A few things, Joe Cole should not be in the team of the year. I can understand if a Chelsea player ought to be included, but Ballack and Lampard both deserve it more, even if they're not LMs it doesn't really matter....
Although it should be Ashley Young anyway, 8 goals and 17 assists in 37 games is a phenomenal return.
Elano as flop of the season is a joke, they've only done it for the shock factor. I mean, even against Boro his goal was bloody awesome, I was going to suggest it as a contender for goal of the season. Sure his form has dipped, but there have been loads of signings who have lost or not earned as many points for their team as Elano, like most of Newcastle's signings (
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As for best buy, it's between Tevez and Torres for me. Yes of course it's biased, but if you consider it, without him United wouldn't have won the league, the number of huge goals he got was phenomenal.
And goal of the season... I don't think it's Torres's.
I think the main contenders are Petrov's v Derby (the only thing he's done all season and yes it was v Derby but it was great technique and from a hell of a distance), Ronaldo's freekick v Pompey, Ronaldo's backheel v Villa, Elano's goal v Boro, Rochemback's freekick v Man City....
I'm sure I've forgotten a few but those certainly spring to mind.
And rising star... yeah Michael Johnson ain't a bad choice, although by their reasoning he should probably be a falling star since he hasn't had a great second half to the season.
Ashley Young is in with a shout too although I guess he'd already risen beforehand.