Who u voting for and why
i pick Xavi , he totally conquer the field with his vision

This post has been edited by faris21: Jan 9 2011, 03:57 PM

Its all about politic nowadays,move on and forget about this trophy

Xavi..Heart of Barca ( UCL Semi Finalist ) Heart of Spain ( World Cup )

actually my personal favourite will be Sneijder

Engine of Inter ( UCL Winner ) Engine of Holland ( World Cup Runners Up )

It should be Sneijder,Milito or Villa in top 3 but Xavi might won it because he deserve to win Ballon D'or compare to the other two.

I vote for messi

No Sneijder on the list, this award worse than Mickey Mouse Cup.

All Barca players

Xavi

For the sake of this thread, i think i should not troll and keep this clean.
Well, maybe just a bit.
Iniesta is a diver. Besides he's injured like half of last season ? The rest of the time he's done faking an injury.

Now that i got that thing off my chest, my vote shall go to Xavi.

I vote for Sneijder.

the only reason Iniesta on the list is because his world champions`s goal, even im Barca fan but i think Wesley deserved to get his spot in the list after his superb performance with Inter and Holland

him



/vote closed

1) Xavi
2)Snejder
3)Messi.

Really wonder which coaches/captains voted for Iniesta.

the same kinds of idiots who voted him in this thread.
+Sneijder has shinier head than him.

It should be Sneijder.. Iniesta is a joke of the year!!

btw this award is shiok sendiri!

its Xavi for me.
Sneijder deserves a runner-up spot there.

Iniesta is class, dont get me wrong but like many pointed out he was out injured for a long time and only starts to gather his form back recently, scoring in the WC final does help. Whereas Messi is well....Messi. what more can you say? dribble past players like i did against 10 year olds, his shoot on goal cant be saved by keeper. BUT! this is World Cup year and his performance during WC is still below par by his own standard.

So my vote goes to Xavi, not only does he work the midfield for Spain and Barca, he does it behind-the-scenes ish. Simple and nice, nothing fancy but success rate is extremely high.

Barcelona along with AC Milan (1989 - Marco Van Basten, Franco Baresi & Frank Rijkaard) are the only two teams with all 3 players in the Ballon D'Or First, Second and Third nominations.

Apart from Juventus whom has 9 Ballon D'Or winners, Barcelona has the second most winners of the Ballon D'Or with 7.

As for this year's Ballon D'Or, I hope Xavi wins it

This post has been edited by Jusstatic: Jan 9 2011, 06:00 PM

i understand that you think its unfair that sneijder is not in there and i, as a barca fan too agree with you on this, but to the extent of accusing iniesta as a diver thats going a lil bit too far isn't it?

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Added on January 9, 2011, 8:23 pmbtw, its xavi for me.

This post has been edited by myhotgary2: Jan 9 2011, 08:23 PM

Maybe for you its far, but its around that normal range to me. You haven't seen me going about Iniesta have you ?
He's a diver. I reserve judgement to any other guys out there but i'll stand by my 'accusation'.
And for you and me especially, i would like this thread to be a clean one.

This post has been edited by visionary1993: Jan 9 2011, 08:29 PM

Norshahrul Idlan Talaha

I also feel that Sneijder should have been among top 3, instead of Iniesta.

But yeah, that is what you get after your team play ultra defensive tactics in big games. The UCL Final had even seen Bayern holding possesion for nearly 70%. IINM even when against Chelsea, I think Chelsea conquered the encounter too right?

Yeah ultra defensive tactic can you give trophies, but it won't get people remember you. How many people remember Helenio Herrera's catennacio, despite winning European titles and Intercontinental Cups in 2 consecutive seasons? How many times it was being hyped in the media? All we read were the legendary Hungarian NT, Basten's Milan team, and to some extent, Johan Cruyff's Barca Dream Team.

In the WC, Sneijder was not alone in driving the Dutch forward, don't ever ever underestimate Robben's influence. He was brilliant too. So by saying Sneijder carried the Dutch team is rather exaggerated.

For the vote, I think Xavi is the worthy winner, no matter who is the opponents in the final 3 stage.

And to Faris, I would encourage you to create the Manager award thread instead. Y'know as this guy said:

yeah.. people also forgot that this is a AFF Suzuki Cup year...

they better fixed that comes 2012..

ok ok im a no man club


i has my vote already

lol iniesta diver..or not..hes play style is effective.....wad more can u say...diver or not is raferees decision on the field...we aint professionals...they are....

This post has been edited by taor3n: Jan 9 2011, 10:26 PM

sneijder for me.

