| great topic, i think the games in which ronaldo usually scores a goal or two early, he is usually brilliant for a while and then goes a little more quiet but i think him scoring these goals settles the nerves and gives confidence to players around him.
Also for thos who have said ronaldo is NOT consistant must be having a laugh, his last two seasons speak for themselve, no explanations needed.
Anyway my top 5 would be:
1- rio/ronaldo - joint first, rio gives us confidence about being strong and keeping clean sheets and ronaldo gives us confidence to play attacking football and for players to express themselves. 40 goals for ronaldo aswell as him inspiring those around him = genius...while in rio we have the best defender in the world imo
2- Evra - Roberto Carlos must have been a big influence on this guy because he is just awesome and plays amazing for most of the season
3 - Vidic - Really improved as an individual defender this year. Last year with Rio they formed a great partnership but Rio was visibily the commanding figure, now rio has enough confidence in Vidic to take the lead in certain situations because vidic has come on loads as a player.
4 - Wes Brown - I think for a guy to have played the whole season at right back and stayed fit, hardly missed any games at all and made nevilles injury look like something which wasnt missed at all (great back 4 this year) speaks volumes about how well he has played.
5 - VDS - I think he has games where he looks very shaky and then games were he looks amazing but he always seems to pull off amazing saves when he plays and whilst he hasnt been fit the whole season, for the big part he played, he has put in some great saves and performances.
I did not put the likes of tevez/rooney/anderson in because i think all have had periods when they were great and then extremely quiet...Tevez scores some vital goals and works abnormally hard but in terms of consistancy he has been poor too...Rooney gets injured and then it seems to take him a while to get back into groove...and then when he finds some form..injured again,lol...needs to work on his finishing aswell....Anderson looks great when he plays with hargo or as the third midfielder but he has periods when he looks amazing and times when he is quiet...he is very young and its his first season in the league also so plenty of time for improvement! A pre-season break and then training will be great for the kid!
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