Goal Legacy 2012-13 season awards: Sponsored by Burger King

Since us the mighty GLers disagree with every award or team of the seasons, I thought why not make our own awards? Balon D Or? No, it's all politics. WhoScored? No, they only see stats. Goal.com? No, they are shit. PFA? No, Brave Scotty Parker won two years back. NOW, we have the solution. Note: This is only for European leagues, sorry Nerman.

Italian Serie A
Best Goalkeeper:
Best Defender:
Best Midfielder:
Best Forward:
Best Coach:
Best Young Player (U21):
Best Transfer:
Worst Transfer:
Best Player:
Worst Player:

Team Of The Season


Spanish La Liga
Best Goalkeeper:
Best Defender:
Best Midfielder:
Best Forward:
Best Coach:
Best Young Player (U21):
Best Transfer:
Worst Transfer:
Best Player:
Worst Player:

Team Of The Season


English Premier League
Best Goalkeeper:
Best Defender:
Best Midfielder:
Best Forward:
Best Coach:
Best Young Player (U21):
Best Transfer:
Worst Transfer:
Best Player:
Worst Player:

Team Of The Season


German Bundensliga
Best Goalkeeper:
Best Defender:
Best Midfielder:
Best Forward:
Best Coach:
Best Young Player (U21):
Best Transfer:
Worst Transfer:
Best Player:
Worst Player:

Team Of The Season


French Ligue 1
Best Goalkeeper:
Best Defender:
Best Midfielder:
Best Forward:
Best Coach:
Best Young Player (U21):
Best Transfer:
Worst Transfer:
Best Player:
Worst Player:

Team Of The Season


Rest Of Europe
Best Goalkeeper:
Best Defender:
Best Midfielder:
Best Forward:
Best Coach:
Best Young Player (U21):
Best Transfer:
Worst Transfer:
Best Player:
Worst Player:

Team Of The Season


UEFA Champions League
Best Goalkeeper:
Best Defender:
Best Midfielder:
Best Forward:
Best Coach:
Best Young Player (U21):
Best Player:
Worst Player:

Team Of The Season


UEFA Europa League
Best Goalkeeper:
Best Defender:
Best Midfielder:
Best Forward:
Best Coach:
Best Young Player (U21):
Best Player:
Worst Player:

Team Of The Season


Overall
Best Goalkeeper:
Best Defender:
Best Midfielder:
Best Forward:
Best Coach:
Best Young Player (U21):
Best Transfer:
Worst Transfer:
Best Player:
Worst Player:

Team Of The Season


Let the games begin.

Spanish La Liga
Best Goalkeeper: Willy Caballero
Best Defender: No stand outs but I will say that Ingio has been a rock for La Real this year
Best Midfielder: Iniesta, dude's a magician
Best Forward: Messi is the pichichi so probably deserves best forward
Best Coach: Simione
Best Young Player (U21): Isco (Varane honourable mention)
Best Transfer: Diego Lopez was a god send for Madrid this year
Worst Transfer: Song lol
Best Player: Iniesta
Worst Player: Zaragoza legend Postiga

Team of the Season



UEFA Champions League

Best Goalkeeper: Toss up between Neuer, Willy and Weindenfeller. I go with Neuer.
Best Defender: Thiago Silva
Best Midfielder: Gundogan
Best Forward: Ronaldo
Best Coach: Jupp Heynckes (Special mention to Klopp and "Remontada" Roura)
Best Young Player (U21): Isco
Best Transfer: Martinez, worth every penny
Worst Transfer: Zenit splashed a lot of cash for very little return. One of their signings (Not Hulk)
Best Player: Robben was clutch for Bayern in the final stretch. (Can't believe I just said that lol)
Worst Player: Don't know probably someone on Zagreb or Nordsjælland

