Comments on: Does Michael Ballack deserve criticism for not winning major titles? http://soccerlens.com/the-ballack-slam/8239/ Football News Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:36:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: srb http://soccerlens.com/the-ballack-slam/8239/#comment-125774 srb Thu, 10 Jun 2010 19:35:24 +0000 http://soccerlens.com/the-ballack-slam/8239/#comment-125774 well he was involved in the first ever double (Premier League and FA Cup) in HISTORY of Chelsea! Ballack is one of the greatest players ever with great accomplishments. played in England and won everything there was to win= Premier League FA Cup Carling Cup Community Sheild and he had already won everything there was in Germany well he was involved in the first ever double (Premier League and FA Cup) in HISTORY of Chelsea!
Ballack is one of the greatest players ever with great accomplishments.
played in England and won everything there was to win=
Premier League
FA Cup
Carling Cup
Community Sheild
and he had already won everything there was in Germany

]]> By: arunee http://soccerlens.com/the-ballack-slam/8239/#comment-107567 arunee Sun, 07 Dec 2008 05:18:00 +0000 http://soccerlens.com/the-ballack-slam/8239/#comment-107567 i dont know what u people think .. have u people ever see LA liga if dont then go and see spanish league first , look at the amount of fouls done by spanish clubs. they fight more and play less , so shouting at refree is pretty obvious , and a player like BALLACK never whine in front refree for nothing, BALLACK is the man every team want him to be on their side , BALLACK is the player who leads the team. He fight till the last second of the game ,even though he injured, he puts the team before himself , we saw that in WC 2002 , he is the only reason chelsea or germany reaches somewhere , not rest of overrated stars who just want to increase their goal tally, BALLACK ends up in a silver only cause unforced errors done by his team mates , as did by lahm and anelka in the finals . so he cant be blamed for thier mistakes , and 2010 belongs to BALLACK i dont know what u people think ..
have u people ever see LA liga if dont then go and see spanish league first , look at the amount of fouls done by spanish clubs. they fight more and play less ,
so shouting at refree is pretty obvious , and a player like BALLACK never whine in front refree for nothing,
BALLACK is the man every team want him to be on their side , BALLACK is the player who leads the team. He fight till the last second of the game ,even though he injured, he puts the team before himself , we saw that in WC 2002 , he is the only reason chelsea or germany reaches somewhere , not rest of overrated stars who just want to increase their goal tally, BALLACK ends up in a silver only cause unforced errors done by his team mates , as did by lahm and anelka in the finals . so he cant be blamed for thier mistakes ,
and 2010 belongs to BALLACK

]]> By: Uday http://soccerlens.com/the-ballack-slam/8239/#comment-101097 Uday Thu, 04 Sep 2008 13:45:49 +0000 http://soccerlens.com/the-ballack-slam/8239/#comment-101097 HI!!! MAybe this coming 2010 belong to BALLACK's!!!!!! Might be against ENGLAND or ARGENTINA HI!!! MAybe this coming 2010 belong to BALLACK’s!!!!!!
Might be against ENGLAND or ARGENTINA

]]> By: Ahmed Bilal http://soccerlens.com/the-ballack-slam/8239/#comment-97001 Ahmed Bilal Sat, 19 Jul 2008 05:47:25 +0000 http://soccerlens.com/the-ballack-slam/8239/#comment-97001 Ballack's a thorough professional and very talented footballer. Would have liked him to win something but with him at Chelsea and England hopefully going to South Africa 2010, I just don't see it happening ;) Ballack’s a thorough professional and very talented footballer. Would have liked him to win something but with him at Chelsea and England hopefully going to South Africa 2010, I just don’t see it happening ;)

]]> By: Sebi http://soccerlens.com/the-ballack-slam/8239/#comment-96914 Sebi Fri, 18 Jul 2008 08:16:16 +0000 http://soccerlens.com/the-ballack-slam/8239/#comment-96914 Thanks for your thoughts Victor. I've problems reading words like "loser" or mentality problems in big games when somebody talks about Ballack. I watched Ronaldo missing important goals from the point, but the majority says (as I do as well), that he is today the best player in the world. What would the worldpress title, when he would have been in the euro 08 final and would have lost it? What if Terry had scored in the champion league final against Manu (where Ronaldo missed scoring)? Nobody says Ronalda is a loser, apart from the aspect that he and his teamates lost against Germany with a real bad performance from the Manu-star. Its not the titles you win or not, its the performance with your team, the strength you need by taking the most important penalty in the season against Manu. Its the will to win when you are almost fighting with Drogba to take the shot - if you take responsibility and with it you take critical thoughts from fans and press on your shoulders, because youre tough enough. That is a big player, a winner - thats in my opinion Skipper Michael Ballack. See you in 2010! Good Luck ;-) Thanks for your thoughts Victor. I’ve problems reading words like “loser” or mentality problems in big games when somebody talks about Ballack. I watched Ronaldo missing important goals from the point, but the majority says (as I do as well), that he is today the best player in the world. What would the worldpress title, when he would have been in the euro 08 final and would have lost it? What if Terry had scored in the champion league final against Manu (where Ronaldo missed scoring)?

