[Dew]

I'm going to hand it to Rio. Defenders generally don't get a whole lot of accolades and Rio has been incredible. This is probably his best season ever. Excellent defending, ability to recover situations well, a commanding presence on the pitch and formed great partneships with both Vidic and Brown. He has proven many of his critics wrong and become the best CB in England, and probably one of the best in the world.


Honourable mentions: Tevez, Vidic and Evra, who have both been tremendous this season. Tevez has been an industrious player, scored some very important goals and his work rate is excellent. With 19 goals, he's our second top scorer. Vidic has defended braved and formed a barrier of steel with Rio. Evra has not only great defending attributes, but he can also go forward and attack, almost as a second left-winger.