Well thats your opinion which u are entitled to, but for me Di Maria was their most important player last year. He was pulling the strings in midfield attacking and defending and didn't stop running for 90 minutes. I dont think Madrid would have even won the final last season without him.
I can remember him quite early on though being the stand out player while he was playing CM early on in the season, i agree he did finish the season stronger than he started it but i just thought he was class for the whole season.
Which should've made him the favourite to win it, but from the criteria given, Messi won it deservedly. Had it been for the season, Sneijder should definitely have won it, same goes for Ribéry.
You could say that about Ramos too.
are you 5?
did you edit? I'm positive I read previously you saying he didn't deserve it in 2012. Either way, same award and largely the same voters so it's NONSENSE.
Could Also add Modric to that as well, but thats not the point i was just making a case for Di Maria being Madrid's best player last season.
Even the Real Madrid fan doesn't agree, but let's just agree to disagree.
you definitely mentioned him being undeserving in 2012 previously. You know it
That would be very difficult considering Marcos quoted my post 3 minutes after I posted it.
I did, and I corrected myself a few posts down and pointed out I meant 2010.
I missed that, sorry. But yeah, point stands, same award, same set up, same voters, yeah you think the guys who vote are undeniably one year and just spot on the next year.
I think Messi definitely deserved it in 2010. He scored 47 goals the previous season and a similar number over the calendar year and this was before it was considered the norm for both him and Ronaldo and it was seen as a massive deal at the time (I think people take such goalscoring feats for granted now due to Messi and Ronaldo doing it so regularly and making it look so easy). Sneijder wasn't Inters best player over the whole season. His CL performances were great but in Seria A he was outperformed by Samuel and Milito. Over the whole season taking all three competitions into account, Milito was their best player and that was the consensus among Inter fans I know, people I know who watch Seria A, the Italian media and this was reflected by him winning both the Seria A player of the year and the CL player of the season. He also scored the goals that won the title on the last day, the cup final and the CL final.
No, not spot on, but not very far wrong. You can make arguments when there are just a few % of votes between places and disagree with their final ranking. Like I said a few posts up, a very good case can be made for Ribery in 2013.
Overall it was very close between the three (Ronaldo, Modric and Di Maria) but the consensus among Madrid fans (both the ones I know in real life and the opinions of those I read online) was that Modric was our best player over the course of the whole season. But over the calendar year (2014) it was Ronaldo who was Madrid's best and most consistent player very closely followed by Modric and Di Maria hasn't quite reached the same heights at United (yet).
Good post. I think that people often like to see others win the major awards because they feel it's good for all the top players to get a shot at it, or as many as is possible, but in reality it should go to the player who has been the best over the year, and I'd agree it was Messi. He was the best in the world at that time, and into his prime years where he was better than everyone else around him.
It's really not a debate though, there is only one winner. Coincidentally there is only one poster who disagrees, but he really is the ultimate fanboii.Debate over for today? Missed it
Now that is over rating Ronaldo, he is not even close to being one of the best players of all time.
we dont call each other "fanbois" anymore
I also disagree - let the records show that!
Well done, you found out that I've changed my mind over the past 2 years.
I agree with everything you say. I'm team Messi!
... but that Ronaldo is the one who deserves it.
I think he is most certainly one of the best of all-time.
Messi, Henry, Zidane, and Ronaldinho all were than him and thats just naming a few.
Zidane, Henry and Ronaldinho were better than Ronaldo? Not a chance. Ronaldinho especially.
Now this is getting ridiculous.. Let's just say Messi>ronaldo and that's about it. Don't go too extreme.
Personally Henry is my favourite player of all time, bar none. He is still (in my opinion) to this day the best player to have graced the Premier League and easily the best forward. I can watch him all day everyday... He is one of all-time greats as far as I am concerned.
A new low... Dribble (Successful Dribble)
A guy from Ireland (?) appreciating Henry this much ? There is hope in the world
That right there gives us a clue into the mind of someone who defends Ronaldo in these types of debates. Apart from the weird fanbois you also get the statistical/award based arguments. If that's the first thing that pops into your mind when judging footballers then you're doing it wrong buddy imo
What has Henry ever won that's even comparable to Ronaldo? Ronaldo was the best player ever in the PL even before he moved to Madrid and further improved his productivity.
