FIFA World Player of the Year 2008 Shortlists

I think Cristino Ronaldo deserve the award more than others in the list. Anyway, I think he is overrated. He is nowhere near Diego Maradona.

C.Ron & Marta

C-Ron is unbeatable and unstoppable and he is certainly the best the world there is no one to contest with him, not even those other players on the list. United till I die.

Kun Aguero…his Japanese Nickname alone is enough for my vote lol

Hope Solo. There is absolutely no other option. Absolutely unbelievable what she’s done for this team and this sport this year. Living up to her own claims and to the expectations and skepticism of others, being an important leader for the USWNT through FIVE championship tournaments this year, and playing a spectacular, perfect match against Brazil in the Olympic final, shutting down Marta and Cristiane through 120 minutes. Absolutely brilliant, Marta has nothing on Hope this year.

I hate C.ron but he is a very talented plaeyer but nether the less Messi is better and will beat him this if not next year.
1.Messi
2.C.Ron
3.Zlatan or Torres

messi is the bestplayer of world and he deseves to win it .he is a class player is heaven to watch how he plays and run on pitch about C.Ronaldo he is a selfish plater a diver and he is so boring to watch you can no touch him because he falls down he is lucky to be M.UNITED because he wont do good to any other team

come on guys dont you think LIONEL MESSI deserves to win it he is brillant player and he is 100% better than C. RONALDO who is a boring player

1. Messi
2. C. Ronaldo
3. Torres
4. Ibrahimovic
5. Samuel Eto’o

c.ronaldo deserve to be THE WORLD WORLD FOOTBALLER of the year after an impressive two season ‘JUST BELIEVE’ONLY ONE UNITED.

ronaldo is the best in the world by fare messi stuggles to shoot very well but ronny is brill 42 goals in a season is unheard of so he deffinently the best and should get the golden boat

1.ronaldo
2.messi
3.torres
ronaldo is the best he plays for the best and in the best league

ronaldo by a mile..yes messi may be good and all, but ronaldo definitely was the best player in the 08′ season and has the trophies to back it up..

u ppl ho say that messi is a beta player than c.ronaldo tlk rubbish coz messi is gud n all bt lets face ronaldo is beta n im nt gna say by far but he is beta than messi! n lyk sum1 sed he has the trophies to back it up….!

1.ronaldo
2.messi
3.kaka
4.torres
5.ribery
6.gerrard
7.fabregas
8.xavi
9.zlatan
10.diego

with my own point of view messi deserve the title because is very good and it impart in match it oncomparable to that of ronaldo and with this i believe he deserve the honor (title).

Come on people. whoever says that Messi deserves to win the award this year obviously hasn’t looked at the facts. Messi didn’t win la liga, didn’t win the champions league, and didn’t finish top scorer. How the hell is he better? Also, I think Cristiano helped his national team more than messi did with argentina. No doubt Ronaldo will win it this year.

Messi, C.Ronaldo and Ronaldinho are overated, if we think about it. Zlatan Ibrahimovic is hella better than them.. he have class, agility, free kick shot, and MAGIC.. Super Zlatan forever

i think lionel messi deserve the award more than others in the list. Anyway, I think he is overrated. He is like Diego Maradona

i think YAYA TOURE deserve the award of world best midfielders more than others in the world Anyway, I think he is overrated. He is like zidane and makelele

messi is a better player. He does extra ordinary things in this soccer word. he played more purposeful football. Diego maradona and lionel messi are the great footballer the world has ever produced, no fear, they got gut, they are exceptional.

Ronaldo is a good player but the secret of football is that u shud never fear ur opponent, do unbelievable things, which messi do better.

Messi has no flare No Magic to his game. CR7 all the way, his numbers and style make him a lock for this award.

Ronaldo deserve the award and may be others will work heard for next season

1 messi
2 cr7
3 xavi
4 z ibraim
5 lampard
6 bosingwa
7 kuit-liverpool
8 fabregas
9 ribery
10 s aguero

Messi over C Ron? How in the name of everything that is holy can you award Messi over CR7?

Dude(s) just look at the stats both team and personal.

Ask yourself a query, what is the award? and this is the answer-the world player of the “year” award. well, year in quote because we are suppose to look at the performance of the players in question’s performance in the given year.
so what? Then the rest is food for thought.
If you dont want to think then the best performance of last year not any other year goes undoubtedly to the man who netted 42 goals, ended up becoming the premiership and champions league top scorer and the premier league player of the year.Back that up with two trophies then the winner can be if we are fare none other than c.Ronaldo

i think c.ronaldo he is the best player inthe wolrd 2008
secend player i think messi ronaldo he won primeir league and champions league and comionity ship cup hehas 42 goals in one season

I agree Messi is undeserving of this prestigious award based on last year’s performance. Unfortunately Argentina fans will have to wait yet again for one of their own to finally win this golden award. Patience is required.

