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elampiro: Before this Swedish match, Ronaldo had performed well against all the big oppositions he played against, including Barcelona. In the classico matches, Ronaldo eclipsed Messi in all of them.

Also note that the Sweden match was like a cup final with all the tension and pressure associated with it.

Why is Portugal playing playoffs in a group comprised of Russia,Isreal,Northern Ireland and Azerbaijan?

His team is languishing in 3rd in the league already and won nothing last season. Why is all this happening in Ronaldo's best scoring season? The best players in the world should lead their teams to titles. Ronaldo is not doing so

afrodoc: People are mentioning assists as if Ronaldo did not have a good number of assists too.
Ribery had more assists than Ronaldo no doubt but it was much closer than the wide gulf between them in terms of goals scored.

Ronaldo is a stats padder! I don't care much for the 3rd,4th and 5th goal scored in a game against Levante and Osasuna

My point is Ribery also outclassed him in a category and won trophies to boot

afrodoc: Messi is the best but for this year i believe Ronaldo deserves it. It is not a team award Ronaldo has been better than Messi if you look at the calendar year and definitely better than Ribery. Dont get me wrong, Ribery is a good player in his own right but Bayern's success can't be ascribed to Ribery but to great system in place and the glut of quality players playing within this system.

It is a team sport! And any awards must take into cognizance team achievements If not we might as well forget about trophies and lets just give the team with the highest goalscorer the title!

You watch basketball tell me who the better player is between Blake Griffin and Chris Paul?

elampiro: It looks to me too that Messi will naturally attract more voters than Ronaldo due to people perception that Messi is humble while Ronaldo is arrogant.

Just imagine that Casilas refused to vote Ronaldo the last time. He instead he opted for Ramos who had no iota of chance of winning it.

Look at the way he celebrates when he scores. Me! Me! Me! Teammates don't like that and neither do coaches

Katsumoto: Sneijder was robbed and so was Iniesta in 2010.

Messi is a great player but voters don't watch enough football. They just go with who is scoring.

Iniesta only scored in the Final and against Chile didn't do too much else you can't compare the degree of robbery to Sneijder's case

afrodoc: It is first and foremost an individual award. Who won what should come into play if it is close between 2 players and voters are not sure who to pick e.g a couple of the messi vs ronaldo battles.
However in this case when you compare the contenders the difference between ronaldo and ribery this year was so great individually that the case should already be settled on that basis.

Ronaldo scored the most goals but is he the best player over 2013? I don't think so. With Ronaldo all I see is goals and in games he cannot score he consistently fails to influence in other ways. Perspective needs to be applied in all things! Goals which is the main bone of contention is not Ribery's forte but what about assists? Ronaldo for all purpose and intents is a goal machine,Ribery is a provider which is why he is harder to shut down

Isn't it ironic that since Messi and Ronaldo have started their goalscoring war the trophy cabinets of both teams have suddenly dried up!

An individual award in a team sport must always factor team achievement! Till Ronaldo picks up the ball from his goal to go and score all season long then the team just has to play a factor

Ogbeche77: Wesley Sneijder won 3 trophies in 2010 and even played the world cup final, he didn't win the award

Yet the universal consensus is that Sneijder was robbed! Everyone knows Messi was not the best player in the world that year

n0m0705: I know where you are going with this. The purpose of playing might be trophy, but some achievement cannot be ignored. MEN! The guy is just too much. Can you sincerely tell me that ribbery was the most outstanding player for bayern last sesson? Not to talk of this season

Ribery is part of the core that makes Bayern tick! He had 29 assists last season alone. This season he has done even better 9 goals for Bayern and six assists bearing in mind Bayern is not a one man team

SailorXY: The Europeans have so many slots already, more like a semi-Euro tourney mtchee there should be no play-offs for them. You miss qualifying straight off the group? that's all!

