compare RVP with him. Scored all types of goals and just had this elegant style that was great to watch. It's a damn shame his career ended so early but at least he won a heap of trophies before he retired. Only 28 years old when he retired.
Wenger has to do his all to strengthen this club and win trophies. He's being selfish if he doesn't. You're not guaranteed a long career in football and I'm pretty sure that's in the back of the mind of some of our players. It would be a real shame if some of these players never won a major trophy. Wenger may be able to point to the Emirates as his legacy but the players need trophies and accolades.
They could do their part by concentrating less on the money and more on putting in the required graft. Not saying RvP isn't doing that, hence the unanimous support for him as player of the year here, but others could do with getting their shit together if they want trophies.
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Agree with that but there will always be players that just aren't up to the task and Wenger has to do his best to get those players out and surround the very few special players we have with talent.
I think back to past Arsenal players like Henry and Bergkamp, especially Bergkamp and think they should have gone on to win more. The highest of honours. Dennis should have had a few Champs League medals and Ballon D'Or nominations and wins. But at least they won League and Cup honours, PFA Awards and such. They had some real special moments on that pitch. I think RVP and Cesc have had some great moments on the pitch as well, but they are playing with a poor bunch of players that can't defend.
Wenger has to build a stronger team. Not only does he owe it to the rare gems and hard grafters in the team like Cesc, RVP, Walcott, Whilshere and Ramsey, but he owes it to himself. In years to come, I don't want to be watching a 'Football's Greatest - Manager/Player/Team' and reminisce on all the great moments we've had then have it soured when they say we didn't fulfil our potential and didn't win the highest of honours. Wenger should be winning Champs League trophies back to back. Stop with all the modesty and go all out. Fans aside, players aside, he also owes it to himself.
No one going for Nasri?
Hes the one who actually finished 2nd in the overall POTY awards.
Or are people not impressed that he had a good 2 months and did f all for the rest of the season?
http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-arc...-the-winner-is...It's time to announce the Arsenal.com Player of the Season - as voted for by the fans.
And the winner is... Jack Wilshere.
The 19-year-old enjoyed a meteoric rise in 2010/11, starting the campaign on the fringes of the Arsenal side and ending it as a regular for club and country.
Jack received 41.4 per cent of the votes in our poll. Here, Arsenal.com reporter Chris Harris gives his verdict on the young midfielder.
“The thing that is different about Jack is that he is very consistent. You hardly ever see him have a bad game. We have got lots of players in the Reserves that are very good players, in my opinion even as good as Jack on their day. But they don’t have that day as often and that is where the difference is."
Of all the tributes paid to Jack Wilshere in recent months, perhaps the most telling was that one from Emmanuel Frimpong.
The midfielder is nine days younger than Wilshere, has grown up alongside him at Arsenal, won the Youth Cup with him two years ago and has designs on a first-team place of his own in the not-too-distant future.
But like all of the talent bubbling under at London Colney, Frimpong needs to produce the goods week-in week-out to emulate his friend. Because it's consistency, as much as quality, that has transformed Wilshere from a promising youngster into a mainstay for club and country.
Samir Nasri was Arsenal's stand-out performer before Christmas. Robin van Persie was a class above in the New Year. But Wilshere was exceptional from August to May, a midfield metronome for all seasons.
It's hard to believe how far Wilshere has come in such a short period. This time last year he was, in Arsène Wenger's words, "completing his footballing education" with a loan spell at Bolton. The Reebok was perhaps an unlikely finishing school but it hardened Wilshere and gave him valuable time in the centre of the pitch after starting his Arsenal career on the flank.
Even so, if there had been a betting market for Arsenal's Player of the Season in 2010/11 you could probably have named your price if you were backing Wilshere. He was still only 18, for heaven's sake, and Wenger had a battery of midfield talent at his disposal.
That all changed in pre-season. Wilshere was practically an ever-present and his stock climbed again when Fabio Capello handed him his international debut against Hungary in August - partly due to the teenager's promise, partly a reaction to England's World Cup woes and the demand for a 'new generation' to be given its head.
Wilshere did well in his brief Wembley cameo and his next opportunity was just around the corner: a starting place on the opening weekend of the Premier League season at Liverpool.
Perhaps he would not have featured that day had Cesc Fabregas or Alex Song been fully fit, but Wilshere did not look out of place and gave Steven Gerrard and company a run for their money during the hour he spent on the Anfield pitch.
You might have expected the youngster to take a back seat after that. But Wenger picked him again. And again. And again. And as the weeks and months unfolded, it became increasingly obvious - Wilshere was a bonafide Premier League player and deserved his place in the team.
His position helped his development. Wilshere emerged through the ranks as an advanced, goalscoring midfielder, but for the first team he was deployed in a deeper role alongside Alex Song. It gave Wilshere a chance to see the play in front of him, allowing him to pick his passes and choose his forward runs carefully.