English Premier League
Best Goalkeeper: Petr Cech
Best Defender: Rio Ferdinand
Best Midfielder: Steven Gerrard
Best Forward: Robin van Persie
Best Coach: Sir Alex Ferguson
Best Young Player (U21): Christian Benteke (though he's actually 22)
Best Transfer: Michu
Worst Transfer: Javi Garcia, Scott Sinclair or Marko Marin. Any of those three.
Best Player: Gareth Bale
Worst Player: Jose Bosingwa

Team Of The Season

I'd post but im too lazy :p

I'll post mine when I'm trying to avoid real work

Spanish La Liga

Best Goalkeeper: Willy (Courtois)
Best Defender: Godin (Ramos)
Best Midfielder: Iniesta (Koke)
Best Forward: Messi (Falcao/Ronaldo)
Best Coach: Simeone
Best Young Player (U21): Koke (Isco)
Best Transfer: Jordi Alba (Chori Castro) (Truth be told nothing that gr8)
Worst Transfer: I'd say Song, but its more that Barca failed to sign a CB than that they signed him. He's been good.
Best Player: Messi
Worst Player: No idea...

Team Of The Season

Willy
Martinez Ramos Godin Filipe
Koke Ilarramendi Iniesta
Messi Falcao Ronaldo

Harsh on Postiga, Zealous... He had his best scoring year of his career, playing for a relegated side lol.

Not bad to get 13 goals. Probably one of their best players.

Wth is Ramos doing in so many people's list when he was benched this season for his poor performance in set pieces.

BarcaKizz wrote:Harsh on Postiga, Zealous... He had his best scoring year of his career, playing for a relegated side lol.

Not bad to get 13 goals. Probably one of their best players.

Yeah I know it's just that I never really rated him lol

BarrileteCosmico wrote:Wth is Ramos doing in so many people's list when he was benched this season for his poor performance in set pieces.

Ramos wasn't benched because of his set piece defending (although at the start of the season it wasn't that great).

He's been one of La Liga's best CBs though. Comfortably in the top 3.

Italian Serie A
Best Goalkeeper: Samir Hadanovic
Best Defender: Andrea Barzagli
Best Midfielder: Vidal, Hamsik close 2nd
Best Forward: Edinson Cavani
Best Coach: Vincenzo Montella
Best Young Player (U21): Stephan El Shaarawy
Best Transfer: Ricardo Montolivo
Worst Transfer: Neto/Acerbi/Silvestre take your pick
Best Player: Arturo Vidal
Worst Player: Neto

Team Of The Season


Manager: Vincenzo Monella

Bench: Marchetti, Bonucci, Ogbonna, Abate, Cuardado, Valero, Pirlo, Di Natale, Jovetic, Lamela,

Thier should be most improved as well M99.

Italian Serie A
Best Goalkeeper: Handanovic
Best Defender: Barzagli
Best Midfielder: Vidal
Best Forward: Cavani
Best Coach: Montella
Best Young Player (U21): Erik Lamela/SES
Best Transfer: Montolivo
Worst Transfer: Silvestre
Best Player: Cavani
Worst Player: Neto
Most Improved: Adem Ljajic

Team Of The Season

Bench: Marchetti, Marquinhos, Bonucci, MDS, Pizzaro, Marchisio, Pirlo, Lamela, Totti, and Ljajic.

Italian Serie A
Best Goalkeeper: Buffon
Best Defenfer: Bonucci (Had a great season imo)
Best Midfielder: Vidal
Best Forward: Cavani
Best Coach: Conte (If Fio made 3rd I'd have picked Montella, Conte kept us top of serie A from pretty much the first to the last game, proved the doubters wrong who put his previous success down to no European fatigue)
Best Young Player (U21): SES
Best Transfer: Montolivo (Pogba needs to play more before he wins this, Giampaolo P. gets an honourable mention
Worst Transfer: Silvestre or Schelotto, pick 1 I guess.
Best Player: Vidal (Cavani had a barren goal drought, Vidal maintained his spectacular form
Worst Player: Neto is a good call, he can't tackle for shit. Truely not worthy of anything except this award.