The last two World Cups combined Europe produced 7 out of the 8 semi-finalists not forgetting a large chunk of the World Cup sponsorship comes from there

n0m0705: http://soccernation.com.ng/incredible-ron-cristiano-ronaldos-2013-in-numbers/?utm_source=&utm_medium=twitter

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Incredible Ron! Cristiano Ronaldo’s 2013 In Numbers
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The race for Ballon D’or is in full swing and Cristiano Ronaldo seems to be leading the race. If you are wondering why; here are Cristiano Ronaldo’s amazing stats for the 2013 calendar year.

66 Ronaldo has scored an incredible 66 goals for club and country in 2013. That includes 56 goals in 46 games for Real Madrid and 10 in nine for Portugal

8 The 28-year-old is the TOP SCORER in the Champions League this season with eight goals, one ahead of Zlatan Ibrahimovic, and two ahead of Lionel Messi.

1.20 Goals per game ratio for Ronaldo in 2013. And it gets better if you only look at this season. He has 31 goals in 21 appearances in 2013-14. That’s 1.48 goals per game.

16 The Portuguese is also the TOP SCORER in La Liga this season with 16 goals in 13 matches. He already has TWICE as many as Messi.

47 Ronaldo EQUALLED Pauleta’s national record of 47 goals for Portugal. The forward is closing in on Bobby Charlton and Thierry Henry’s records, but has a way to go before he catches Gerd Muller (68) and Pele (77).

5 Ronaldo has OUTSCORED the Premier League’s five biggest clubs in 2013. Liverpool (61), Man City (56), Arsenal (55), Man United (54) and Chelsea (54) have all scored fewer league goals this year than Ronaldo has scored in all competitions.

225 Since joining Real Madrid, Ronaldo has scored 225 goals in 216 games for the club. In just five years he has already become Madrid’s FIFTH HIGHEST SCORER and is closing in on Ferenc Puskas (242) in fourth.

All these goals are useless without trophies tho

4 long years since we last won at the Iduna! That streak needs to end ASAP

Neuer

Lahm Boateng Dante Alaba

Martinez

Robben Kroos Muller Gotze

Mandzu

But we all know Pep would probably start Rafinha and play Lahm in the middle

Babzilla: AT LEAST WE CAN ALL AGREE ON 1 THING
EAST : PAUL GEORGE, ROY HIBBERT AND LEBRON JAMES
WEST: KEVIN DURANT, LAMARCUS ALDRIDGE AND BLAKE GRIFFIN
ID REALLY LIKE TO C DEMARCUS COUSINS START
THAT GUYS IS A BEAST
OTHERS ID LIKE TO C PLAY ARE DAVID LEE, KLAY THOMPSON ANTHONY DAVIS IN THE WEST
IN THE EAST ID LIKE TO SEE JEFF GREEN RUDY GAY AND BRANDON JOSH SMITH PLAY
WHY DONT I SEE NOBODY ROOTING 4 OLADIPO

Loool Rudy Gay??

Donlittle: What about Monta Ellis, nobody is rooting for him

Monta is on my list! Best 2 guard in the West so far I don't care what anyone else thinks

Spare a thought for Derrick Rose looks like he's shredded his ACL again

All-star so far

East: Kyrie Irving,Lance Stephenson,Paul George,Lebron James,Roy Hibbert

West: Tony Parker,Monta Ellis,Kevin Durant,Lamarcus Aldridge,Blake Griffin

Babzilla: INJURY AND THE FACT THAT HE CANT PLAY D
I MEAN WITH THAT SIZE AND STRENGTH U CANT PLAY D
ITS ALMOST LIKE THE GUY IS ALLERGIC TO PLAYING DEFENSE

Just like Boozer! Its a disgrace players their size and experience can't play D

joeydozzy: Injury is his Achilles heel and has been the past couple of seasons.
I remember his first season in Knicks, he and Carmelo literally carried Knicks to the playoffs, him especially

Now he's just a bench warmer averaging some 15mins a game

Carried? He and the Knicks weren't pulling shyte till Melo came and they still got swept!