I believe this year it belongs to C. Ronaldo.

I think cristano ronaldo talented player but i think the best player are

1-Messi

2-Torres

3-Robinho but it not nominated maybe Gerard or cristano ronaldo

I think there are no justise becuase Ballack,Deco,Etoo,Kaka ,Cesc,Xavi do not deserve in the list i think Robinho,Podolski,Sergio Ramos,Lahm,senijder

gerrard
torres
xavi
iniesta
kaka
messi
c.ronaldo
villa
lampard
ribery

1.messi
2.c.ronaldo
3.xavi
4.gerrad
5.eto,o
6.f.torres
7.kaka
8.iniesta
9.sergio aguero
10.fabregas

Cristiano Ronaldo is the world’s best player by far and not just because he is at man utd and ppl stop saying bad things about him no one in soccer is perfect but he comes as close anyone has messi can dribble but he can’t shoot and let’s see messi score a free kick or a header like ronaldo does and he got injured and still scored 8 goals this season

Arshavin

Messi is a very talented player but i think Ronaldo will get the award this year. Zlatan wont be far from the first place but he still got a bit to catch up with. Yet, the things Zlatan does, noone then i mean noone can do it like him. Usually, big guys like Zlatan ain´t fast or good dribblers or anything but Zlatan is, he’s one of a kind.

1# C. Ronaldo
2# L. Messi
3# Z. Ibrahimovic
4# S. Eto’o
5# C. Fabregas

i think messi should win it i think he is betted then C. Ronaldo

I agree that Christiano Ronaldo is a good player and yes he scored 42 goals, but he hardly performs against good teams such as (Barcelona, Arsenal and AC Milan). Lionel Messi on the other hand performs in every match, big or small. He has a better strike rate than Ronaldo and should and will become the next World Player of the year. whoever said that Messi has no flare or magic should google Lionel Messi and see for yourself.

obviously casillas deserves it
but since the award is biased against goalies, he probably won’t win
he was the only player to prove himself to be the best in all competitions
cristiano ronaldo did nothing in euro 2008

anyways fifa WORLD player… isn’t that based on country competitions?
cristiano ronaldo can’t even come in the top 20 if it’s purely based on euro 2008

If any goalkeeper should get it, it should be Buffon. Casillas is not all that good, he is over rated. look back at last years champions league and see for yourself.

C.Ronaldo is the best player in the world, the way he plays football is entirely different than the top players, he has full control over the ball, he has reached to a point that not many players can, SEE GUYS as a winger it’s not easy to score goals, he can dribble, pass, 2 footed, can hit free kicks and all that comes, he is diffintely an amazing palyer… he desreve the honor and this year he is going to be the top scorer in Premier league again,,,, even he was injured and missed first few matches but he caught up with top scorer… Messi is a great player too but he has to do something AMAZING and very noticeable to wint he trophy,, NO OFFENSE to any fans….I love football and Love Cr7 style of footy…

cristiano ronaldo deserves all awards becouse of he won primier leage and chanpion leage and elso scored 42 goals no one can score one season 42 goals a side of midfilders that is why cristiano deserve world pest player and second is messe
1-cristiano ronaldo
2-messi
3-rood van nistelrooy
4-torres
5-xavi

all ader players must mae bitter no one can try to do what cristiano done ok by the time is still oportunaty doesn,t comes twice

the person who said that christiano is a midfielder is wrong, he was playing the forward role, that is why he scored so many goals. Rooney was more of a midfielder last season. not because he scored so many goals means that he must get the award. he scored the most goals but he also took the most shots.

Moe you got it all wrong. Messi can shoot well and hard. He can pass forward (while C-ron usually passes backward). He has been injured for the end of last season and for a few months and look now… who has had the better season now? From your comment it looks like you’ve only saw 2 games or so with Messi in it. Also you have to exclude the beginning of last years season. Which would be excluding several of CR7’s goals. Also look at the shots by CR7 this and how many were on target and how many were goals. Compare it to Messi’s… Messi doesn’t do nonsense shots and when he shoots he rarely gets it off target. Messi was 2nd top score or somewhere there in the CL, yet he was injured for some part of it. If Barca with Ronaldinho and Messi were playing against Man Utd the result would’ve been different.

c.ronaldo is the best

Flippy u r the first person who said something that made sense about Ronaldo and Messi. You must be a fan too.

