The readers of World Soccer voted for the most promising player of 2005. Results: 1 - 29,5% - Robinho. 2 - 28% - Wayne Rooney 3 - 19,8% - Lionel Messi 4 - 5,9% - Cristiano Ronaldo 5 - 2% - Cesc Fábregas In 7th we have Cicinho with 1,1% (don't know who is the 6th). This is really surprising for me, because judging from what I read on these boards, the English think Rooney is the best thing since sliced bread. And Robinho is showing such a poor form, having adaptation problems. I would vote for Robinho, because of what he did for Santos. I don't think many of these readers saw him playing at Brazil. What do you guys think?
Its actually Chicken Tikka Masala, not bread. Rooney must be better than mere sliced bread. Put Robinho on the right at Real Madrid and lets see how badly he performs...if he is forced to play at a different position to one in which he has performed well every time, just to accomodate another player, one cannot blame him but the management.
World Soccer readers (and I am one myself) generally like to vote for what they might consider less obvious choices, and have something of a tendency not to vote for British players. You can watch Brazilian football in Britain but it normally on very late at night on Channel 5.
That generalization makes no sense. That is as flimsy an excuse as I have ever come across since graduating from secondary school.
Right OK then, how do you explain it? Robinho has been woeful since his move to Real Madrid, almost no-one (in England) watches any Brazilian domestic football. Why do you think he was chosen? His Confed Cup form? Here is the top 10 YOUNG PLAYER OF THE YEAR 1 Robinho (Santos/Real Madrid & Brazil) 29.5% 2 Wayne Rooney (Manchester United & England) 28.0 3 Lionel Messi (Barcelona & Argentina) 19.8 4 Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United & Portugal) 5.9 5 Cesc Fabregas (Arsenal & Spain) 2.0 6 Arjen Robben (Chelsea & Holland) 1.2 7 Cicinho (Sao Paulo & Brazil) 1.1 8 Freddy Adu (DC United & United States) 0.9 9 Robin Van Persie (Arsenal & Holland) 0.8 10 Giovanni Dos Santos (Barcelona & Mexico) 0.7 Others 10.1 An important point to make is that it was a poll on the young player of the year, not the most promising player.
Young players? Cicinho is 25, if I'm not mistaken Is Robben young like the others? I agree about the first paragraph, that's why I created this thread.
I just checked and Cicinho is indeed 25, his birthday is in June 1980. I presume people thought he was younger because he is talented and still playing in Brazil. Robben is still only 22, it's his birthday next month.
there gonna put a 25 year old cicinho on there at 7(not saying he isn't good) but no tevez and robben. doesn't make any sense. and freddy fvuckin adu
i dont get it. are world soccer readers saying adriano isnt top 10? hes better then anyone on this list. hes two years younger then cichino
Umm, no. It is just like a world player of the year award but for youngsters. Sadly none of the readers realised how old Cicinho is.
Yes, I am aware of that. The voting pattern implied that the readers might have put more weight on the newness of the name to the world stage. Or, how young Adriano is!
Messi, Robben and Rooney are obviously ahead of Robinho in terms of quality and actual performance. Also, as previously stated, including Cicinho (??) is ridiculous, and leaving players like Tevez and Adriano out simply doesn't make any sense. This is how seriously we should take this poll into account. World Soccer Magazine... hm... ok.