Spanish League End of Season Awards (As.com)

kas wrote:My comments are below each pick.


Best Goalkeeper:
Abbondanzieri (Getafe)
Though I would pick Valdes...unbiased...everyone knows how many points he's saved us this year.
casillas does the same thing every year but is more consistent and makes less mistakes

Best Defenders:
Dani Alves (Sevilla)
Puerta (Sevilla)
Ayala (Valencia)
Belenguer (Getafe)
Could easily have Albiol in there as well.


Best Midfielders:
Poulsen (Sevilla)
Silva (Valencia)
Santi Cazorla (Recreativo)
Iniesta (Barcelona)
Some of the names in here were quite stupid - Messi, Deco, and Beckham have hardly played regularly during the season. Ronaldinho is a forward.


Best Forwards:
Kanoute (Sevilla)
van Nistelrooy (Real Madrid)
I also agree that Milito should be here ahead of Torres.


Best Player:
David Villa (Valencia)
This was the toughest for me to pick, and in the end I went with Villa because of his overall impact on Valencia's play - goals, as well as assists/buildup.
But it's a disgrace Iniesta is not in this list - he would probably be tied with Villa as my pick...he's broken out on the international stage as well this year and become one of Spain's best players.


Surprise Player:
Torres (Real Madrid)


Best Goal:
Ronaldinho vs Villarreal


Best President:
Del Nido (Sevilla)
I agree, quite a silly category. Has to be Del Nido for his club's footballing achievements, despite his stupid comments sometimes. Laporta would normally get my vote but he f@cked up with the pre-season tour, Torres of Getafe is a wanker, and the AS writers must have been drunk when including Calderon in this list.


Best Manager:
Marcelino (Recreativo)
Ramos is the easy pick, but I value his success last season, this season has been a good job of building on it. Marcelino has been the real standout for me, and I hope he gets a better job than Depor next season...still, who knows, he might even turn them around.


Best Signing:
Silva (Valencia)
This was also quite tough, but in the end I picked Silva because he's not just a signing who's done well this season - this guy is truly one for the future. And they got him cheap too if I remember correctly.


Best Team:
Valencia
Apart from injuries, they haven't really done much wrong, so it's got to be them. Sevilla would be a lot of people's pick because they went so deep in 3 competitions, but for me their constant choking in La Liga at the start of 2007 was the deal-breaker.


Most offensive team:
Barcelona
This is the most bloody obvious category. Such a bad season for the whole team, and with Messi and Etoo both injured, yet if you go have a look at the Goals For column of the table we're miles ahead.


Most defensive team:
Deportivo
Their tactics have just been so utterly negative every match I've seen them, that they are an automatic winner in this for me. At least Madrid are scoring recently (and have a leaky defense anyway ), and Mallorca score some good goals.
Atletico should also be included, though they've had a good defense rather than being intentionally defensive.


Most tactical team:
Getafe
Schuster's strength and basis for their good performances.

kas wrote:Nobody else has an opinion?

Jaime wrote:AS is currently running a poll for the end of the season awards in Spain:

Best Goalkeeper: (pick 1)
Casillas (Real Madrid)
Abbondanzieri (Getafe)
Cañizares (Valencia)
Palop (Sevilla)

Best Defenders (pick 4)
Dani Alves (Sevilla)
Puyol (Barcelona)
Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid)
Puerta (Sevilla)
Ayala (Valencia)
Albiol (Valencia)
Torres (Real Madrid)
Belenguer (Getafe)
Enrique (Villarreal)

Best Midfielders (pick 4)
Messi (Barcelona)
Xavi (Barcelona)
Poulsen (Sevilla)
Silva (Valencia)
Nekounam (Osasuna)
Santi Cazorla (Recreativo)
Deco (Barcelona)
Iniesta (Barcelona)
Casquero (Getafe)
Beckham (Real Madrid)
Robinho (Real Madrid)
Ronaldinho (Barcelona)
Jesus Navas (Sevilla)

Best Forwards (pick 2)
David Villa (Valencia)
Kanoute (Sevilla)
van Nistelrooy (Real Madrid)
Fernando Torres (Atletico)

Best Player
Dani Alves (Sevilla)
Silva (Valencia)
van Nistelrooy (Real Madrid)
Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid)
David Villa (Valencia)
Messi (Barcelona)

Surprise Player
Silva (Valencia)
Torres (Real Madrid)
Messi (Barcelona)
Santi Cazorla (Recreativo)

Best Goal
van Nistelrooy vs Valencia
Soldado vs Levante
Ronaldinho vs Villarreal
Casquero vs Betis
Portillo vs Real Sociedad
Higuain vs Espanyol
Casquero vs Zaragoza
Messi vs Real Madrid
Maresca vs Real Madrid

Best President (stupid category IMO)
Del Nido (Sevilla)
Torres (Getafe)
Calderon (Real Madrid)
Laporta (Barcelona)
Mendoza (Recreativo)

Best Manager (no Capello???? )
Juande Ramos (Sevilla)
Schuster (Getafe)
Quique Sanchez Flores (Valencia)
Marcelino (Recreativo)

Best Signing
Poulsen (Sevilla)
van Nistelrooy (Real Madrid)
Silva (Valencia)
Victor Fernandez (Zaragoza)
Abbondanzieri (Getafe)
Savio (Real Sociedad)

Best Team
Barcelona
Real Madrid
Sevilla
Valencia

Most offensive team (no Real Madrid???? )
Barcelona
Sevilla
Zaragzoa

Most defensive team
Deportivo
Getafe
Real Madrid
Valencia

Most tactical team
Getafe
Sevilla
Valencia
Zaragoza