It's hard to argue against most of the players that have been nominated. Most are all-time greats for their respective clubs, and some even won the league a couple of times.
But Denis Irwin won the Premier League seven times. Seven. Times. Only three players, Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes and Gary Neville can better that.
Lifting titles isn't everything, admittedly. Plenty of former players would admit that they were lucky to win so many championships; lucky to be part of Sir Alex Ferguson's squads, despite their significant contributions.
But Denis was categorically not one of them.