I think Messi is the best player in the world.

Messi has got good quality in footballing due to his courage,bravery,talent and good sense of approach.

Nobody beats C-Ron.cristiano deserves the award more than anyone else.He was the undisputed world player of the year by May.we only wait for the confirmation.He’s an all rounded player,tall,strong,handsome,inspirational and a goal scoring machine.

Based on achievement during the year, CR7 had to win it, is he a fantastic player? absolutely. was he the best? IMHO, no. He was part of the MU team that had stellar performances from everyone for the whole year. Could MU still beat Chelsea, Arsenal, liverpool w/o CR7, yes. Did he disappear during big games, yes. How many PK’s did he take that he didn’t win (helps your stats when your the designated PK taker, remember when tevez earned a pk at the end of the game and could have had his hat trick, CR& pushed him saide so that he could take it, selfish). Without Scholes, tevez, rooney, etc. late game heroics, MU would not have achieved the double.

Messi has a greater impact @ Barcelona and the National team and involves and creates more for his teammates than CR7, does he take all the PKs, no, he celebrates his teams achievements more than his. Had he remained injury free for the season, Barcelona would have done better and his impressive stats would be more so.

This is a team game, and a heavily marketed game. is it good business to have CR7 win it, absolutely- he is a much better version of David Beckham (more skilled, prettier) from a marketing perspective (has a huge female following- I doubt Tevez has such a strong female following). With Berba now @ MU and playing a traditional strikers role, CR7 will not have the same type of year as he will be tasked more with feeding Berba and Rooney the ball and the EPL is more competitive this year.

Just like Beckham, CR7 will probably get more involved in his endorsements and Rock star life and become more fashion over function (then SAF will sell him to Real for $$$$$, laughing all the way to the bank).

Messi will win 08-09 BD’O. (if he stays fit)

C. Ronaldo without question is deserving. Messi will never win this award for a number of reasons.

1. Next year Zlatan Ibra….ich will win.
2. He is injury prone.
3. So many other freaky young footballing talents will be coming into the spotlight.
4. Would it kill Messi to use a little hair gel? Buy a new suit?

However this does not mean Messi will not continue to be a very capable player.

Apparently handsomeness, hair gel and wardrobe are requirements for the Bolon D’Or according to Manuel and zephania.

Sad,

too bad for Ribery, Tevez and all the ugly blokes of futbol, that regardless of talent may never win. LOL

Mr. or Mrs. Pancho

I never said it was a beauty competition, I was giving Messi free advice as a stylist and high fashion expert. Normally I get paid handsomely for this service.

The mere mention of players like ribery or tevez as potential winners of the Ballon D’Or speaks volumes as to your understanding (or lack thereof) of the game.

tevez? tevez? cmon! this is a blog for serious discussion of football.

come on guys lets not talk stupid its either c.ronaldo, messi or ibrahimovic
me personally i would say
1. ibrahimovic
2.c.ronaldo
3.messi

c.ronaldo his year was 2007 not 2008
messi for next year
zlatan has had a great year for anyone who has been keeping up with him

messi is the world best player…

im a man utd fan, and i watch man city regularly, and i have to say that they have some bright stars coming through. some could go on to make big bucks.

1. darius vassell
2. michael ball
3. dietar hamnam

they have way more talent than cr7 and messi. loads of you are sooo racist against fatty’s like darius…

lionel messi comes from another planet.
let talk about everythings in football
LIONEL MESSI IS TOO GOOD in every aspect in football field
messi can score, he can dribble even more than a dribble,he has a accurate passes from any side in football pitch,he can tackle anybody to achived his aim and objective………..so what else are we talking about.
let the award goes to LIONEL MERCY BOY
C.RONALDO BE SECOND

1-Lionel Messi
2-Ibrahimovic
3-Ribery
4-C.Ronaldo
5-Gerrard
6-Xavi
7-D.Villa
8-Arshavin
9-Kaka
10-Eto’o

Ha ha Will – that was funny. Almost as funny as people saying Ibrahimovic was in line for any awards. I see now that Messi is bookies favourite for world player of the year award, what a joke if they don’t give it to ronaldo. Messi is a legend but he didn’t achieve as much as ronaldo last year, in fact didn’t even come close. Travesty if ronaldo doesn’t get it..

u are all dremers,best soccer players are of course from brazil, but dream yourselfes one day u may be proud, of your owe player, good lock u all,,,,,,cristiano ronaldo first of all, is 50/75 brazilian, he got the blood, u may not know that… ask the best coach of all, scolary thanks to him ronaldo………..,

Cristiono Ronaldo is the best world player of the year 2008/9