Maybe iniesta is shortlisted cz of his tribute to dani jarque during the wc?
Well,I agree on wesley sneijder,he played until he suffered frm anemia
But the votes came frm captains n coaches frm around the world right?

I agree with taor3n, we aint professional
We just can voice our concern

half are from coaches.. half from european football journalist..

politics

Do not want to comment too much of this time's contestant. Messi should have it, his flop in world cup is a consequence of Maradona's funny diamond midfield and no fault of his (though his poor form against Nigeria is in question).

Are u sure?that was for previous ballon d'or right?
Now that fifa world player of the year n ballon d'or has merged
Its quite unfair for other countries football like brazil n arg

because he scored 5 goals in the world cup?
get your brain checked yo.

bcoz he helped Atletico to win Europa League last season & one of best player in WC.
get ur brain checked yo

yes.. as long as Europe is the axis of world football.. that will always be the norm..

chances are, Arg n Bra players who performed at the World Cup already playing in Europe..

If an Argentinian won the clausura, the cup, the libertadores and the World Club Cup, he still wont be considered for the Ballon D'Or shortlist..

BTW, the original Ballon D'Or was more prestigious than FIFA World Player of the Year because voting were done among the more 'cultured' european journalist instead of football coaches worldwide who tend to swayed towards fan opinion. So the would want to maintain the journalist element which i agrees.

Remember,he scored against liverpool n fulham

The ceremony is today right? At what time?
I wish messi to win it again,
Bcz he is the only player that can beat mario balotelli,
Haha,kiddin

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Added on January 10, 2011, 3:35 pmAnd jose mourinho as the coach of the year,eventhough I dnt really like him
2nd will be luis aragones

How about goal of the year award?puskas award right?
I vote for van bronckhorst goal, It was stunning

And marta again for the women category,4 yrs in a row

This post has been edited by MrFay: Jan 10 2011, 03:35 PM

no live coverage on astro right? oh well...

hater gonna hate.

What time does the ceremony starts? should be able to stream...

This post has been edited by pyroboy1911: Jan 10 2011, 03:48 PM

its xavi too, for me.

though starting this year both awards has been merged, but by looking at the previous winner,
we know its going to be the worldcup winner who will be awarded. so messi is out. if not, it will serve no justice to ronaldinho in 2006.
IMHO he is shorlisted in the best 3 because he is the holder of the awards.

then we have xavi and iniesta. both are technically great and have their own strength.
but the former is much consistent throughout the whole season, no thanks to iniesta's injury. if he isnt, it will be very close i think, maybe performance in world cup would count (which both did perform well too.. )

europa league is a second class league yo.
what is that compared to world cup winner and la liga champion?
get your brain dissect yo.

usually the best player that win world cup will win ballon d or so my vote goes to xavi....

This post has been edited by skystrike: Jan 10 2011, 04:15 PM

Hmm.. Quite true, but why does the German Budesliga gets an additional CL slot for the German teams' performance in the Europa League.. These UEFA people ah...

haha..
really?
weird, what kinda performance?
mind to enlighten me?

http://www.goal.com/en/news/2724/ballon-do...s-not-deserving

rumoured that mou has won coach of the year..not a surprise

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Added on January 11, 2011, 3:06 amoh kesian Xavi...Well 47 goals is too much to handle for FIFA and co..congrats Messi

This post has been edited by SGSuser: Jan 11 2011, 03:08 AM

just as i expected..lionel messi..a phenomenal player..



and i got all my predictions correct except for the puskas award..hamit altintop won it..he was surprised when they announced it..
but the goal is somehow like a lucky goal..i would prefer van bronckhorst goal you know..it was a stunner..

This post has been edited by MrFay: Jan 11 2011, 03:29 AM

This award should Inesta and Xavi won .. Because they is playmaker who's make a assist to score the goal ..
By the way congrate to Messi

Mohd Norhafiz as captain voted for Xavi, Sneijder and Puyol

Rajagopal voted for Iniesta, Xavi and Ozil

This post has been edited by SGSuser: Jan 11 2011, 07:15 AM

I will be posting this in the inter thread. But what the heck. For the fun of it, watch the Barca jersey getting signed, or lack of.

based on accomplishments, Messi shouldnt have won ... and it is a shame that Sneijder wasnt even listed ... his contribution to the treble and a world cup final appearance ... what more can one ask for? treble + world cup itself? =P

here's de list of different naitonal team's voting.

http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/classic/aw...ayer_finalx.pdf

ronaldo voted for xavi & van bommel has invalid vote

This post has been edited by sepulse: Jan 11 2011, 12:24 PM

And the name of the captain of Comoros is ....."the captain of the antional team"! what a long name... haha

anyway congrats to Messi. The voting is not based on sentiments or based on achievements or trophies. It is based on experience and judgment of 400 odd national coaches and team captains who are probably the best candidates out there to judge the best player, coach, goal etc, because it is them who knows and understands the inside workings of football and knows what it is needed to perform at the highest level consistently etc.

