Ballon d'Or
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How the fuck did Balotelli get so many votes?
Drogba should have made the team at least.
The fact he left in the summer didnt help his cause. The decision is made at the end of the year and voters often base their choice on the last few months. Had he stayed in Europe and scored a few goals in CL, he'd be there surely.
The fact he left in the summer didnt help his cause. The decision is made at the end of the year and voters often base their choice on the last few months. Had he stayed in Europe and scored a few goals in CL, he'd be there surely.
It's not just the goals that help Messi win the award, it's his overall style of play.
Messi is a genius/wizard with the ball at his feet. He is one of the best dribblers of all time, great at passing and has excellent vision.
Ronaldo is more of a manufactured through hard work. For all of his 'tricks' he has never been a great dribbler who can go on mazy runs dribbling past 2-3 defenders like even Robben, Ribery, Hleb, Aguero. Remember when Ronaldo first showed up? People mocked him for his overuse of stepovers. It was only when he turned into a goal machine that he got respect.
He is more like a Shevchenko type of player, tall, strong, fast, powerful shooter, good in the air.
Messi is a genius/wizard with the ball at his feet. He is one of the best dribblers of all time, great at passing and has excellent vision.
Ronaldo is more of a manufactured through hard work. For all of his 'tricks' he has never been a great dribbler who can go on mazy runs dribbling past 2-3 defenders like even Robben, Ribery, Hleb, Aguero. Remember when Ronaldo first showed up? People mocked him for his overuse of stepovers. It was only when he turned into a goal machine that he got respect.
He is more like a Shevchenko type of player, tall, strong, fast, powerful shooter, good in the air.
Balague was telling the story on revista de la liga the other day, something about it being a designer suit that they couldn't sell, then the twat of a presenter cut him off.
Hodgson has a vote. The whole thing has no credibility.
Just out of interest, why? hes still pretty young (25) in football terms and hasnt clocked up too many injuries over the years so I cant see any particular physical reason for a decline at such a young age
If by decline you mean he wont score 90 goals every year then yeah thats probably true
I actally think the steroids have been an important part in his development. A lot of his play, imo, is based on strength and balance which is heavily influenced by any steroids you might take.
His metabolism will have been running at 3 or 4 times the speed during that period so, internally, he's probably closer to a 29 or 30 year old. I don't think he'll fall of the cliff but I reckon in a couple of years he'll be very much an aged force.
Which would be a shame since I want to see us beating them while he's playing well so there's no excuses.
His metabolism will have been running at 3 or 4 times the speed during that period so, internally, he's probably closer to a 29 or 30 year old. I don't think he'll fall of the cliff but I reckon in a couple of years he'll be very much an aged force.
Which would be a shame since I want to see us beating them while he's playing well so there's no excuses.
Well of course they played a an important part in his development, but I don't think it works the way you've mentioned.
Your body produces growth hormone naturally, as a child it (obviously) promotes growth but as an adult it still produces growth hormone in order to repair damage that has happened. Not just bruises etc but other damage that occurs e.g. cell death etc. I don't think the steroids he was taking would have sped up his metabolism at all, they just boosted the low levels of growth hormone that his body was producing to more normal levels.
They weren't supercharging him with drugs. Well, I hope they weren't.
Yeah, I doubt they were pumping him with anabolic steroids. It wasn't to increase his performance levels, nor was it to stimulate muscle growth.
It was just so his hormones would either function properly, or to inject what his body simply wasn't producing.
If that treatment had made him 7 foot tall, I'd agree with Wiz, but he hasn't, so I really can't see where he's coming from.
It was just so his hormones would either function properly, or to inject what his body simply wasn't producing.
If that treatment had made him 7 foot tall, I'd agree with Wiz, but he hasn't, so I really can't see where he's coming from.
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