The Through Ball's End of Year Awards Recap 2014-15 - a podcast by The Through Ball Podcast Team
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The Through Ball's weekly podcast recently did a season review and handed out our prestigious awards for the 2014-15 Barclay's Premier League.
For those who missed the episode, here's a summary of the awards.
Team of The Year
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| Through Ball's Team of the Year 2014-15 |
Goalkeeper
David De Gea - Manchester United
Defenders
César Azpilicueta - Chelsea
Laurent Koscielny - Arsenal
John Terry - Chelsea
Branislav Ivanović- Chelsea
Midfielders
David Silva - Manchester City
Nemanja Matić - Chelsea
Alexis Sanchez - Arsenal
Forwards
Sergio Agüero - Manchester City
Diego Costa - Chelsea
Eden Hazard - Chelsea
Substitute Bench
Thibaut Courtois - Chelsea (Goalkeeper)
Ryan Bertrand - Southampton (Left Back)
Gary Cahill - Chelsea (Centerback)
Gareth Barry - Everton (Midfielder)
Cesc Fabregas - Chelsea (Midfielder)
Philippe Coutinho - Liverpool (Midfielder)
Morgan Schneiderlin - Southampton (Midfielder)
Morgan Schneiderlin - Southampton (Midfielder)
Harry Kane - Tottenham Hotspurs (Forward)
Players just missing the cut Spurs'Cristain Eriksen, and Southampton's Nathaniel Clyne and Jose Fonte.
Manager of the Year
Southampton'sRonald Koemanwas our favourite for the best manager in the league this year. Putting together a stunning Southampton team that definitely exceeded all expectations and was able to deliver high value and high entertainment with much lesser in terms of resources. And all that after a summer in which the team was gutted of its stars.
Jose Mourinho (Chelsea) was also up there in our discussion, only just missing out to Koeman.
Player of the Year
No surprises here, withEden Hazard winning the Player of the Year Award vote unanimously. Hazard probably had an outstanding season for Chelsea coming through many times when Chelsea needed the 3 points. He has established himself as a proper world class talent and a definite threat for next year.
Young Player of the Year
Our Young Player of the Year isHarry Kane, Kane has been in superb form for Tottenham this season despite starting the campaign as third-choice striker, netting 30 goals in all competitions for the club while also scoring on his senior England debut.
Goal of the Year
Our pick this year was tough - the only contentious choice in the whole awards. After much debate, we settled onCharlie Adam's long range strike from his own half to beat Chelsea's Courtois.
Honorable mentions to Jack Wilshere (Arsenal) for his last day volley against West Brom, Juan Mata for his bicycle kick against Liverpool, Coutinho for his strike against Southampton, and Graziano Pelle (Southampton) and Charlie Adam (QPR) for their flick and volleys against each other's teams.
Transfer Hit and Flop of the Year
Unanimously, it was Arsenal'sAlexis Sanchez who cost the club £42.5 million but provided many many more times that value. He settled in faster at Arsenal than it takes Real Madrid to fire Managers. Contributing nearly 24 goals in all competitions, Alexis, is one to watch out for.
Our pick for flop of the year wasMario Balotelli.He was always a gamble, and turned out to be one that failed spectacularly. Just one goal all season despite ample playing time is a bad return for even most midfielders, never mind the supposedly lead striker. At least he didn't get in trouble, right?
There you have it then, round-up of our end of year awards for the Premier League 2014-2015 - congratulations to those who made it, and commiserations to those who missed out.
We'd love to hear your comments and thoughts!
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