Comments on: FIFA 2008 World Player of the Year: Cristiano Ronaldo

By: kim

kim — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 18:20:16 +0000

i hope messi will make it way to arsenal i am an arsenal fan and i will like messi to join uu on the team

By: ArgentineFan

ArgentineFan — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:26:32 +0000

Man, Messi got robbed for world player of the year in 2008. If he doesn’t get it for 2009, I don’t know wtf I’m gonna do!!! GO MESSI U ROCK!

By: J

Thu, 28 May 2009 10:31:47 +0000

Hopefully all those who maintained, up until lastnight, that ManU are better than Barca and Ronaldo better than Messi are now eating humble pie.Real football was the winner lastnight and Barca, as a team, and Messi, as an individual, proved without a doubt that ManU, although a good team, is no where near the levels demonstrated by Barsa.
Well done Barsa! Well done Messi!

By: Football fanatic

Football fanatic — Thu, 14 May 2009 12:43:33 +0000

It’s nice to read some objective opinions even more so when they come from Man U and Chelsea fans.
I’ve followed the Premiership, La Liga and the Champions this year and can say, in my opinion, Spanish football style is a joy to watch. Don’t forget that Spain is the current European Champion and for once lived up to their footballing skill. Unfortunately I think the Spanish national side and teams like barcelona are prone to underachieving because their style is art. They just refuse to defend. The Premiership is monotonous, bland and all hype. Look at our national side, we can’t compete with the likes of Spain.
Anyway,I hope to see a cracking game of football in this year’s final and I sincerely hope the team which has played the best football throughout the competition wins. Sadly physical graft is likely to overcome footballing skill.
As far as Ronaldo is concerned perhaps he deserved the fifa worldfootballer award but only because United managed to win the Champions and the Premiership. This year he’s been mediocre. Messi, on the other hand, has played to the same level the last 2-3 years. i think his time will come next year.

By: RooneyRules

RooneyRules — Thu, 14 May 2009 12:31:15 +0000

I can’t believe we’ve made the final again.Luck is with us!I honestly think Chelsea deserved to lift the trophy last year as not only did they outplay us we were lucky to beat Barcelona anyway. Such is life, I know!
This year i think we’ve played not great football but we’ve churned out the results.In terms of play and skill I think barcelona outclass us but we’re better at finals!
I just want a good game of football and, hopefully, we’ll win through play and not by a holding strategy.

By: CFC

CFC — Sat, 09 May 2009 08:43:31 +0000

I think the facts are clear regarding the tie with Barcelona:we were only able to play one game strategy i.e defending.i saw he game on sky and am shocked by the way the media (TV and newspapers) totally gave a biased summary.The way they described the match it was as if we were dominating the game.i do feel we should have had a couple of penalties but in the first match Barcelona should have had 2 also.I think the best team went through and we should start realising that the premiership isn’t as technical and free flowing as european football. We know how to play for results, barcelon knows how o play football.Congratulations to Barcelone.They should go win the final but ManU is a feisty team and Barcelona although they have reached the final 5 or 6 times they have only won it twice. As far as messi vs Ronaldo, I agree with |\manuFan before me, Messi is far better than Ronaldo

By: MUFan

MUFan — Thu, 07 May 2009 19:56:32 +0000

Yes, a team that plays beautiful football in now in the final with us. Even I have to admit we were soooo lucky to win the champions last year;afterall, we were dominated by |Barca in the semifinals and only a lucky strike by scholes saved us.In the final itself we ended up the victors out of sheer luck;chealsea had a few balls off the post and even slipped up on penalities.As much as I had to admit it, we are good but we are even more hype!! Yers, I hope we win, but i also know Barca plays the way we all dream about.Chelsea can moan but at the end of the day they only had 30% possession and could hardly keep the ball for more than 4-6 passes.barca are not only good at keeping the ball but also at getting it back.And also messi does seem to outshine Ronaldo.I hate to say it but barca are better than us.

By: segad

segad — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 23:07:36 +0000

all i know is dat ricardo kaka is still remain d best in d world.

By: peter

peter — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 12:51:16 +0000

i think messi is and will remain the best ONE LOVE TO ALL THE BARCA FANS OUT THERE

By: Jamie

Jamie — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 16:13:04 +0000

What a joke! These people that think Messi is the best in the world need their IQ’s tested. If people can simply be honest and provide some unbiased opinions, your posts might be worth reading. It is clear that their are two players in the world that are simply in a class of their own….those two players are clearly Ronaldo and Messi. To say Messi has far more skill than Ronaldo is complete rubish and those who voiced that thought have shown they can’t have intellegent, unbiased conversations. Watch Ronaldo with the ball at his feet and tell me anyone in the world is FAR better than he is….complete rubbish. Bottom line is Messi has far more weapons on his team and still can’t score as many goals as CR7 does. There is no measurement that would reveal that Messi is better than Ronaldo….not stats, not team success, not skill level. Ronaldo was clearly the best in the world this year. My final point is, do any of you even know how this trophy is awarded????? This is voted on by the national team coaches and captians and the OVERWHELMING majority chose Ronaldo….Case Closed!