An official LFCREDS.COM Award.

I was wondering why we dont have an official Player of the Year Award.  We certainly have enough members on the site where we can issue an award and maybe a Plaque or Trophy to a player voted on by forum members, and officially awarded to that player.

With a little bit of posturing and work we might be able to get the player on the website or a chat session. After a few years it might be something good.  At the end of the season we can vote over a 7 day period and once a winner is picked we make it official, contact the club and see if it can be "Officially" presented to the player. It would certainly be good for the forum and any advertising, especially free advertising is good.

How great would it be for Liverpool to acknowledge an award from a supporters forum?

There's a "Standard Chartered Player of the Month", so I guess that'll make this idea look pretty good

There's a "Standard Chartered Player of the Month", so I guess that'll make this idea look pretty good

I like this idea, if we could make it work. We have a big number of people on here, so it would be a fair representation of a fans idea of who they think the best player was. And, it would allow overseas fans such as myself and YANK up there to have a vote in an award.

Thus making it a truly global fans award, and then making it the best one ever

Great idea. Plus if Torres was to post on here the ladies ( along with BigV and Crouchy ) would be made up

Great idea. Plus if Torres was to post on here the ladies ( along with BigV and Crouchy ) would be made up

 

I mean, what?

I am in full support of this idea. I think the players would be proud to have an award from fans around the world.

We already vote for our player of the match each game, and then that goes on a tally for the end of the season.

I'd love to see that go towards an actual trophy for our player of the year or something. That'd be brilliant.

Willing to contribute to a whip around for a nice trophy.

See now, I thought we did. My old mind playing tricks on me again?

See now, I thought we did. My old mind playing tricks on me again?

We have a vote each match the result of which is noted (by Crouchinho).

At the end of the season we will be able to announce our player of the season.

But the idea of actually having a trophy or plaque made and engraved, then passed on to the player is new.

Sounds like a good idea to me to raise awareness of the forum!

Excellent idea.  How many members does this forum have?

Excellent idea.  How many members does this forum have?

Over 14,000 registered, but much less in terms of active users.

Several hundred I would think participate regularly.

Over 14,000 registered, but much less in terms of active users.

Several hundred I would think participate regularly.

Thanks for that.  I come  in everyday, but dont often  post 

We have a vote each match the result of which is noted (by Crouchinho).

Safe to say that Lucas will win then.

Safe to say that Lucas will win then.

I was waiting for that!

Lucas this month for me.

Brilliant !
Great idea, and I think should let the fans vote at season ended based on man of the match (maybe top five) with fans's themselves favorite (such as off the pitch behavior or some player who fight for the club etc) instead of merely mom stats, just opinion

Love this idea. I always wonder whether the .tv votes is a fair. I think some people just usually vote for their favourite players and have no diea who has been playing well. At least on here we know that the majority of people have a good idea of how each player is palying.

Lovely idea, lfcreds.com is becoming an institution!

Then we could present the trophy to them at the annual dinners!

Isn't this all a bit too Bluekipper!!

the players who gets the award will be over the moon even if he doesnt get a flashy trophy. he will know all the global fans appreciate what he does for the club.
the player who will score alot of goals will get trophys and everything but we should look for other criteria's, like his body language, attitude, work rate etc.
thats how i feel about this tho.

It's a great idea to run along side the mom vote, and the winner could be coaxed into doing a wee interview just for this forum to show his appreciation.   Poulsen anyone 

Good idea YANK LFC, the publicity may lead to ANOTHER new server though, JD will love that

Does Roy automatically get the Manager of the Month/Year award? Or can votes go to ex-Reds managers who are now doing a bang-up job elsewhere (Rafa, Houllier), or even those we didn't go with in the summer?....  ;-)

We do already have a forum player of the year vote.

Reina won last year. But good idea to make it more official.

Ms Gerrard likes this a lot 

Can I give the award to the player 

Great idea and as others have said, the core system is already in place

BUT

my only concern is that the current voting system is open to all members and not just registered ones. This mean that Mancs and Bitters could pop in once a week to skew the voting and it would be a little embarrassing when we have to hand the trophy to Poulsen!

Open only to all those who have donated to the forum ?

I agree with the open to dontators only (on payday im setting up my standing order - paypal can get bent!) this would get rid of the

Do we have any forum awards for members? Like at the end of the season, such as posters poster of the year, most improved poster, biggest WUM etc etc..?

....biggest WUM etc etc..?

So many contenders!

Ms Gerrard likes this a lot  

Can I give the award to the player  

Then, I can be the one standing beside you who hands you the trophy to be handed to them.

I suppose rather than changing the system during the season to paying members only, we could just leave it as it is then at the end of the season, take the top 5 or 6 players and let the paying members vote which of those should win. That should eliminate any WUM nominations.

Love this idea. I always wonder whether the .tv votes is a fair. I think some people just usually vote for their favourite players and have no diea who has been playing well. At least on here we know that the majority of people have a good idea of how each player is palying.

.tv is a bunch of BS IMO. Ever been on their forum? Absolute sh*t

I agree with the open to dontators only (on payday im setting up my standing order - paypal can get bent!) this would get rid of the

Do we have any forum awards for members? Like at the end of the season, such as posters poster of the year, most improved poster, biggest WUM etc etc..?

We do have awards yeah, stuff like best new poster, best post of the year, best football poster etc. We have most likely to be banned award, so i guess that comes under the WUM bit?

Can't wait till Brownlow night. 

Great idea and as others have said, the core system is already in place

BUT

my only concern is that the current voting system is open to all members and not just registered ones. This mean that Mancs and Bitters could pop in once a week to skew the voting and it would be a little embarrassing when we have to hand the trophy to Poulsen!

Not true.

