posted May 2, 2007

In the age of the internet, text, e-generation the award nominations could be submitted at the end of the season where guys like Stephen Kenny from Dunfermline could be rewarded. If he keeps them up, they are in the UEFA cup and the final of the Scottish Cup. Now if they go on to win that you'd be hard pressed to argue that this guy wouldn't be in the frame for Manager of the Year. This guy was the manager of Derry when they turned over Gretna who have just been promoted into the SPL for 2007/08. Every so often a manager comes along and the way he impacts the team, the way he speaks to the press after games and his general demeanour says this is a guy who is going to have a great career. Having these kind of votes at the very end of the season can more accurately account for a full season in management and footballing. Strachan for the last 16 in the Champions League is a more than worthy manager of the year but over the next few weeks, if Dunfermline can stay up and especially if they win the Scottish Cup it would add weight to this argument.

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posted May 2, 2007

js gers the writers and the pros who play against him , i think they know a lot more than your average drunken ger . naka is king hail hail

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posted May 2, 2007

Football writers player of the year? Ha ha how many of these guys have actually kicked a ball and know what it's like to play in a game.

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posted May 2, 2007

Manager of the year wasn't much of a competition this year, although I agree Kenny is a decent shout. I'm a Dons fan and I think Calderwood has done wonders for us, but our cup form and lack of bite against the old firm wouldn't really justify the managers' award. Strachan won the league and got into the last 16 in Europe. Fair doos.

As for Shunsuke - anybody who thinks he's only good for free kicks has been watching through blue-tinted specs. How many Celtic goals from open play were due in part to laser-guided passes or a bit of deft wing wizardry from the wee man? He does have a tendency to drift in and out of a game but erhmmmm...PAUL GASCOIGNE??? He was a genius for about ten minutes a game.

I lived in Japan for ages and have followed Shunsuke from the time he broke into the Japan Olympics squad in 2000. He was a talent then, a talent in Italy (admittedly in a smaller team) and although it galls me to see him in hoops, I think he's a credit to the Scottish game.

Omedetto Shun-san

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posted May 2, 2007

hitchy-cfc only a person like yourself would agree about naka.
its you who must be drunk [finished your buckie yet]

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posted May 2, 2007

Naka 9 goals V's Adam 10 goals. now don't all jump around genuflecting, I realize Adam is just a young guy with a lot to learn before he can be called well rounded but get a grip, I've watched Naka & he's Ok but he is not POTY stuff.

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posted May 2, 2007

"don't all jump around genuflecting"
I'll give CB the benifit of the doubt and assume that one was a rather witty juxtaposition...from a gers fan?

Shunsuke's no gazza, but he still stands out in the SPL, he has a lot of credibility down south and on the continent, and I think that kind of exposure is good for the Scottish game.

Adam looks very tidy indeed, but I don't think any ger should be given POTY for the same reason Kenny wouldn't get the manager award. None of them showed up until halfway through the season

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posted May 2, 2007

Shunsuke and Strachan definitely deserve the awards. Shunsuke is a great little player. Other teams know it and tend to key on him, otherwise I think he'd have scored more goals from general play. It's amazing to see him come back and defend near his own byline. I am not a fan of the Celtic style as created by Strachan, but when you think of what he inherited--key players moving on--and then the disaster in Bratislava, he never gave up and managed to turn things around quite nicely.

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posted May 2, 2007

what ha ha ha happened to the manks 2nite? english bums spanked by sheer class

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posted May 4, 2007

Naka has been a good player for Celtic but just like with poncy Ronaldo, this awards should happen at the end of the season not just before the season ends

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