The Atlantic division is a weeping disgrace it must be said

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1860060-dallas-mavericks-have-found-something-with-dirk-nowitzki-and-monta-ellis

Babzilla: I WONT BE QUICK 2 WRITE OFF THE NETS
I THINK THEY HAVE A DECENT TEAM
WITH SOME STRONG MEN AT THE FRONT COURT
ITS THE COACH THATS THE ISSUE HERE
AND DERON WILLIAMS ........
GET A VETERAN COACH AND WATCH THESE NETS KICK A$$
AS 4 THE KNICKS,DONT HOLD UR BREATH MAN THEY REALLY
REALLY REALLY SUCK. I DONT CARE WHO COMES BACK

The Nets would show flashes but their collective age would tell over 80sumn odd games. Garnett is a warrior but this is his 19th year in the league at some point father time would be a factor! Brook Lopez is velvet soft as well

Babzilla: WE ALL KNOW THE HEAT WON BECAUSE OF LEBRON JAMES
IN FACT THEY WON THE LAST TIME BECAUSE THE SPURS JUST PISSED THEIR CHANCES AWAY
DIDNT CAPITALIZE ON THE OPPORTUNITIES THATWERE THERE
LIKE THEY JUST REFUSED TO PLAY
IN THE WORDS OF PHIL JACKSON 'DEFENSE +REBOUNDS =CHAMPIONSHIPS'
WE ALL KNOW THAT DEFENSE REMAINS KEY TO MAKING A WINNING TEAM
DWIGHT'S STRENGTH'S HAS ALWAYS BEEN THAT. HE IS OK ON THE OFFENSE
BUT OVERALL I THINK THE ROCKETS NEED TIME TO JELL

Lol the Spurs just pissed away that title yo! Shoulda ended it in Game 6 like the Mavs did

Dwight has not been of much help on defense that's the problem! He's made zero impact

Babzilla: THE KNICKS ARE A JOKE
CANT 4GET WHEN THEY BROUGHT MELO
MADE IT LOOK LIKE THE 2ND COMING OF CHRIST

Even Amare claimed the Knicks were back when they signed him! Smh! He has been a massive bust

Babzilla: URE DEFINITELY A HEAT FAN
I WOULD LIKE TO C SOME NEW BLOOD IN THIS ALL STAR
IF I WANT TO WATCH BOSH AND WADE PLAY TOGETHER ID WATCH
MIAMI'S GAMES

I SELECTED A MORE INTERESTING FRONTCOURT FOR THE WEST WITH KEVIND DURANT BLAKE GRIFFIN AND
LEMARCUS ALDRIDGE HOLDING IT DOWN

Playing in a small market sucks! Lamarcus Aldridge is actually having a better season than Blake Griff so far and the Blazers are 10-2!! Soft schedule but its still remarkable numbers. Damian Lillard is also continuing where he left off last season

Roland17: Bro...Please don't tell me you have already made your list of teams that would make the playoff's at this stage of the season, the Nets would be awful all season, but they would also make the playoff's, so would the Knicks..even though I believe Melo is leaving the Knicks after this season....just as you alluded, it's the east, a conference where teams with loosing records make the playoff's.
It's relatively a new team and D. Williams should be thrown into the D-League if you ask me, but I know at some point during the season they would build a chemistry strong enough to get them into the playoff's..

The Nets would not do shyte come playoff time and that is even if they make it there! That team is too phucking old! All the chemistry in the world cannot remedy that

Its not about it being a new team its about guys not playing up to their abilities. Deron Williams used to be in the discussion for top 3 PG's in the league. Iso-Joe used to be an all-star now ninja is averaging 13pts per game! KG,JET,Pierce are a combined 109 years old with over 50yrs in the league that's a lot!

Guys like the Pistons and Cavaliers have been letdowns so far that's why I can't fully go all out and totally write off the Nets but there's an 85% chance they won't make it

The Knicks can make it once Chandler gets back and Melo and JR keep connecting

Roland17: Ummm, am I the only one here who has noticed the quality of play in the NBA this season has be abysmal and appalling to say the least? No team seems to be playing any form of defense!!! They just grab the ball, without any ball movement of rotation shoot, the opposing team picks the ball and does the same thing..
It's a shame this generation of players are not ready to improve other parts of their game as everyone wants to become a jump shooter, I fear the Center position would soon become a thing of the past if the pace of the game does not slow down...

