Re: 2012-2013 Discussion Thread for La Liga, Serie A, Bundesliga, Ligue 1, etc
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Originally Posted by Desecrated
Checking through the list, one thing that is extremely weird is,
how Neymar got votes from places like the Cayman Islands, Mozambique and Comoro. I'm safe to expect that more than half of the countries that voted for him, probably don't even have the Brazilian Serie A on their tvs, let alone Libertadores or their regional territory leagues.
Those son of bitches must be streaming them on their computers goddammit
Re: 2012-2013 Discussion Thread for La Liga, Serie A, Bundesliga, Ligue 1, etc
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Originally Posted by Desecrated
Checking through the list, one thing that is extremely weird is,
how Neymar got votes from places like the Cayman Islands, Mozambique and Comoro. I'm safe to expect that more than half of the countries that voted for him, probably don't even have the Brazilian Serie A on their tvs, let alone Libertadores or their regional territory leagues.
Then you'd be surprised.Hell,in Brazil they broadcast Portuguese liga games so its not far fetched that a Portuguese speaking country(Mozambique)is capable of getting Brazilian games over there.
Re: 2012-2013 Discussion Thread for La Liga, Serie A, Bundesliga, Ligue 1, etc
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Originally Posted by Desecrated
Checking through the list, one thing that is extremely weird is,
how Neymar got votes from places like the Cayman Islands, Mozambique and Comoro. I'm safe to expect that more than half of the countries that voted for him, probably don't even have the Brazilian Serie A on their tvs, let alone Libertadores or their regional territory leagues.
They may have seen Neymar at the Olympics where he was GOATing it up. He also has some pretty good compilations on youtube
Re: 2012-2013 Discussion Thread for La Liga, Serie A, Bundesliga, Ligue 1, etc
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Originally Posted by Irish Jet
In 2011 Ronaldo was a flat track bully, who didn't produce in big games and accumulated goals, mainly through penalties against smaller clubs in La Liga.
That was the story.
Still is the story. He was a flat track bully, now he isn't. I'm not suddenly hopping on his bandwagon because I feel like it, I'm just giving him credit where it's due. He made a massive breakthrough over the past year and has emerged as a far better player.
It doesn't change the past though. 2009-11 he's behind Messi, Xavi and Iniesta and by a comfortable distance.
Re: 2012-2013 Discussion Thread for La Liga, Serie A, Bundesliga, Ligue 1, etc
The "team of the year" is just pathetic. Like people said here, 100% popularity contest based on names and clubs alone. I usually don't take this too seriously but seeing Pique there instead of Kompany is disgraceful. Also don't get how Xavi was better than Pirlo this year. I guess that you need to take it for the joke that it is until they change the voting system.
As for Messi, Ronaldo won the league with a record breaking season for Real Madrid and led Portugal to a successful Euro. Messi scored a lot but didn't win any significant thing this year, how is he winning the award? Media hype BS.
Re: 2012-2013 Discussion Thread for La Liga, Serie A, Bundesliga, Ligue 1, etc
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Originally Posted by God™
Last time I checked it wasn't the Best Player from the Most Successful Team award either.
I wasn't the one making that argument. Ronaldo deserves to win because of his numerous decisive contributions for both club and country over the past year.
Stats only tell half the story when you compare two players. You have to also look at the games those stats relate to. Who did what where and how important was it in the scope of the season?
Messi only deserves two of those awards. As good as he is (and he is ridiculously brilliant) he is fast becoming overrated. GOAT talk is dumb beyond measure at this stage of his career.
2012-2013 Discussion Thread for La Liga, Serie A, Bundesliga, Ligue 1, etc
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