La Liga Volga Autumn 2008 has just recently ended on Sunday, Nov 2nd, 2008. No football season will be complete without fitting tributes and reviews of the performances and results. Hence, The Volgograd Times is proud to bring you our inaugural football league Team of The Season Review.
Team of The Season is also usually known as dream team. A survey has been carried out among managers and captains of all the teams. They are supposed to nominate the best player (from all teams) for each position on the field and behold, the following list is the result of the nominations.
Team of The Season
GK – Dave (Tongkat Sakti)
LB – Tank (Tongkat Sakti)
CB – Sibol (Volgopharm)
RB – Vicky (Nagasaki)
MC/DM – Ganesh (Tongkat Sakti)
LM – Gerald (Tongkat Sakti)
RM – Thomas (Kim)
AMC/FC – Khairul Afham (Volgopharm)
FC – Mustafa (Tongkat Sakti)
Special Accolades
- Best Player: Gerald (Tongkat Sakti)
- Best Manager: Latish (Tongkat Sakti)
- Best Goal: Gerald (vs Nagasaki)
- Most Promising Player: Vinod (Nagasaki)
- Worst Blunder: Kelvin’s open goal miss (vs Tongkat Sakti)
- Crowd-Favorite Player: Douglas (Tongkat Sakti)
- ‘Kangkang’ RM0.50 Master: Firdaus (Nagasaki)
Well that just about sums it up… La Liga Volga Autumn 2008 Team of The Season Review to follow shortly after.
What are your personal nominations for each position and special accolades?
November 6th, 2008 at 6:55 pm
i x agree with the gk n best manager,as all of us knw dave is not tested as a keeper.all the ball was blocked by defender.n every1 knws the best gk should be given to dumin.
manager,should be given to aaron soares,kim manager,i am not talking proud abt my own manager but i knw how much he did fr the team n the formation he give everytime works.i think u should ask again abt the person is choosen.
thank u
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November 6th, 2008 at 7:45 pm
well,every team would say that their manager did this and that which is alot for the team’s benefit and a good formation and so on..but just accept it that the end results is the one that counts,and he fairly deserves to be the best manager for this league….
best keeper should be given to azim,he fared better than all the other keepers..
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flowerhorn Reply:
November 6th, 2008 at 8:27 pm
vsmu student,
Might I ask how do you decide that azim has fared better than other goalkeepers? Is it by number of clean sheets or number of goals conceded or spectacular saves in games?
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monkey Reply:
November 10th, 2008 at 2:49 pm
it’s about how the GK made spectacular saves..and not how many goals he conceeded..in fact..i think Dave was not put into test..because of Tongkat’s defenders do most of the job..
so..
i think Azim deserved to be the best GK in Volgo..
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bluek Reply:
November 10th, 2008 at 5:00 pm
If a keeper is only judged based on spectacular saves, in that case why isn’t David James ever voted in the FIFA top 50 ?. He has made amazing n spectacular saves in his career. If u have watched different highlights of different keepers in the world including Buffon n Cassilas, James has made almost impossible saves compared to others. then why is he not recognized for those saves?
November 7th, 2008 at 4:36 am
Sometimes a gud keeper is not only judge by his spectacular saves, but also the ability to command and organise the defense. For me i see this more in Dave, n the number of clean sheets was more than Dumin or Azim who both conceded goals in all games. I have to agree that keepers like Dumin n Azim especially have better reflex than Dave, but are spectacular saves n reflexes more important than keeping ur team at bay n winning games?
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November 7th, 2008 at 2:28 pm
vsmu sound more like a football school than a medical school. guy get over it please..football is not gonna feed u.
don’t argue over it.
everybody did well this season, the only advantage was luck.
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November 7th, 2008 at 2:34 pm
then kim keeper yim conceeded only 1 goal,is he the best keeper.
think.
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monkey Reply:
November 10th, 2008 at 2:51 pm
correct oso aa?
why la Yim didn’t get the best GK instead of Dave..?
voters…answer pleaseeee…
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blackie Reply:
November 10th, 2008 at 6:26 pm
if really got a lot of people interested in voting.. a poll can be materialize at some part of the site one.. =P
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November 7th, 2008 at 8:55 pm
caya la daus…keeping up our tradition & legacy…but im stil #1 la kan, hikhik =P
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November 8th, 2008 at 9:58 am
hey mic, have you ever heard of the phrase: the brave make their own luck?
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November 10th, 2008 at 5:04 pm
Why isnt Pathman in the team?
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November 14th, 2008 at 10:18 pm
Yah thines.. I agree with u bout d goalkeeper of the season.. Bt can’t blame anyone, coz obviously this line up r not chosen by some expert panel, sportswritters or football pundits.. Every1 has their own right to come out wt their own line up for Team of the season(ToS). Their selection r based on how they define the term ‘impressive’ in football (or jz chose whoever they like or close with la) .. In my own opinion n based on wat i saw, my conclusion for volgo league ToS 2008:
i agree wt the above line up except for the GK and defenders. Can’t judge a GK based on how many goals they conceded. The defenders should get the credit.. Dumin should fill in that spot. Blessed with good positioning, ball handling and reflex. Daniel would b the best option for me to fill in the slot of center back. I would say that he contributed massively to tongkat sakti, being one of the team that conceded the less this season.. Fullbacks? Tough one. But, if Maui is given a chance to play regularly from day 1, i’m sure he can squeeze himself in. The other contender would be Douglas.. Anyway, i praise Maui for proving the critics wrong this season (after he decided that he doesn’t want to be a GK, converting himself as a fullback)..
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