what if veron starts to play to his potential at man utd. ... he could of been in contention if he had performed at the world cup
Ballack. He almost singlehandedly carried Germany to the World Cup final, not to mention his stellar season for Leverkusen last year.
Roberto Carlos can be immensely frustrating, particularly for Real Madrid fans. More often than not nowadays he'd rather try and go for el gran golazo than actually pass the ball, and his freekicks have the same irritating directness to them.
I agree. In the two most important tournaments last year I thought he was the best player in both. It's a shame he didn't win anything because he deserved to.
so far my conclusions tell me that fifas short list will probably include Ronaldo Ballack and one other person what about Requilme??? its a shame he didnt make argentinas world cup squad! and if he does well for barcelona in his first ffew months you never know
on brazils wing backs perhaps cafu should be mentioned ahead of roberto carlos... especially since cafu captained brazil to a world title and is probably a little better than roberto carlos
Mathis? Are you joking? If you are going to pick a US player, pick Reyna or Donovan or Beasley, or even Friedel... but Mathis? hahahaha For real, my favorite players are 1. Ronaldo 2. Kahn 3. Roberto Carlos 4. Raul 5. Zidane 6. Scholes 7. Rivaldo 8. Ballack 9. Ronaldinho
remember this is a thred for the purpose of figuring out fifas possible candidates for player of the year honors, not favorite players
Fifa World Player Of The Year 2002 Yeah, your right, Paul Scholes is better than Rivaldo, Ballack, and Ronaldinho.
the interesting thing about this years awards is that it seems wide open to some degree because the coaches of the national teams vote for who they think should win it
update for some reason i think ronaldo will win it... afterall if he has a good start to the first half of the season with inter, that will be the story of the year in soccer... and therefore hed be odds on favorite for fifa world player of the year as well as the golden ball for european player of the year
Fifa World Player Of The Year 2002 And some of them don't have half a brain. You should see some of the choices by the coaches. It's a joke. I think Russell Latapy got a vote once.
Fifa World Player Of The Year 2002 It's funny, because beckham will always do better then any United player when 90% of the United fans rate Giggs and Keane higher, it's all done on reputation.
Fifa world player of the year I Think at this point it has to be Ronaldo. You have to take into account the fact that he had a great World Cup (after 2 years of hell) and a great World Cup always takes precedence over a good season, based on past FIFA winners. We will have to wait and see what kind of season he has with Inter, if he can keep up his form he will probably take the prize.
Just to make a point - You can't have two people who "single-handedly carried" a team. If Ballack and Kahn both have followings who believe they "carried" Germany, maybe that is evidence that neither of them did it alone? Maybe?
Looking at the crystal ball... It will be: Ronaldo Ballack and Diouf in the running????? oooo im evil that guy is awesome i love him!
best 4 diouf - african player of year, french title w/lens, wc peformances, decent dancer Ballack- leverkeusen fine cl run, single handedly taking Germany to wc final(i give him some props for making my boy gerrard play the fool on that nice goal againt the pool 2nd leg qt cl) Ronaldo - overrated world cup winner, any decent striker would have broken just fontaines world cup goal tally record with the chances and services ronnie had, but nike owns him and many footbal;l executives w/clout, so expect him on the ballot Any korean player for showing the italians how primitive they are, will they ever learn
who cares about how many chances you have its about how many chances you score and ronaldo has an exemplary record for goal scoring throughout his career... his overall goals per game average is something like .833 over the span of a decade... thats nearly a goal a game!!! therefore he is an entertainer as well as a performer who takes his job seriously and knows how to cope with the pressures of the modern game but your definately right about who you would pick for the ballots... ronaldo- agreed ballack- agreed diouf- agreed ne one on the korean team- agreed, id go with JH Ahn for his golden goal against Italy... but id put their entire team on the ballot i loved those guys!!! KOREA is my team in asia from now on they can play some great football!!! YEH COREA!!!!!!