Ray Wilkins admitted he wouldn't have been able to whittle his vote for Player of the Year down to one footballer on Friday night.
The assistant first team coach has been delighted by the team's performances this season and believes the coherence in the side made it nearly impossible to pick one single player for the award.
'The consistency level the players have shown is the all-important aspect. They have all contributed,' explained Wilkins.
'Everybody has done such a great job this year it was very difficult to choose, whether it's a goalkeeper, defender, midfield player or forward player. Look at Frank Lampard, 26 goals from a midfield player in one season is phenomenal.
'We've had such a consistent season and if anybody deserves to win the double, it's these boys.'
Wilkins went on to explain why he'd have found it hard to pick one player: 'I would have two, either Florent or Branislav Ivanovic.
'Saying that had Ashley not been injured he would have had my vote, in my opinion he was one of the best footballers in the world at the time of his injury.
'But Branislav has had a wonderful season; he's been playing out of position, we have asked him to fill in at right-back and he has done a wonderful job.
'Paulo [Ferreira] is a fantastic footballer but they have different qualities. At times we've needed the subtlety of Paulo and then at other times we've needed the force of Ivanovic, it's worked really well.'
Wilkins also had trouble deciding on his Goal of the Season, which was eventually won by Ashley Cole for his strike against Sunderland.
'It was lovely to see a Conor Clifford goal in there,' said Wilkins, 'he has scored some very good goals, including a fantastically important one here in the FA Youth Cup Final, but for me it would have been too hard to choose.'
Another man who once won the prestigious Player of the Year Award was also at Friday night's event in a different capacity.
Carlo Cudicini attended the dinner to help present Peter Bonetti with a special recognition award and it brought memories flooding back for the Italian.
'Since day one of the first season I was here it was something nice to be part of,' reports Cudicini, speaking of the awards dinner.
'In Italy it doesn't exist so it was something new to me and then, after three years, I was lucky enough to win it which is one of my best memories at Chelsea.
'Being awarded Player of the Year by the fans was fantastic. It is something very special, and it is a night that holds very good memories, it's always nice to be part of.'
The assistant first team coach has been delighted by the team's performances this season and believes the coherence in the side made it nearly impossible to pick one single player for the award.
'The consistency level the players have shown is the all-important aspect. They have all contributed,' explained Wilkins.
'Everybody has done such a great job this year it was very difficult to choose, whether it's a goalkeeper, defender, midfield player or forward player. Look at Frank Lampard, 26 goals from a midfield player in one season is phenomenal.
'We've had such a consistent season and if anybody deserves to win the double, it's these boys.'
Wilkins went on to explain why he'd have found it hard to pick one player: 'I would have two, either Florent or Branislav Ivanovic.
'Saying that had Ashley not been injured he would have had my vote, in my opinion he was one of the best footballers in the world at the time of his injury.
'But Branislav has had a wonderful season; he's been playing out of position, we have asked him to fill in at right-back and he has done a wonderful job.
'Paulo [Ferreira] is a fantastic footballer but they have different qualities. At times we've needed the subtlety of Paulo and then at other times we've needed the force of Ivanovic, it's worked really well.'
Wilkins also had trouble deciding on his Goal of the Season, which was eventually won by Ashley Cole for his strike against Sunderland.
'It was lovely to see a Conor Clifford goal in there,' said Wilkins, 'he has scored some very good goals, including a fantastically important one here in the FA Youth Cup Final, but for me it would have been too hard to choose.'
Another man who once won the prestigious Player of the Year Award was also at Friday night's event in a different capacity.
Carlo Cudicini attended the dinner to help present Peter Bonetti with a special recognition award and it brought memories flooding back for the Italian.
'Since day one of the first season I was here it was something nice to be part of,' reports Cudicini, speaking of the awards dinner.
'In Italy it doesn't exist so it was something new to me and then, after three years, I was lucky enough to win it which is one of my best memories at Chelsea.
'Being awarded Player of the Year by the fans was fantastic. It is something very special, and it is a night that holds very good memories, it's always nice to be part of.'
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