The Alternative Football Awards

With the recent release of the shortlist of both the PFA player and young player of the season and the Premier League 20 seasons awards, I have decided to give my own awards out. Unlike the conventional awards such as 'player of the season' and 'goal of the season', my awards will be a little bit different.

'Worst' Player of the Season

The Candidates:-

At least he has the looks

Andrey Arshavin - The enigma that is Andrei Arshavin, a player who can score 4 against Liverpool at Anfield one week and get substituted for Chu-Young Park the next. In his 26 appearances for the Gunners this season he has the amazing total of 2 goals the same amount as his Arsenal team mate Laurent Koscielny. As a result Arsene Wenger sent him back to Russia on loan with Zenit St Petersburg where so far he has one goal in five appearances.

Hindsights a wonderful thing

Fernando Torres - £50 million - Messi, Ronaldo, Rooney - some of the players you might think are worth this amount of money, to be honest Messi and Ronaldo are probably worth three times that amount. Three years ago you would most likely have added Fernando Torres to that list, two years ago he was worth £30 million, a year ago £20-25 million and now less than £20 million. Yet just over a year ago Chelsea payed £50 million for the Spanish international, since then has scored the grand total of 8 goals in 41 appearances for Chelsea, missed an open goal against Manchester United and been dropped from the Spain squad.

Get in! 7th place

Stewart Downing - To be quite honest I could of chosen any of Liverpool's recent signings especially Jordan Henderson and Andy Carroll, but I was so astounded by his stats this season I just couldn't leave him out. In 31 Premier League appearances this season Downing has the accumulated the grand total of 2 goals and 3 assists - appalling. It is even more appalling when you compare Downing with his former Aston Villa team mate Ashley Young, who in fewer games (22 PL appearances) has 6 goals and 12 assists.

Joey Barton - Maybe if he wasn't such an annoying, outspoken (Insert expletive here) prima donna I may have a bit of sympathy for the QPR captain, but the reality is Joey Barton has been one of this season's biggest under performers. his inconsistent form has seen a QPR team with decent Premier League players such as Bobby Zamora and Djibril Cisse become embroiled in a relegation battle. In all fairness to Barton since he has taken a break from Twitter his form and that of QPR has improved.

You only have yourself to blame Wolves

Roger Johnson - Throughout Birmingham City's recent two year stint in the in the Premier League their two stand out performers were the centre back partnership of Scott Dann and Roger Johnson, so when the brummies were relegated both Dann and Johnson were hot property. Blackburn snapped up Dann, who has had a decent season at Ewood park and Wolves captured Johnson, who has had an indifferent season to say the least. Wolves as a collective have been very poor this season, but it is defensively were they have been abysmal (This is what happens when you loan out George Elokobi) conceding 73 goals this season with Johnson being made to look very ordinary.

The Winner

Roger Johnson  

Yessssssssssss I won