IT took me a long time to decide who to vote for in this season’s Player of the Year awards but I finally plumped for Gary Cahill after much deliberation.

Jussi Jaaskelainen, Kevin Davies, Jack Wilshere and Chung-Yong have all had fantastic seasons but I had to vote for Cahill.

He has been outstanding and just keeps getting better – I think he deserves the award.

He has missed a lot of football because of his illness but he is slowly coming back to his best form.

He played well against Tottenham on Saturday and I really hope he gets selected to go to the World Cup.

He would do us proud and it would be a great compliment to Wanderers to have an England centre-half in South Africa.

It would also put £2million on his price tag and I think the club are just being realistic when they say they would listen to offers for him if the right one came along.

Every player has his price but, at the moment, everything is just speculation and I don’t think we should get too wrapped up in that.

I was impressed with our display at Tottenham on Saturday.

We showed some real battling qualities and it took a special goal to get the better of us, which is fantastic considering they beat us 4-0 down there in February.

We were terrific in the second half and that is all down to the gaffer.

He is not allowing anybody to pack their suitcases yet and he is already looking to turn us into a top-10 side for next season.

He is a winner and does not want any passengers so there is still a lot to play for in our final game. Players are playing for their futures and new contracts.

I was in Newcastle with the young players of Rainhill United FC. They are doing a coast to coast bike ride to raise money for the Sean Devereux Foundation.

Clive Roberts and Tony Dowling are there with the lads and they were due to complete it at 6pm.

And every member of the Wanderers first team squad have sponsored the Rainhill lads.

It just goes to show that Premier League footballers do care and they deserve a huge thank you for that.