The Football Addick

Teams in the bottom half lack the quality that the biggest clubs in England possess and thus all have had a long and hard season. However, a host of players have shone despite playing for teams in the bottom half (11th - 20th). The Football Addick will identify the best of those players and select his Premier League bottom half XI. Who takes the goalkeeper spot out of Tom Heaton, Jordan Pickford and Kasper Schmeichel? Which West Ham player makes the squad? And how many players from the relegated teams make the XI? Find out the answer to all these questions in the following pages. *For purposes of fitting in all the best performing players, The Football Addick has chosen an unconventional 3-4-3 formation. Jordan Pickford looks set to have a bright future after a superb season for Sunderland GK: Jordan Pickford Heaton and Schmeichel have both had remarkable seasons, but Jordan Pickford ousted the others with his heroic performances for the league's bottom clu...

On Sunday night, the PFA Young Player of the Year award for the 2016/2017 season was announced. In an award decided by every footballer plying their trade in the Premier League and given to the best player in the league equal to or under the age of 23, it was Dele Alli who was given this prestigious award. The 21 year-old midfielder ousted Jordan Pickford, Michael Keane, Harry Kane, Romelu Lukaku and Leroy Sane on his way to receiving the trophy. Dele Alli has had another terrific season and this triumph is the second consecutive year that he has been named the PFA Young Player of the Year. But other youngsters have also had fine seasons, with Harry Kane and Romelu Lukaku in particular enjoying prolific campaigns. So the question must be raised: Did Alli deserve to win the trophy? Or did one of the other contenders have a better season than the Spurs midfielder? In this article, The Football Addick (@FootballAddick) ranks the six footballers that were nominated for the award in...