Sabotage-Domenech knows what he is doing (20 Viewers)

JuveJay

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It wasn't just the one game, that was his general level of performances in his first half season for Real.

Don't forget the Recreativo - Real game, where Ikewechu Uche made Cannnavaro look like a monkey.
It doesn't make the slightest bit of difference if he was nutmegged by 15 year old womens team players every game, the award wasn't based on that period!
 

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Fred

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Oct 2, 2003
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It doesn't make the slightest bit of difference if he was nutmegged by 15 year old womens team players every game, the award wasn't based on that period!

Yes it was, of course it was. Are you telling me that the voters were instructed not to take that period into consideration?
 

GordoDeCentral

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Apr 14, 2005
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Ok then 4 months. After seeing him for Real, there is no way i can give him the award, it would be a mockery, and it would take away the credibility of the award too.
it's not about how you start rather how you finish, and by finish it's seasons and not calendar years. Moreover, how more relevant is houlier's opinion than yours or mine.
 

Fred

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it's not about how you start rather how you finish, and by finish it's seasons and not calendar years. Moreover, how more relevant is houlier's opinion than yours or mine.
I didn't say Houllier's opinion was more relevant than anybody. I just found what he said to be amusing and true.

there are no set rules over the criteria, time period etc for the voters. So naturally they would take into consideration everything that happened over the year, including the first half of the second season.
 

GordoDeCentral

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I didn't say Houllier's opinion was more relevant than anybody. I just found what he said to be amusing and true.

there are no set rules over the criteria, time period etc for the voters. So naturally they would take into consideration everything that happened over the year, including the first half of the second season.

there isnt but playing almeria on a random weekend is not the same as playing on the biggest stage of them all. All things considered canna, who i personally cannot stand, deserved it.
 

Gabriel

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Wait wait, i didn't say Cannavaro didnt have a better season than Zidane. Where did you get that from? Zidane wasn't even that good for Real in his last season. I said Zidane had a better World Cup, which he did. The best player in the world that year was Ronaldinho imo, he was amazing that year for Barcelona, but had a poor World Cup. Still he was much more consistent than both Zidane and Cannavaro.
Agreed.:tup:
 

Buck Fuddy

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May 22, 2009
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If he was the best in the World Cup, he would have won best player of the WC, no? Zidane won that.

Cannavaro did not deserve the ballon d'or, but he won it because of his great performances in the WC coupled with his consistent performances with Juve that season.
Correct me if I'm wrong here, but wasn't the award of best player at the WC awarded to Zidane before the final was played? That's how I remember it at least & it would make a lot more sense as well.
 
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Zidane was out for 2 of the group games anyway right? so he really only had a good world cup after the group stages... France barely made it out of the group. I think Canna or Buffon had an overall better tournament but Zidane was awesome too.
 

JuveJay

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Yes it was, of course it was. Are you telling me that the voters were instructed not to take that period into consideration?
It doesn't matter if they were 'instructed' or not, because no one is voting based on a couple of months of a new season. It's not even that, if you think about when the shortlists are made. In 2009 the shortlist was revealed on 18th October, now say it took them 2 weeks to produce that shortlist (very generous from me here I think :D), you are talking about the start of October, most probably going into September, at that point clubs have played 3-6 games.
 

pitbull

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Jul 26, 2007
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7 matches in La Liga season is nothing compared to 7 matches in WC, Cannavaro deserved it for the WC performances. Though this made me wonder about how much more Grosso, a guy from Palermo, should've done in the WC to win best player prize.
 

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