Mr Consistency United’s hero again

TAKE a straw poll outside Old Trafford, Stamford Bridge or any other Premiership stadium and the answer to the question, ‘Who should be Footballer of the Year?’ will probably prompt one of two names — Cristiano Ronaldo and Didier Drogba.

Some may even cast their vote for Steven Gerrard or Frank Lampard (as long as international form is taken out of the equation), but it is a fair assumption to suggest that Paul Scholes would be lucky to scrape into the top ten.

Not that he deserves to be so lowly ranked. While the goals of Drogba and the eye-catching brilliance of Ronaldo, a driving force for United this season, make them obvious front-runners, Scholes is just too damned consistent to be hoist to the top of the pile.