Football FanCast columnist Jim McKendry wonders whether Cristiano Ronaldo will finally break the mould and be the first Premier League star to win the coveted, World Player of the year award.

Thierry Henry's failure to collect the World Player of the year award, during his Arsenal days, must rank as one of the biggest mysteries in football. How a player who use to score 30+ goals every given season, provide countless assists and was simply unplayable at times, never got the recognition by football's governing bodies is a disgrace and highlights once more the lack of appreciation the Premier League receives.

Football FanCast columnist Jim McKendry looks at two Liverpool Legends and wonders why they have failed to set the International scene alight.

If there are two players who will certainly get inducted in the Premier League hall of fame at some point in their lifetime, then it has to be Steven Gerrard and Jamie Carragher. They are two of my favourite players and the real heartbeat of that Liverpool side and both would run through the proverbial brick walls for the cause. I don't where both players will rank in their great club illustrious history but I'm guessing they have already done enough to be considered among the best.

Football FanCast columnist Jim McKendry looks south of the border at Arsenal football club and feels the club is in very safe hands under Wenger and has challenged his critics, to name the players who they think Arsene should bring in to guarantee success.

Arsene Wenger has not had shall we say a pleasant last few months in English football. A combination of injuries, poor results and now player unrest has constituted the bitterest of pills that will be fully digested when the Frenchman looks at pictures of Sir Alex Ferguson or Avram Grant holding aloft a Premier League trophy. Make no mistake about it should have been Arsenal's - the outstanding team for two thirds of the season and I'm sure that the ‘professor' is just at pains to work out how it happened.

Football FanCast columnist Jim McKendry is delighted to see Celtic take an 8pt lead and wonders whether Rangers have the stomach to stop them winning a third successive title.

I don't think there was one Celtic fan who truly believed two months ago that we would still be in the Championship race. Such was the way Gordon Strachan's team was performing with a complete lack of zeal; it looked like we had all but surrendered our SPL title.

Football FanCast columnist Jim McKendry reacts to news that Sunderland owner Niall Quinn is going to back Keane in the summer and wonders, given that Keegan is likely to spend big as well, which set of fans should be the more optimistic about next season's chances.

When Newcastle United entertained Sunderland at St James Park a fortnight ago, it was the first time that both teams had been on a level playing field for some time. Both teams safe from relegation both slumped just below mid table and from a neutral looking in Newcastle could have considered themselves fortunate that they came out victors on the day.

Football FanCast columnist Jim McKendry seeks to find who should be rightly considered the greatest goalkeeper in the Premier League's history.

They say you have to be mad to be a goalkeeper. It's fair to say you rarely find a bright one but one thing that you can never take away from them, is their paramount importance on a football pitch. They are the last man, there is no hiding place for them and their side's success can simply be dependent on their performances.