{"id":58,"date":"2015-05-26T17:44:00","date_gmt":"2015-05-26T17:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.andcouldheplay.com\/?p=58"},"modified":"2015-05-26T17:44:00","modified_gmt":"2015-05-26T17:44:00","slug":"liverpool-fc-end-of-season-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.andcouldheplay.com\/liverpool-fc-end-of-season-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Liverpool FC: End Of Season Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"
Let\u2019s be honest, it\u2019s been a poor season. It wasn\u2019t exactly the type of season anyone would want to write home about before<\/em> the Reds lost 6-1 away to Stoke, but sufficed to say that result has left a bad taste in the mouth.<\/p>\n So the idea of doing some End Of Season Awards seems a little bit like being asked to judge a \u2018fart in an elevator\u2019 competition: Unappealing and hardly likely to get anyone overly excited.<\/p>\n Yet the truth is that the players gave it their all. The manager, despite what some might say, did everything that he could to see Liverpool be as successful as possible. The season was a washout, but it wasn\u2019t because of an intentional collapse or failure.<\/p>\n Therefore it\u2019s only fair that those that gave their blood sweat and tears to the Liverpool shirt this season are rewarded with a thank you. And that thank you is here in the form of our inaugural Awards. Let us know if you think we\u2019ve got it wrong anywhere!<\/p>\n There are a number of entrants for this particular award. Especially given that FSG have deliberately employed a tactic of using youth as much as possible. Players like Lazar Markovic, Emre Can, Alberto Moreno, Philippe Coutinho, Raheem Sterling, Jordan Ibe and Jerome Sinclair have all made appearances in the first team this season, and all of them are under 25.<\/p>\n Sinclair and Ibe haven\u2019t had enough of an impact to win this award, though they have done enough to mean that Liverpool fans should be excited about them as prospects in the coming years.<\/p>\n Likewise neither Moreno nor Markovic have been particularly impressive for the Reds, with both finding their positions in the starting line-up to be rather limited.<\/p>\n Emre Can and Philippe Coutinho are the standout candidates, with both having been excellent throughout the year. Yet Can\u2019s performances fell away a little bit towards the end of campaign, with Rodgers\u2019s decision to play him out of position doing him no real favours. As for Coutinho, we\u2019ve got another award entirely in mind for him.<\/p>\nYoung Player Of The Year<\/h2>\n