The Ballon d’Or results have been announced today with Manchester United players ranking pretty well.
1. Messi
2. Cristiano Ronaldo (6 months with United, 5 months with Real Madrid)
3. Xavi
4. Iniesta
5. Eto’o
6. Kaka
7. Ibrahimovic
8. Rooney
9. Drogba
10. Gerrard
11. Torres
12. Fabregas
13. Dzeko
14. Giggs
15. Henry
16. Vidic/Fabiano/Casillas
19. Forlan
20. Gourcuff
Lionel Messi received more than double the votes of any other player. Karim Benzema was also nominated but received no votes. Snigger.
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Messi had a super year
Ronaldo had a kinda super 6 months sold for 80 million then got injuried???
then rooney ends up in 8th????
3. Xavi-love him at united
4. Iniesta-love him at united
none are rooney thou or a fletcher in my eyes
5. Eto’o-is it 2006?
6. Kaka-is it 2007?
7. Ibrahimovic-is it that second he scored that good goal against real after an inflated pricetag put on his head during the summer made him look like ronaldo and messi just shit a baby boy
then scrapping into in to the top ten by 2 places wayne rooney the best all round player in the world and the most important player any team could have with passion speed strainght passion ability vision passion leadership and passion is 8th???
who makes these lists
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the only misjustice is steeevie me and the ladyboy befor sir ryan giggs!
utter rubbish.This is based on last season as well ,how come ronaldo is ahead of xavi and andreas iniesta.also what did kaka do to get up that high in the list. He was undeserving player of tournament in the conbfedrations cup.Vidic is the only defender in the list.pathetic to see the likes of fabregas,dzeko above vidic.vidic should have been in the top 10 for sure.Ibrahimovic is doing well at barca but did nothing much at inter and dosent deserve to be so high.
The list is CRAP.
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rooney is good all round player but common mate, credit where it is due, messi,xavi and iniesta were better than rooney for sure. Rooney did not have a very good season last year to be honest maybe due to the fact that he played out of position so many times.
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if none of the top 20 or even top 8th didnt play for united what player would you want in your team against west ham
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United are a team that has had good players(not necessarily world class) who elevate their performaces. We dont have players who play for the ballon d or.i dont care whether rooney wins it or not.we all know he is a great team player. unfortunately these awards are for individuals mand do not include team play. Sad but true. if it was for team player rooney would win it every year.and yes we can beat west ham without giggs,vidic and rooney
How did Kaka And Ibrahimovic make the list? Because they play in Spain now or because the 2 Milan clubs had to be represented ? Kaka has been crap for 2 seasons now .
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what player would you want in your team against west ham? ? ? ?
Whos Karim Benzema ??
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sorry mate.i dont get your question.are telling me to pick anyone from this list or asking me to picka United team without the 3 players who made it to the ballon d or shortlist
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karim benzema is a money grabbing over hyped french cunt
a.i.g.
say if you owned leeds(spit) and you could pick one guy off that list who would it be
I googled Karim Benzema and all I found was this http://home.earthlink.net/~tfakehany/onbench.gif
@ghtt Come on man, I love United and I wear my red spectacles with pride, but neither Xavi or Iniesta, the two best midfielders in the world are better than Fletcher?
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if it was for individual brilliance it would be messi.if you are looking at overall contribution to the team it has to be rooney
apparently messi admires wazza’s passion
http://sports.yahoo.com/soccer/news?slug=goal-barcelonawizardlionelmessir
Ibrahimovic should be at least 5th. Fair spot for Rooney, beating Torres and Drogba.
Don’t ridicule Benzema – he might be at OT next season.
I believe that Aguerra and Villa are destined for Barca and Real. Real will also buy Ribery and will need to sell to raise some cash. Benzema could move to UTD – that’s why Fergie still has the £80m from the CR sale. Whether he’ll pay the money paid for him is another matter.
Kaka, how does he keep making the list!!
IcelandicDevil
I love those glasses I have a few backup pairs as well
I put it down to the fact that if Fletcher played in rome the end would be different
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please dont remind me of rome.still cry thinking of that night.miserable to say the least.
i believe that ibrahimovic does’nt deserve to be that high as well as kaka. where is rio he certainly was a rock before his injuries. messi getting the ballon d or was predictable due to his performances last season.
IcelandicDevil
i think that fletch and hargo are world class and can certainly break down xavi and iniesta.
AIG alex is god
i disagree mate. is’nt rio evra vds vida hargo fletcher scholes sir ryan giggs valencia wazza berba world class. and don’t we have the greatest manager of all time? i think with all that and more and fantastic squad players are’nt we a world class side?
we’re not good we’re Manchester United Football Club, the greatest club in the World!:-)
Drogba? He was fucking shit last season. An embarrasment.
@HARGREAVES’ CURLY HAIR
on current form rooney,giggs,evra and fletcher are the only world class players in the team.rio and vidic are struggling.berba is very good but needs to give in some more solid performances.hargo has been out for long now. valencia is getting on well but has to do a lot lot more to be labelled world class.
we are not talking abpout managers. if it comes to that no manager is even fit to lace SAF’s boots
I wonder what this list what would look like if it was managers instead of players.
