Lionel Messi was rightly named the FIFA World Player of the Year this week with a record breaking number of votes. Cristiano Ronaldo was voted second, Xavi third, Kaka fourth and Andrés Iniesta fifth.
The coaches and captains of international teams are given the opportunity for this prestigious award, with the first round of voting taking place in October.
Dimitar Berbatov, Park Ji-Sung and Darren Fletcher are their countries’ captain, so who did they vote for?
Dimitar Berbatov
1st – Messi
2nd – Ronaldo
3rd – Torres
Park Ji-Sung
1st – Messi
2nd – Ronaldo
3rd – Xavi
Darren Fletcher
1st – Ronaldo
2nd – Messi
3rd – Torres
I wonder if Park wins any prizes for getting it right?
It comes as no surprise that Terry, with all the morals of his drug dealing father and shop lifting mother, who himself has been exposed this week as taking thousands of quid to give behind the scenes tours of Chelsea’s training ground behind the club’s back, couldn’t bring himself to be quite as honest with his votes.
He voted Didier Drogba, the 53rd highest scorer in the Premiership last season, as the best player in the world, and Michael Ballack as the second best player in the world.
Instructions on the voting form circulated by world football’s governing body reminded those taking part to ‘take into account not only the players’ on-field performance but also their overall behaviour on and off the pitch’.
For most, Drogba’s awful outburst following their elimination from the European Cup would have constituted as ‘bad behaviour’, but not for the England captain, who was “fully behind” Drogba’s reaction. Oh dear.
Regardless, a big congratulations to Messi, who really was the best player in the world last season. Anyone care to explain to me what Kaka did last season to be voted the fourth best player in the world though…?
Argentina’s coach, Diego Maradona, voted Wayne Rooney as the second best player in the world, France’s coach, Raymond Domenech, voted him in third, as did Ireland’s coach, Marco Tardelli and Thailand’s coach… Bryan Robson!
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John Terry is a cunt. and an overrated one at that. and it now appears he knows fuck all about his chosen proffession. Ballack at number 2? He’s not even the second best midfielder at his club!!
park and fletcher were honest and expressing their true opinions, like they always are
but berbatov baffles me. didn’t he say a few months ago that rooney was the best in the world? so why not vote for him?
as for terry? what did you expect? his choices last year were equally as stupid and once again last year he didn’t have the winner in his top three. it annoys me that the press go on and on about how rio didn’t deserve the ingerland captaincy because of his past. well terry is hardly a saint is he!
Surprised Terry didn’t vote for his fuck-buddy Lampard.. he’s a joke.
Typical Terry. What a cunt. Who did he vote 3rd best? Messi?
RE: Big Bad Wesley Brown
Nope. Iniesta
Good job on being objective Terry. Every day that goes by makes me feel all the better for his penalty miss in Moscow.
Utdforever – he wasn’t allowed. You can vote for club team mates but not country.
Spencer.
Terry voted for iniesta? despite him booting them out of the champions league.
Scott.spot on about kaka.he wasnt even in the World 11 team.just becasue he was undeservingly named player o the tournament at Confederations Cup he was named. Shocked that Vidic wasnt there.There was the best midfielder(xavi,iniesta), best striker(messi,ronaldo) surely the best defender should have been there and that was vidic
Can u give us the link to it . I”m intersted in seeing who our coach and cbtn voted to. The mighty lands of syria
Isnt the Ireland manager Giovanni Trappotoni?
Here it is, Besha
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/pdf/WorldPlayerVotes.pdf
Besher I mean. Apologies.
SteRDLK, it says in the Mail article that Trappatoni left it to his assistant for some unknown reason.
I just have to wonder what Terry did to be in the world 11. He is about the tenth best defender in the PL. Carvalho makes him look good. What a cunt plus he clearly isn’t the sharpest person around.
I agree with spencer that berbatov is a hypocrite.he praises wazaa to the media but rates him nowhere when given the opportunity. Once again for the upteenth time tiny tears has outdone himself by his unproffesionalism,nepotism & mediocrity ~a true ingerland captain!! As the media like it.finally, kudos to park for making the right judgement.
Brio The kenyan red
Berba has not according to his hear but has considered how the season actually panned out. Messi was head and shoulders above everyone else.Sorry but as good as ronny is would have given 2nd place to xavi and 3rd to San Andreas Iniesta.
