Matt O’Riley would be a more than worthy winner

Congratulations to Matt O’Riley who was yesterday shortlisted alongside Hearts striker Lawrence Shankland and theRangers duo Jack Butland and James Tavernier in this seasons PFA Scotland premiership player of the year award.

Matt throughly deserves his nomination after his superb performances this campaign. The midfielder has improved remarkably under the leadership of Brendan Rodgers and has thus far scored 13 league goals while providing 11 assists from midfield.

Those numbers are impressive and have played a huge part in our title challenge this season. The only black mark against Matt would be that he’s not been as productive since the start of the year, which is mainly down to the transfer speculation surrounding his future after a well publicised bid by La Liga giants Atletico Madrid, which was quite righty kicked into touch.

Matt admitted as much yesterday, but it’s only natural that he would have his head turned by such a life changing bid. To his credit despite his edgy form, he’s never hid and has put in tremendous effort on the park every time he’s pulled on those famous green and white hoops.

Every player nominated has had good campaigns for their respective clubs, but Matt would be more than a worthy winner if he collects the most number of votes. Best of luck Matt.