Nominees for Player of the Year

[T]

Ok, the short list is out....
Who do you think will be named Player of the Year????
Shortlist (country, club):
Emmanuel Adebayor (Togo, Arsenal),
Sergio Aguero (Argentina, Atletico Madrid),
Andrey Arshavin (Russia, Zenit St Petersburg),
Michael Ballack (Germany, Chelsea),
Karim Benzema (France, Lyon),
Gianluigi Buffon (Italy, Juventus),
Iker Casillas (Spain, Real Madrid),
Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal, Manchester United),
Didier Drogba (Ivory Coast, Chelsea),
Samuel Eto'o (Cameroon, Barcelona),
Cesc Fabregas (Spain, Arsenal),
Steven Gerrard (England, Liverpool),
Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Sweden, Inter Milan),
Kaka (Brazil, AC Milan),
Frank Lampard (England, Chelsea),
Lionel Messi (Argentina, Barcelona),
Pepe (Portugal, Real Madrid),
Sergio Ramos (Spain, Real Madrid),
Franck Ribery (France, Bayern Munich),
Wayne Rooney (England, Manchester United),
Marcos Senna (Spain, Villarreal),
Luca Toni (Italy, Bayern Munich),
Fernando Torres (Spain, Liverpool),
Edwin van Der Sar (Netherlands, Manchester United),
Rafael Van Der Vaart (Netherlands, Real Madrid),
Ruud van Nistelrooy (Netherlands, Real Madrid),
Nemanja Vidic (Serbia, Manchester United),
David Villa (Spain, Valencia),
Xavi (Spain, Barcelona),
Yuri Zhirkov (Russia, CSKA Moscow)

 

[Kareem]

Karim Benzema - Karim/Kareem's r awesome

ummmm
Ronaldo- he has been the best player in past year

although the best player atm IMO Messi!

 

[Sean]

lol Michael Ballsack.

 

[serious14]

Either Messi or Rooney to be fair........ Rooney has improved so much in this last year.  He was always world class, but lately, zomg, he is unstoppable.  An animal on the field, and he is _everywhere_. 

 

[FFC Mariner]

No Spurs players on the list??

Some mistake surely??

 

[serious14]

Bentley at right-back last night....... and alas, I am not joking.  Surely that wins Ramos manager of the year right now??

 

[tuftman]

im gonna go out on a limb and say Iker Casillas, winning EURO as captain and also in La Liga he is proving himself to be perhaps the best 'keeper in the world atm....

No Spurs players on the list??

Some mistake surely??

I would have thought the whole Spurs side would get a mention...perhaps in the 'how not to win the Ballon D'or' section

 

[tuftman]

Bentley at right-back last night....... and alas, I am not joking.  Surely that wins Ramos manager of the year right now??

ummmm, as a Blackburn fan, I have one thing to say...serves u right you f*cking traitor

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[bulldogmariner]

Villa performance at Euros gets the award for mine

 

[ryan]

I would think Torres would be close to winning

 

[goingtoadisco]

Stevie G !

 

[David Votoupal]

Gerrard? They've gotta be joking there... he's so overrated it's not funny, just shows you England don't make footballers like they used to. He's no Hoddle or Brooking, that's for sure.

Far from it, Gerrard is not the sort of footballer that Hoddle, Brooking, Currie, Cowans, Gascoigne et al were. Those were real footballers, real maestros. Above all they kept the ball in possession.

And what has Gerrard done? Set up winning goals... for Arsenal and France!!!

Craptastic Steve, innit?

 

[Bear]

Messi, Torres or Villa i reckon

 

[Herbs]

42 goals in 49 for ronaldo.
Anyone else close?

 

[skilbeck]

impressive shortlist but there is only 2 or 3 that i could see a chance of winning it

 

[David Votoupal]

Far from being an exclusive group, The I'm Better Than Gerrard Club can now claim thousands of current and former footballers worldwide who have more skill and brains than this headless chicken in a blind alley Membership is not exclusive but it's a privilege

 

[loyalist]

Far from being an exclusive group, The I'm Better Than Gerrard Club can now claim thousands of current and former footballers worldwide who have more skill and brains than this headless chicken in a blind alley Membership is not exclusive but it's a privilege

sadly for you non of them are at everton

 

[David Votoupal]

At least Cahill has never cost Everton or Australia points in big names verhead:

 

[loyalist]

At least Cahill has never cost Everton or Australia points in big names verhead:

 

[David Votoupal]

Nothing hurts more than the truth