dayokanu:

Platini clearly support Ribery because he is French, If a Juventus player was in the running Platini would have supported him

Zidane supports Ribery despite being on the Madrid board, So hows that different from what casillas did?

elampiro:

If it was by trophies, the year Ronaldo won a better trophy than Messi, he still lost.

elampiro:

You mean Platini supports Ribery? I always knew there was something behind this Ribery winning the European best and his unexpected listing among the best three. He is not even my best in Bayern.

Now we know how FIFA and EUFA influence people's thinking.

elampiro: I don't think I need to argue again after learning that Platini supports Ribery.

elampiro: I don't think I need to argue again after learning that Platini supports Ribery.

Or that Sepp Blatter prefers Lionel to Cristiano

elampiro: I don't think I need to argue again after learning that Platini supports Ribery.

dayokanu:

The yr Messi was CL highest goal scorer, La Liga highest goal scorer and won a title. Now what did Ronaldo achieve in 2012 to deserve it ahead of Messi i 2012

In 2013

Messi CL highest goal scorer, La Liga Highest goal scorer La Liga tittle broke Gerd Mullers record

Ronaldo Hat trick against Sweden in a playoff. Shikena Are you serious?

RuuDie: At the end of the day, there is no ojoro there... all the skippers and coaches will cast their votes; and whether you like it or not they will each cast for who they individually LIKE. We can only take some little consolation from the knowledge that whoever gets on the final short-list, gets there on merit and that is recognition enough in my opinion!

montelik: Personally I wish we could decouple the FIFA WPOTY, Ballon D'or and maybe also have a separate European player of the year award (different from UEFA award which is mostly UCL based). This present setup when all the awards are congested into one, is a real disservice. Can any one really say Messi is the only player deserving of recognition as player of the year for the last 4 year running and could still win it again this year? So apparently since 2009 only Messi has had a year worthy of recognition as player of the year? With it all due respect it is a complete and utter joke.

Its turned in to too much of politics, bias, changing criteria, sentiment, campaigning and even corruption e.t.c. One year you have to win a trophy, other years its not necessary, then you have do well at major tournament, then you don't, then your image matters, then it doesn't. Its turned into a farce. But it can't be helped so lets go back to when we had a number of different awards so it doesn't turn into a meaningless fan dance. e.g In my opinion 4 players were each very deserving of player of the year recognition in 2010. You could make the case for Sneidjer, Xavi, Messi and Forlan in 2010. All had phenomenal years personally and team wise. Imagine if Sneidjer had claimed the FIFA WPOTY, Xavi or Forlan got the Ballon D'or and Messi got the European POTY award. Perfect setup and few could complain as it would be a solid reflection of the year. Then in any year where one player separates himself, he can sweep the field.

Ribery, CR7, Messi, Ibra, I couldn't be bothered who wins this year. WPOTY needs to die and lets get back to the much better previous format. F**k FIFA and their desire to bring more sponsorships and prestige to themselves by having one POTY award.

GustavoFring: A Rooney Own Goal will do me just fine.

Then afterwards, I can sit back, relax, and watch [b]Coogar [/b]proceed to rip out Elampiro's left arm and batter him to death with it, before dying himself of a Rooney-induced epileptic seizure....

Come on Cardiff!

afrodoc:

Haven't seen the Coog here recently. I hope he and Tapsy haven't carried their fight to finish offline?

This thread needs a small dose of Elampiro and Coogar now and again

Purist:

How about the fact that Sepp Blatter is a fan AND honorary member of Real Madrid?

GustavoFring:

You mean Clement?

He might be breeding a special 4-eyed, 8-legged rodent, possessing multiple jaws and teeth in its anus to completely dismember Tapsy and Elamps at their next encounter.

Or he might just be making a cup of tea while waiting for X-factor to come on. It is Saturday night after all.

elampiro:

Does Madrid need votes to win trophies. Being a fan of Madrid or Cameroun or England or Germany doesn make any difference, but being a fan of one of the two players who are vying for the world best and making it open has so much influence on the voters from the FIFA boss. He has already given the direction the votes should go.

dayokanu:

The fact that he is a honorary memmber would mean he is also biased towards Madrid and madrid players going by your logic. So why would he be able to accept such membership openly but not speak in favour of certain players openly, when in your own opinion he is supposed to be neutral

RuuDie: Since when did the personal preference of the FIFA president become law - is he Idi Amin?

Blatter is 'allowed' to have a favorite and even publicly declare it... it is a right that even being FIFA Supremo doesn't take away from him and it in no way sways what the individual National team Skippers and Managers will do with their votes!

elampiro:

If it was not so unethical as you guys make it sound, why did he apolgise? Although he had already done the damage.

elampiro:

If it was not so unethical as you guys make it sound, why did he apolgise? Although he had already done the damage.

elampiro:

Does Madrid need votes to win trophies. Being a fan of Madrid or Cameroun or England or Germany doesn make any difference, but being a fan of one of the two players who are vying for the world best and making it open has so much influence on the voters from the FIFA boss. He has already given the direction the votes should go.

montelik: seems like no RVP and Fellaini today. so Giggs will start in midfield.

Ogbeche77: He only apologized for the statement directed to Ronaldo, saying he spends lots of time in the salon... He never apologized for making public his favorite player