Everybody following the Heat template man! They have shown you don't need a traditional center to win titles! The last two Finals we saw teams with traditional centers on the losing side! They don't add enough to today's game to be the core focus as they are usually liabilities on offense and fastbreak points and all that has rendered most of them redundant! Look at the much vaunted Dwight and Omer Asik partnership its been a disaster! Even with just Dwight the Rockets are still bleeding points

Roland17: Bro...Please don't tell me you have already made your list of teams that would make the playoff's at this stage of the season, the Nets would be awful all season, but they would also make the playoff's, so would the Knicks..even though I believe Melo is leaving the Knicks after this season....just as you alluded, it's the east, a conference where teams with loosing records make the playoff's.
It's relatively a new team and D. Williams should be thrown into the D-League if you ask me, but I know at some point during the season they would build a chemistry strong enough to get them into the playoff's..

The Nets would not do shyte come playoff time and that is even if they make it there! That team is too phucking old! All the chemistry in the world cannot remedy that

Its not about it being a new team its about guys not playing up to their abilities. Deron Williams used to be in the discussion for top 3 PG's in the league. Iso-Joe used to be an all-star now ninja is averaging 13pts per game! KG,JET,Pierce are a combined 109 years old with over 50yrs in the league that's a lot!

Guys like the Pistons and Cavaliers have been letdowns so far that's why I can't fully go all out and totally write off the Nets but there's an 85% chance they won't make it

The Knicks can make it once Chandler gets back and Melo and JR keep connecting

Roland17: Ummm, am I the only one here who has noticed the quality of play in the NBA this season has be abysmal and appalling to say the least? No team seems to be playing any form of defense!!! They just grab the ball, without any ball movement of rotation shoot, the opposing team picks the ball and does the same thing..
It's a shame this generation of players are not ready to improve other parts of their game as everyone wants to become a jump shooter, I fear the Center position would soon become a thing of the past if the pace of the game does not slow down...

Everybody following the Heat template man! They have shown you don't need a traditional center to win titles! The last two Finals we saw teams with traditional centers on the losing side! They don't add enough to today's game to be the core focus as they are usually liabilities on offense and fastbreak points and all that has rendered most of them redundant! Look at the much vaunted Dwight and Omer Asik partnership its been a disaster! Even with just Dwight the Rockets are still bleeding points

Roland17: Bro...Please don't tell me you have already made your list of teams that would make the playoff's at this stage of the season, the Nets would be awful all season, but they would also make the playoff's, so would the Knicks..even though I believe Melo is leaving the Knicks after this season....just as you alluded, it's the east, a conference where teams with loosing records make the playoff's.
It's relatively a new team and D. Williams should be thrown into the D-League if you ask me, but I know at some point during the season they would build a chemistry strong enough to get them into the playoff's..

The Nets would not do shyte come playoff time and that is even if they make it there! That team is too phucking old! All the chemistry in the world cannot remedy that

Its not about it being a new team its about guys not playing up to their abilities. Deron Williams used to be in the discussion for top 3 PG's in the league. Iso-Joe used to be an all-star now ninja is averaging 13pts per game! KG,JET,Pierce are a combined 109 years old with over 50yrs in the league that's a lot!

Guys like the Pistons and Cavaliers have been letdowns so far that's why I can't fully go all out and totally write off the Nets but there's an 85% chance they won't make it

The Knicks can make it once Chandler gets back and Melo and JR keep connecting

Roland17: Ummm, am I the only one here who has noticed the quality of play in the NBA this season has be abysmal and appalling to say the least? No team seems to be playing any form of defense!!! They just grab the ball, without any ball movement of rotation shoot, the opposing team picks the ball and does the same thing..
It's a shame this generation of players are not ready to improve other parts of their game as everyone wants to become a jump shooter, I fear the Center position would soon become a thing of the past if the pace of the game does not slow down...

