Yeah remember the Arsenal games now, they are pretty much perfect opposition for him, a team who try to play football but are inferior and defended like clowns.
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Robben was hard done by too ya know. If milito should be there... then robben deserves it more. Robben literally carried bayern munich to the CL final. He also won the double and reached a world cup final. He is far more important to bayern than Sneijder is to Inter (inter was more of a unit). Looking at his goals... all beautiful.
Forlan had a terrible snub as well. The best player in the world cup and won the Europa League with Athletico... what more can be asked of a player like him?
Forlan & Robben & Sneijder had better seasons than the barca boys... especially messi and iniesta.
Forlan had a terrible snub as well. The best player in the world cup and won the Europa League with Athletico... what more can be asked of a player like him?
Forlan & Robben & Sneijder had better seasons than the barca boys... especially messi and iniesta.
Firstly, I was laughing at the "Xavi, Messi, Iniesta" joke not merely at Xavi and second, it's not like Xavi had a special season performance-wise either. In a world cup year though, the winners' players traditionally have a better chance of winning the best player of the year so I guess he is the most deserved to win it especially while competing with Messi and Iniesta.
Is this a joke?
Special season? Seriously? If everything is working for Barcelona it's because of this man. But then again it can be matter of taste and how I see football is different from the way you do. But to me, Xavi is the engine, the brain in Spain and Barcelona much more than anyone.
No player has been as consistent as Xavi, not even Sneijder, Robben, Messi, Ronaldo combined.
Sneijder deserves to be there? Yes he does, who deserves to win this one? Xavi without thinking twice.
Special season? Seriously? If everything is working for Barcelona it's because of this man. But then again it can be matter of taste and how I see football is different from the way you do. But to me, Xavi is the engine, the brain in Spain and Barcelona much more than anyone.
No player has been as consistent as Xavi, not even Sneijder, Robben, Messi, Ronaldo combined.
Sneijder deserves to be there? Yes he does, who deserves to win this one? Xavi without thinking twice.
Why should you two disagree? They are Barcelona players :eyebrows:
Consistency means nothing when we are talking about the best player of ONE year. It's not like this prize is given to a player for his 10 year service. Sneijder too had a consistently excellent season. Xavi's was no particularly special compared to Sneijder's. He won the world cup though and this is why he probably deserves to be among the top three.
Messi and Iniesta being there is ridiculous enough for laughing at the the chosen top three.
Consistency means nothing when we are talking about the best player of ONE year. It's not like this prize is given to a player for his 10 year service. Sneijder too had a consistently excellent season. Xavi's was no particularly special compared to Sneijder's. He won the world cup though and this is why he probably deserves to be among the top three.
Messi and Iniesta being there is ridiculous enough for laughing at the the chosen top three.
This is true, even Alen would admit to this. However, i'd say he was quite good in the Serie A, just not world class. Still he was world class in the CL and he was amazing in the World Cup, so that has to count for something, he was a big game player. The problem with Ronaldo was he was the complete opposite, he had a poor world cup, had two poor classico's, and was poor when it mattered in the CL, in the other 30 games he played in that year he was better than all players barring Messi. Personally i wouldn't have put Iniesta at all in the top four, Ronaldo and Sneider had much better years than Iniesta, who was absent for 50% of the year, and even when he was around Xavi and Messi were more instrumental for Barca than he was. What he has going for him is an amazing world cup.
Moving to Xavi and Messi, Messi was Barca's best player scoring a shit load of goals and assisting so many others, he had two very good classico's and he destroyed Arsenal in the CL. But he played two very poor games against Inter, and in the World cup had a few good games, but played bad when it mattered(Greece and Germany). Xavi was very effective for Barcelona and he was very good in the world cup. The only thing he's got going against him, is the two Inter games, to be honest, i think he is the most deserving this season of the best player award, its a tough call though, and i would say Messi comes second. I'd give Ronaldo third, and Sneider fourth.
Moving to Xavi and Messi, Messi was Barca's best player scoring a shit load of goals and assisting so many others, he had two very good classico's and he destroyed Arsenal in the CL. But he played two very poor games against Inter, and in the World cup had a few good games, but played bad when it mattered(Greece and Germany). Xavi was very effective for Barcelona and he was very good in the world cup. The only thing he's got going against him, is the two Inter games, to be honest, i think he is the most deserving this season of the best player award, its a tough call though, and i would say Messi comes second. I'd give Ronaldo third, and Sneider fourth.
I didn't get it. Am I missing something?
I wouldn't blame you really. If you had played a football you would know what it is to be consistent on such a level for a long period. If you think consistency means nothing then I can't really explain it to you.
Xavi wasn't anything special compared to Sneijder? Do you even realize Xavi's importance for his NT and his club? Do you even know the difference he makes on the field from Sneijder's impact? Sneijder had very special year yes, he deserves to be on the podium true, but was he good enough to over-take Xavi? Never.
Maybe scoring goals to some sums everything, to me it's not the case and Xavi is the brain and engine that lead Spain and is leading Barcelona to victories/impressing/achievements etc...
I wouldn't blame you really. If you had played a football you would know what it is to be consistent on such a level for a long period. If you think consistency means nothing then I can't really explain it to you.
Xavi wasn't anything special compared to Sneijder? Do you even realize Xavi's importance for his NT and his club? Do you even know the difference he makes on the field from Sneijder's impact? Sneijder had very special year yes, he deserves to be on the podium true, but was he good enough to over-take Xavi? Never.
Maybe scoring goals to some sums everything, to me it's not the case and Xavi is the brain and engine that lead Spain and is leading Barcelona to victories/impressing/achievements etc...
