PABLO Hernandez can justly feel aggrieved at missing out a nomination for Championship player of the year.
But to be overlooked for the team of the season? That is simply absurd. With the greatest of respect to Kalvin Phillips, Jarrod Bowen and Ollie Norwood, none possess the game-changing brilliance of the veteran Spaniard.
As I argued in this column a fortnight ago, Hernandez, right, has subtle and often underappreciated qualities; he is more Mesut Ozil than Steven Gerrard, a man of moments rather than metronomy.
Perhaps that is why so many rival managers wrote alternative n...