Israel Saria
Eurosport – Mon, 21 Jan 14:48:00 2008
A look at the best and the worst of the weekend’s performers, with Emmanuel Adebayor sharing the Player of the Week award.
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HOW IT WORKS
We tot up the marks out of 10 awarded in five national newspapers – Sun, Mirror, Mail, Times and Guardian – to reach a total out of 50. The top player in each position will be rewarded with a spot in the team of the week, while the worst scorers will be named and shamed in our Flops XI.
TEAM OF THE WEEK
It says a lot for the depth of African talent in the Premier League that, despite a whole host of players currently at the African Nations Cup, the two top performers of the weekend come from Togo and Zimbabwe. Joe Hart is proving a revelation for Sven’s City, while honourable mentions go to Kalifa Cisse and Tom Huddlestone, two midfielders who almost made the cut filling in as centre backs.
Joe Hart (Manchester City) – 40
Glen Johnson (Portsmouth) – 34
David Wheater (Middlesbrough) – 40
Michael Dawson (Tottenham Hotspur) – 38
Gael Clichy (Arsenal) – 38
Alexander Hleb (Arsenal) – 40
Niko Kranjcar (Portsmouth) – 40
Claude Makelele (Chelsea) – 38
Tomas Rosicky (Arsenal) – 37
Benjani (Portsmouth) – 41
Emmanuel Adebayor (Arsenal) – 41
FLOPS OF THE WEEK
Fulham‘s Seol Ki-Yeon made a rare appearance at Craven Cottage and no wonder, as he’s the worst player of the week according to Fleet Street. A mark of how badly Elano and Laurent Robert fared is that Titus Bramble scored more than them.
Antti Niemi (Fulham) – 28
Danny Mills (Derby County) – 26
Dejan Stefanovic (Fulham) – 23
Titus Bramble (Wigan) – 24
Jose Enrique (Newcastle United) – 26
Laurent Robert (Derby County) – 21
Elano (Manchester City) – 21
Steven Davies (Fulham) – 23
Seol Ki-Hyeon (Fulham) – 19
Michael Owen (Newcastle United) – 26
Anthony Stokes (Sunderland) – 26
TEAM OF THE SEASON (minimum 12 starts)
Robert Green (West Ham) – 33.2 average
Steve Finnan (Liverpool) – 32
Joleon Lescott (Everton) – 34.6
Martin Laursen (Aston Villa) – 34.03
Gael Clichy (Arsenal) – 32.26
Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United) – 35.17
Steven Gerrard (Liverpool) – 34.81
Mikel Arteta (Everton) – 34.8
Ashley Young (Aston Villa) – 34.39
Wayne Rooney (Manchester United) – 35.57
Fernando Torres (Liverpool) – 34.04
FLOPS OF THE SEASON
Stephen Bywater (Derby County) – 29.83
Jay McEvely (Derby County) – 27.05
Ibrahima Sonko (Reading) – 27.04
Claude Davis (Derby County) – 26.92
Chris Baird (Fulham) – 28.14
Morten Gamst Pedersen (Blackburn Rovers) – 28.41
Brynjar Gunnarsson (Reading) – 27.69
Alan Smith (Newcastle United) – 27.93
Craig Fagan (Derby County) – 28.08
Benni McCarthy (Blackburn Rovers) – 28.26
Michael Chopra (Sunderland) – 28.34
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