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Strongly disagree. I hate a lot about Chelsea but I don't think they cheated and conned the ref. They used legitimate if unpleasant tactics and capitalised on 2 mistakes. I want teams to win playing good football, but Chelsea weren't playing dirtily, they were playing defensively, and I think it's important to remember the difference when criticising.

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PFA Team of the Year: Cech, Shaw, Kompany, Cahill, Coleman, Hazard, Yaya Toure, Gerrard, Lallana, Suarez, Sturridge

Im not sure its the most inspiring list and a lot of the choices seem to be related to the players who have had the most hype. No argument with Hazard, Toure, Suarez and Sturridge but I think most of the others are debatable. Not to say they are bad choices but I don't think they have particularly stood out

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PFA Team of the Year: Cech, Shaw, Kompany, Cahill, Coleman, Hazard, Yaya Toure, Gerrard, Lallana, Suarez, Sturridge

Im not sure its the most inspiring list and a lot of the choices seem to be related to the players who have had the most hype. No argument with Hazard, Toure, Suarez and Sturridge but I think most of the others are debatable. Not to say they are bad choices but I don't think they have particularly stood out

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Even though Utds season was really shite, I though de Gea had a very good season. Very much one of their outstanding players this year and if it was not for him their season would have looked even uglier

Wonder if Barca will try for him now

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Even though Utds season was really shite, I though de Gea had a very good season. Very much one of their outstanding players this year and if it was not for him their season would have looked even uglier

Wonder if Barca will try for him now

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As for the PFA any surprise?

Shaw? I'd argue the case of Azpilicueta long before him. Baines, by his high standards, has had a pretty poor season, yet he's still eclipsed Shaw on every level, still young, and has a great future, but team of year? Not for me.

Cech - no, Marshall, Howard or Begovic for me.

Cahill? If argue terry over Cahill, been Terry's best season for ages, he's been formidable. Kompany though, really? He's a top player, but by his high standards, not his best season.

I wouldn't have Skrtel purely because I base my CB on being a solid defender and not a scorer, if I wanted a goal scorer, definitely him.

Coleman - no complaints. Excellent season.

Hazard, Toure, Sturridge, Suarez all yes for me and Gerrards been a big player too.

Lallana is a good player, but even though he had a big spell out, has Lallana had a bigger season than Ramsey? No.

And whilst I can acknowledge that he qualifies, should Hazard get Young Player?

For me it's a stand out player, who has broke through, so for me you could have had any of Barkley, Shaw, Sterling, but Hazard is already established, and had it not been for Suarez having a belter season, he'd have won the main award.

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De Gea would be the keeper IMO. I agree Shaw and Lallana don't warrant their places despite having great seasons, don't think I'd put Baines in instead though.

I'd argue the case for Azpilicueta as well, I reckon Mertesacker deserves it over Kompany based on this season. I'd also say Puncheon should be in with a shout as he's had a hand in nearly all of Crystal Palace's goals in the last 5 months. There's a few others I'd say deserve mention:

Fernandinho - who's not only played great himself but also enabled Yaya to have a better season

Nasri - has helped stopped Silva or Aguero being missed during their injuries with fantastic play of his own.

In terms of young players who've really come on, Henderson should be in with a shout. I know he's 23 (which qualifies by FA standards), but he's stepped up and shown far more improvement than Hazard to become a vital part of a team that's now challenging for the title. Hazard already was that. I still reckon Sterling's the best player who's actually youth though.

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