Dear Scot, you ask what Kaka did last season. Well, he refused to join shitty!!!
Tanks big bad wes
Scot its says on big bad wesly’slink park voted for messi,ronaldo and xavi in that order.
Typical fucking Terry, hate the cunt!
You are welcome, Besher.
@Jish Inc. I have to agree. Also, Terry has won UEFA “defender of the year” two years running – what a joke! For 07/08 – the year we were Champions of Europe – Terry won best defender, Lampard won best midfielder and Cech won best goalkeeper!
Didier Drogba 1st and Ballackl 2nd? Hahaha. Funniest shit I have ever read. Someone shoot JT. Can’t stand the sight of him.
Haha casillas voted messi 3rd,Must still be pissed he beat him 3 times last season.
fuck John Terry.. fuck him.. selfish bastard
@ noqnoq48
Lol!
I’m surprised Terry didn’t vote for himself
53rd highest scorer in the Premiership.
Pmsl.
Kaka was last season’s standout international performer and imo deserves to be in the top 5. The performances he consistently put in for Brazil in the qualifiers and the Confederations Cup were truly world-class.
Terry is a fucking joke!
Drogba and Ballack…1st and 2nd???
Begs the question of how such a moron can get the England captaincy, no morals, no ethics and a complete waste of time.
@Big bad wesley, what fucking criteria did they use to arrive at the conclusion that tiny tears was the best defender & lamps the best midfielder?how when we won the fucking cl?i think being England captain kinda blurrs some imaginations,doesnt it?and why havent i heard anyone mention vds as the best keeper despite him winning 3 tittles in a row? PS~can someöne pls clarify what record vds holds in keeping clean sheets:an English one or a European one?
woops big mistake on my side i made fletcher park !
off topic but funny nonetheless
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Garry_Cook_%28CEO%29&oldid=333139069
Terry wasnt paid enough for an honest answer. simple. Votes cost money boys!!!
Don’t get me started on Terry. The cunt Gough and Durham on Talkshite were saying that he has got to be captain for Ingerlund. They reckon he is “a man of the people” and “typifies what Ingerlund is about”. Are these fuckers serious? Why can’t they see him for the horrible, chavvy, over rated selfish cunt that he is?
It does not stop there. Durham reckons that Stevie Me is the “Worlds best player of the decade”. He was being serious. Reckons he single handedly won the dippers the European Cup. If he hadn’t have dived they probably would not have won it anyway. Reckons he is the complete player and the reason Capello plays him on the left for England is because he can turn his hand to any role. Bollocks, it is because he cannot be trusted to play centrally. How the fuck can they also look over the fact he has won fuck all, behaves like a cunt off pitch and there were much better players over the decade. He reckoned in a way his “loyalty” to the dippers far outweighs Giggs and the like. His argument was that Giggs would have no reason to leave United but Stevie GBH could go to any club and the fact he “stayed loyal to Liverpool says it all”. Again bollocks. The only reason he stayed was because of death threats that he had to “employ” local gangster John Kinsella to “sort out”. As long as the media continue to love this horrible thug the kids will see him as a great role model when infact he is a scum bag.
Had to laugh when i saw his votes on sky this mornin… what a CUNT…
How did Kaka finish above Iniesta, disgraceful that.
John Terry is getting a gram of coke from his Dad and a couple of Playstation games from his Mum (technically they are from HMV) for Christmas.
He is then going to do a tour of the training ground with some twats who are daft enough to bung him for it.
After he has pocketed his bung he is then going to the pub to talk about how brave he would be if only he could go to Afghanistan and how he would love to fight for his country.
He is then going home to sleep lying crooked in his bed.
He will wake up again on Boxing Day, scratch the Chelsea tattoo on his arse and spend the rest of the day being a total cunt all over again.
Is Terry scouse by any chance?His mum out stealin,his dad drug dealing?
Sounds like the stereotypical dipper to me.
Irrelevant but irresistible: http://www.thespoiler.co.uk/index.php/sporno?nggpage=11&pid=86
Kaka: Is only in as he’s Brazillian he didn’t deserve to win it the season he did. A very good player but if he was from here he’d maybe be vying for 50th position.
Oh my god. Is he treating this as a child game? he does think differently doesn’t it? Oh my.
As for Tiny Tears…..what an absolute disgrace that guy is.
