Spot on. Odegaard is a better player than Foden. Maybe not had as good a season as Foden. But Odegaard is the second best player in the prem behind KDB. IMO

More one footed than an amputee

he is good but nothing special tbh

Ødegaard runs that Arsenal team Links everything

Odegaard is average amongst the elite and went missing for 6 months - Trippier created more chances

Rory has a very elitist way of thinking when it comes to this..I think he believes Man United, Arsenal Liverpool and Chelsea are the only teams that exist. He recently said in a video that Aguero isn't in the "Top 10 PL forwards of all time"

@@mrhussain9008earlier in the season he said Ollie Watkins is everything he wants Nicolas Jackson to be

Literally if there’s someone to take out it would be Palmer. His team is struggling to stay in the top half and all his goals are penalties

@@isaacthegrreat nah Palmer deserves the nomination, it’s his first season as a starter in the PL and he’s playing in a team that have struggled since Chelsea were taken over by Boehly (yes they’re starting to click now but they were absolutely dreadful for ages). Palmer shouldn’t win the POTS, but the nomination is fair.

@@mrhussain9008it’s because he grew up in the 90s so he holds the players from that generation with higher esteem.

Tbf city would of lost way more games in that time if they didn’t have the refs in their pocket

I think this stands with their point of excellence becoming normalised. You expect Rodri levels from Rodri so it is easy to overlook. Also, unless you are a flarey player in City's system your greatness is attributed more to the system than you as the individual.

Did you turn off before the end? They did mention him

I'm an Arsenal fan but he's the best player in the world from me, unbelievable.

I’m a United fan I was in utter shock when they talked about how bad the nominees were then didn’t mention Rodri

The are English guys How dare do they say Rice had been better than Odegard

Had to stop watching after this

Did you start watching the season in January?

He started the season very slow.

@@fivestarman5130recency bias mate, that’s all it is. His start of the season was poor but they won’t remember that😂

Van Dijk has dominated all stats for a defender by a huge margin. Saliba and Gabriel has been a great partnership, while VVD has played with a multitude of partners throughout the season.

He might have good stats but he’s messed up at some very crucial moments hasn’t he

@@janniknielsen9292 it’s only because Liverpool prefer to play end to end football and arsenal are cautious.

@@janniknielsen9292 thank god we have eyes

Arsenal are better defensively set up than Liverpool there's no doubt about it but as an individual centre back VVD clears both of them Van Dijk hasn't had a consistent centre back partner all season (Matip ACL, Konate picked up injuries, Gomez has played across the backline because our fullbacks have constantly been injured and Quansah was playing in League One this time last year) in a team that also doesn't have a world class holding midfielder in front of them Meanwhile Saliba and Gabriel haven't missed a game for Arsenal because of injury all season, not to mention the fact Arsenal have a world class cdm in Declan Rice and have a more defensive fullback in Ben White while Arteta uses a more defensive style of play than Klopp in general I do believe that either Saliba or Gabriel were robbed but that was because Odegaard had a horrible first half of the season and he shouldn't have been nominated

non penalty g/a per 90 : Haaland - 0.94 Watkins - 0.91 Haaland wins the golden boot, most g/a in the league, 2nd PL title.

@@TP-pq9xx haalnd is not winning the league lol

@@skinnysmallshe will

@@TP-pq9xx Watkins is doing it In a worse team with less service and has been more clinical, whilst also getting Villa into UCL. Thats more impressive imo. Think both being mostly disregarded by these two is crazy to

They’re literally both in the same year at school, Palmer is just breaking through and Saka has been doing it year in year out

Saka without pens has 10 goals and 10 assists this season in one of the best teams in the league. Yeah it’s solid but it’s also not that spectacular and he is not at all fun to watch in the same way as palmer or Foden for example either

@@jameshall9654all those years and could not do some of the things palmer has done in his first season

@@CDSRB you actually believe what you type don’t you? 🤣🤣🤣 Do you mean the 12 non penalty goals Palmer got this year in the league? Saka has had 3 consecutive double figure goal tally seasons. Kids been doing it since he was 19, gets double and triple marked every game. Come back to me in 3 years

@@benlane728210 pens in a season that must be a record 😮

newcastle have been very poor at times tho, lazy away performances. I disagree how they use it as an excuse against Isak I think Isak defo deserves a shout.

