SydneyChelsea
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- Messages
- 6,687
- Reaction score
- 4,906
The 2006 candidates for POTY were Ronaldinho, Lampard, and Gerrard.
That season(05/06)...
Ronaldinho: 25 goals, 17 assists (best ever season return)
Lampard: 20 goals, 10 assists- (second best ever season return)
Gerrard: 23 goals, 11 assists (best ever season return)
Last season(06/07)...
Ronaldinho- 23 goals, 10 assists. (second best ever season return)
Lampard- 23 goals, 16 assists. (= best ever season return)
Gerrard- 14 goals, 10 assists. (third best return ever)
Two of those have been variously described as "over the hill", "fat", and "past it"- what does that make the other one?
Also, is Ronaldinho really 'past it'? 23 goals in a "bad" season- it seems to me that people have unrealistic expectations, the same criticism that we level at Lampard. Ronaldinho is two years younger.
That season(05/06)...
Ronaldinho: 25 goals, 17 assists (best ever season return)
Lampard: 20 goals, 10 assists- (second best ever season return)
Gerrard: 23 goals, 11 assists (best ever season return)
Last season(06/07)...
Ronaldinho- 23 goals, 10 assists. (second best ever season return)
Lampard- 23 goals, 16 assists. (= best ever season return)
Gerrard- 14 goals, 10 assists. (third best return ever)
Two of those have been variously described as "over the hill", "fat", and "past it"- what does that make the other one?
Also, is Ronaldinho really 'past it'? 23 goals in a "bad" season- it seems to me that people have unrealistic expectations, the same criticism that we level at Lampard. Ronaldinho is two years younger.