But one thing though, is that only International team coaches get to vote. I would have thought most of the experienced coaches would be club coaches. For example, Fergie dont even get to vote.

Anyway, there is always house rules for different polls / competitions, just have to accept it and move on

I felt Iniesta was more deserving rather than Messi, but hats just me.

Plus: I also felt Hamit Altintop's goal was nothing compared to Matty Burrow's wonder goal.



This post has been edited by Mikeshashimi: Jan 11 2011, 12:53 PM

superb back heeled volley!! hahaha
myb he was absent that night, and the award goes to altintop? haha, he looked really surprised..of course, he didnt expect that a goal against kazakhstan won him an award last night..and the kazakhstan keeper who unable to save the shot for altintop was the one who gave the trophy to hamit altintop

final vote results:

Messi, 22,65%

Iniesta, 17,36%

Xavi, 16,48%

Sneijder, 14,48%

Fórlan, 7,61%

Ronaldo, 3,92%

Casillas, 2,90%

Villa, 2,25%

Drogba, 1,68%

Xabi Alonso, 1,52%

xavi not even 2nd.

remember, the award was voted by captains and coaches from around the world..only they know about the players on the field..

that also depends a lot on level of information they receive in those part of the world to make a sound judgment..

We are certainly not in the position to question that aren't we? These are top top footballers we are talking about, whose performance get so much coverage in media. Surely all NT captains from all over the world receive enough info to make their own judgment. And they are the professionals as well.

we here in SEA are blessed with wide market for foreign football broadcasting. I dont think they are that easily available in the other smaller nations who's interest in the sport probably not that much..

at most they can probably expect are selected matches in the EPL or in the Champions League. Its very rare to get Seria A broad cast to fully appreciate what sneijder had done to win the treble. Or to get Barcelona's full match week in week out to appreciate why Xavi could be as important as Messi..

if they only served with news clips or highlight, and the hype of written press, i think Messi would definately win it hand down.

This post has been edited by aressandro10: Jan 11 2011, 06:13 PM

Now that we are blessed with wide coverage of foreign football, can we say that Messi is definitely doesn't deserve the award? No matter how you'd want to put it, it will still be a tough call.

Now that Messi has won it, are you implying that he won because of news clips and highlights? Again, its tough to say that, because, again you have no proof that NT captain of some poorer countries receive minimal coverage of other players.

Now please refer to this document, can you say Sneijder receive less nominations from NT captain coming from small countries?

Let me list countries (outside Europe, as the small European countries may also have decent coverage of the major leagues) that have their captains voting Sneijder: Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Azrebaijan, Barbados, Costa Rica, Djibouti, Guatemala, Guinea, Lebanon, Mauritania, Nigeria etc etc.

By medias: Angola, Bostwana, Comoros, Congo, Djibouti, Dominican Republic etc etc.

My point is, it is very ridiculous to say that the reason Sneijder didn't get voted among the top 3 is the lack of media coverage. Just look at the countries that have brought up his name during the voting. I'm sure many of us never even heard of a country named Comoros, and I've googled it, and yes I did find an archipelago named Comoros. The same goes for Xavi and Iniesta. We can't say Messi won because lack of coverage for other Xavi and Iniesta.

My opinion on why Messi won it is purely because Messi's performance inspired more footballers/coaches/journalists than other players. We must remember, this is an individual award. To give the award, one should not look at how many cups the player won, because that is more of a team award. Individual award is different, it is all about the personal achievement of the player. If the player inspires more people than other footballers, he get the individual trophy.

The argument that the award has been spoiled by politics is totally BS, and have no proof at all.

This post has been edited by matyrze: Jan 11 2011, 06:54 PM

hmmm...those who got to vote are captains and coaches right..of course they got sufficient football broadcasting..they are footballers and involve in football, professionals..if you're saying that those who got to votes didnt receive sufficient coverage, i dont think so, but if the voters are spectators or civilians that have no tv, media or even newspaper get to vote, then you can say about that..but the voters are captains and coaches of FOOTBALL..for example, you might say nigeria, slovakia or gabon as the nations that hv no interest in the sport that much...but the voters are joseph yobo, marek hamsik and daniel cousin..they are professional footballers who get to vote..not murray or nadal get to vote..hmmm

jz my opinion

i vote fatty ronaldo