Have Drogba Ballack have been spit roasting Terry for his support……..
or giving him their match tickets for him to sell…….
or buying Charlie off his old man……
or getting his old lady to get them some knock off gear……
what a complete bunch of cunts they are
King Eric – amazing that clown managed to put steven gerrard and loyalty in the same sentance and saying his loyalty was greater than giggs LOL he is def a joke, doesnt adrian durham suck gerrard and bckhams dick because all durham went on and on in 2006 and the world cup was how great beckham was with his overated performences.
another thing adrium durham managed to put steven gerrard and the worlds best player of the decade in the same sentance hilerious. didnt cristiano ronaldo achieve in 3 years what gerrard done in 10 years, and giggs achievments in 10 years totaly dwarfs what gerrard has done in the same decade.
Maybe if there was a vote for Ref of the Year included with the players you’d understand what Terry was doing. It’s obviously a protest vote over the CL semi. Drogba and Ballack were the main players who gave the ref stick, Iniesta scored Barca’s equaliser.
Do you realise just how pathetic you all sound, Whilst I do not agree with JT’s selections I dare say he would have felt it worthwhile if he had known it would achieve such a reaction in the Republik of Hysteria you so colloquially call Mancunia. If I were you I would be more concerned at the prospects of becoming the second best team in Hysteria Ville.
Whilst Chelsea fans and England fans should be concerned by their cunt of a captain and his penchant for gratuitous actions and words.
daddyblue – yea we must be worryed about city stuck in midtable who sacked their manager. man shitty are the biggest joke in england and europe and brought in a manager who is worser than hughes.
John Terry is so overated… A bad example! How can he even be voted in the team of the year??
daddyblue~i wonder what sort of narcotic you use.shity wil always be shit,even if they sign tiny tears.it is a pity they wont ever sign the greatest manager ever to grace the earth_SAF.
Oh man… prepare to laugh. I did a ctrl+f and looked for “Terry” in the vote link above (http://i.dailymail.co.uk/pdf/WorldPlayerVotes.pdf, courtesy of Big Bad Wesley Brown), and the captain of Saudi Arabia voted like this:
1 – John Terry
2 – Ballack
3 – Essien
daddyblue – Yeah “JT” would love to know he is being talked about by “fellow” United fans.
Santa says to his reindeer “I’m Pissed off wearing this ridiculous red outfit & acting like a cunt every year.” his reindeer replies “now you know how Steven Gerrard feels.!”
Says all that needs to be said about “big JT”. There’s integrity in each of our boys votes but no way you can defend Terry’s selections which can only be seen as denying credit to any player not playing for Chelski.
His inclusion in the FIFA XI is the only one I’d take real issue with.
R.I.P. Albert Scanlon
John “The Spiv” Terry obviously took a bung from Drogba and his “Box-Head” mate Bollock.
Former United winger Albert Scanlon part of the legendary Busby Babes side has died aged 74 after suffering ill health for some time.
Scanlon was a survivor of the Munich air disaster in 1958 in which eight United team-mates and three club officials died.
He broke his leg and fractured his skull in the crash but returned to action in 1958/59 season scoring 16 goals to help United finish runners up in the league.
R.I.P.
* courtesy of skytext
Did John “The Spiv” also vote for Barack Obama to get a Nobel Peace Prize
does any one have an idea why there are no votes from Nigeria?
just out of curiosity who would you guys have chosen as your 1,2 & 3?, id have had 1.messi,2 ronaldo,3 iniesta
well, doesnt that make us proud to have players of integrity & honesty in park, berba & fletcher. JT wanna bring embarassment to himself & chelsea, let him be. kind of sad he’s captaining england.
@ZD Casuals. I am from Saudi Arabia and everyone here knew that our stupid captain is a Chelsea fan.
dude, wtf is up with the chelsea tour thing with john terry? disgraceful mate! any other player and he’d be out of the club!
He is a selfish cunt! But still A United legend, c’mon he gave us our 3rd!
RIP Albert Scanlon.
I have a feeling Terry, Drogba and Ballsack are bum buddies. Proof of this is how on that secret tour TT took those reporters on, they just walked in on Ballsack and Drogba in a hot tub halfnaked and together. Terry must’ve known about this, and since he was showing the reporters the regular routine, he was walking there to get in to the tub and get bummed.
Park has a good feeling…
At least my national team coach(Zimbabwe) had the sense to vote ROOONEY!!!