Everybody following the Heat template man! They have shown you don't need a traditional center to win titles! The last two Finals we saw teams with traditional centers on the losing side! They don't add enough to today's game to be the core focus as they are usually liabilities on offense and fastbreak points and all that has rendered most of them redundant! Look at the much vaunted Dwight and Omer Asik partnership its been a disaster! Even with just Dwight the Rockets are still bleeding points

Roland17: Bro...Please don't tell me you have already made your list of teams that would make the playoff's at this stage of the season, the Nets would be awful all season, but they would also make the playoff's, so would the Knicks..even though I believe Melo is leaving the Knicks after this season....just as you alluded, it's the east, a conference where teams with loosing records make the playoff's.
It's relatively a new team and D. Williams should be thrown into the D-League if you ask me, but I know at some point during the season they would build a chemistry strong enough to get them into the playoff's..

The Nets would not do shyte come playoff time and that is even if they make it there! That team is too phucking old! All the chemistry in the world cannot remedy that

Its not about it being a new team its about guys not playing up to their abilities. Deron Williams used to be in the discussion for top 3 PG's in the league. Iso-Joe used to be an all-star now ninja is averaging 13pts per game! KG,JET,Pierce are a combined 109 years old with over 50yrs in the league that's a lot!

Guys like the Pistons and Cavaliers have been letdowns so far that's why I can't fully go all out and totally write off the Nets but there's an 85% chance they won't make it

The Knicks can make it once Chandler gets back and Melo and JR keep connecting

Roland17: Ummm, am I the only one here who has noticed the quality of play in the NBA this season has be abysmal and appalling to say the least? No team seems to be playing any form of defense!!! They just grab the ball, without any ball movement of rotation shoot, the opposing team picks the ball and does the same thing..
It's a shame this generation of players are not ready to improve other parts of their game as everyone wants to become a jump shooter, I fear the Center position would soon become a thing of the past if the pace of the game does not slow down...

Everybody following the Heat template man! They have shown you don't need a traditional center to win titles! The last two Finals we saw teams with traditional centers on the losing side! They don't add enough to today's game to be the core focus as they are usually liabilities on offense and fastbreak points and all that has rendered most of them redundant! Look at the much vaunted Dwight and Omer Asik partnership its been a disaster! Even with just Dwight the Rockets are still bleeding points

EPL fans no go kill person!! Hahaha I can't phucking believe this shyte


Pretty cool video I must say

www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2510726/Bayern-Munich-release-video-Manuel-Neuer-catching-Franck-Ribery-volley-moving-bus.html

Seems the Boa would be fit for the Dortmund game. Gotta feel bad for them tho as they would be missing their entire back 4 I'm especially worried for them against Napoli! They really should not have lost to A$$@nal

Where are those ninjas telling me about Nets in the playoffs? Talk to me I'm listening! If they were in the West they would probably have zero hope at this point

joephemzyz: EAST=Bosh,King James,paul george,dwayne wade,kyrie irving

WEST=K.durrant, blake griffin, dwight howard,james harden, chris paul

Lool Dwight is soft as phuck on the defensive end these days no way he should be starting ahead of Kevin Love. Anyway I still think its a tad too early for all-star teams

Babzilla: MONTA ELLIS IS THE MOST UNDERRATED PLAYER IN THE NBA
THAT GUY SHOULD HAVE MADE SEVERAL ALL STAR TEAMS
SOME TIMES I WONDER WHAT WE FANS R WATCHING

Lool played on awful teams for starters. He also had shot selection issues to be honest, his FG percentage was poor last season. I had no doubt he would be an excellent addition to the Mavs because of
1) Better coaching
2) Playing with Nowitzki

I sorta saw him as JET's replacement someone who could generate his own offense and also a competent passer of the ball! Also he has been suprisingly tenacious on the defensive end though he's always had active hands and is a perennial top steals contender