That partly explains why the goals that littered his climb through the youth ranks have dried up. Wilshere did score against Shakhtar Donetsk and Aston Villa but he may need a positional tweak as well as the experience that brings calmness in the penalty area to get back among the goals.
It's hard to pick holes in any other area of Wilshere's game. He is a tenacious tackler, a wonderful passer - remember his assist for Nicklas Bendtner against Ipswich? - and can drift past opponents with a drop of the shoulder. What's more, he's got bottle and lots of it. When the chips are down Wilshere lifts his team - whether he's in the Nou Camp or the local park.
The 19-year-old admitted that he had exceeded his own expectations in 2010/11 and no wonder. He made 49 appearances for Arsenal - more than any team-mate - and was honoured by his peers in April when the PFA made him their Young Player of the Year.
Arsenal's fans have followed suit and you cannot blame them. They love to see a genuine local talent come good and Wilshere's attitude has also won him support. He shows his emotions, he clearly loves the Club and he connects with the supporters more than most players - Wilshere has more than half a million followers on Twitter.
Our Player of the Season was clearly tiring as the Premier League finish line homed into view but his omission from the England Under-21 squad this summer should afford him a long, deserved rest.
That's just as well - Wilshere has been billed as the future of England but, more importantly, he's the future of Arsenal too.
That and the fact he's trying to put the club over a barrel. Not sure if it's a criteria but for me the POTY needs to be committed to the club. It appears RvP is, let's see what another barren season brings on that front, and the same appears true of Jack, let's see how the board behave when the big bids start coming in. For now it has to be between those two. Jack was pretty amazing to last out 50 odd games, he definitely did a shift this year. Shame the same can't be said for most of the rest of them.Originally Posted by Ach
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That's why I wonder if he's a winner at heart. Surely a winner does what needs to be done to succeed. A dreamer on the other hand...
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http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-arc...manuel-almunia2010/11 Player Review: Manuel Almunia
Despite starting the campaign as the Club’s No. 1, Manuel Almunia slipped behind Lukasz Fabianski and Wojciech Szczesny in the pecking order after missing over four months of the season through injury.
He bore the brunt of the blame for Arsenal’s shock home defeat to West Brom and a shoulder problem picked up in that match saw the Spaniard ruled out until late January.
Arsène Wenger admitted the goalkeeper could have left the Club during the transfer window but, after returning to full fitness, Almunia was thrust back into the spotlight following an injury to Szczesny against Barcelona.
As he had done the previous season, the Spaniard kept the Catalan giants at bay with a string of fine saves before Arsenal eventually succumbed to consistent Barcelona pressure.
That performance was followed by another good display against Manchester United in the FA Cup but Manuel was criticised for his part in a 2-2 draw with West Brom a week later. Then he picked up an injury during the warm-up at Blackpool at the start of April and didn’t feature for the rest of the season.
FINEST MOMENT
Manuel replaced the injured Szczesny after just 18 minutes against Barcelona in the Nou Camp and performed admirably, saving from Lionel Messi, David Villa and twice from Ibrahim Afellay. Unfortunately it was not enough to deny Barcelona a 3-1 win on the night and a 4-3 aggregate triumph.
Finest moment in a game we lost. Bale would be proud
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http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-arc...w-aaron-ramsey2010/11 Player Review: Aaron Ramsey
Aaron Ramsey back in an Arsenal shirt was a welcome sight for everyone associated with the Club.
A goal against Manchester United in front of a packed Emirates Stadium, and the celebration that followed, seemingly let out 15 months of frustration and showed us all exactly what we had been missing while he recovered from a double leg fracture.
Aaron ended a nine-month wait to pull on the red and white jersey when he made his comeback for the Reserves in November and got 45 minutes under his belt.
Successful loan spells with Nottingham Forest and Cardiff aided his search for match sharpness before he returned to the Arsenal first team as a substitute against Man United in the FA Cup.
Twenty minutes at Old Trafford was followed by 56 minutes from the start against West Brom and Aaron went on to be a virtual ever-present in the ‘Cesc’ role in his captain’s absence through injury in the final weeks of the season.
The winner against Man United and a return to Britannia Stadium closed the book on his injury troubles and another boost came in the Spring when Aaron was named captain of Wales.
With a full pre-season under his belt, expect to see Aaron become a integral part of Arsène Wenger’s side next season.
SOUNDBITE
"I think I'm nearly back to where I was. The thought of the injury doesn't go through my mind at all in any game. The loan spell at Cardiff did me the world of good. Getting out there, playing and getting back into the swing of things helped me massively. Hopefully now I can just kick on at Arsenal."
FINEST MOMENT
Aaron scored the winner against Manchester United at Emirates Stadium in May to keep Arsenal’s slim Premier League title hopes alive. Robin van Persie’s well-timed cut-back allowed him to stroke home a shot into the far corner and give Arsenal a 1-0 victory. It was Aaron’s first goal since his equaliser at West Ham in an FA Cup Third-Round tie on January 3, 2010.
Other than the goal v Mancs, he did f all.
He needs to step up next season
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