Top of the class! From Michael Laudrup to Gareth Bale, and Luis Suarez to Man City, here's who our experts have voted for in Sportsmail's very own Premier League awards

The gongs have been handed out, the ups and downs decided. Here Jamie Redknapp, Martin Keown, Ian Ladyman and Matt Barlow hand out their own Premier League awards...

MANAGER OF THE SEASON

MARTIN KEOWN: Swansea’s Michael Laudrup. It wasn’t easy to follow Brendan Rodgers but he introduced Michu, Jonathan De Guzman and Pablo Hernandez and quickly expanded their football. To top it off, he won a trophy and qualified for Europe.

Instant success: Michael Laudrup won the Capital One Cup with Swansea in his first year in charge

JAMIE REDKNAPP: There is a good case for Laudrup but it is a shame they have tailed off since winning at Wembley. They’ve won just twice since. Steve Clarke and Sam Allardyce have had good seasons but the winner has to be Sir Alex Ferguson. To bounce back, win the title and go out on a high is some feat.

MATT BARLOW: Ferguson: Title No 13 won at a canter with a team not considered among his best and then, with an impeccable sense of timing, farewell. Who else?

IAN LADYMAN: Steve Clarke. I tipped West Brom to go down at the start of the season and within weeks they were in the top four. Clarke also showed great maturity in handling the Peter Odemwingie issue.

Legend: Sir Alex Ferguson won his 38th and final trophy at Old Trafford

Newcomer: Steve Clarke has impressed after making the transition from assistant to manager

PLAYER OF SEASON

LADYMAN: Luis Suarez. I was tempted to change my vote after he took a chunk out of Branislav Ivanovic. But no player has done more to keep his club moving (just) in the right direction.

BARLOW: Robin van Persie. Key goals at key times to influence results. A truly gifted footballer.

REDKNAPP: I’d have said Suarez until he bit Ivanovic. You can’t behave like that. Gareth Bale has been out of this world, too. But I’ll go for Van Persie, who has won the league for United.

KEOWN: Van Persie edges it for me. I always believed the player of the year should be someone who has won a trophy. Without him, I don’t think United would have won the league. Twenty-nine goals in all competitions is an excellent return.

Champion: Robin van Persie has made the difference to United as they regained the Premier League

Not so fast: Gareth Bale wiped the floor in the end of season awards, but has lost out here to Robin van Persie

GOAL OF SEASON

REDKNAPP: Suarez’s goal at Anfield against Newcastle when he chested the ball down, rounded the keeper and tapped in. I think it was the highest level of difficulty of any goal this season. I don’t know how he did it.

KEOWN: Which Bale one can I choose? There are so many. His strikes against Norwich and West Ham were amazing but the best was the goal at Old Trafford. He ran from almost halfway, left Rio Ferdinand trailing and finished coolly. What a stage to do it on.

Stunner: Luis Suarez took the ball down and rounded keeper Tim Krul

Wonder goal: Bale ran half the length of the pitch to score against United

BARLOW: Bale’s second v West Ham in February. It clinched a 3-2 win in a pulsating London derby and typified the exhilarating form he was in.

LADYMAN: Van Persie versus Aston Villa. Other goals may have been created with more subtlety but for sheer ‘wow’ factor, his crashing volley from Wayne Rooney’s pass takes some beating.

Thump: Bale scores the winning goal against West Ham in their 3-2 victory

Volley: Van Persie's goal won one that people will remember for years to come

FAVOURITE GAME

BARLOW: Southampton 2 Manchester United 3: Way back in September, Saints were fluent and stylish and twice ahead but Van Persie led the fightback, missing a penalty with a dink-gone-wrong and yet completing a hat-trick when he scored the winner in stoppage time.

KEOWN: The Manchester derby at the Etihad in December. It was the game we’d been waiting for and it didn’t disappoint. A great finish in the dying moments from Van Persie sealed its place as one of the great games.

REDKNAPP: I’d agree. You knew they’d win the title. It was a brilliant end to a dramatic game.

