Noah und der Bale wrote: Sturridge was MOTM by some considerable distance 
comparing Sturridge with Ballack is like comparing English Marmalade with Grandma's Homemade JAM
ffs
wow
so a FIFA.com HACK praises a few decent moves by a player
so WHAT ?!
I have NO problem with that at all
if you are impressed by the nature of the OFFICIAL praise though
let's face it Bernd
those "English language" FIFA texts are all written by NATIVE speakers, who happen to be English, who happen to be smitten with ENglish propaganda
tfsma
of more interest are the SKY users
most of them will be ENGLISH, ie, all exposed to English media propaganda
and I fail to understand why they would have to give Ballack an average score of 8.6 , when they could easily go for a 7 or 6
or, hey
4.3
like they handed out to Flumps
it's also a mystery to me what Balle would do so much better than Sturridge in their estimation
if Sturridge was so BRILLANT and Balle was merely waving his arms and waiting for the odd ball to hit, whilst mostly NOT breaking sweat
you have A LOT OF EXPLAINING to do, my fine Hungarian
as I said, all those German papers that basically wish DEATH upon Ballack now raving about his game and leadership, should be a give-away that we are witnissing something
HISTORIC just as FAZ, the ideologically PURIST Ballack haters, barely mentioning his name after the game,
is indicative, that a few DOGMATISTS of the worst kind (we have one or two of them on HERE)
are and always will be
"unbelehrbar"
what worries me about YOU though, my dear bernd
is that your REPUTATION could suffer
by association
and no, I don't mean with allez nodding so enthusiastically in the background
one cannot choose one's fans , let's face it
I mean
you are more in the tabloid than broadsheet corner these days
the "Sun" did indeed have Sturridge as the MOTM
meanwhile, this is what the "Independent" had to say
""
A pace ahead, even his face mask could not conceal Michael Ballack's identity.
The cocksure strut, the languid, arrogant grace is still unmistakable.
At 35, Ballack remains the sort of presence his former club so plainly lack. ""
since I like you, bernd,
in fact quite a bit
I will give you the benefit of the doubt
and assume
that your loyalty to "SUN"-like thinking merely reflects your loyalty to the decent SUN journalists, who will all "possibly" lose their jobs soon, when everything related to Murdoch will have to close down for LEGAL reasons
YOU think this is unfair
and want to give the "decent" Sun journalists, who had nothing to do with Murdoch filth, your unstinting support
such is your fair play, decency and compassion
THAT is my spin of the story
and I am sticking to it
Home
) but otherwise we played a good game, holding out and then griding out a win against an initially rampant Dortmund. Impressed with Koscielny's solidity at RB but Arteta and Song MOTM for me, bossing the middle of the pitch in 2H, tirelessly hassling opponents off the ball. And of course that assist from Song for the first goal. 
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