Oahray: In my opinion, Zidane should have won it that year, cos he was by far the best player in the world cup in a season without any exceptional player in club football.

I think Cannavaro had this world cup medal to thank.

If this is your argument, it doesnt help the Ronaldo cause.

Ronaldo won only the La liga, which is not more important than the EPL which players Aguero and Yaya Toure helped win, or Serie A in which a Pirlo-inspired Juventus went unbeaten for the whole season to win it.

Didier Drogba was Chelsea's best player and they won European clubs' biggest prize that season.

Now lets go international football. Messi didnt play in the Euros. Ronaldo put in lack-lustre performances in his first two games in the Euros. He shone in the next two.
However it would be a sacrilege to even mention Ronaldo's Euro performance in the same sentence with that of Pirlo or Iniesta (who happens to be a contender). I apologize for just doing so.

In the Euros, Ronaldo was only as good as Balotelli.

In any individual part of last season, or the whole, Ronaldo didnt come out tops in the world.

The facts (including the one you quoted) supports this.

Thanks

vicenzo: So,can we now agree that the award is but popularity contest,tainted by sentiments of the voters.

Yeah, just like political elections are popularity contests. Maybe we should scrap them. How dumb can one get?

If FIFA gives the award based on internal judgement, una go complain say na ojoro. If professionals outside FIFA decide by voting, una go complain say na popularity contest.

Ronaldo fan boys are bad losers...

Messi for sure!
Iniesta 2nd
Ronaldo 3rd...

Oahray: Yeah, just like political elections are popularity contests. Maybe we should scrap them. How dumb can one get?

If FIFA gives the award based on internal judgement, una go complain say na ojoro. If professionals outside FIFA decide by voting, una go complain say na popularity contest.

Ronaldo fan boys are bad losers...

very bad losers!

Mr.T Anonymous:
yeah,I support dat motion.Let Messi cum n play in Barclays English premier League and lets see how he would perform.

u can't leave white house for aso rock. Both Messi nd Ronaldo are guilty of such, Ronaldo left sporting 4 man u 4 greener pastures, left man u 4 madrid which is better, nd now he is going back to man u,why didn't he go to reading or Qpr. If na by club prostituting Anelka 4 win world best 10 times. Casillas that is one of the best goalkeeper have stayed put in madrid and nobody is asking him to go to arsenal or newcastle.

I wish Ronaldo can win d award.

la furia: wonder y the argument is always changed to suite messi, since the day FIFA didnt include sneider in thefinal 3 in 2010, there u know its about personal intrest. we talk of messi individual stat now but we were quick to dismiss cr7 individual stat in 2011 where he won europe highest goal scorer and copa del rey since messi won the champions league.

if Cr7 had scored 91 goals with copa del rey and messi wins laliga, the argumement will be cr7 is selfish, miss penalty against chelsea, couldnt score against barca, a big game flop.. in 2012, messi was a big game flop, doing badly wen his team needed him usual or na lie?

if sneider and diego who contributed and won treble for inte rmilan couldnt make the final three, is it Cr7 that won just laliga that will win ballondor. messi will get the ballon dor 2012 simple. dont be suprise if this 2012 argument is, messi had more complete passes than CR7. no stat dat we wont hear anymore include wic player smile more. oh messi smiles more than CR7, give him world best

dis one don smoke sk dis a.m....
Messi was a big flop in 2012?? u fall down from cocoa house head first?? beta gaan watch football wella befre u say bs.. cos he missed a penalty against bayern or which team sef doesn't make him a flop

Pedro JP: Iniesta jooor. Dat guy de play. Wetin dat guy de do with defenders easily messi and cr7 no de do am.

ANDREAS INIESTA LUJAN

tchidi: I wonder why they bother having a ceremony...
Just call Messi, go to his house and drop it off

GOD BLESS YOU ..

hustla he has been smoking one thing they say they smoke up noth made of cat urine. not sure what d name is
anybody?

The award is messi's

U've spoken well, but must u include "six useless chelsea Goal", and to worsen it more 5likes from Man u fans(2), arsenal(2) and anoda anti chelsea from spain...

Bobbystanley: Its either Ronaldo or iniesta.

Messi scored 91 goals last year but can only boast of the Copa del rey.

Cristiano Ronaldo led madrid to their 32nd La liga title last year and also led portugal to the semi finals of the Euro2012 wia they lost to eventual winners spain.He also won the spanish super cup and scored in both leg against lionel messi's barcelona

Iniesta won the copa del rey and also claimed the Euro trophy and was the MVP @ euro2012.
Summary;Lionel messi's goals couldn't deliver him a recognised silverware just like the six useless goals chelsea scored against Nordsjaelland in the final group game of the champions league.

Team messi all d way

Ahmeduana:
if messi is good the way people are praising him, he should move from la liga to other major leagues and see if he can perform the way cristy has performed and still performing.

Let me draw an analogy. Would you hypothetically change your job in a blue chip company like chevron for a place in federal ministry of works? Get real!!!!!

FOR NOW,MESSI IS THE UNDISPUTABLE KING OF FOOTBALL.

If it's truly an individual award, Messi deserves it most, then Iniesta, then Ronaldo.

If trophies won is considered, Then Iniesta deserves it most, then Ronaldo, then Messi.

