With six Manchester United players in the Professional Footballers' Association [PFA] team of the year, many have argued that the team selected by their fellow professionals is too Big Four-centric.
Here, I've decided to pick the best of the players from the other 16 Premier League teams.
Goalkeeper: Mark Schwarzer
As excellent as Brede Hangeland has been in the Fulham defence, Mark Schwarzer proved to be Roy Hodgson's shrewdest piece of business when he moved from Middlesbrough last summer. Ten clean sheets only begin to do justice to a man who has proved superior to Edwin Van Der Sar this season in all but reputation.
Right-back: Glen Johnson
Quirky shopping habits aside, this has been the season where Johnson has finally risen above a string of talented English full-backs to make the right sided position his own at international level. He's quick, decisive and a terrific striker of the ball [as evidenced by a 35-yard screamer against Hull]. The only curious thing is that it's at Portsmouth, and not Chelsea, where he has risen to prominence.
Centre Half: Brede Hangeland
Few people would argue that without Norway captain Hangeland, and the aforementioned Schwarzer, Fulham would have been scrapping against relegation this season. The giant 27-year-old has been a colossus, emerging Sami Hyypia-like from nowhere to be considered one of the best defenders in the league. The smart money's on a move to a vertically challenged Arsenal in the summer.
Centre Half: Phil Jagielka
It says a lot about the influence of Jagielka that news of the cruciate ligament injury he suffered against Manchester City has been deemed a bigger blow to Everton than the loss of Mikel Arteta, who suffered a similar injury back in February. The former Sheffield United man's partnership with Joleon Lescott has been the league's finest, save for Ferdinand/Vidic.
Left-back: Leighton Baines
Baines has finally showed the kind of form that made him so crucial to Wigan's first Premier League season, providing balance and discipline to the left side of the Everton team with Steven Pienaar. Took over when Lescott moved to centre-half to replace an injured Joseph Yobo and, as a result, the experienced Nigerian has barely had a look in since. Baines is as good an attacking full-back as there is in the league at the minute.
Right-midfield: Aaron Lennon
An up and down few years for the former Leeds starlet, but this season he has shown his form far more consistently and battled back into the England reckoning. The smallest player in the league can also lay claim to the best first touch of any player out there, including Ronaldo and Torres, due to his low centre of gravity. Has also greatly improved his distribution, something his detractors pointed to when he was in and out of the Tottenham side.
Centre midfield: Stephen Ireland
Ireland has all the attributes to become the perfect midfielder in years to come, and has been City's best player by far this term. He has linked up time and again with Robinho to devastating effect, most notably in the recent win over West Brom when he provided the assist of the season in setting up the Brazilian, and has brought goals into his game with thirteen scored in all competitions.
Centre midfield: Mark Noble
An arguable choice, maybe, but Noble has been central to so much of West Ham's revival under Gianfranco Zola this season. Not a spectacular player, by any means, but his is the stuff of England captains to come. Has never looked ruffled and benefitted hugely from the presence of a rejuvenated Scott Parker beside him. Recently played his 100th game for the Hammers and is still only 21.
Left midfield: Ashley Young
The PFA Young Player Of The Year and it's hard to argue, given the effect Young had on Villa's surge into the Champions League places. The less said about the last two months, the better, but Young has largely kept his form while all around him - most notably Gaby Agbonlahor - were losing theirs. Roughly 828 times better than Stewart Downing.
Striker: Kevin Davies
The top scoring English striker in the Premier League. Nobody's telling Fabio Capello, though.
Striker: John Carew
Never the most graceful of strikers but Carew has an impressive goals haul for Villa, and has led some to question whether Emile Heskey's signing served only to destabilise a perfectly well-oiled Villa attack. Critics will point to the fact that the Norwegian is injury prone, but nine league goals in 21 games is an impressive tally by anyone's standards.