I watch a lot of Liverpool, another team with a big injury list and it looks to me that teams that have persistent injury issues are in their predicament because of the way they play not because of bad luck

@@sumitroy1312 Man Utd play some of the most lethargic, pathetic football around and they've got loads of injuries - not so sure it's just on style of play, fixture congestion is a killer also

Do you belive that Chelsea had a bad season? They are still tied 7th and had 25 more injuries than Newcastle.

@@rag4129 Chelsea have also spent 2 billion in 10 years, Newcastle still have Dan Burn at Lb and were almost relegated just three years ago - can't compare them

I was with you until you spelt surprised with a Z

@@DanielCurtzZ Ha ha ha I'm a teacher, but not an Englishteacher. You found at least one good reason. I will not correct it, as I loved your comment.

💯 Odegaard has been our best player if you ask people who watch arsenal 😊

​@@Ciilow24Gabriel has been Arsenal best player, no doubt.

Raya, Gabriel, saliba, Martin and Rice are best in their positions in d league 🏆 but without trophy v can't make strong case for d numero uno player

A hundred million for the community shield world cup is not value for money.

no but the pressure a big signing like that has aswell, he absolutely deserves so much praise after how good he has been. He could have been a few gears lower this year and people would have still said he’s been good, but he’s been unreal

So to back your point.....if failures are the norm for high fees and then you get a very rare success....it is a bargain.... Players sold for £100m or over.... Mbappe Ronaldo Neymar Rice Coutinho Dembele Pogba Griezmann Caicedo Grealish Felix Lukaku Bellingham Hazard Kane Only 3 have won the league and one of those is Grealish who has been lacklustre, Mbappe in farmers league and Bellingham who is value

@@MovementMagazineLtd Only one is being overhyped for winni g the community shield.

​@@Tebohomotitimi he won it in his first game 9 months ago....the fuck are you trying to prove here....he is currently top of the Premier league ahead of the greatest team in Premier league history....he also won said Community shield against said team and hasn't lost in 3 games against them....in that 9 months Terrible flex brahhhh

Isn’t even in the top 5 best arsenal players this season

@@dylansloot8295 He has created most chances by quiet a distance, in a team which have scored most in PL. In fact, he is one of those with highest chancecreating in the 5 top leagues. Stats says it, the eyetest says it, the oponents managers tells it by how they set up teams to get him out of the game. The oponent targets two players at Arsenal, Saka and MØ. Against Bayern M Laimer followed MØ all the time (he did a great job, by the way).

​@@dylansloot8295take out odegaard and watch arsenal struggle to create chances. Odegaard is the glue to every attack

He’s bang average not even top 5 youngsters in the league

These guys are casuals. Surface level analysis. Typical.

Arsenal's whole team is fantastic off out of position. Havertz and Jesus are somehow defensive strikers

@@Kate-ms2mn totally, but Saka is also putting up Ronaldo and Rooney numbers at this age and is also miles better than another winger defensively. He is in the best all phases winger in Europe probably the world

Saka’s g/a per 90 without penalties is barely above Rodri’s. Rodri who isn’t a nominee.

@@TP-pq9xxhe’s an Arsenal fan don’t expect him to use his head

@@TP-pq9xx that’s false, and also still doesn’t change that Saka has more goal contributions than “best player in the league, Phil Foden”. I love how city fans are saying Saka’s goals don’t count cos he’s scored penalties and tap ins, but were saying haaland deserved the balon dor for scoring 40 tap ins. Saka is the only player in the league that’s top 10 in goal involvements, big chances created, key passes, and has the most expected assists in the league.

@@Mhollette What is false? non penalty g/a per 90 : Foden - 0.83 (midfielder) Saka - 0.60 ((forward) Rodri - 0.54 (defensive midfielder)

@@TP-pq9xx Foden plays as a forward too. You’re being incredibly dishonest. Penalties are still goals. Do you expect him to just miss them?

Exactly utter ridiculous, he hasn’t recovered from being injured with Egypt, but awful season is ridiculous 🤦🏾‍♂️

Three weeks ago Van Dijk would have been favourite to win this, or very close to it. Now they’re talking as though he is extremely luckily to even be nominated.

