On December 07 2010 02:14 TanGeng wrote: so Ballon d'Or finalists are all Barca players. Even as a fan of their play, I find it ridiculous. It seems like the award is asking for style over substance.
On December 07 2010 02:14 TanGeng wrote: so Ballon d'Or finalists are all Barca players. Even as a fan of their play, I find it ridiculous. It seems like the award is asking for style over substance.
alternatives?
Lol? Wesley Sneijder Winning the Scudetto, Champions leauge and second place in WC and he played fantastical football..
On December 07 2010 02:14 TanGeng wrote: so Ballon d'Or finalists are all Barca players. Even as a fan of their play, I find it ridiculous. It seems like the award is asking for style over substance.
alternatives?
Lol? Wesley Sneijder Winning the Scudetto, Champions leauge and second place in WC and he played fantastical football..
On December 07 2010 02:27 fbs wrote: shocking decision by Newcastle in my opinion but really unexpected after another loss - he has been top of the bookies odds to get axed for ages now
As for Nasri he has been in great form this season, best player I've watched play, would of preferred a no look back heel though after passing the goalkeeper :p
He's only been top odds to get sacked because the bookies know ashley is a fucking moron. I bet Newcastle finish below 11th this season.
On December 07 2010 02:14 TanGeng wrote: so Ballon d'Or finalists are all Barca players. Even as a fan of their play, I find it ridiculous. It seems like the award is asking for style over substance.
alternatives?
Lol? Wesley Sneijder Winning the Scudetto, Champions leauge and second place in WC and he played fantastical football..
you would seriously give the ballon dor to sneijder?.....even though yeah id place him in the finalists,theres no way in hell id give him my vote to get it.
For the Epl thingy,never heard the premier league being called that way before,and yeah it does sound a bit MLSish crap league to me >.< We scarcely use stuff like that in europe,unlike nba nfl mls etc,you'll sometimes hear CL for champions league,but thats pretty much it
On December 07 2010 02:14 TanGeng wrote: so Ballon d'Or finalists are all Barca players. Even as a fan of their play, I find it ridiculous. It seems like the award is asking for style over substance.
alternatives?
Wesley Sneijder ?
Had a Cracker of a season winning a treble and getting his team to the World Cup Finals with like 5 goals.
On December 07 2010 02:14 TanGeng wrote: so Ballon d'Or finalists are all Barca players. Even as a fan of their play, I find it ridiculous. It seems like the award is asking for style over substance.
alternatives?
Lol? Wesley Sneijder Winning the Scudetto, Champions leauge and second place in WC and he played fantastical football..
you would seriously give the ballon dor to sneijder?.....even though yeah id place him in the finalists,theres no way in hell id give him my vote to get it.
For the Epl thingy,never heard the premier league being called that way before,and yeah it does sound a bit MLSish crap league to me >.< We scarcely use stuff like that in europe,unlike nba nfl mls etc,you'll sometimes hear CL for champions league,but thats pretty much it
eh why not? Messi is there purely on his GOal Scoring Form. Xavi is understandable for his majestic performance in both Club and Country
But what the Fuck is Iniesta doing there? Was injured most of the time for Barca and had nothing to show off in the WC apart from the Winning Goal.
On December 07 2010 03:20 FireBlast! wrote: What the fuck Chris Hughton...
They better have someone amazing lined up or it's gonna be a repeat of the past 3 years..
Alan Pardew 4/6 Martin O'Neill 7/2 Alan Curbishley 9/1 Peter Beardsley 10/1 Martin Jol 20/1 Paul Lambert 20/1 Alan Shearer 22/1 Joe Kinnear 22/1 G Zola 22/1 Slaven Bilic 25/1 Walter Smith 25/1 Lee Clark 28/1 Mark Hughes 33/1 Frank Rijkaard 33/1 Roberto Di Matteo 33/1 Gus Poyet 33/1 R Koeman 33/1 Ian holloway 40/1 Terry Venables 40/1 Steve Clarke 40/1 Steve Bruce 40/1 Temuri Ketsbaia 40/1 Steve McClaren 40/1 Didier Deschamps 50/1 Guus Hiddink 50/1 Kevin Keegan 50/1 Mark McGhee 66/1 Ottmar Hitzfeld 66/1 John Toshack 66/1 Stuart Pearce 66/1 Ray Lewington 66/1 Iain Dowie 80/1 Paul Jewell 80/1 Gordon Strachan 80/1 David O'Leary 80/1 Ian Rush 80/1 Diego maradona 80/1 Sam Allardyce 100/1 Harry Redknapp 100/1 Bryan Robson 100/1 Glenn Roeder 100/1 Steve Staunton 150/1 Paul Gascoigne 250/1
id give the top 3 to messi xavi and iniesta. IDK why some people think that barcas play is just 'style.' as if owning la liga with the most points in history is not anything and they did it just by passing the ball around and not scoring. only reason they didnt win champions was because inter played 11 man defense game 2. but barca was clearly the superior team with the superior skill. i know i can sound like such a barca fan boy but thats because people seem to not give them credit saying that "theyre just style" or "they cant score; they just pass around" when theyre easily the best team ive ever watched. im having such a great time watching them.
i mean.... seriously, just watch how iniesta plays. Hes easily top 5 of the most talented footballers in the world right now right behind messi and c ronaldo i think. hes seriously amazing and EASILY deserves being in the top 3.
though i will say that sneider did have a really great season , especially the WC, but even then, hes just mediocre compared to the 3 listed, sorry to say.
edit: rethinking it a bit, i do think that sneider is probably a bit more deserving of at least 3rd place, at least over iniesta, since iniesta was injured for like half the season it has already been said..
^ Inter parked the bus after playing Barca off the park in Milan. In that game we also got to see the dirty side of Barcelona.
Barcelona got record points in la liga, granted, but Real Madrid were still right behind them (also breaking the previous record) the whole way so is it them getting that many points, or their league being a 2 horse one.
Sneijder was an integral part of his team. Barcelona cope quite fine without messi, xavi or iniesta. But then again, I don't care about the d'Or because the criteria for winning such awards is blurry.