LADYMAN: Man City 2 Chelsea 1. FA Cup semi-final. It is not often that we get such an expansive game when the stakes are so high but the slugfest at Wembley in April was a credit to the enduring competitiveness of English football.

Unmissable: Van Persie scored a hat-trick in their thrilling 3-2 win over Southampton

Trouble: Joe Hart prevented a fan from getting close to Rio Ferdinand

Winner: Sergio Aguero scored the winner in the FA Cup semi-final against Chelsea

TOP TEAM

LADYMAN: Swansea. It’s always hard to carry on someone else’s good work but that’s what Laudrup did in taking over from Rodgers. They won a cup, too. A nod to West Ham, who had a great campaign.

REDKNAPP: Swansea. They were a good side under Rodgers but they’ve been taken to another level with Laudrup. They offer so much more attacking threat with the likes of Michu.

BARLOW: Swansea. Second season syndrome? Well, there’s the club’s first major trophy and a return to Europe, delivered with a pleasing style. Shame about the ball-boy.

KEOWN: Everton. It was 11 years of good work coming to the boil. They pushed the top five teams to the wire and played some really good football. They move the ball quickly, pass it well and I’ve enjoyed the addition of Kevin Mirallas.

Trophy: Swansea won the Capital One Cup by beating Bradford 5-0 in the final

FLOP TEAM

KEOWN: Manchester City and Newcastle. City didn’t push on and play like champions. Newcastle’s fall from the top five to the bottom five has been stunning.

REDKNAPP: QPR. They have been appalling all round. I can’t think of another set of players in the  Premier League era who have underachieved as much.

BARLOW: QPR. Talked big, spent big, but assembled a squad which was torn apart by pay, ability and attitude.

LADYMAN: Newcastle. I had high hopes after last season’s good work but Alan Pardew couldn’t cope with the injuries that beset his midfield and bought hurriedly in January.

Disappointing: QPR and Newcastle have both performed far lower than people's expectations

TOP PLAYER

REDKNAPP: Michu. I can’t think of anyone who has been better value for money. Twenty-one goals for £2m is an outstanding return.

LADYMAN: Shaun Maloney of Wigan. Deserves to be a Premier League player next season. Sadly, it will have to be for someone else.

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KEOWN: Bale gets better and better. As a 17-year-old he had the ability to strike a stationary ball brilliantly. Now he does it on the move. Michu deserves a big mention, too.

BARLOW: Rickie Lambert (left): Not only with 15 goals but also his touch, instinct, awareness and attitude in his first year in the top flight.

Englishman: Rickie Lambert scored 15 goals in his first season in the Premier League

FLOP PLAYER

BARLOW: Emmanuel Adebayor. More doubts about his true motivation after finding he was not quite the same player once a loan deal turned into a permanent move.

Keown: David Silva, Samir Nasri and Sergio Aguero haven’t hit the heights of last season. And I was convinced Jose Bosingwa was a good signing for QPR. I was wrong.

Need to improve: Manchester City players have underperformed by not winning a trophy

LADYMAN: Samir Nasri. City spent a great deal of time and effort taking him from Arsenal two seasons ago.  It’s hard to work out what all the fuss was about now.

REDKNAPP: I’d agree with Martin about a lot of players at City. They and all the QPR players have massively underachieved.

AND NEXT SEASON?

REDKNAPP: I want the title race to be wide open. Manchester City and Chelsea should be able to catch United with Sir Alex gone and Tottenham could even challenge if the board spend proper money.

KEOWN: A tighter end to the campaign. We want a nail-biter like last season, not another one-horse race. Either that or an Arsenal win!

BARLOW: After a year of unpopular sackings, inappropriate appointments, spiralling ticket prices and Cardiff changing colour from blue to red, how about a little more respect from some owners for the traditions and supporters of the clubs?

LADYMAN: That City, Chelsea, Arsenal and the rest remember that in order to compete with United they need to show a little of their unity, cohesion and drive. Moaning and complaining doesn’t win you the title, boys.

Next time: A finish like last season would bring back more drama to the final day

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