Well, Matthew Syed does seem to be asking some of the questions most of us has been hinting at for a while.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/columnists/matthew_syed/article6965635.ece
“But it is here, of course, that he is most conspicuously vulnerable. There is no disputing the fact that he is a decent centre half with considerable aerial abilities, but it is his hypocrisy, and that of his handlers, that defies belief. They spin him as Mr Chelsea and as Mr England, a footballer of rare moral depth and fibre. They tout him as a man imbued with indestructible loyalty to club and country. The reality, however, is that Terry’s principal loyalty is reserved for one thing and one thing only: his wallet.”
SCOTT
big problem, liverfools are thinking of sacking rafa, and they might replace him with oneil! please tell me its a rumour, as i really hoped martin would replace fergie in the future
based on ur last article on sparky, i bet once he signs we’ll all be against him right!
guess we’ll only have blanc to pray for, dare i say the Return of the KING?
R.I.P Albert Scanlon: a true icon a real legend. If i were to choose 3 figures i despise the most in the entire premier league;i’d go for these~ 1.John terry 2.John terry 3.John terry
It is being reported in Portugal that Manchester United offered Nani+10m to Benfica for Di Maria but Benfica declined the offer. Di Maria is a great player and I doubt Benfica would want to sell him.
According to the reports United would also contributed towards Nani’s salary.
@portugueseprincess
Hi. Are you sure?. Di maria terrorized Everton in The UEFA Cup and is a good player with pace and good skills.However with Nani having played for Sporting that may have been a hurdle. With our players not doing greatNani mays till get one last chance.I read Di Maria wants to play for United but Benfica want 30 million for him which is way too much for an unproven 21 year old.
JT IS A LEGEND!!!!!
JT is a pride to all nations, he’s an example, a role model and should be complemented where ever he passes. His talent is like no other is this days, and make people happy to know that such a character is among us in this world.
His songs are amazing and… What? We are not talking about Justin Timberlake?
Oh, it’s John Terry?
Well, f4ck him and his lesbian hair!
R.I.P Albert Scanlon thats a life well lived
@aig alex is god, Yeah mate, I read it today. The fact that Nani played for Sporting would not be a problem after all we (Benfica) had Simao as our captain and he also came from Sporting. But most Benfica fans don’t really think Nani is worth the same as Di Maria and want more money for Di. He is an amazing player although is attitude sometimes is not the best. Would love to see him at United but would hate to see him leaving Benfica because we have a great team at the moment. Maybe if United offer more money he will leave at the end of the season.
“When You wish upon a star
Think of Rooney or van der Sar
Two of all the big heros
on Old Trafford”
Merry Christmas!
John terry is a little fucking twat who needs help…shame poor little terry tear drops cant even be honest. What a cunt!
Scott really interesting
you should email this to the editor on football 365, get it published and let the abu’s see what a prick this guy is.
@ portugese princess
i how gratefull i would be if the reports were true i dont anything against nani but considering the kind of player we are being linked with, even SAF wont hesitate stricking the deal with benfica before its too late.
Di maria is the missing gem on our left flank although obertan looks fantastic down there with pat, him and di maria would be a handful to any defece ANGLE GABRIEL anyone?
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@brio the kenyan red
great to have you back…
* dont mind the typos am using the phone and its f***ng awful
@portugueseprincess
Hope it goes through. However i would be a touch worried if we pay too much as well as lose nani. IF he dosent do well it will be waste of money as well as people will question the decision to sell Nani and yet pay 10-15 million pounds.He has done well in Portugal but playing for United is totally different. Do you think he can do well at United?.i Have seen him only in 2 UEFA Cup games.so cant say much
I just read that the reason why the Benfica president declined the offer was because he does not want to weaken the the squad at this crucial time of the season. So maybe after the season ends the deal will be done.
Well guys, Sky Sports are reporting the news now.
Diouf has acquired work permit! Would be available for selection in January. Let’s hope he’s as good as Fergie says he is cuz we need a big, strong, fast No 9 and Fergie doesn’t seem to have faith in Welbeck or Macheda.
Sorry I’m a bit late to comment on this…John Terry is a dishonest crybaby & should not be England Captain. Just to prove I’m not club-prejudiced, I will even support even Frank Lampard for the gentleman he is. The right captain for England should be Ferdinand or Lampard.
