Fifa's Ballon d'Or award

[Taxi]

Ferguson and Wenger both shortlisted for Coach of the Year awards...

WTF is that all about? Is winning the League Cup or nothing at all now worthy of nomination?

[McDermotX]

Roy not nominated for this ?

Can't imagine why ???

[Scratch]

Roy not nominated for this ?

Can't imagine why ???

Good to see Rafa got the recognition he deserved tho.

[-V-]

Well Mourinho will obviously cruise it and rightly so. What they achieved at Inter last season was incredible. Massive massive over-achievement.

[wavydavy]

No Milito, not even nominated!

[Darkon]

I hope Oscar Tabárez wins the manager award, although it has Mourinho written all over it. As mentioned it's really a good question why Fergie and Wenger are nominated

on the player front, Messi again? I would like to see Forlan or Iniesta get it with Xavi and Sneijder as outsiders. But I reckon Messi is the frontrunner for that one,

[Frenchie]

Xabi Alonso is in with a shout

[cream]

Messi is by far the best of the lot, untouchable really.

[Gibbo]

not one English player in the list

[Darkon]

is the shake because you think there should be, and whom then? or is it a comment on the state of english football?

[Arn]

Messi is by far the best of the lot, untouchable really.

but Sneijder will win it.

[Leyton388]

WHAT!


No Ryan Giggs? Its an outrage!

[MrsB]

Heh.

Here's the shortlist btw.:

World Player of the Year nominees: Xabi Alonso (Spain), Daniel Alves (Brazil), Iker Casillas (Spain), Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal), Didier Drogba (Ivory Coast), Samuel Eto'o (Cameroon), Cesc Fabregas (Spain), Diego Forlan (Uruguay), Asamoah Gyan (Ghana), Andres Iniesta (Spain), Julio Cesar (Brazil), Miroslav Klose (Germany), Philipp Lahm (Germany), Maicon (Brazil), Lionel Messi (Argentina), Thomas Muller (Germany), Mesut Ozil (Germany), Carles Puyol (Spain), Arjen Robben (Holland), Bastian Schweinsteiger (Germany), Wesley Sneijder (Holland), David Villa (Spain) and Xavi (Spain).

World coach of the year nominees: Carlo Ancelotti (Chelsea), Vicente del Bosque (Spain), Sir Alex Ferguson (Manchester United), Pep Guardiola (FC Barcelona), Joachim Loew (Germany), Jose Mourinho (Inter Milan/Real Madrid), Oscar Tabarez (Uruguay), Louis Van Gaal (Bayern Munich), Bert van Marwijk (Holland) and Arsene Wenger (Arsenal).

[Gibbo]

is the shake because you think there should be, and whom then? or is it a comment on the state of english football?

The state of English football, it seems only yesterday the Premier league was considered the best in the world
**** to watch now, although things like Wolves beating Man City today are always a welcome surprise.