Big Names Excluded From FIFA World Player Of The Year Nominations

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  1. CelticKing

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    <span class="titolo">Big Names Excluded From FIFA World Player Of The Year Nominations</span></p>

    <span class="sommario">Francesco Totti, Cesc Fabregas, and Zlatan Ibrahimovic are among the big names left off the list of 30 players nominated for this year&rsquo;s FIFA World Player of the Year award.</span></p>

    Roma captain, Francesco Totti, who won the European Golden Boot last season and was outstanding as his club reached the quarterfinal of the Champions League, has astonishingly failed to make the final cut for the FIFA Player of the Year award.

    But Totti is not the only high-profile player not be nominated. Inter&rsquo;s Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who has been in magnificent form this campaign, has also been excluded. And there was no place for Bayern Munich goal-machine Luca Toni or Valencia hitman David Villa. Meanwhile, Arsenal&rsquo;s mercurial midfielder Cesc Fabregas, who has been undoubtedly the best player in the Premiership so far this season, is also absent.

    Italy is the most represented nation on the list of nominees with five players. These are Gianluigi Buffon, Fabio Cannavaro, Alessandro Nesta, Gennaro Gattuso and Andrea Pirlo. England and France both have four, Argentina and Brazil three, Germany and Portugal two, and seven nations with one player.

    Barcelona are the leading club team with seven nominations, including Ronaldinho and Lionel Messi. Chelsea have five, Milan four, Manchester United and Bayern Munich three, Liverpool and Real Madrid two, and Juventus, Inter, Lyon and Villarreal one.

    Totti&rsquo;s exclusion from this list of 30 players will only add weight to the claims of many people, who say that the FIFA World Player of the Year is a second-rate award, especially in comparison to the prestigious Ballon d&rsquo;Or, handed out for the European Footballer of the Year.

    The full list of nominees:

    Argentina: Lionel Messi, Juan Roman Riquelme, Carlos Tevez

    Brazil: Juninho, Kaka, Ronaldinho

    Cameroon: Samuel Eto&rsquo;o

    Czech Republic: Petr Cech

    England: Steven Gerrard, Wayne Rooney, John Terry

    France: Thierry Henry, Franck Ribery, Lilian Thuram, Patrick Vieira

    Germany: Miroslav Klose, Philipp Lahm

    Ghana: Michael Essien

    Holland: Ruud van Nistelrooy

    Italy: Gianluigi Buffon, Fabio Cannavaro, Gennaro Gattuso, Alessandro Nesta, Andrea Pirlo

    Ivory Coast: Didier Drogba

    Mexico: Rafael Marquez

    Portugal: Cristiano Ronaldo, Deco

    Spain: Fernando Torres</p>
     
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    Are they Mad Having Gerrard the useless pile of shit. Fabregas is easily better then Scouse scum.</p>

    Also How is Totti not in there, FIFA need to get their act together</p>
     
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    You Arsenhole fans make me laugh. Fabregas ain't as good as you like to think.</p>
     
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (bringiton)</div><div class='quotemain'></p>

    You Arsenhole fans make me laugh. Fabregas ain't as good as you like to think.</p>

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    Fabregas is easily better then Gerrard. Look at the season so far. Fabregas has 6 goals in 10 or so games. What is Liverfool's Gerrard got?</p>

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    Gerrard isn't playing weel at the moment ,granted, but please get that stupid idea out of your head that Fabregas is great. Like ive said Good yes but Great not a fucking chance.</p>
     
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    Gerrard will never be the player that Fabregas is. Again Gerrard is only good for England, as for teams, he basically sucks and is useless. Mascherano is much better then him.</p>
     
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    Who would you guys choose from that list as the fifa world player of the year?</p>

    For me it would have to be Ruud van Nistelrooy, he basically saved the season for Real last season, and they won the league. Scored a bunch of goals, important ones too, and is their best striker right now.</p>
     
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    Who did Van Nistelrooy play for before Real. MMMMMMmmmmmmmmmmmm. Just wondering why you might say him.</p>

