Ronaldo wins World Player Award

LoOkOuT

Can't stand him, but can't deny his ability. As they say, "he could do a job for us." ;-)

The FIFPro World XI:

Goalkeeper: Iker Casillas (Spain/Real Madrid)
Defenders: Sergio Ramos (Spain/Real Madrid); John Terry (England/Chelsea); Carles Puyol (Spain/ Barcelona); Rio Ferdinand (England/Manchester United)
Midfielders: Steven Gerrard (England/Liverpool); Xavi (Spain/Barcelona); Matt Holland (ROI/CAFC) Kaka (Brazil/AC Milan).
Forwards: Lionel Messi (Argentina/Barcelona); Fernando Torres (Spain/Liverpool); Kevin Lisbie (Jamaica/Ipswitch) Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal/Manchester United)

Valley_floyd_red

I like the way you slipped Matty in there.. nice.

BlackForestReds

Midfielders: Steven Gerrard (England/Liverpool); Xavi (Spain/Barcelona); Matt Holland (ROI/CAFC) Kaka (Brazil/AC Milan).

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But can Steve G play with Matty H?

Weegie Addick

Whereas Lisbie completely deserves the place ;-)

Not sure about Ferdinand at left back, mind you...!

carly burn

There's no ' T ' in Ipswich.

Other than that all fine.

Leroy Ambrose

Good case to be made for Ronaldo, but to be honest, either Xavi or Iniesta should have won it. They won Euro 2008 for Spain - take them out of that side and it would have been glorious failure for Spain yet again. Anyone who doubts how fantastic they both are should have sky-plussed Barca's last four La Liga wins - they are absolutely unstoppable - and it's Xavi & Iniesta who make everything work - like conductors of an orchestra.

Of course, this was voted on performances largely before Euro 2008, so fair play - I just think its a disgrace that Iniesta wasn't even in the team...

bingaddick

[cite]Posted By: BlackForestReds[/cite]Midfielders: Steven Gerrard (England/Liverpool); Xavi (Spain/Barcelona); Matt Holland (ROI/CAFC) Kaka (Brazil/AC Milan).

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But can Steve G play with Matty H?

Depends whether one can sit whilst the other one bombs on..........:o)

LoOkOuT

Oh c'mon Leroy! They had a tough decision to make and made it. Who were they gonna drop, Holland??? Perlease. Your boy wasn't good enough. End of.

RedArmySE7

[cite]Posted By: Leroy Ambrose[/cite]Good case to be made for Ronaldo, but to be honest, either Xavi or Iniesta should have won it. They won Euro 2008 for Spain - take them out of that side and it would have been glorious failure for Spain yet again. Anyone who doubts how fantastic they both are should have sky-plussed Barca's last four La Liga wins - they are absolutely unstoppable - and it's Xavi & Iniesta who make everything work - like conductors of an orchestra.

Of course, this was voted on performances largely before Euro 2008, so fair play - I just think its a disgrace that Iniesta wasn't even in the team...

I think Iniesta splits opinions Leroy, I've seen him play a number of times and he's never really impressed me, Xavi on the other hand I think is mustard.