You can’t win with football fans, we all know this.
The only thing that inspires accusations of bias more than a lopsided combined XI is that time near the end of the season when the PFA Team of the Year comes out.
That time is now and that team is nothing but fair, by our estimations.
On Thursday morning, the Professional Football Association named the XI of Premier League players that have most impressed since the start of the season.
And it looks like this.
Manchester United goalkeeper David De Gea was named between the sticks while Liverpool’s Sadio Mane starts on the right side of midfield with Everton’s Romelu Lukaku, the league’s top scorer with 24 goals so far, starts up front.
The remaining eight places are reserved for the two teams currently battling it out for the title as the full-back positions are occupied by Tottenham Hotspur’s Kyle Walker and Danny Rose, with an all-Chelsea centre-back pairing of David Luiz and Gary Cahill.
Dele Alli and N’golo Kante are rewarded with places in the centre of the park, with Eden Hazard on the left.
Harry Kane, after recently returning from injury, joins Lukaku in what would amount to a lethal strike partnership.
No crazy selections there, right?
Wrong!!
Just ask this bunch who are nothing short of infuriated.
Gary Cahill over Toby Alderweireld and Jan Vertonghen in the PFA team of the year?
Complete joke
— Portuguese~Maniche (@Maniche4) April 20, 2017
https://twitter.com/EfficientEmre/status/854976484716535808
Mane over Sanchez sorry, LMFAOOOOOOOOOOOOOO PFA Fraud
— Tayo (@FarukhStones) April 20, 2017
https://twitter.com/ainocfc/status/854976522620461056
PFA IS JUST SHIT! VALENCIA SHOULD BE THERE 100%,HE'S BEEN OUTSTANDING THIS SEASON.. BEST RB.IT'S JOKE THO.. ANNOUNC THE REAL ONE @PFA
— ⚡ CV (@ClassyVidic) April 20, 2017
I'm not sure why Milner missed the LB position in the @PFA TOTY. He'd bench marcelo
— haime (@jamie_kop) April 20, 2017
https://twitter.com/GeezerGaz1/status/854973084029382656
Heung-Min Son deserved to be in that @PFA team of the year
— 𝒖'𝑴𝑨𝑲𝑶𝒀𝑨 (@therealmakoya_) April 20, 2017
Why is Tom Heaton not in the PFA TOTY? De Gea is a superb keeper but Heaton has earned Burnley so many points & pretty much secured safety
— Chris Coughlin (@_ChrisCoughlin) April 20, 2017
Moses should be in that PFA team.
Ahead of Walker.— Tunde (@vanboyosky) April 20, 2017
Me looking for the almighty Herrera in the PFA Team of the year like pic.twitter.com/uWp2cqCWW8
— . (@_thehannah__) April 20, 2017
Pogba should be making that PFA team 🙄
— Ranti. (@shyna_r) April 20, 2017
Imagine Degea picked ahead of Lloris? PFA is a LOL
— Ayo FBI (@PureMinD__) April 20, 2017
De Gea over Courtois this season😂
LUIZ and CAHILL Centerback pairing😂
How can we take this PFA thing serious??
— AJ (@papi_jibz) April 20, 2017
