Ballon d'Or

grenade187 wrote:Sneijder, UNDER-RATED in my oppinion. If it was not for him Holland would not be world cup finalist and Inter probably would not have won the champions league.

Totally agree 100%!!!!

AriseForLife wrote:Personally I would love to see Arjen Robben win the award because I think of all the players mentioned on the list aside from Cesc Fabregas he meant the most to his respective team during he season.

Same, i think Arjen Robben is quality, and one of the few decent players at the 2010 World Cup.

grenade187 wrote:Sneijder, UNDER-RATED in my oppinion. If it was not for him Holland would not be world cup finalist and Inter probably would not have won the champions league.

Exactly how Gyan and Klose are there whilst the likes of Lampard and Lucio are not is beyond me.

He was nothing special in the world cup. Excellent for Inter but his Holland form was really overrated, just an ok tournament topped with some lucky goals, overall performances left a lot to be desired.

Robben is a good player but fuck is he annoying! He typically takes the same tact (run up the wing and then cut in a few yards short of the area and try to rip a left footed shot) and he makes so much out of every little ounce of contact he draws.

the fact that asamoah Gyan is in that list and wayne rooney isn't shows that the list is biased to the WC!!!!

No surprises there.

I think Holland would have done the exact same as they did even without Sneijder. I would call him more overrated than underrated to be honest.

Nah. He scored some massive goals. They probably don't get by Brazil without him.

Kuled wrote:the fact that asamoah Gyan is in that list and wayne rooney isn't shows that the list is biased to the WC!!!!

This can't be a surprise to you surely. Every time there is an award awarded in the same year as a World Cup that always takes precedence over just about everything else. Why do you think Fabio Cannavaro won his World Player of the Year award.

AriseForLife wrote:

Kuled wrote:the fact that asamoah Gyan is in that list and wayne rooney isn't shows that the list is biased to the WC!!!!

This can't be a surprise to you surely. Every time there is an award awarded in the same year as a World Cup that always takes precedence over just about everything else. Why do you think Fabio Cannavaro won his World Player of the Year award.

Exactly. I was just going to make that exact same point.

World Cups are weighted. I wouldn't call it bias. It's only the biggest tournament the world has to offer. So naturally, performances in the World Cup will be weighted more heavily.

Am i the only one who thinks Drogba has a great chance of winning this?

menalawyerguy wrote:Nah. He scored some massive goals. They probably don't get by Brazil without him.

True he did have a major impact for them, but I think Holland is so loaded with talent they would have gone far one way or another.

menalawyerguy wrote:Nah. He scored some massive goals. They probably don't get by Brazil without him.

Majority of his world cup goals were flukes.

JMB_94 wrote:Am i the only one who thinks Drogba has a great chance of winning this?

Yeah, aside from Chelsea supporters. If this were any other year I would say it would be possible, but in World Cup years, you basically have to have a stellar World Cup to win an individual award.

If the World Cup wasn't a factor then I think Wayne Rooney would easily be the front runner for the award, but with him having one of the worst WC of all time he isn't even in the running.

JMB_94 wrote:Am i the only one who thinks Drogba has a great chance of winning this?

Probably. Not that he doesn't deserve it though. He's probably third on my list behind Messi and Ronaldo. But Drogba doesn't get much favor in award voting. He probably should have been Player of the Year in the Premiership for 09-10 but Rooney won it easily.

Jamie wrote:

menalawyerguy wrote:Nah. He scored some massive goals. They probably don't get by Brazil without him.

Majority of his world cup goals were flukes.

Wrong. Only the terrible cross that was credited as a goal was the only fluke in my opinion.

AriseForLife wrote:

Kuled wrote:the fact that asamoah Gyan is in that list and wayne rooney isn't shows that the list is biased to the WC!!!!

This can't be a surprise to you surely. Every time there is an award awarded in the same year as a World Cup that always takes precedence over just about everything else. Why do you think Fabio Cannavaro won his World Player of the Year award.

to be honest I was surprised Ronaldo won the baloon d'or because Spain had won the euros that year!!! I couldn't believe torres made a statement saying a spanish players deserves it!!!!

AriseForLife wrote:

JMB_94 wrote:Am i the only one who thinks Drogba has a great chance of winning this?

Yeah, aside from Chelsea supporters. If this were any other year I would say it would be possible, but in World Cup years, you basically have to have a stellar World Cup to win an individual award.

If the World Cup wasn't a factor then I think Wayne Rooney would easily be the front runner for the award, but with him having one of the worst WC of all time he isn't even in the running.

Rooney's been shite since the World Cup anyways, he doesn't deserve to be in it at all.

JMB_94 wrote:

AriseForLife wrote:

JMB_94 wrote:Am i the only one who thinks Drogba has a great chance of winning this?

Yeah, aside from Chelsea supporters. If this were any other year I would say it would be possible, but in World Cup years, you basically have to have a stellar World Cup to win an individual award.

If the World Cup wasn't a factor then I think Wayne Rooney would easily be the front runner for the award, but with him having one of the worst WC of all time he isn't even in the running.

Rooney's been shite since the World Cup anyways, he doesn't deserve to be in it at all.

robben hasn't played a game in the bundesliga but he's still on that list!

Rooney hasn't scored a goal from open play since March.

Bergkamp wrote:Rooney hasn't scored a goal from open play since March.

Exactly, just not good enough.

Bergkamp wrote:Rooney hasn't scored a goal from open play since March.

he has ..I remember him scoring a volley against the platinum stars for england !! ha ! ...speaking of england he scored against switzerland too

Kuled wrote:to be honest I was surprised Ronaldo won the baloon d'or because Spain had won the euros that year!!! I couldn't believe torres made a statement saying a spanish players deserves it!!!!

Didn't really surprise me. It's hard to overlook someone scoring 42 goals in 49 games while also having nearly 10 assists. That was one hell of a season and would have been the biggest crock of all time had he not won the awards.

Kuled wrote:

JMB_94 wrote:

AriseForLife wrote:

JMB_94 wrote:Am i the only one who thinks Drogba has a great chance of winning this?

Yeah, aside from Chelsea supporters. If this were any other year I would say it would be possible, but in World Cup years, you basically have to have a stellar World Cup to win an individual award.

If the World Cup wasn't a factor then I think Wayne Rooney would easily be the front runner for the award, but with him having one of the worst WC of all time he isn't even in the running.

Rooney's been shite since the World Cup anyways, he doesn't deserve to be in it at all.

robben hasn't played a game in the bundesliga but he's still on that list!

He's had some pretty noteworthy performances that extended beyond March though. He was easily Bayern Munich's best player in the Champions League elimination rounds and was the biggest reason they got to the final. He also had a solid World Cup.

Why is Lucio not a nominee ?

Iniesta coz he scored winner. lolz.

Rooney should be on it ahead of many players.

grenade187 wrote:Why is Lucio not a nominee ?

Because he didn't win the world cup.

Gyan and Klose being chosen is disgraceful.

Why is Gyan there and not Rooney?

Kenny Miller. 13 goals in 9 league appearances.

No better scorer in the world right now!