I’ve watched every game and I agree. In the two legs against Bayern he was the best player on the pitch by far

I thought the same thing - just because Odegaard doesn't have the same numbers as last year but he's been exceptional this year

@@billybaldry100 It's just lazy analysis - particularly from people who get paid to talk about football. Another thing - Jarrod Bowen hasn't scored more goals than Saka, and has less assists. Just do a bit of research, lads.

Absolutely, Ødegaard might not have as many goal contributions this year, but he has been without a doubt more important.

@@_MFenderso if you’ve watched every game you’ll know he started the season very slow. He only started picking it up in December/january.

If Haaland ends the season with the golden boot, most g/a in the league, and a PL title you don't think he even deserves to be nominated?

@@TP-pq9xx no I don’t….and here is why…. First of all teams win PL’s not players and it’s the POTY award. Secondly it’s not just about numbers either context is important, for example 4 of Haalands goals were against Wolves. They are a hugely depleted team and 2 of them were pens. That isn’t super impressive, any decent striker scores those goals for a City side that puts them on a plate for him. What has he done that’s extraordinary, has he for example scored any important cup goals, how has he performed against the better teams. He was bullied by Saliba and Gabriel for example, who kept him to almost 0 xG across 3 games. Same with VVD, pocketed him at Anfield. I think I’m right in saying he hasn’t scored in a final for City as well. So no he shouldn’t be nominated just because he is putting up meaningless numbers. He is a flat track bully who has under performed against the good teams and scored goals and pens against the poor ones. The fact he is there and Rodri is not is a joke!!!!

There are no finals during a PL season. This is about a premier league award. You're just grasping at straws looking for any reason not to include Haaland. I agree about Rodri though, they should obviously both be nominees.

@@Cafez27 So why didn't Jesus put up those numbers then when he was playing for city, also Haaland has an impressive goal scoring record for other clubs like Dortmund, Salzburg and his country Norway ur acting as if City are the reason he's scoring this many goals when he's done this for other clubs and his country too. Also ur forgetting last season fixture against Arsenal when they got destroyed by city and Haaland got 2 assists and a goal.

@@TP-pq9xx no I’m not he hasn’t scored any meaningful goals, and isn’t a very good footballer. If there is an award to the best goalscorer fine, but best footballer!?!?!? Here is question for you to illustrate the point, you have to lose one player Rodri or Haaland who are you giving up???

Awards not rewards lol

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Fully agree

18 pens? Totally wrong...

You clearly haven’t watched him play

He says it all the time too

English bias no way Rice should be in there ahead of Rodri

This is just daft Declan had been excellent from the word go

He’s performed at an Average 8/10 throughout the entire season. I don’t think you were watching him at the start

@@hartz9921 I’ve watched him all season he and Rodri have been by a mile the best number 6’s of the business

@@hartz9921 btw since when is 8/10 every game average, have a word with yourself!!!

Currently 6th with a small chance of 5th all whilst having the highest number of injuries...i usually like Ade but that's a terrible take. And regardless, Isak has been brilliant, so why does Newcastle's form come into play for Player of the Year?

@@SpinsAndBottles I agree fully. Newcastle also have the 4th best GD this season and have had some thumping victories. Had they not set such a high standard last season, this would actually be seen as a very good season for them given how poor they've been previously.

Exactly...he says stupid stuff sometimes Ade.

Agree with Havertz 👍🏽💯

raya has been average plus fumbled at a few important times as well. also dont see any fantastic distribution skills that Ramsdale didnt have

He is not average, not the best but 2-3 players mark this guy out game in game out, no other player in the league have such.

Yeah but Saka has been exposed to a lot more top flight football minutes for a lot longer than Palmer by way of Palmer being at City way down the pecking order for so long. While Saka was at a floundering Arsenal and came through very very early because they had fuck all other options. Credit to him though he obviously took his opportunity and ran with it

Palmer just turned 22. He is 7 months younger than Saka and this is his 1st season in 1st team. And he is already being compared to seasoned veterans.

That is their total goals in their career. Also football has gotten harder now than before.