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birdman: Bros calm down, Its not the end of the world. George might still be able to hand with Lebron in a few seasons

ItGeek: am tired of hearing the german Anthem every race

birdman: Its not that they lost. Its how they lost. This wasnt an 8-0 team. They ran up the score towards the end and made it look respectable. Now if this 8-0 streak was towards the end of the season, it would have been legit - the only teams in the league that should be comfortable streaking right now would be spurs, thunder, heat. it is meaningless for any other team

Roland17: I mentioned this earlier and i am not reiterating this cos the pacers lost.. Far from that.. The pacers might possess the strongest opposition to the heats but it in no way guarantees them a ticket to the conference finals and that is because George is very much guardable in the east.. His style of play has evolved tremendously but it's still over reliant on jump shots and three's,p

Roland17: and that is where Queen James has bullied this generation of NBA players, he has mastered all forms of scoring except his free throws which could be suspect especially during clutch moments.

Roland17: Last night he went for 3-14(FG Attempt) 0-3 ( 3ps) and a total of 6 rebounds in 34 mins... I am in no way undermining George but I am still not convinced they can defeat a team like the bulls or the nets in the eastern conference playoff's.

birdman: See how the Pacers lost? Thats what I meant by win streaks hiding your bad habits. When a good team that means you finally gets to you, you lose bad. Pacers didnt look like an unbeaten team tonight.

kliq: They made it 9-0,the 1st team with a 9-0 start since the 02/03 season hopefully they extend the streak against the bulls on saturday...apart from the streak they are playing so well especially on the defense with roy hibbert coming up with so many block shots and rebounds.

My lakers:

nitlad: Graham Hunter though a pillock, got this bit right. . .

philfearon: Bro,am not here to rant words with You!
All i ask of u is to Leave this thread...Enough of Your Ribery rantings!!
This is not a Ribery or World best nominee's thread...You can open one and invite us though!!

yourangel: My brother, why are you wasting your precious time replying to a juvenile area boy? Ignore him and his rantings and let's discuss more important issues like the one raised by Baba Ajanlekoko above

philfearon: Guy,seriously,You are irritating me with this rants....I believe you were not paid to advertise Ribery,so better go to ur own Die Roten thread and do these ur rants,unless you want a ban!! Enough of This Ribery this or Ribery That on a Barca thread.....Let the voters do their voting.....I dont remember any other time in Balon d'or or FIFA WORLD BEST AWARDS{Currently joined now as "Fifa Balon d'or} were players beg to be made best player...Abi na Mouth dem dey use carry award?
I dont remember Messi nor Kaka nor Ronaldinho nor Cannavaro nor Figo et al,telling and begging people that they deserve the award!! The footage and Facts are all there to see!!
Infact,if voting for the Fifa Balon d'or were for Journalists alone,Messi will continue winning it till he is 30yrs!"

Johnpaul88: ^^
Whatever you say, Mr A-40.

All Ribery needs to do to be able to win Ballon d'oro, is to score more goals. Messi have set the bar so high that you need more than winning trophies to win the award.

yourangel: It's pathetic and utterly disappointing to read words like the bolded from a self-proclaimed football fan. I would enjoin all my cule brothers and sisters here to ignore you and your posts because it's obvious that you are a child who started watching football last season when Bayern won the CL. Otherwise, you won't write those words. Who is Ribery? His case for the Ballon d'Or is because Bayern won the treble last season. Not because he's a better player than CR7 and Messi. In the season that led to the mind blowing scoring record of 91 goals by Messi, he gave 28 assists. Who on earth does that? Only Messi does! Be it Maradona, Zidane or Ronaldinho, they never assisted and scored like Messi does year in and year out. This is the wonder of Messi, and the reason some football legends believe he's the greatest football player ever. He scores in volumes, and assist in volumes. Can your Ribery assist and score simultaneously like Messi does? No way! To reduce Messi to a mere goal poacher (as inferred in your words) is disgusting and malicious. You can make an honest case for Ribery. You don't have to resort to such lies and total distortion of the truth before you make your case clear. Ribery would wish to be like Messi or Ronaldo for just one day in his life time. Who knows Ribery if not for the treble of Bayern? Messi and Ronaldo don't have to win any treble before people know them. They are gods in the world of football. A testament to the fact that Ribery is crying that his own people in France prefer Messi and Ronaldo for the award.