Team of the Season:

------------------------------------Buffon-----------------------------------
Lichtsteiner--------Bar-----------Bonucci------------Chiellini----------SES*
---------------------Vidal---------Montolivo--------Borjit0o0o0-----------
------------------------Toto Di Natale------------ChinVani----------------


Put SES wing back as this isn't just a team that could work, I was trying to fit the players I wanted to in this formation.


Have to use 3 at the back really, considering the top 2 teams and 3 out of the top 4 teams used it. Would be odd not to base it on this.


Bench: Handanovic (Not his fault that he has clowns infront of him, but I can't NOT give GIGI the place considering he barely put a foot wrong all season in the league)

Pirlo (Missed out by his own exceptionally high standards

Totti

Marchisio

Campagnaro

Giampaolo P.

Lamela

whoever else.

UEFA Champions League
Best Goalkeeper: Weidenfeller just ahead of Neuer and Caballero
Best Defender: Silva edges Dante because the latter f*cked up in the final.
Best Midfielder: Schweinsteiger just ahead of Gündogan
Best Forward: Müller
Best Coach: Heynckes edges Klopp
Best Young Player (U21): Götze
Best Player: toss-up between Schweinsteiger and Müller
Worst Player: Probably some kid from Eastern Europe we don't know about that crased out of the group stage.

Team Of The Season
------------- Weidenfeller
Lahm --- Silva ---- Dante ---- Alaba
----- Gündogan - Schweinsteiger
Müller -------- Götze ------- Ribéry
------------ Lewandowski

Shout-outs because they deserve a mention: Messi, Ronaldo, Reus, Hummels, Isco, Ibrahimovic, Rooney, RVP, Vidal, Pirlo, Buffon

German Bundesliga
Best Goalkeeper: René Adler
Best Defender: Dante
Best Midfielder: Schweinsteiger, just ahead of Gündogan
Best Forward: Müller
Best Coach: Heynckes
Best Young Player (U21): Götze (just edges Draxler)
Best Player: Schweinsteiger, just ahead of Gündogan
Worst Player: Nobody in particular.
Best Transfer: Dante just ahead of 40m-bargain Martinez.
Worst Transfer: TBH I just don't remember any players flopping hard as individuals.

Team Of The Season
----------------- Adler
Lahm --- Hummels - Dante --- Alaba
------ Gündogan - Schweinsteiger
Müller -------- Götze --------- Ribéry
--------------- Kießling

Italian Serie A
Best Goalkeeper: Handanovic
Best Defender: Barzagli
Best Midfielder: Vidal
Best Forward: Cavani
Best Coach: Montella
Best Young Player (U21): SES
Best Transfer: Balotelli
Best Player: Vidal

Team Of The Season


Spanish La Liga
Best Goalkeeper: Willy
Best Defender: Godin
Best Midfielder: Iniesta
Best Forward: Messi
Best Coach: Simeone
Best Young Player (U21): Varane
Best Player: Messi

Team Of The Season

Italian Serie A
Best Goalkeeper: Buffon
Best Defender: Barzagli
Best Midfielder: Montolivo
Best Forward: Cavani
Best Coach: Allegri
Best Young Player (U21): El Sharaawy
Best Transfer: Pazzini
Worst Transfer: B.Traore
Best Player: Cavani
Worst Player: B.Traore

Team Of The Season




UEFA Champions League
Best Goalkeeper: Neuer
Best Defender: Silva
Best Midfielder: Schweinsteiger
Best Forward: Lewandowski
Best Coach: Heynckes
Best Young Player (U21): Gotze
Best Player: Schweinsteiger
Worst Player: B.Traore . Any worst and he wouldn't even deserve this . To bottom .. and beyond !