Guests can't vote. Neither can new members with low post counts.

sorry, what does wum stand for?? 

sorry, what does wum stand for?? 

Wind-up merchant.

Not welcome here; banned instantly.

Can you really imagine Liverpool Football Club opening their doors to some random fella/girl saying they're here to present the player of the month award to whoever it is off LFCReds.com. Seriously, they'd tell you to F**k off.

Because if they allow ours, then they're gonna have to allow every site that wants to do it. And once word gets round that we're doing it, every other site will start doing it. They don't even like fans at Melwood to watch the training.

Plus, whether we want to admit it or not, most of our players would only do an interview for the site if they were getting money for it - usually on the orders of their agent. Or they'd have a more important game on golf course waiting.

It's one of those ideas that seem great in theory but in my opinion wouldn't get off the ground.

Wind-up merchant.

Not welcome here; banned instantly.

ah ok, makes sense!

They don't even like fans at Melwood to watch the training.

Plus, whether we want to admit it or not, most of our players would only do an interview for the site if they were getting money for it - usually on the orders of their agent.

Do they really frown upon us going to Melwood? that sucks ass - they should want that, I have heard that Real get about 3000 fans to their sessions! I also heard they charge entrance for this - yes its a media scrum sometimes, but still...

With regards to the players not doing an interview - surely the local boys would? If not lets start by highlighting the youth players, ressies? If we ran an award for them it would highlight these guys, create more of a profile for the players and blood them with the press?! Would that work?

Great idea and as others have said, the core system is already in place

BUT

my only concern is that the current voting system is open to all members and not just registered ones. This mean that Mancs and Bitters could pop in once a week to skew the voting and it would be a little embarrassing when we have to hand the trophy to Poulsen!

You could simply make it open to people with a specific amount of posts.  If you think about it a Man U supporter wouldnt continually have hundreds of posts. You could set it up so members with 300 or 500+ posts.  You might have a few who try and mess it up but 99% of the votes would still be Liverpool supporters.

Can you really imagine Liverpool Football Club opening their doors to some random fella/girl saying they're here to present the player of the month award to whoever it is off LFCReds.com. Seriously, they'd tell you to F**k off.

Because if they allow ours, then they're gonna have to allow every site that wants to do it. And once word gets round that we're doing it, every other site will start doing it. They don't even like fans at Melwood to watch the training.

Plus, whether we want to admit it or not, most of our players would only do an interview for the site if they were getting money for it - usually on the orders of their agent. Or they'd have a more important game on golf course waiting.

It's one of those ideas that seem great in theory but in my opinion wouldn't get off the ground.

But if were the originators and the first to do it, it will add credence to the actual award.  Plus if were the first, then they dont have to accept it from other sites. They would then say.. "another site has an award" etc...Maybe they accept maybe not, but what if we dont do it and another site does it and it becomes one of those internet originals.  Who knows if its going to work or if LFC accept it, but it doesnt hurt to try.

Their must be someone on this site who has a connection to someone at the club. If not then I'll contact them and make a pitch to them. If the forum supports it, I'll buy the plaque and get it engraved. Whats the worst that can happen? What are they going to do?  They will say yes or no. Especially now with new owners who more than likely want to make a good impression for the supporters, who in all honesty are probably looking to mend fences with the supporter base who had to deal with the sh*t of the past 12 months.

Do they really frown upon us going to Melwood? that sucks ass - they should want that, I have heard that Real get about 3000 fans to their sessions! I also heard they charge entrance for this - yes its a media scrum sometimes, but still...

With regards to the players not doing an interview - surely the local boys would? If not lets start by highlighting the youth players, ressies? If we ran an award for them it would highlight these guys, create more of a profile for the players and blood them with the press?! Would that work?

I know in years gone by, fans were allowed at Melwood because me cousin Dawn used to go down there because she fancied the kecks off Redknapp. We always used to get her to get some of our stuff off some of the other players - got Fowler/Ruddock/Rush signatures because of it. So that's how far back we're talking, but now I'm sure that fans aren't allowed into Melwood while training is on going.

I think the youth level could work more than the first team. And it would boost the profile of the said youngster. Maybe that's where to start.

But if were the originators and the first to do it, it will add credence to the actual award.  Plus if were the first, then they dont have to accept it from other sites. They would then say.. "another site has an award" etc...Maybe they accept maybe not, but what if we dont do it and another site does it and it becomes one of those internet originals.  Who knows if its going to work or if LFC accept it, but it doesnt hurt to try.

Their must be someone on this site who has a connection to someone at the club. If not then I'll contact them and make a pitch to them. If the forum supports it, I'll buy the plaque and get it engraved. Whats the worst that can happen? What are they going to do?  They will say yes or no. Especially now with new owners who more than likely want to make a good impression for the supporters, who in all honesty are probably looking to mend fences with the supporter base who had to deal with the sh*t of the past 12 months.

Fair enough, it doesn't hurt to try. And if we're really that keen to get the project up and running we do what Andy does in The Shawshank Redemption and write a letter a week until they accept. And again fair enough, the club can only say yes or no. Sure it's worth a go and I'll happily support the idea but in my heart of hearts I don't think it'll get off the ground.

Not because it's a bad idea, because it isn't. It's in fact a pretty good idea. But I have my reservations because of how Liverpool Football Club treats it's fans. Maybe with new owners it'll be different but I doubt it.

You could simply make it open to people with a specific amount of posts.  If you think about it a Man U supporter wouldnt continually have hundreds of posts. You could set it up so members with 300 or 500+ posts.  You might have a few who try and mess it up but 99% of the votes would still be Liverpool supporters.

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We do already have a forum player of the year vote.

Reina won last year.

Thank you JD - I thought I was going off my champ for a while. I was sure that I'd voted for Reina and (before him) Alonso.