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Sports => Football => Topic started by: palos on December 10, 2009, 12:37:45 PM
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Brazil forward Ronaldinho has been selected footballer of the decade by World Soccer magazine.
The AC Milan playmaker, who won the 2002 World Cup with Brazil and 2006 Champions League with Barcelona, finished ahead of Argentina forward Lionel Messi and Portugal winger Cristiano Ronaldo in the voting.
The result, which was announced Thursday, was determined by annual votes taken between 2000 and 2009.
SOURCE (http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/magazine-honour-for-ronaldinho/article1395869/)
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Deserved.
Off the top of my head he's the only player still active at the highest level who was crowned world player of the year more than once in this decade.
At his best he was better than both CR9 & Messi....
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ah see how men might come and argue this but I think its well deserved. saw him play over the weekend too and he looked very near to his dam best right now too. :beermug:
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I eh go argue the choice. We could do that all day.
Instead I will ask the question: When does the decade end.
Most would say Dec 31, 2009. But some would argue Dec 31, 2010. Being that there was no Year Zero and all...
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Totally agree...Larsson who played with all three players said dhino is the best
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-561155/Ronaldinho-gets-vote-says-United-old-boy-Larsson.html
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That's meh boi
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:applause: :cheers:
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I'd give him the first-half of the decade...the 2nd half is nostalgia
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Iker Casillas deserves it.
Except for Ollie Kahn in 2002, no other keeper has come close to World Player of the Year. Keepers will traditionally be shunned from this list (due to the flair > fanaticism > economics associated with football). And since it seems that Player of the Year is a pre-requisite for player of the decade, then they had no choice to give it to the most recent player who has won it twice - Ronaldinho.
If consistency and growth over the decade was a factor (which it should be), then check Casillas' record:
La Liga: 200001, 200203, 200607, 200708
Spanish Super Cup: 2001, 2003, 2008.
UEFA Champions League: 199900, 200102
UEFA Super Cup: 2002
Intercontinental Cup: 2002
UEFA European Championship: 2008
Now Spain & Madrid captain.
Add World Cup 2010.
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Raul,
Obviously u are a casillas fan, how can you include 2010 world cup that hasnt happened yet. Keeper of the decade yes but player of the decade definitely not.
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Casillas does not really have the presence of say a Schmeichel or a Buffon. Do you agree? Player of the Year, he could never be that outside of Spain.
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I eh go argue the choice. We could do that all day.
Instead I will ask the question: When does the decade end.
Most would say Dec 31, 2009. But some would argue Dec 31, 2010. Being that there was no Year Zero and all...
Bitter.....dize a rel good ? yuh know. I would say the decade ends on the last day of a "9" year, but that is only if, at the beginning of man's recording of time, we started the very first year on record at the first day of the "0" year and not the "1"
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I eh go argue the choice. We could do that all day.
Instead I will ask the question: When does the decade end.
Most would say Dec 31, 2009. But some would argue Dec 31, 2010. Being that there was no Year Zero and all...
it's for the last decade. any 10 consecutive years are a decade so it have nothing intrinsically correct about one end point or another.
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Few would argue that the 1950s belonged to Alfredo Di Stefano, the 1960s to Pele, the 1970s to Johann Cruyff or Franz Beckenbauer, and the 1980s to Diego Maradona.
But if a handful of contenders can lay caim to being the player of the 1990s, then debate over who was the best player of the last decade is even more wide open.
Its first half was illuminated by, among others, FIFA World Player of the Year recipients Zinedine Zidane, Luis Figo, Ronaldo and Ronaldinho, while Fabio Cannavaro, Kaka, Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi seized the prestigious award thereafter. The likes of Gianluigi Buffon, Iker Casillas, Xavi, Pavel Nedved, Steven Gerrard, Andriy Shevchenko and Samuel Etoo also excelled over the course of the past ten years.
So, its over to you: Who was the player of the last decade?
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I real bias so I have to go with Ronaldinho
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Gets my vote also...most enjoyable :beermug:
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Casillas does not really have the presence of say a Schmeichel or a Buffon. Do you agree? Player of the Year, he could never be that outside of Spain.
clearly u mad
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So we still think Casillas doesn't deserve it..?
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So we still think Casillas doesn't deserve it..?
asking answers. beep clout!
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Go Dinho, go Heat.
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dunga should frame this article >:(
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dunga should frame this article >:(
Somebody should engrave it on he ceiling right below he bed :devil:
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dunga should frame this article >:(
Somebody should engrave it on he ceiling right below he bed :devil:
i couldnt stand watching the world cup and the dinho ad would come on with him beating a setta man, then back to boring dunga coached brazil with no substantial creative midfield presence bc the most creative mid was in maybe a bar liming watching the game
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dunga should frame this article >:(
Somebody should engrave it on he ceiling right below he bed :devil:
i couldnt stand watching the world cup and the dinho ad would come on with him beating a setta man, then back to boring dunga coached brazil with no substantial creative midfield presence bc the most creative mid was in maybe a bar liming watching the game
Ent, if ah was Dunga ah wuld stay far away from he home land and compatriots rite about now. Speakin bout Brazilian, me and some odder forumites take in de 3rd place game at a brazo bar in williamsburg brooklyn, culd only imagine how dem was cussin after dey crash out
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So Casillas basically has all the silverware possible except the Confederations Cup... let's say player of the decade was measured from 2002 to 2011... he still won't get it?
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So Casillas basically has all the silverware possible except the Confederations Cup... let's say player of the decade was measured from 2002 to 2011... he still won't get it?
I would simply say that as good as he has been and the many great GK before him...no real football fans go to stadiums to see goalkeepers although we appreciate their performances. Men looking forward to see players on the field doing magic...Rhonaldino; Kaka; Zidane; Messi; Eto....that's who the fans want to see so that's why Casillas can't win this award. Many have also debated over who is the greatest player ever...Pele/Maradona...Beckenbaur and other great, accomplished players don't even enter that discussion nor does Gordon Banks nor Yasin. Maybe there should be a separate catageory for goalkeepers...then your boy could get a bligh, but he'll have some serious competition from Khan; Buffon; Bartez; Van Der Sarr et al.
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no surprise to anyone who knows football ;D :beermug:
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Ent, if ah was Dunga ah wuld stay far away from he home land and compatriots rite about now. Speakin bout Brazilian, me and some odder forumites take in de 3rd place game at a brazo bar in williamsburg brooklyn, culd only imagine how dem was cussin after dey crash out
Ms Favella?
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Ent, if ah was Dunga ah wuld stay far away from he home land and compatriots rite about now. Speakin bout Brazilian, me and some odder forumites take in de 3rd place game at a brazo bar in williamsburg brooklyn, culd only imagine how dem was cussin after dey crash out
Ms Favella?
dat self.. we does be dey right through...
we have to make a lime...
ah partner want to open a trini snackette in dat same styling... but instead throw a riddim section in de corner beating iron whole day