Sempre, great posts. I completely agree with you. If someone actually believes that the golden boot winner won't come from that group you have togather there wrong. It would be nice to have some Americans or Mexicans to make people happy, and this isnt saying they wont do well at the world cup, but the golden boot winner wont come from there team.
if you actually read my orignal post, you would have noticed I'm refering to international competition, which is a completely different beast than club play, obviously. in the portugal forum i mentioned how henry doesnt even deserve to be there...scoring goals for arsenal, but not for fance doesnt really matter when the WC comes around does it?
IMO, Pauleta should be included in this poll, but there are a number of players that could arguably be included that are not there (besides Pauleta, Tevez, Ibrahimovic and Makaay quickly come to mind). Remember, you could only include so many players in a poll of 16 maximum choices and it's easy to forget players, especially when they are not trumpeted in the media with such frequency as others like Henry, Sheva and Adriano are...
IMO, it HAS to be one of the brazilians for the Golden Boot. Their group is a bigger joke than anything on Southpark. I would seriously be surprised if any of their opposition can successfully string together more than two passes in Brazil's half.
Pauleta scored an hattrick in WC02 against Poland, what makes you so sure he won't do it again? Plus, he is the all time leading scorer of the Portuguese NT with a record of 42 goals, one more than Eusebio, he was leading scorer in qualifying stages of the European zone (11 goals) and the best scorer of the French league with 21 goals plus 5 in the Cup. He deserves to be in the list, he's the lone striker of one of the most prolific teams in the World.
You can give them all the stats but they dont give a shit about us Portuguese. Many people are Brazil, Argentina, Italy and England dickriders and I am willing to bet that they have never touched a soccer ball in their lives. Many people are basing this on their FIFA 06 knowledge from PS2 anmd Xbox.
Agree. A lot of posters here are being overly critical. It's just "why isn't so and so from my country not here?!" There's a 16 choice limit remember. Some people keep bringing McBride and Donovan. I want to see these players do well obviously, being from the states but honestly - no one outside America would give these guys a chance to win the golden boot. Someone else mentioned guys from Angola - I mean com on! Pauleta is an interesting choice. Portugal's all time leading goalscorer could be a good outside bet for this award. I think it was his disasterous Euro 2004 that has put many people off him though. Hopefully he'll be in for a good tournament this time.
What about Klose??? Thats really stupid!!! He is the goalgetter nummber one in Germany this Bundesliga-season with 25 goals in 26 games and he is NOT listed here. But Podolski is who only made 12 goals in 32 games. Miroslav Klose got the silver boot in WC 2002 and now he is better than ever before!!! I vote for Klose!
Agreed. IMO it will be Adriano. his form with brazil has never been questioned. plus he has the supporters to create the oppourtunities for him. ronaldo will bag 3, ronnie 2 and kaka 1 but i expect 5 or 6 for adriano if he is in top form.
Well, it's only logical to not include the best goalscorer of the last Bundesliga season, the second best goalscorer of the last WC and the best goalscorer in general of the host nation. Afterall Germany is not Spain, and the Bundesliga not the Serie a.
Yea shame Klose never played for Liverpool, or some "good" team like that, instaed of Werder who never has played in the Champions League or in a "good league". Shame really.