Football clubs live and die by their strikers. A team can do everything right, and pass the ball around wonderfully, but unless they have a clinical striker up front, they’re not going to continue picking up those much-needed three points.

When they’re on fire, we love them. When they go through a barren patch, they frustrate us. But there’s a reason why strikers get paid the most amount of money, and that’s because they win matches. But of all of the strikers out there, who has been your favorite this season? Vote below and let us know.

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This is the fourth annual EPL Awards, which is hosted by EPL Talk, the number one independent blog covering the English Premier League.

Now it’s time to vote:

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Now that you’ve voted in this category, be sure to vote in the other categories to recognize the best of the 2011-2012 Premier League season:

And see who the winners were in the 2009 EPL Awards, 2010 EPL Awards and 2011 EPL Awards.

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