Team Of The Season

Neuer

Lahm - Silva - Dante - Alaba

Javi Martinez - Schweinsteiger

Robben - Reus - Ronaldo

Lewandowski

English Premier League
Best Goalkeeper: Lloris
Best Defender: Nastasic
Best Midfielder: Carrick
Best Forward: Suarez
Best Coach: SAF
Best Young Player (U21): Benteke
Best Transfer: Cazorla
Worst Transfer: Adebayor, Bosingwa
Best Player: Bale
Worst Player: Bosingwa

Team Of The Season
LLoris

Rafael ---- Nastasic ----- Vertonghen---- Espinoza

Mata ----Carrick----- Cazorla

Suarez----Van Persie----- Bale

Spanish La Liga
Best Goalkeeper: Willy Caballero
Best Defender: Inigo Martinez
Best Midfielder: Andres Iniesta
Best Forward: Lionel Messi
Best Coach: Diego Simeone
Best Young Player (U21): Koke
Best Transfer: Aritz Aduriz
Worst Transfer: Alex Song
Best Player: Lionel Messi
Worst Player:

Team Of The Season


Coach: Diego Simeone

Bench: Courtois, Ramos, Xavi, Illaramendi, Fabregas, Soldado, Aduriz, Griezmann

Oh man! How did I forget Aduriz! Yes, easily beat tfer. He was immense.

@ BC: Cissokho? You really think he was the best LB going?
He didn't even hold down the posse for the season.

Champions league


Gk de gea
Cb varane and Evans
Rb rafael
Lb Evra

Cm cleverley and gundogan


Wingers robben and Ribery
Cam Goetze
Striker Lewa

RW
Lw Ribery

English Premier League
Best Goalkeeper: Julio Cesar
Best Defender: Jan Vertonghen
Best Midfielder: Michael Carrick
Best Forward: Gareth Bale
Best Coach: Sir Alex Ferguson
Best Young Player (U21): Romelu Lukaku
Best Transfer: Michu
Worst Transfer: Scott Sinclair
Best Player: Gareth Bale
Worst Player: someone from QPR, probably Bosingwa or Granero

Team Of The Season


Manager: Sir Alex Ferguson

Bench: Begovic, De Gea, Rafael, Taylor, Nastasic, Williams, Evra, Cazorla, Felliani, Dembele, Benteke, Lukaku, Hazard

Italian Serie A
Best Goalkeeper: Buffon
Best Defender: Andrea Barzagli
Best Midfielder: Vidal
Best Forward: Edinson Cavani
Best Coach: Vincenzo Montella
Best Young Player (U21): Stephan El Shaarawy
Best Transfer: Riccardo Montolivo
Worst Transfer: Silvestre
Best Player: Arturo Vidal
Worst Player: Take your pick from the Pescara back 4

Team Of The Season

------------------Buffon
------Barza---Bonucci----Camagnaro
Licht-----Vidal------Monto---------MDS
----------------Hamsik
-------Di Natale-----Cavani

No SES on your team https://i.servimg.com/u/f43/16/93/79/64/37329810.gif

I actually get it, with SES there is no room for Di Natale who has again been quite amazing. I put Totti instead of Di Natale which ain't unfair at all, Totti's goal+assists is immense this season.

English Premier League
Best Goalkeeper: Cech
Best Defender: Vertonghen
Best Midfielder: Mata
Best Forward: Suarez
Best Coach: Alex Ferguson
Best Young Player (U21): Coutinho
Best Transfer: Robin Van Persie
Worst Transfer: Assaidi
Best Player: Luis Suarez
Worst Player: Bosingwa

Team Of The Season:

--------------------Cech---------------
--Rafael---Vertonghen--Ferdinand-- Enrique
-----------Carrick----Gerrard---------
-----Mata-------Suarez-----Bale--------
---------------RVP---------------

You could make an argument for a lot of players, and Totti has been excellent this season. SES has been great, Chiellini good. You could make a case for Rodriguez, as well as Borja. Bradley has also been outstanding, You can also argue about the inclusion of Behrami

In the end my XI is just made up of what i think is most functional, and adds a bit of my personal preference