If both individual brilliance and trophies won as a result are considered 50-50, then Ronaldo deserves it most, then Iniesta, then Messi.

Messi all the way!

Oahray: Yeah, just like political elections are popularity contests. Maybe we should scrap them. How dumb can one get?

If FIFA gives the award based on internal judgement, una go complain say na ojoro. If professionals outside FIFA decide by voting, una go complain say na popularity contest.

Ronaldo fan boys are bad losers...

Shut up. If you have no arguement,pack one side. Messi fans want us to believe that the award should be given to messi based on individual performance,but we know that cannavaro's victory in 2006 shows that,that award is sure not given by individual performance all year. And going by sneijder's snub in 2010,that award is sure not given by individuals contribution to team success. So,we are left with popularity contest,tainted by sentiments of the voters.

hustla:



dis one don smoke sk dis a.m....
Messi was a big flop in 2012?? u fall down from cocoa house head first?? beta gaan watch football wella befre u say bs.. cos he missed a penalty against bayern or which team sef doesn't make him a flop

Goals are needed to win matches,if messi goals were scored in important matches,barca would have won more titles. How many titles did messi's crappy goals win for barca in 2012? It's simple,he failed to score when it mattered most.

Iaz93: Bullshyte. . So because Messi scored 91 goals in a calendar year he deserves the ballon d'or abi? When Gerd Muller scored 85 goals in 1972, why didn't he win it? Messi couldn't even help Barca win the La liga... He killed barca in the champions league too. . .

gerd Muller won it

What exactly qualifies you to win this award? Individual brilliance, I believe! So what has winning World Cup or league got to do with it? Why are you guys not mentioning Aguero

NoContract: [size=18pt]The wheels never change since 2008

If no be Cristiano Ronaldo, e go be Messi, or Iniesta.

So no more best football players out there?

When the same players play the game, it begins to look boring.[/size]

MIKEL OBI DEY NOW. AT LEAST HE WON UCL.
THOUGH CRASHED OUT OF GROUP STAGE.
BUT HE STILL DESERVES SOMTIN.
Even crumbs that fell of table can be savoured by ****.

I have a feeling that 2nite is gona be a gud nite 4 Messi and Barca fans

I WISH INIESTA COULD JUST GET THIS AS CANNAVARO DID IN THE PAST.
HOWEVER, MESSI HAD BROKEN ENOUGH GROUNDS/RECORDS THAT WILL MAKE IT HARD FOR HIM.
MESSI, CAN YOU WILL THIS ONE TO INIESTA? PLS, BIKO.
RONALDO IS JUST A COPY OF REAL BALLON D'OR.
DON'T THINK HE WILL AGAIN.
HE CAME IN A SEASON WHEN ANGEL MESSI IS SUPER-ACTIVE.

If there is going to be a surprise, I doubt if that surprise will be CR7.

Messi-here-Messi-dere-Messi-Messi-edriwer-razzle-dazzle-on-my-mind-Messi-is-d-owner

vicenzo: Shut up. If you have no arguement,pack one side. Messi fans want us to believe that the award should be given to messi based on individual performance,but we know that cannavaro's victory in 2006 shows that,that award is sure not given by individual performance all year. And going by sneijder's snub in 2006,that award is sure not given by individuals contribution to team success. So,we are left with popularity contest,tainted by sentiments of the voters.

typical Ronaldo fan boy, resorting to being rude when you have no point.

Maybe you made a mistake mentioning Sneijder for 2006 award because he was just an injury-prone average player then.

Zidane's headbutt worked against him in 2006.

Sniejder won trophies in 2010 because he was in a team (inter) that did well collectively, not because he was exceptional as an individual. Only real football analysts would realise this.

Have you forgotten the contributions of Diego Milito, Eto'o and the impenetrable inter defense to their UCL and Serie A trophy?
Now that there is no Eto'o and in-form Milito, hope you see how good your Sneijder is.

Sneijder didnt win the world cup...
He was not the best player in the 2010 world cup tournament either, DIEGO FORLAN was!

The fact that Holland lost when Robben flopped in the finals shows how reliant Holland was on Robben, not Sneijder.

You can keep letting your emotions get the better of you, if you feel it would give Ronaldo the award. Meanwhile enjoy this leaked pic of the award.



cry if you wish, like ronaldo does.

truth be told messi deserves it

Messi is favorite to win it...but i would prefer if iniesta does so, cos he has been in messi's shadow for too long......well, as for ronaldo, na only luck fit make am win.

The same criteria that made iniesta win the european best ahead
Of messi and ronaldo will still make him win this.
Its simple logic, not rocket science.

ujchief: The same criteria that made iniesta win the european best ahead
Of messi and ronaldo will still make him win this.
Its simple logic, not rocket science.

I'd still be glad if this happens. Everyone loves Iniesta.

But I fear that logic isnt fool-proof, sadly.

His performance in the Euros helped Iniesta win the UEFA award. Euro performance alone cannot decide it now. With FIFA, its an overall performance thing.

Anyways, fingers crossed.

Messi messi messi.with God's mercy he's gonna win the prestigious award.up barcelona for producing two players in the finalist.GOD BLESS BARCELONA AND GOD BLESS OUR PLAYER AND GOD BLESS OUR FANS