Fifa world player of the year

[DJLJ]

Messi.

 

FifPro World team of the year:

Goalkeeper: Iker Casillas (Spain/Real Madrid)

Defence: Dani Alves (Brazil/Barcelona), Nemanja Vidic (Serbia/Manchester United), John Terry (England/Chelsea) and Patrice Evra (France/Manchester United)

Midfield: Andres Iniesta (Spain/Barcelona), Xavi (Spain/Barcelona) and Steven Gerrard (England/Liverpool)

Attack: Fernando Torres (Spain/Liverpool), Lionel Messi (Argentina/Barcelona), Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal/Manchester United/Real Madrid).

 

 

BBC Sport - Football - Lionel Messi wins Fifa World Player of the Year award

[1892-LFCWasBorn]

Nemanja Vidic (Serbia/Manchester United)

 

[Curly]

Messi.

 

FifPro World team of the year:

Goalkeeper: Iker Casillas (Spain/Real Madrid)

Defence: Dani Alves (Brazil/Barcelona), Nemanja Vidic (Serbia/Manchester United), John Terry (England/Chelsea) and Patrice Evra (France/Manchester United)

Midfield: Andres Iniesta (Spain/Barcelona), Xavi (Spain/Barcelona) and Steven Gerrard (England/Liverpool)

Attack: Fernando Torres (Spain/Liverpool), Lionel Messi (Argentina/Barcelona), Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal/Manchester United/Real Madrid).

 

 

BBC Sport - Football - Lionel Messi wins Fifa World Player of the Year award

 

i know you could debate a couple of the names on that, but what a fucking team that would be. pleased for stevie and nando and can't argue with little lionel coming out on top either

[Red Mist]

Terry always gets picked for these by default. I'm sure he can miss an entire season football and still end up in the team of the year. Fucking stupid.

[shanks69]

Terry always gets picked for these by default. I'm sure he can miss an entire season football and still end up in the team of the year. Fucking stupid.

 

i'd would have had puyol way ahead of him.

[The Chief]

That's one fucked up defence that is!!!

[Guest PurpleNose]

Pique.

[shaunstrudwick]

That's one fucked up defence that is!!!

 

what are you on about?

 

it's about star performers for their respective teams - not what players would make the best defensive unit

[Brownie]

Am I the only one who thinks Pique is utter, utter, horseshit?

[Guest PurpleNose]

Am I the only one who thinks Pique is utter, utter, horseshit?

 

I thought he was the best centrehalf in Europe last season by an absolute mile.

[piscinin]

Am I the only one who thinks Pique is utter, utter, horseshit?

 

He carries the ball out of defence well, people confuse that with being able to defend which of course Barca rarely do.

[Guest PurpleNose]

He carries the ball out of defence well, people confuse that with being able to defend which of course Barca rarely do.

 

Strong, good in the air, good tackler, and reasonably quick. Letting him go was as bad a mistake for Slur as selling Stam.

 

Absolutely dominant in La Liga last season. At the age of 22.

 

Excellent levels of concentration also, as you point out how Barca's defence and keeper will do little for large periods of matches.

 

Would strengthen our team immeasurably.

[RobbieOR]

Am I the only one who thinks Pique is utter, utter, horseshit?

 

Pique is a brillaint player.

[piscinin]

Strong, good in the air, good tackler, and reasonably quick. Letting him go was as bad a mistake for Slur as selling Stam.

 

Absolutely dominant in La Liga last season. At the age of 22.

 

Excellent levels of concentration also, as you point out how Barca's defence and keeper will do little for large periods of matches.

 

Would strengthen our team immeasurably.

 

I saw someone say the exact same thing about Joe Kennedy.

[Guest PurpleNose]

I saw someone say the exact same thing about Joe Kennedy.

 

I'm going to stick my neck out and say that Barcelona won't buy him.

[trefoil]

Alonso shoulda got in ahead of Gerrard, I'm just throwing it out there

[njackets]

Alonso shoulda got in ahead of Gerrard, I'm just throwing it out there

 

He should, but sort of like somebody brought up about Terry he just goes down on the lists by default.

[Herp McDerp]

Alonso shoulda got in ahead of Gerrard, I'm just throwing it out there

No. He scored 24 times and assisted 17 goals.

[trefoil]

No. He scored 24 times.

 

yeah and now Liverpool are shit and Real Madrid aren't

[Herp McDerp]

yeah and now Liverpool are shit and Real Madrid aren't

I'd say Ronaldo and Kaka have more to do with that than Alonso does.

[trefoil]

yeah but they also had less to do with us finishing 2nd last year... sorry I'm not trying to knock Gerrard like I'm just a big fan of Alonso

[piscinin]

I'd say Ronaldo and Kaka have more to do with that than Alonso does.

 

And Higuain more than both of them. And despite all that they are still where they were last year. Behind Barcelona

[Herp McDerp]

yeah but they also had less to do with us finishing 2nd last year... sorry I'm not trying to knock Gerrard like I'm just a big fan of Alonso

Never said you were , I was just pointing out that Gerrard scored 24 times, he deserves to be in there and Xavi and Iniesta created a shitload of goals. Alonso did brilliantly for us, but you don' get picked for these things for doing the stuff he did. What I'd really like to know however, is how that twat who got sent off twice and looked shaky for large poarts of last season managed to get in there.

[Jose Jones]

Am I the only one who thinks Pique is utter, utter, horseshit?

 

He's not horseshit, but he's not great.

Mind you if you've got Terry and Vidic in there the world must be struggling for great centre halves.

[Newport]

How the fuck Vidic and Terry got in there but neither Puyol nor Pique did is fucking unbelievable.

 

Also, that cunt Ronaldo won goal of the year despite being nominated alongside Torres' brilliant and much more skillful goal against Blackburn.