balon d'or 2006

[Fr. Turncoat]

cannavaro...
John O'Shea must be gutted.

[Sound]

Fucking mockery.

[xvis]

..Drogba 8th ..and Lehmann 10th ...and Tim Cahill shortlisted!

So, the players have chosen Ronaldinho, ..the journalists chose Cannavaro ..and the coaches via FIFA will give the last award whenever..

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/foot...pe/6181070.stm

Cannavaro wins Euro player award

Cannavaro has enjoyed a memorable year
Italy captain Fabio Cannavaro has been named European Footballer of the Year by France Football magazine.

The european-wide journalists results...

LES 50 SÉLECTIONNÉS POUR 2006

1. Fabio Cannavaro (Juventus Turin, puis Real Madrid), 173 points
2. Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus Turin), 124 pts
3. Thierry Henry (Arsenal), 121 pts
4. Ronaldinho (FC Barcelone), 73 pts
5. Zinédine Zidane (Real Madrid, puis arrêt), 71 pts
6. Samuel Eto’o (FC Barcelone), 67 pts.
7. Miroslav Klose (Werder Brême), 29 pts.
8. Didier Drogba (Chelsea), 25 pts.
9. Andrea Pirlo (Milan AC), 17 pts.
10. Jens Lehmann (Arsenal), 13 pts.
11. Deco (FC Barcelone)
et Kakà (Milan AC), 11 pts.
13. Franck Ribéry (Marseille), 9 pts.
14. Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United),
Gennaro Gattuso (Milan AC) et
Patrick Vieira (Juventus Turin, puis Inter Milan), 5 pts.
17. Frank Lampard (Chelsea),
Lukas Podolski (FC Cologne, puis Bayern Munich) et
Carles Puyol (FC Barcelone), 3 pts.
20. Juninho (Lyon),
Lionel Andres Messi (FC Barcelone),
John Terry (Chelsea),
Luca Toni (Fiorentina) et
Gianluca Zambrotta (Juventus Turin, puis FC Barcelone), 2 pts.
25. Philipp Kahm (Bayern Munich) et
David Villa (Valence CF), 1 pt.

27. Michael Ballack (Bayern Munich, puis Chelsea), Tim Cahill (Everton), Andreï Chevtchenko (Milan AC, puis Chelsea), Joe Cole (Chelsea), Grégory Coupet (Lyon), Cris (Lyon), Mahamadou Diarra (Lyon, puis Real Madrid), Michael Essien (Chelsea), Francesco Fabregas (Arsenal), William Gallas (Chelsea, puis Arsenal), Steven Gerrard (Liverpool), Ludovic Giuly (FC Barcelone), Fabio Grosso (Palerme, puis Inter Milan), Claude Makelele (Chelsea), Florent Malouda (Lyon), Edison Mendez (LDU Quito, puis PSV Eindhoven), Juan Roman Riquelme (Villarreal), Arjen Robben (Chelsea), Wayne Rooney (Manchester United), Willy Sagnol (Bayern Munich), Bastian Schweinsteiger (Bayern Munich), Lilian Thuram (Juventus Turin, puis FC Barcelone), Tiago (Lyon), José Fernando Torres (Atletico Madrid), 0 pt.

[AmadeusDC]

Originally Posted by xvis

..Drogba 8th ..and Lehmann 10th ...and Tim Cahill shortlisted!

I don't see what the problem is with shortlisting Cahill. He was probably one of the Top 10 performers last year in one of the big 3 leagues and he also did well playing for his country as they made it through to the 2nd round of the World Cup. He was never gonna win it but there are usually loads more on these lists that have no right to be on there.
I personally think Cannavaro is a deserving winner. I'm just gutted that a guy like Paolo Maldini never won an award like this as far as I know and he probably played at as high a level for 10 years.

-AmadeusDC-

[Superdave]

Originally Posted by AmadeusDC

I don't see what the problem is with shortlisting Cahill. He was probably one of the Top 10 performers last year in one of the big 3 leagues and he also did well playing for his country as they made it through to the 2nd round of the World Cup. He was never gonna win it but there are usually loads more on these lists that have no right to be on there.
I personally think Cannavaro is a deserving winner. I'm just gutted that a guy like Paolo Maldini never won an award like this as far as I know and he probably played at as high a level for 10 years.

-AmadeusDC-

era he can console himself with the 7 (?) European Cup finals he's played in. far more impressive really. not to mention his bird.

[ho chi feen]

Well deserved, but what has Henry done to merit third spot?

[Actin The Sham]

Originally Posted by ho chi feen

Well deserved, but what has Henry done to merit third spot?

Comes from a country with a big selling daily sports only newspaper?
(L'Equipe)

Italia has one too hasn't it, Gazetta De La Sporta (sp?) and Spain?


That would be my view, it's the same with the European Car Of The Year awards.

[homer jay]

Originally Posted by xvis

..Drogba 8th ..and Lehmann 10th ...and Tim Cahill shortlisted!

i thought lehmann had a great 05/06 season. drogba didn't, but he is playing well this season. henry getting 3rd is a bit ridiculous imo, then again i don't think many players did play outstandingly well (maybe he got it by default). i woulda thought luca toni woulda been higher.
fair play to tim cahill, he's playing very well this year and its hard to get into these things if you're not playing for one of the 'big' clubs.

[dotty]

Originally Posted by ho chi feen

Well deserved, but what has Henry done to merit third spot?

ask arsene he'll tell ya.

cannavaro is a deserving winner,good season at juve and superb for the azzurri in germany.

[dotty]

Originally Posted by Lucy Gao

became arsenals greatest goal scorer of all time.
became the first player to score 20+ goals a season for 5 years running
scores a hat-trick in the very last game at highbury
captain'd his team to their first ever european cup final
got a runners up medal in the world cup final
despite huge specualtion showed loyalty to stay with the team he loves.
is now third place in the all time premiership goals record.
was the first ever player at the end of 2005 to retain the euro golden boot.
was in the top ten of players the world cup.
is now frances 2nd alltime leading goalscorer
became the fwa footballer of the yeard for the third time
played 44 games all season scoring 33
played 13 international games scoring 8
premierleague top scorer again
was named in the fifa pro 11 team of the year.

he had a shit year

why hasnt he got the recognition he deserves?