Ballon d'Or

To be honest I can't think of any Chelsea who deserved to be in the team if it's based on the performances throughout the season. I don't see enough of Bayern Munich to pass judgement on their players.

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By Jaygull | Permalink | On 07 January 2013 - 21:31 PM

Espanyol were like a pub team last night, just to show the chasm in quality, never mind Barcelona never needing to get out of second gear. As for the World Team of the Year, bit pathetic;

GK- Manuel Neuer
DR- Philip Lahm
DL- Jordi Alba
DC- Sergio Ramos
DC- Vincent Kompany
MC- Xavi
MC- Andrea Pirlo
MC- Andreas Iniesta
FW- Cristiano Ronaldo
FW- Robin Van Persie
FW- Lionel Messi

I'd like to have seen a team more like that. Van Persie for Arsenal last season was better than Falcao, Cavani et al, and that was playing in a tougher league and scoring majestic goals for fun. I don't follow German football too closely, but I imagine maybe players like Hummels or Schweinsteiger might have deserved a look in perhaps? Also, Zlatan and Thiago Silva? How well did they do last season?

Everyone seems to have Lahm in their team. Wraith said he was not at his best earlier in the year. Hummels should also be nowhere near the team after the beating Balotelli gave him.

Anyway year of the CF, Messi, Ronaldo, Falcao, Cavani, Van Persie, Ibrahimovic and now even Suarez posting monster tally's. And Drogba.

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07 Jan 2013 23:17:52

The team one is always a shit one no? Didn't it have Gerrard and Ferdinand not long ago?

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By Carroll. | Permalink | On 07 January 2013 - 23:17 PM

The team one is always a shit one no? Didn't it have Gerrard and Ferdinand not long ago?

Yeah, back when they were good it did.

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By Shola | Permalink | On 07 January 2013 - 23:15 PM

Everyone seems to have Lahm in their team. Wraith said he was not at his best earlier in the year. Hummels should also be nowhere near the team after the beating Balotelli gave him.

Anyway year of the CF, Messi, Ronaldo, Falcao, Cavani, Van Persie, Ibrahimovic and now even Suarez posting monster tally's. And Drogba.

Fuck, one bad game.

Hummels is shit.

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By Rick87 | Permalink | On 08 January 2013 - 09:54 AM

To be honest I can't think of any Chelsea who deserved to be in the team if it's based on the performances throughout the season. I don't see enough of Bayern Munich to pass judgement on their players.

A.Cole, Cech and Mata about the only three real contenders.

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08 Jan 2013 00:04:52

I don't think any deserve to be in the team of the year though - I think only Kompany from England does. You could argue Van Persie but I think Falcao, Messi and Ronaldo have all been better.

If RVP fires Man Utd to the title and keeps up his ridiculous goalscoring he may make an appearance this year though.

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08 Jan 2013 13:13:10

http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/2601/features/2013/01/08/3656789/where-is-pirlo-barcelona-and-real-madrid-bias-proves-that-fifpro-

Summed up pretty well.

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08 Jan 2013 13:18:39

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08 Jan 2013 15:37:35

I'd have named Yaya Toure in there and it pains me to say that

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08 Jan 2013 15:39:19

Casillas voted for Ramos as his number 1

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08 Jan 2013 19:06:39

What Mourinho thinks of the Ballon d'Or.

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08 Jan 2013 19:21:06

He makes some interesting points tbf.

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08 Jan 2013 19:51:28

http://e1.365dm.com/13/01/660x350/09-Ballon-dOr-Vote-Alves_2883272.jpg

http://e1.365dm.com/13/01/660x350/14-Ballon-dOr-Vote-Sabella_2883283.jpg

http://e0.365dm.com/13/01/660x350/05-Ballon-dOr-Vote-Lloris_2883261.jpg

Just three I found to be very biased / funny.

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08 Jan 2013 19:57:41

Bit suspicious that they all have the same handwriting.

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08 Jan 2013 20:12:49

Are the captains allowed to vote for themselves?

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By jumberto | Permalink | On 08 January 2013 - 19:57 PM

Bit suspicious that they all have the same handwriting.

Didn't even realise! Found it on the SkySports website though :\

By Franck | Permalink | On 08 January 2013 - 20:12 PM

Are the captains allowed to vote for themselves?

Don't think so. Messi and Ronaldo didn't have themselves.

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08 Jan 2013 20:24:33

Ah, that's a shame. Was looking forward to seeing Zlatan vote for himself. Thrice!

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By chokosc | Permalink | On 08 January 2013 - 20:23 PM

Didn't even realise! Found it on the SkySports website though :\

You can see its printed ffs

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By A Little Bit Of Merson Magic | Permalink | On 08 January 2013 - 20:26 PM

You can see its printed ffs

I know it was printed and not handwriting, just didn't realise it was the same font...

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08 Jan 2013 21:00:06

Hardly biased, of course they'll vote for their team mates, any Portugal player will want Ronaldo to win so why would they vote for Messi.

For the record, Messi rightly won it, he's the best player I've ever seen.

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08 Jan 2013 21:10:21

What the fuck's this "pim" Mourinho goes on about?

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By Vercoe | Permalink | On 08 January 2013 - 21:10 PM

What the fuck's this "pim" Mourinho goes on about?

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By Carroll. | Permalink | On 08 January 2013 - 21:00 PM

Hardly biased, of course they'll vote for their team mates, any Portugal player will want Ronaldo to win so why would they vote for Messi.

For the record, Messi rightly won it, he's the best player I've ever seen.

I'm really unsure about whether you understand the word bias.

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By Ninja | Permalink | On 08 January 2013 - 21:52 PM

I'm really unsure about whether you understand the word bias.

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08 Jan 2013 22:00:57

Ronaldo went home sick the day of the voting so Alves could vote for him \o/

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