And ballack voted for Messi,lampard and drogba
What the fk?
WTF is michael ballack doing there? What did that cunt do to even be nominated?
What’s up guys? A couple of interesting United headlines around the web today.
One is that Benfica rejected a United bid for Di Maria. It was 10mil euro plus Nani. If i were they, i would have taken it. They probably think that Di Maria would have been worth more after the World Cup. I saw the kid in a recent game and i liked him a lot.
The second one is that Guardiola could leave Barca at the end of the season, join Fergie as his assistant and take over the reigns once he retires. Sounds like an interesting plan…
@sam the kenyan red~thanx for the welcoming party.this time i intend to stick here like glue.i havent watched Di maria play but i’d rather have anyone come in & let Nani leave.He has had his chances and utilise them to the fullest. @portugueseprincess 12:05~you said “would love to see him at United but would hate seeing him leave Benfica coz at the moment WE have got a very good squad” i just wish to know for curiosity’s sake ,between United & Benfica where does your loyalty lie?
R.I.P. Albert scanlon.
Costa- Even though Guardiola is a great manager and all, I want Ole to be given a shot for sentimental reasons.
off topic. Mame Biram Diouf just got his working permit so maybe we will see him soon..
@theboogeyman:
I would like him to get the nod as well. But we have to see how he performs for a club too. Look at Bruce and how many years it took him to become a good manager. Or maybe, Fergie could take him in as his assistant. Whatever happens, Ole’s long term future is at United.
The guardiola rumour has got to be rubbish.he wont leave barca and whoever the new president is he will be desperate to keep pep.ole should be our manager but i will appoint someone else and have ole as assistant.after a few years ole can step up and take the managers role.lets not forget everyone wont be pep guardiola to adapt quickly and deliver instant success
R.I.P. Albert scanlon
aig and Costas – Hi lads. I wouldn’t look too much into the Guardiola story BUT it would not surprise me too much if it did happen at some stage. He has said how he likes the fact that English Club’s managers have almost full say on what happens which you don’t get with laporta and the like in Spain. He is waiting on the elections I heard. We will see.
and the boogeyman and gotta hate – Alright lads.
Costas – Yeah we were talking about DE Maria last week weren’t we. Reckon there is some truth in it as Fergie was at Goodison the other week watching them play Benfica. Could have been looking to bring Phil Nev back though! Oh no he wasn’t playing. Will have been there for this lad I am sure.
Brio the Kenyan Red – great question to the Portugese Princess. Was wondering the same myself mate.
@King Eric:
Phil Neville hey? Well, there are some days that i miss him too. Makes you wonder what would have happened if he had stayed at United in 2005.
To be honest i am happy that the rumors for Di Maria were true. He is a left footed winger and under Fergie could blossom. However, i wonder if Benfica are asking too much. Nani and 10 million euro should have been enough.
Costas – My thoughts exactly. It may have been you who said this morning the last thing we want to do is lash out 20 odd million on him and him turn out no better than what we have already. Certainly looks good from what limited games I have seen of him and he has expressed his desire to play for United.
@King Eric: He said he wants to play for us? That’s good news. Waiting for the World Cup might be risky. If Maradona takes him along, he could be one of their hidden aces. But at this moment there’s nothing more we can do. We can’t make a better offer for someone who seems talented, but is unproven in the English game. At this point, he could turn out like Cristiano. Or he could turn out like Nani.
Costas. Hi mate.
Here is the link to the article. Di maria has said he wants to play for us. But there is a difference between plating for United and playing for benfica. Some like nani fail the test, some like ronaldo pass it with flying colours. Its a gamble but i am sure we have monitored him for some time, so we will know how much we can pay maximum for him.
http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/sport/604502/MAN-CITY-TARGET-DI-MARIA-WANTS-TO-PLAY-FOR-MAN-UNITED.html
King Eric. Hi mate.
Dont think pep will ever leave Barca but you never know in football.A lot depends on their elections to be held in the summer. Also the rentboys will try for him. Their game of managerial circus dosent end,does it? oh and dont count out massiveeeeeee Man Shitty to make a move as well.
@AIG:
Thanks! Good to know. You are right. There is a difference. And i have only seen him live once, against weak Greek opposition. I just have a good feeling about him. But then again, i had a good feeling about POborsky after Euro 96 and look how that turned out!
@ read carefully what i said,
Bleedin quality..