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FIFA World Player of the Year nominations
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Rez wrote:Sheffield gunner wrote:FIFA World Player of the Year nominees:
Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus, Italy), Fabio Cannavaro (Real Madrid, Italy), Petr Cech (Chelsea, Czech Republic), Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United, Portugal), Deco (Barcelona, Portugal), Didier Drogba (Chelsea, Ivory Coast), Michael Essien (Chelsea, Ghana), Samuel Eto'o (Barcelona, Cameroon), Gennaro Gattuso (Milan, Italy), Steven Gerrard (Liverpool, England), Thierry Henry (Barcelona, France), Juninho (Lyon, Brazil), Kaka (Milan, Brazil), Miroslav Klose (Bayern Munich, Germany), Philipp Lahm (Bayern Munich, Germany), Frank Lampard (Chelsea, England), Rafael Marquez (Barcelona, Mexico), Lionel Messi (Barcelona, Argentina), Alessandro Nesta (Milan, Italy), Andrea Pirlo (Milan, Italy), Franck Ribery (Bayern Munich, France), Juan Roman Riquelme (Villarreal, Argentina), Ronaldinho (Barcelona, Brazil), Wayne Rooney (Manchester United, England), John Terry (Chelsea, England), Carlos Tevez (Manchester United, Argentina), Lilian Thuram (Barcelona, France), Fernando Torres (Liverpool, Spain), Ruud van Nistelrooy (Real Madrid, Netherlands), Patrick Vieira (Internazionale, France)
How on earth did the players in bold make the list? Where are Totti, Zlatan, Vidic, Evra, Scholes, Carvahlo, Alfonso Alves, Seedorf, Casilias, VDV, Ramos, Quaresma, Dani Alves and Rossi.
I know everytime I see an award list, I ridicule it but this short list is beyond ridiculous.
No totti, ibra or seedorf, makes it easier to give the award to Kaka, as the players who were clearly better than him in Italy are not in the list
.But I laugh when I see nesta and pirlo in the list, it is 2007 right?
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Fucking Joke.
Ah well - let the money roll in.
Ah well - let the money roll in.
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What a joke of a list this is No Totti no Zlatan just proves even more that it's just a popularity contest.
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Everyone put €100 on Kaka. You can win €5 I reckon. 
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This has to be one of the most unrepresentative lists of what actually happened on the pitch in quite some time. We an only
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Vieira, who can at best be described as a reserve at Inter for the past 15 months, makes the list... but there is no mention of Ibra, Stankovic, Cambiasso or Zanetti.
Worse, there is no Totti. So his best season was not good enough to make the top 27??
Seedorf, Scholes, Mutu, VDV, Toni, Diego, etc also should have made the list!!
Kaka will walk this one.
Worse, there is no Totti. So his best season was not good enough to make the top 27??
Seedorf, Scholes, Mutu, VDV, Toni, Diego, etc also should have made the list!!
Kaka will walk this one.
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did they just photocopy the list from last year?
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No, at proofreading they removed Shevchenko's name from the list.debaser wrote:did they just photocopy the list from last year?
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DD wrote:No, at proofreading they removed Shevchenko's name from the list.debaser wrote:did they just photocopy the list from last year?
ah yes, nothing gets past them
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They shouldn't have included any Barça players, they were a complete disgrace last season.
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debaser wrote:DD wrote:No, at proofreading they removed Shevchenko's name from the list.debaser wrote:did they just photocopy the list from last year?
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Good article!
Is The FIFA World Player Of The Year Award A Worthless Trophy?
Today FIFA drew up a 30-man shortlist to compete for the 2007 FIFA World Player of the Year award. Astonishingly both Francesco Totti and Zlatan Ibrahimovic were missing from those nominated. Goal.com asks whether the award has now become worthless…
The FIFA World Player of the Year award has been littered with controversy and criticism ever since its creation in 1991. The system, for those of you who are not familiar, works as follows. First of all FIFA draws up a list of nominations, before Coaches and Captains of the national sides then cast votes for their top three stars. The player voted first gets five points, second gets three points, and third earns one point. The winner of the prize is naturally the player who earns the most points. Until 2004, there was no list of nominations, thus in theory any player in the world could be voted for. This led to some quite farcical voting, which some may argue rendered the prize virtually valueless.
To give you an example, in 2001, the likes of Iran’s Ali Daei, South Africa’s Sibusiso Zuma and Honduras’ Carlos Pavon all received votes. FIFA hoped to prevent ridiculous voting such as this by introducing a shortlist system in 2004. Only players on the list could be voted for by the Captains and Coaches. However on the evidence of the 30 players FIFA have chosen to compete for this year’s prize, one has to wonder if these changes have made any difference.
The absence of Francesco Totti from the list of nominations is an absolute disgrace. It is an insult and I can say for one that I now could not care less who wins the award because if the Roma captain’s performances did not merit his inclusion then I must be going insane. Totti was top-scorer in Serie A, he was European Golden Boot Winner and was outstanding as he led Roma to the Champions League quarter-final. Then of course there is the omission of Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who was a key protagonist in Inter winning the Scudetto last year, and has been the best player in Serie A this season.
Furthermore, where is Bayern Munich goal-machine Luca Toni? What about Valencia’s David Villa? Then of course there is the phenomenal Cesc Fabregas of Arsenal, who has undoubtedly been the best player in the Premiership this year, and the Gunners’ star-man last campaign. Either FIFA is full of clueless idiots who have never watched football in their life, or more than likely their list of choices is dictated by politics. Gianluigi Buffon was playing in Serie B last year, while Fabio Cannavaro, a player I have worshipped for the past decade and still believe to be a world-class defender, had an awful season at Real Madrid.