Finally a legit team is beat 6-0 at home! Impressive so far. Suprised Carlisle didn't deploy a Hack-a-Dwight especially since he was making all those shots early

My boy Paul George did it again last night! Dude lit the Knickerbockers up. Boneheaded play from Shumpert but he still had to make those freethrows! Also D'd up on Melo in key stretches,once this boy works on his shot selection and gets enough muscle to bang in the post there would be problems

The Heat have started bullying ninjas again! Just handing out beatdowns

Oghos1: So watz ur point? Mario gomez is a better striker than rooney? Oga coogar don rili mk oversee rooney finish.

C'est dommage

When it comes to the sole business of putting the ball in the net Gomez is obviously the better striker Rooney edges it in the overall play tho

Oghos1: .

They play strikerless because i because of their lack of quality strikers. Na condition cuz am .



mario gomez? Lol.

When Rooney scores over 40 goals or more than double digits in UCL footie get back to me bruh

GustavoFring: Sturridge is a better option than Klose/Gomez/Podolski

He thrives upon service- the excellent kind of service that the likes of Ozil and co would be able to provide for him.

Bar Lahm, what other worthy right back does Germany have?

Even if Johnson sits on the bench due to Lahm's excellence, rest assured he will be in that squad.

Cahill is better than boateng and arguably as good as Hummels.

Guy I want to believe you were smoking some Cheeba when you typed this. Cahill better than Boateng? In what planet? Sturridge better than Klose/Gomez/Podolski? What is Sturridge's pedigree in international competition? Inasmuch as I believe Sturridge is England's best young striker let's not get ahead of ourselves here

Katsumoto: I don't get why folks always overrate strikers and underrate midfielders. Ronaldo may have scored a hat trick but the two assists provided by Moutinho trump Ronaldo's goals. The assist for the third goal is worth at least two goals.

This was what I was telling some simple minds on the Barca thread who think football is purely about how many goals you score per season!

dayokanu: The way injuries have ravaged Bayern and Dortmund this season you go think say dem offend person ni

Hummels and Schmelzer out injured

On the Bayern side, Robben doubtful, Schweinsteiger out till January, Shaqiri would be fit in 2 weeks same with Thiago

I heard Dortmund are signing Arne Friedrich whether he would be ready for the game is another matter entirely

Robben out no problem,Muller takes his place

The Shaq is already training

Congrats to Ribery for his super performance yesterday! Did all but score coulda had 4 or 5 assists

Gotta feel for Mandzukic tho who might miss the first 2 games at the World Cup

Donlittle: Calderon is really a liability on defense, it bothers me a lot, cant do this in the playoffs can we?

He's always been a liability on defense I wonder if the front office were ignorant on this! Dude cannot guard a traffic cone let's just hope he provides more than he let's in

We are definitely playoff quality with the Uberman and Monta

Oghos1: WRONG! He would be competing for d striker pos. U seem to have forgotten so quickly that rooney is striker.

And yes, he go bench 36 year old injury prone klose who is clearly past his prime.

He might bench Klose but would certainly not bench Mario Gomez

It didn't die in Schumacher's time it won't die now! I hope you saw the crowd at yesterday's race

philfearon: The same Bayern that found it hard to win Chelsea and the same Bayern that Borussia Dortmund destroyed in their super cup? You are a learner bro!!
Mind u,Bayern na our{barca's} wife!!

Is this guy high on Schnapps?? Have you forgotten 7-0 so soon? Heynckes is still declared wanted for crimes against humanity and you are here chatting megedefegede

Lol all these Up Barca,Up Messi fans sef

philfearon: The same Bayern that found it hard to win Chelsea and the same Bayern that Borussia Dortmund destroyed in their super cup? You are a learner bro!!
Mind u,Bayern na our{barca's} wife!!

Is this guy high on Schnapps?? Have you forgotten 7-0 so soon? Heynckes is still declared wanted for crimes against humanity and you are here chatting megedefegede

Lol all these ignorant Up Barca,Up Messi fans sef