Football The 2010/2011 Season Thread

[Marc]

BBC Sport - Football - Argentina's Lionel Messi wins Fifa Ballon d'Or award

Best player in the world.

 

[Marc]

scored half of all real madrids goals this season, one man team! + carvalho ofc

anyone know what ratio messi/barcelona has?

72 in 72 with double the assists the choker has

 

[Marc]

Ok this makes a mockery of the voting tbh

http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/classic/awards/01/36/25/40/ballondor_award_men_player_finalx.pdf

Do some of these national captains actually watch football? Why the fuck would the captain of colombia vote for Xabi Alonso as number 1?? And lol @ Iker Casilias putting his team mate ROnaldo behind Arjen Robben. Good lad.

 

[Marc]

Welcome to the world of the FA

Babel makes a joke in frustration on Twitter, apologises, yet the FA are going to look into it. Theo Walcott admits to cheating and the FA arent doing anything.

You couldnt make it up.

 

[leviathane]

where the fuck have you been lately marc? just coming up with all these old news stories xD He's been charged lol

 

[Marc]

where the fuck have you been lately marc? just coming up with all these old news stories xD He's been charged lol

LOL I havent seen much media etc, I been busy!

Seems I have my finger on the pulse eh!

 

[leviathane]

btw, kenny dalglish is now in charge of liverpool and his first match back they lost 1-0 to manu in the FA cup, in which there was a controversial penalty and gerrard got sent off. Just thought i'd fill you in mate xD

 

[Lethul]

LOL I havent seen much media etc, I been busy!

Seems I have my finger on the pulse eh!

Like your new Avatar!

 

[Jimmy]

29, too young.

BBC Sport - Football - Macclesfield midfielder Richard Butcher dies aged 29

far too young

 

[Jimmy]

Arsenals youth 10-1 lose is not just a thumping thats a bend over and taken roughly with no lube

 

[Marc]

btw, kenny dalglish is now in charge of liverpool and his first match back they lost 1-0 to manu in the FA cup, in which there was a controversial penalty and gerrard got sent off. Just thought i'd fill you in mate xD

yeah i saw that mate, hence the new AV

 

[Wonk]

Hamit Altintop got the goal of the year award. The goal made by Linus Hallenius required way more skill in my opinion though

 

[Raven]

Unlucky Blackburn!

BBC Sport - Football - Ronaldinho joins Brazilian club Flamengo

 

[cHodAX]

Liverpool given green light to make £17m move for Spanish star | talkSPORT

 

[Lethul]

Liverpool given green light to make £17m move for Spanish star | talkSPORT

He any good? Seems a bit high price

 

[Vasconcelos]

He any good? Seems a bit high price

RM sold him to Sevilla for 15M € on 2009 summer.

Not a bad striker but dont expect a Drogba. Tall, strong, good header, but hes prone to long periods w/o scoring goals.

If anything, I would compare him with Huntelaar.

 

[Raven]

Since when did Lollerpool care if they were any good?

 

[xomer]

Lionel Messi.

 

[eksdee]

Lionel Messi is the world's best player but Xavi deserved Fifa's award | Sid Lowe | Football | guardian.co.uk

great article about the ballon d'or by sid lowe.

 

[megadave]

8 games at the world cup > 60 games in the season mates

 

[Vasconcelos]

8 games at the world cup > 60 games in the season mates

Fat Ronaldo 2002 ***hint hint***

 

[Lethul]

I've always found it weird that it "has to go" to someone who has had a successful World Cup/Euro Cup/Champions League etc. If Messi was a Estonian player in the Estonian league with his current skill he would still be the best player by far but would never be considered for any rewards cause Estonia will never succeed in WC etc.

 

[megadave]

if Xavi had dragged Spain through every game, scoring in all but one (England were too pro for Ronaldo) then i'd imagine he'd have won it.

Iniesta scoring the winning goal probably took a load of votes away from Xavi anyway.

 

[Lethul]

if Xavi had dragged Spain through every game, scoring in all but one (England were too pro for Ronaldo) then i'd imagine he'd have won it.

Iniesta scoring the winning goal probably took a load of votes away from Xavi anyway.

6 different spaniards got votes, prolly the reason why Messi won

I think this article from last year is funny tho!

FIFA world player award voting full of mystery - FIFA World Cup Blog

Spoiler

And the other man who, somehow, chose Drogba as number one and Ballack as number two ... who is the man who perpetrated such a crime?



Some fool from a far away land? Some tin pot player from a tin pot nation who shouldn't be allowed anywhere near these awards? Some guy who never sees any decent football, no doubt.



Or England's John Terry.

 

[cHodAX]

John Terry, national joke. The same bloke who said Chelsea were by far and away the best side in England last year but managed to win the league by a single point. In short, the bloke is a complete fuckwit.

 

[Vasconcelos]

Iniesta scoring the winning goal probably took a load of votes away from Xavi anyway.

This.

Had Sneijder been the 3rd contendant instead Iniesta, Xavi would have won the award.

 

[cHodAX]

This.

Had Sneijder been the 3rd contendant instead Iniesta, Xavi would have won the award.

Wes should have been top 3 but even deciding the top 5 was never going to be easy after Spain won the world cup.

 

[Ch3tan]

Hammers playing really well... 1-0

 

[Wazzerphuk]

Sneijder would have won this with the old voting system.

 

[megadave]

Avram Grant is cuptastic