Juan Roman Riquelme was frozen out of the Villarreal squad and shipped off to Boca Juniors mid-season, Barcelona’s Samuel Etoo ruptured his cartilage and missed six months of the last campaign, while Inter’s Patrick Vieira also missed half of the season through injury. What football were these FIFA bureaucrats watching last season? How on earth can these players be picked ahead of the likes of Totti, Ibrahimovic, Toni and Villa? It is a disgrace. The FIFA World Player of the Year award is a Mickey Mouse Prize with no value whatsoever.
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DD wrote:Cech too long out to be considered IMO.
If you're judging it purely on 2007, Cech missed the first 3 weeks. I guarantee you nearly every other player in that list was out for longer.
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bluenine wrote:Good article!
Is The FIFA World Player Of The Year Award A Worthless Trophy?
Today FIFA drew up a 30-man shortlist to compete for the 2007 FIFA World Player of the Year award. Astonishingly both Francesco Totti and Zlatan Ibrahimovic were missing from those nominated. Goal.com asks whether the award has now become worthless…
The FIFA World Player of the Year award has been littered with controversy and criticism ever since its creation in 1991. The system, for those of you who are not familiar, works as follows. First of all FIFA draws up a list of nominations, before Coaches and Captains of the national sides then cast votes for their top three stars. The player voted first gets five points, second gets three points, and third earns one point. The winner of the prize is naturally the player who earns the most points. Until 2004, there was no list of nominations, thus in theory any player in the world could be voted for. This led to some quite farcical voting, which some may argue rendered the prize virtually valueless.
To give you an example, in 2001, the likes of Iran’s Ali Daei, South Africa’s Sibusiso Zuma and Honduras’ Carlos Pavon all received votes. FIFA hoped to prevent ridiculous voting such as this by introducing a shortlist system in 2004. Only players on the list could be voted for by the Captains and Coaches. However on the evidence of the 30 players FIFA have chosen to compete for this year’s prize, one has to wonder if these changes have made any difference.
The absence of Francesco Totti from the list of nominations is an absolute disgrace. It is an insult and I can say for one that I now could not care less who wins the award because if the Roma captain’s performances did not merit his inclusion then I must be going insane. Totti was top-scorer in Serie A, he was European Golden Boot Winner and was outstanding as he led Roma to the Champions League quarter-final. Then of course there is the omission of Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who was a key protagonist in Inter winning the Scudetto last year, and has been the best player in Serie A this season.
Furthermore, where is Bayern Munich goal-machine Luca Toni? What about Valencia’s David Villa? Then of course there is the phenomenal Cesc Fabregas of Arsenal, who has undoubtedly been the best player in the Premiership this year, and the Gunners’ star-man last campaign. Either FIFA is full of clueless idiots who have never watched football in their life, or more than likely their list of choices is dictated by politics. Gianluigi Buffon was playing in Serie B last year, while Fabio Cannavaro, a player I have worshipped for the past decade and still believe to be a world-class defender, had an awful season at Real Madrid.
Juan Roman Riquelme was frozen out of the Villarreal squad and shipped off to Boca Juniors mid-season, Barcelona’s Samuel Etoo ruptured his cartilage and missed six months of the last campaign, while Inter’s Patrick Vieira also missed half of the season through injury. What football were these FIFA bureaucrats watching last season? How on earth can these players be picked ahead of the likes of Totti, Ibrahimovic, Toni and Villa? It is a disgrace. The FIFA World Player of the Year award is a Mickey Mouse Prize with no value whatsoever.
Well, it's good in the sense that all of us agree that this list is Cr@p. But the article's writer himself is a bit clueless:
- Cesc has been the best player this season...um yes, I'm sure this list isn't decided based on 8 league games (though you could argue that for some of the other names
). I think his form is too recent and too late for the list.- Riquelme may have been "shipped off to Boca", but his performances for them (mainly in the Copa Libertadores) were simply magnificent. In fact, I would have had him in my top 3, but Barrilete pointed out that he wasn't as good in the Argentinian league as in the CL. So he deserves to be in there.
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People are angry about Totti being left out, but what about Casillas? I don't know what the hell Casillas has to do to be nominated for these stupid awards. Once again, he was our best player last season and there is no way we would have won the league without him. He also stood out in all the big games once again as well.
Funniest inclusion of all: Thuram. They might as well have put Oleguer in there, who has been at about the same level as Thuram in the past year.
Funniest inclusion of all: Thuram. They might as well have put Oleguer in there, who has been at about the same level as Thuram in the past year.
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Re: FIFA World Player of the Year nominations
by Oleguerisntthatbad Thu Oct 11, 2007 6:20 pm
WTF Oleguer is not there!!!
Seriousely, talking about my own team, I wouldn't have included Henry, Thuram, Márquez or Eto'o (mostly because of his injuries)
Seriousely, talking about my own team, I wouldn't have included Henry, Thuram, Márquez or Eto'o (mostly because of his injuries)
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But I laugh when I see nesta and pirlo in the list, it is 2007 right?
I agree about Pirlo but Nesta was amazing in the majority of the games he played last season, especially after his return from Miami. He was also one of the main reasons we won the CL. And this season he one of our 2-3 best players. If you are basing your argument on the basis that he missed quite a few games due to injury then i agree, but there are other far more 'undeserving' candidates in that list IMO.
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