Nobody says Ronalda is a loser, apart from the aspect that he and his teamates lost against Germany with a real bad performance from the Manu-star.

Its not the titles you win or not, its the performance with your team, the strength you need by taking the most important penalty in the season against Manu. Its the will to win when you are almost fighting with Drogba to take the shot – if you take responsibility and with it you take critical thoughts from fans and press on your shoulders, because youre tough enough. That is a big player, a winner – thats in my opinion Skipper Michael Ballack.

See you in 2010! Good Luck ;-)

]]> By: Usman Masood http://soccerlens.com/the-ballack-slam/8239/#comment-96777 Usman Masood Wed, 16 Jul 2008 22:34:15 +0000 http://soccerlens.com/the-ballack-slam/8239/#comment-96777 "Even losers get luck sometimes ;)" well come on you can't just post this phrase for Ballack ;), he is a world class player. Yelling at the referees, kicking other players, thats all part of the game and comes up with the heat of the game. When you are a goal down, and you are a captain of German team its your job to engage all the activities well. Germany was playing better in the beginning of the game, it was ballack who came up with a dangerous move, (maybe the cup's celebrations made people to forget this ;))just that goal and onwards, things just changed, there was too much pressure, of the final, of the opponents and of course of the goald down, and within some moments Germany was looking threatening but that much enough, the others reached finals not to concede goals with the likes of errors of Lahm and Lehman. Lahm did such a paradise for turkish players as well. But Lahm still is one of the best ones. Well I think now he knows from which ways one can lose in the finals ;), thats a big experience if i just start count there are more than 6 major event full of such nightmares for him ;). World Cup 2010 is just 2 years away, lets hope he come up with all of his experiences and learnings and lead with a solid foundations and surely he is capable of it. have oodles of best wishes for German Football in 2010. Especially for this man Ballack :). “Even losers get luck sometimes ;) ” well come on you can’t just post this phrase for Ballack ;) , he is a world class player.

Yelling at the referees, kicking other players, thats all part of the game and comes up with the heat of the game. When you are a goal down, and you are a captain of German team its your job to engage all the activities well.

Germany was playing better in the beginning of the game, it was ballack who came up with a dangerous move, (maybe the cup’s celebrations made people to forget this ;) )just that goal and onwards, things just changed, there was too much pressure, of the final, of the opponents and of course of the goald down, and within some moments Germany was looking threatening but that much enough, the others reached finals not to concede goals with the likes of errors of Lahm and Lehman. Lahm did such a paradise for turkish players as well. But Lahm still is one of the best ones.

Well I think now he knows from which ways one can lose in the finals ;) , thats a big experience if i just start count there are more than 6 major event full of such nightmares for him ;) .

World Cup 2010 is just 2 years away, lets hope he come up with all of his experiences and learnings and lead with a solid foundations and surely he is capable of it.

have oodles of best wishes for German Football in 2010. Especially for this man Ballack :) .

]]> By: ROSELINE http://soccerlens.com/the-ballack-slam/8239/#comment-96743 ROSELINE Wed, 16 Jul 2008 13:44:40 +0000 http://soccerlens.com/the-ballack-slam/8239/#comment-96743 Take it or leave it. Michael Ballack is not a push-aside. He's a great man with commendable abilities. You can hardly see him play a match without making a positive impact, unlike C.Ronaldo that fumbled severally in the EURO 2008. I agree with the writer of this aricle that it goes beyond abilities to win a cup(Luck and Team mates play a big role too).I believe in him, and i strongly bgelieve that he'll break the ice someday! Take it or leave it. Michael Ballack is not a push-aside. He’s a great man with commendable abilities. You can hardly see him play a match without making a positive impact, unlike C.Ronaldo that fumbled severally in the EURO 2008.
I agree with the writer of this aricle that it goes beyond abilities to win a cup(Luck and Team mates play a big role too).I believe in him, and i strongly bgelieve that he’ll break the ice someday!