Brisbane Red – I sincerely hope Benzema is NOT at United next season. Turns us down for the fascists then when it doesn’t work out wants to bale. No fucking chance and can’t see Fergie liking it either. I did think that myself though that we may go in for him. Hope not.
SteniS – Ibrahimovic shouldn’t be fifth. Over rated cunt. Doesn’t have the heart for such a big man.
theboogeyman
it would go
1 Sir Alex Ferguson
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King Eric- I said it yesterday also that Ibrahimovic is over-rated and arrogant.
GHTT- I think it would go:
1.Sir Alex Ferguson.
2.Rest of the managers, because everyone voted for Sir Alex.
no way the FSW would vote for Sir Alex and even if he did it wouldnt count because noone would know who mishture faerguston is
King Eric- I have been saying the same thing about Ibrahimovic for a long time and yesterday too. AIG and me had an argument, or a discussion, whichever, about Ibrahimovic.
GHTT- But he(FSW) would vote for Mr. Ferguson, then Sir Alex would win unanimously, and then the FSW could complain that everything is done in favour of Mister Ferguson, and that is why Sir Alex won.
He would then go on to explain just because you win stuff on your own work, you’re still not the best.
@aig alex is god
fair point mate. guys why is’nt evra on the list? i mean since he’s joined he’s been world class and is the best left back in the world if not one of the best.
guys is DODO still coming to united?
Barca have 5 in the top 7 (if you count Eto and Ibra as halves..) that is nothing short of amazing, to make that kind of claim!!!
the Balloon D’Or is rubbish anyway, isn’t it voted for by French journalists? the only thing the French know how to do is surrender and eat cheese.
what sort of nominations are these.
no tevez,bellamy,adebawhore,santa claus,robihno.they are all world class. messi,ronaldo and rooney are no where near them. rooney plays for the little known man utd while all the others mentioned before play for the massiveeee man shitty.
I cant believe Gareth Barry isnt in the list. Wheres Carlton Cole, its a fekkin disgrace. I have it on good authority that the vote was rigged by the same parsnip who did the Zimbabwe and Afghan vote, he phoned me up and told me so when he was three knuckles deep in Blatters arse and receiving a rimming from that french cunt Platini.
@Hargo’s curly hair: Being able to break down a midfield pairing with 2 midfield destroyers like Fletch and Hargo doesn’t mean that said destroyers are better players than the the midfield they break down. Mascherat is capable of breaking down most midfields, but no one in their right mind would claim he is one of the best midfielders in the world. I love Fletch and Hargo, but Xavi and Iniesta are no. 1 and 2 on the list of the best midfielders in the game today.
Surely these lists are done on the basis of the previous season, so we have 4 players on the list.
Not surprising that Barcelona players make up 4 of the top 5 positions for last year.
Too many players are on that list who are just there cuz of their ridicilous transfer fee, its a joke. But the real ballon d’or is the Sir Matt Busby player of the year award anyway. Besides…..wheres the beach ball???
patrice evra is the best left back in the world, surely that would warrant some recognition this list.
at least take henry off, he wasn’t even the best striker on his own club last year, how the bloody hell is he on this list?
If we had beaten barca, our players would have ranked topmost. Very simple. It would have hurt though, cos ronnie(no longer with us) would have won.
No Evra??
What the fuck did ibrahimovic do last season??
Leaving aside red spectacles, it’s still very odd that Rooney isn’t higher. On top of having a central role in a third consecutive Prem title and helping get United to a second successive Champs Lge Final, he almost single-handed got England through the World Cup Qualifiers, making a mediocre squad look half-competent. To reduce his qualities to ‘team work’ is like saying Pablo Picasso would have been good at mixing paint in GHTT’s bog.Ibrahimovic is clearly a highly skilled player but he has never looked like driving Inter to Champs Lge glory.
5. Eto’o
6. Kaka
13. Dzeko
HAHAHA WHAT A JOKE.
Haha..what rubbish…except messi, xavi and iniesta, I pretty much don’t agree with the list..
The only other thing I agree and appreciate is Rooney ranked above Ladyboy Torres.
GHTT doesn’t if dazza had played in rome… xavi and eniesta are among the best in the business, come on were all united through and through but guys you must be having a laugh mate!
phaka sa red- Xavi and Iniesta may be among the best in the business, but so is Fletch. I am sure that if he hadn’t been sent off so fucking unjustly and he played in the final, we would have won the game.
Ibrahimovic > Rooney
farse of a top 20, never has anything to do with ability but the players fame and well known name off the pitch, besides messi of course…
SteRDLK – Bollocks pal. Would rather have Rooney any day that that over rated no heart bottler.
SteveMe and the Ladyboy or that cunt Drogba better than Giggsy? Never!!!!
am sorry but i think ibrahimavic is awesome, i used to think he was over rated, but seeing him play for barca he’s been fuckin awesome, top scorer atm in la liga, scored in his 1st 6 straight league games, i think him and berba are in a simular league when 1st touch is concerned. still prefer rooney, but zlatan is awesome
Its pathetic how u guys look downs at spanish.. Common give credit where is due.. I think by far xavi o iniesta should be 2nd o 1st place.. I would have want either one of them to be in united.. It would masterclass to have xavi playing in our midfield along side fletcher… Its a shame that u guys dun see those midfield playin at old tradford here..