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Henry Hill · 10-04-2012, 03:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Abk™

Okay so Ronaldo has bagged in 4 goals already in the Champions League after just two games. Incredible. He'll give Messi a run for his money this time around seeing the latter has dominated the scoring charts for the past 3 or 4 seasons. Would be interesting. I think the Ballon'd Or would be pretty tight this year. Fancy Ronaldo to win it, but surely Messi will be his main antagonist. He's still the man to beat. Casillas and Iniesta are fair shout outs too. Can't wait to see what pans out.

Pirlo should be right up there, he's revitalized two fallen Giants in Juventus and Italy.

On the other hand, this is Action Man's best ever year by far. He's been excellent in every competition.

**Tyler Durden** · 10-04-2012, 05:20 PM

^Action Man?

haribo · 10-04-2012, 05:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Dolce & Gabbana

^Action Man?

**Tyler Durden** · 10-04-2012, 05:39 PM

Oh I see.

Agree, it's been business as ususal for ihm

Samoon · 10-04-2012, 10:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Henry Hill

Pirlo should be right up there, he's revitalized two fallen Giants in Juventus and Italy.

On the other hand, this is Action Man's best ever year by far. He's been excellent in every competition.

Yeah.

Think Ronaldo will take it now. He been fantastic this year. He has also performed in the big games.

I will be happy as long as Messi doesn't win it.

**JOAL.com** · 10-04-2012, 11:04 PM

Messi wins it every year because hes the best on earth. simple as that. in terms of the best football player, its messi

very few matches where he cant make an impact.

Ronaldo comes close but id still rank him slightly below Messi

Thats just in terms of raw ability ofcourse. if its based on effectiveness over the season, trophies, big matches, international duty, i think it should come down to Ronaldo, Pirlo, Iniesta, Messi and maybe Casillas

**Kiz** · 10-04-2012, 11:35 PM

messi cos he performed the best out of anyone this year. i don't care what barcelona won and didn't win as a team, as an individual it was messi. penaldo 2nd and someone else 3rd.

**JOAL.com** · 10-05-2012, 12:10 AM

anyone else hear about the memo UEFA sent to managers asking them to act like the europa league isnt a piece of shit by using words like 'prestigious'?

Hank Scorpio · 10-05-2012, 12:59 AM

Until they offer a more sensible amount of prize money - nobody is really going to take it that seriously. £50m for winning the Champions League, and what, £10m tops for winning the Europa?

Henry Hill · 10-05-2012, 02:01 AM

In terms of raw ability I'd rank Ibrahimovic higher than anyone. One of the strongest and most skillful players on the planet. Not to mention an excellent footballing brain.

The thing with Messi winning is that he wasn't at the Euros where Ronaldo, Iniesta and Pirlo all performed excellently. So how do you compare them accurately when 3 of the 4 have been to a massive International competition and one of them hasn't.

It'll come down to the usual duo though because of their mass commercial appeal. This is why Nedved and Schevchenko had to settle for the Ballon D'Or instead of World Player of the Year.

@Europa League - Should take the same format as the FA Cup. It's never going to be that prestigious anymore owing to the current Champions League line-up so they might as well have some fun with it.