]]> By: ROSELINE http://soccerlens.com/the-ballack-slam/8239/#comment-96741 ROSELINE Wed, 16 Jul 2008 13:33:58 +0000 http://soccerlens.com/the-ballack-slam/8239/#comment-96741 Take it or leave it, that man, Michael Ballack is not a push-aside. He's a great man with commendable talents.I agree with the writer of this article that winning a cup goes beyond abilities( Luck and team mates count too).You can hardly see Ballack play without making an impact in a match, unlike C.Ronaldo that greatly fumbled at the Euro 2008. Take it or leave it, that man, Michael Ballack is not a push-aside. He’s a great man with commendable talents.I agree with the writer of this article that winning a cup goes beyond abilities( Luck and team mates count too).You can hardly see Ballack play without making an impact in a match, unlike C.Ronaldo that greatly fumbled at the Euro 2008.

]]> By: Matt Millan http://soccerlens.com/the-ballack-slam/8239/#comment-96710 Matt Millan Tue, 15 Jul 2008 22:24:35 +0000 http://soccerlens.com/the-ballack-slam/8239/#comment-96710 i agree with keno, ballack does spend too much time when playing for germany, just arguing with refs and kicking opposition players, perhaps he thinks this is how you win with an inferior side. i think he committed about 12 fouls in his short time on the pitch in the final of the euros if he had concentrated on the game maybe things would have been different... as for his chelsea team maybe he gets lost from time to time in general but with chelsea he can almost afford to do that every now and again cos he knows the likes of drogba and terry with pick up the mantel, (champions league final aside)against bolton this wouldn't matter, but this article raises the interesting point that he always seems to do this in bigger games. another quick example, demetrio albertini missed both champions league final and world cup final through suspension in the same season too... i agree with keno, ballack does spend too much time when playing for germany, just arguing with refs and kicking opposition players, perhaps he thinks this is how you win with an inferior side. i think he committed about 12 fouls in his short time on the pitch in the final of the euros if he had concentrated on the game maybe things would have been different… as for his chelsea team maybe he gets lost from time to time in general but with chelsea he can almost afford to do that every now and again cos he knows the likes of drogba and terry with pick up the mantel, (champions league final aside)against bolton this wouldn’t matter, but this article raises the interesting point that he always seems to do this in bigger games.

another quick example, demetrio albertini missed both champions league final and world cup final through suspension in the same season too…

]]> By: Bayern is the Greatest http://soccerlens.com/the-ballack-slam/8239/#comment-96700 Bayern is the Greatest Tue, 15 Jul 2008 20:02:58 +0000 http://soccerlens.com/the-ballack-slam/8239/#comment-96700 First of all winning German league competitions with Bayern Munich is definitely something special. If you think otherwise just look at the way the players and fans celebrate whenever we do, so u people need to stop talking shit. Keno, that's one of the dumbest comments I've ever seen on this site. There is hardly a better big game player than ballack. That y Chelsea brought him in, so that he would finally take them to cl victory and he went pretty close to doing it this season. To say that there is a problem with his mentality in big game is nonsense. If that was the case he wouldnt be the 'nearly man' he would be the 'not even close man'. Ballack is a class player, certainly one of the best there is in the EPL and that's y he has achieved more than most player can ever dream off. On every occasion that he can close and lost, he lost to the better team (with the exception of the 2008 cl finals). That alone speaks to the class of ballack because he has caused ordinary teams to overachieve - he certainly has not underachieved, and anyone who thinks differently is a jackass. First of all winning German league competitions with Bayern Munich is definitely something special. If you think otherwise just look at the way the players and fans celebrate whenever we do, so u people need to stop talking shit.

Keno, that’s one of the dumbest comments I’ve ever seen on this site. There is hardly a better big game player than ballack. That y Chelsea brought him in, so that he would finally take them to cl victory and he went pretty close to doing it this season. To say that there is a problem with his mentality in big game is nonsense. If that was the case he wouldnt be the ‘nearly man’ he would be the ‘not even close man’.
Ballack is a class player, certainly one of the best there is in the EPL and that’s y he has achieved more than most player can ever dream off.

On every occasion that he can close and lost, he lost to the better team (with the exception of the 2008 cl finals). That alone speaks to the class of ballack because he has caused ordinary teams to overachieve – he certainly has not underachieved, and anyone who thinks differently is a jackass.

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