Another notable award presented on the night was pfa young player of the year as expected spurs Dele Ali took it home, it shows how the English lad has developed over the years, in just two seasons in spurs he has been labelled has the heir to Stephen Gerrald and Frank Lampard shoes and so far the lad has been amazing.
Team of the year has its criticism as usual as it represents the league best players coming together to form dream team. This year the fa goes for its usual 4-4-2 formation with David De Gea in goal with a partnership of David luiz and Gary Cahil as central defenders flanked, on the left and right by spurs Danny Rose and Kylie Walker respectively. Pfa player of the year gets a shirt on defensive Midfield position partnered with his fellow award recipent Dele Ali playing central role flanked to the left by last year winner Eden Hazard to the left and a surprise inclusion saido mane to the right with strike partnership of Harry kane and Lukaku.
The biggest robbery for the night has to be the goal keeping position. De gea has no business being in that position as he Has under performed compared to previous seasons. There are 3 goalies who ought to be ahead of de gea, Hugo lloris, Cortouis and Tom heaton. Among the 3 mentioned above tom heaton is the most qualified candidate of them all. The burnley shot stopper heroics this season has earned him praises from fans and pundits, he has the highest number of saves this season in some games bagging man of the match performance and yet with all this accolades the fa still favour united shot stopper ahead of him. Lovers of fantasy premier league would attest to the fact that heaton has accumulated more points than any goalie in england all thanks to his fantastic saves, according to Fpl heaton is the best goalie in the league, so far he has accumulated 131 saves this season 22 more than his nearest contender pickford (sunderland) who has 109, Artur Boruc(bournemouth) 104, Fabianski 103, and Ben Foster 96 completes the top five list. Taking a look at clean sheet list courtois is tied at the summit with united's de gea and spurs Lloris with 13 clean sheets apiece, heaton is far behind on 9 clean sheets so far but credit must be given to the English man for its not easy to bag clean sheets with the likes of lowton, kean, mee and ward in defence. With all due respect to burnley's it is glaring that heaton has been their messiah all season long and for this I feel he should be rewarded. PFA GOALKEEPER OF THE YEAR
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