    Coming soon Beckham's wasted in America!</p>
     
  9. CelticKing

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    haha, it had nothing to do with that. Trust me. lol</p>

    You know he's a good player. Admit it. [​IMG]</p>
     
  10. man_u_barmy_army

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    <font face="Arial" color="#000000" size="2">how is rooney better than Fabragas!!!</font></p>
     
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    How about Gattuso and Marquez on the list. wow</p>

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    Fabregas dont deserve to be on the list. What did he do last year? He got to a league cup final, wow. Gerrard was in the champions league final and his skills are much better. Max your such a baby, how are you mod? Grow up kid.</p>

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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Y2Kyle)</div><div class='quotemain'></p>

    Fabregas dont deserve to be on the list. What did he do last year? He got to a league cup final, wow. Gerrard was in the champions league final and his skills are much better. Max your such a baby, how are you mod? Grow up kid.</p>

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    After you. Fabregas is the best in the premier league at the moment if not the world. Fabregas is a premium steak whereas Gerrard is a can of Spam. Get used to it there's a new king in town.</p>

    Also Man_U_Barmy_Army has admitted that Fabregas is better the Rooney. But still Super Cesc>S*it Stevie</p>

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    Gerrard is not even top ten in the EPL.</p>
     
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (CelticKing)</div><div class='quotemain'></p>

    Gerrard is not even top ten in the EPL.</p>

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    Precisely. Who would be in your top ten? Heres mine In no particular order</p>

    >Fabregas
    >Van Persie
    >Adebayor
    >Drogba
    >Ronaldo
    >Torres
    >N'zogbia (has been playing really well)
    >Elano
    >Cech
    >Scholes</p>

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    heres my list (no order as well)</p>

    fabregas, van persie, tevez, ronaldo, rooney, drogba, adebayor, torres, crouch, berbatov.</p>
     
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    Well last season heres the List of the top ten using Stats.</p>

    THE TOP 10</p>

    KEY: Player, club, position, pitch time, time-adjusted points </p>

    1 C Ronaldo Manchester United Midfield 85.12% 19.12</p>

    Voted player of the year by his fellow professionals and by football writers, the 22-year-old Portugal winger is our man of the season as well</p>

    2 F Lampard Chelsea M 97.31% 16.24 </p>

    An ordinary season for Lampard? The statistics say otherwise</p>

    3 Gilberto Arsenal M 88.14% 16.01 P </p>

    Ten league goals was a remarkable return for the midfield man</p>

    4 Cech Chelsea G 50.15% 14.41</p>

    Chelsea missed their &rsquo;keeper desperately when he was injured</p>

    5 J Lehmann Arsenal G 97.30% 13.94 </p>

    He may be 37 but the German is still among the league&rsquo;s elite</p>

    6 P Scholes Man Utd M 79.10% 13.50 </p>

    Enjoyed spectacular return to form after last season&rsquo;s eye injury</p>

    7 T Howard Everton G 94.59% 12.96</p>

    Failed to make the grade at Old Trafford but a Goodison star</p>

    8 N Vidic Man Utd D 66.11% 10.48</p>

    The centre back was rock-solid in his first full season in England</p>

    9 B McCarthy Blackburn F 88.98% 9.91</p>

    Eighteen goals in 36 starts proves McCarthy is a lethal predator</p>

    10 A Hleb Arsenal M 68.14% 9.87</p>

    Not as flashy as some of his teammates, but highly effective.</p>

    Also Gerrard Ranked 80th. Don't beleive me check for yourself</p>

    Official Top ten players</p>
     
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    I think Gerrard is better than Fabregas. Gerrard will improve over the course of the season.</p>

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    Max, your idiocy just radiates of you. How is Fabregas the best midfielders in the premiership, nevermind the world. Are you turning into Dan, relying on stats to back up your ridiculous theories? I'm sure little school kid Fabregas will get on the list once he has started puberty and won a medal in his life!</p>

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    How did you manage to fit Adebayour in the top ten players? How stupid, scores a one off goal and all of a sudden he is amazing!</p>

    The only thing Fabregas has on Gerrard is passing, nothing else.</p>

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    well said kyle...</p>
     

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