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high press episode 25 – weekly football prediction

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Excessive Press Episode 25:

Episode 25 of Excessive Press appears on the historical past of the FWA Participant of the Yr, with a visit down reminiscence lane to have a look at among the previous winners.
Host Alison Bender is joined by Gerry Cox, John Cross and Carrie Brown to additionally talk about this season’s race for the award and who every of the panellists will probably be voting for.

Cox begins the episode off by recounting the winners when he was chair of the FWA. He believes this season’s contest for Participant of the Yr is among the tightest ever, with voters going through some robust selections.

From Sir Stanley Matthews to Fran Kirby

Brown remembers the importance of Fran Kirby and Nikita Parris successful Participant of the Yr, and offers an anecdote about Raheem Sterling’s sensible speech when he gained the award, adopted by some awkward mingling backstage.

Cross says it ‘actually means every thing’, after seeing former winners flip up for the ceremony to have fun 75 years of the award final yr.
Wanting on the standards when voting on the award, Cox says, “For my part, it’s the participant that will get you off your seat, the participant you’d pay to go and watch… it’s not nearly who’s the highest scorer from the champions, there are such a lot of different components…

“I feel this yr, there are such a lot of good gamers, and there are groups (like Metropolis, Arsenal and Liverpool), the place there’s two or three candidates.”
After Cox talked about the wording for the award, Brown brings up that the honour was created after British journalists wished to have a strategy to acknowledge the greatness pf Stanley Matthews. The phrase ‘by principle and instance’ was used, and that is still related to today.

Frank Lampard – the fashionable footballer

Brown additionally appears again on when Jordan Henderson gained the award and was delivered to tears by Jurgen Klopp’s video message.
With every of the panel sharing tales of their award ceremony experiences, Cox talks by means of an emotional speech from Frank Lampard.

The then Chelsea midfielder delivered such an exquisite monologue that The Observer printed the speech in full the next day for instance of what a footballer needs to be.
Bender poses the difficult query of which Participant of the Yr stands out above the remainder.

Ronaldo, Salah, Henry, Matthews – the standout winners

Cross names Thierry Henry as his ‘vote’, but in addition mentions Cristiano Ronaldo, Didier Drogba and Mo Salah. Cox says Stanley Matthews is ‘the right Footballer of the Yr’, and provides, ‘he stands for every thing we consider in’.

Anomalies of previous winners

Taking a extra controversial flip, Bender brings up among the ‘anomalies’, together with David Ginola, who gained the award within the yr that Manchester United gained the treble. Cross argues it ‘ought to have been a United participant’.

Scott Parker successful the award is one other determination that aged poorly with West Ham struggling relegation. Cox admits it ‘stands out and appears odd’, however he accepts that there was plenty of assist for it on the time.

Specializing in this yr’s voting, Cross stresses the significance of choosing a participant from the champions. Whereas he might should vote earlier than the title is set, he says he would choose Rodri if he needed to vote now.

Cox says he can be ‘very tempted’ to take Phil Foden over Rodri. For the ladies’s award, Lauren James has plenty of assist from Cross and Brown.