Maradona said this sometime ago, "Messi is my Maradona". Last week, Hernan Crespo quipped that Maradona was his idol in football, but for him, "Messi is better than Maradona". Three days ago, our own Sergio Busquets was asked what he would want to be like if he reincarnates. His answer was "if I reincarnate, I would like to come as Leo Messi". Would any Bayern player wish to reincarnate as Ribery? God forbid bad thing! (lol). I believe if you are given the option to reincarnate between Ribery and Messi (only), you would undoubtedly go for the latter...lol. So, you see what I am talking about?

I won't be surprised if Messi, Ronaldo and Neymar appear as the top three candidates for the Ballon d'Or this year. Luckily for Ribery, it's the top five candidates (instead of the usual top three) that will be unveiled this time around. So, he stands the chance of being among the final five candidates. People only know about Ribery in Europe. Ballon d'Or is not awarded by Europeans only, but by the whole world. Neymar's achievements in the confederations cup are more spectacular to voters outside of Europe than Ribery's. That Ribery won the best player in Europe award is not a guarantee he would win the Ballon d'Or. Our darling Iniesta won the best player in Europe award last year, yet he came third (yes, third, not even second) in the Ballon d'Or.

Ribery is a fantastic player and I would be happy for him if he wins the award this time. However, he can never be in the league of Messi and Ronaldo. Never ever! Please tell Ribery to focus on qualifying his country for the world cup. Messi don qualify him country tay tay!

Johnpaul88: When Chelsea won the UCL & FA Cup last two seasons, no one considered any of their players for any recognition whatsoever. Why do you think the situation will be any different now that Bayern won? Or did Bayern will another ucl any different from those of Chelsea?

Johnpaul88: Semi final? Time that mattered most? Every time matters in football because if you relax in the initial stages, you won't have a chance at all at playing in the semi final. So mere playing in the semi final is a success already!

Johnpaul88: ^^^
Lol!

All i know is that Ribery should allow his work to speak for him. Messi never talks about Ballon d' oro and now he's 4! Penaldo & his cohorts have all been drumming support for him all these years, using all means possible including relinquishing his position as national team captain in order to get some extra votes & blackmailing FIFA . But after all said & done, he won nothing!

Johnpaul88: Ribery's tactics may have worked for him in Monaco, since all the few select journalists are always encouraged to vote the winners of the just concluded European competition, be it Ucl or Euro, for European best award. It's pretty easy!

Johnpaul88: But when you talk about dealing with over 600 voters for the Ballon d'oro, it's a different ball game! He needs more than mere ranting to win.
MD is even reporting that Neymar is making a serious inroad in the scheme of things in the votes & may yet spring up alotta surprises. Afterall he starred in the confederations Cup & he plays for the highly favoured FC Barcelona!

birdman: Granger may even be a hindrance at this point . I think he is valuable, but I get the vibe the coaching staff feel they can do without him. I think the <100ppg is a matter of style not firepower



But can they keep this pace up all season? I doubt it. You actually want to have a good but not perfect record before the all star break so you can work out weaknesses. Long winning streaks are notorious for hiding glaring issues. Those issues get will exposed big time come playoffs.

Anyways the season is still really young - im sure the streak will end before 15

Roland17: Screams in Shaq's voice..BIRDMAN! BIRDMAN!!!

Don't get carried away by the performances of the Pacers, as much as people love to join bandwagons I am not buying just yet...

Roland17: Honestly it would be a big shame, yet of no surprise to me if the Pacers after a successful regular season loose in the first or second round to the bulls, nets or even the Celtics.....form, injury, balance and chemistry are inevitable factors.. Their best player in George is very much guard able in the east especially by the heats and the bulls if they are able to work their chemistry and keep Rose healthy...

Roland17: And if anyone thinks the pacers can win anything without Granger accepting his role on the bench which is very very important then you must be joking.

I already mentioned it would be a big shame and indictment on the league if the heats make the finals for the fourth time consecutively and win It all for the third time consecutively..... Although questionable officiating has been a part of the heats story in the past four season, I expect someone to kick them out this year.

birdman: Granger may even be a hindrance at this point . I think he is valuable, but I get the vibe the coaching staff feel they can do without him. I think the <100ppg is a matter of style not firepower


But can they keep this pace up all season? I doubt it. You actually want to have a good but not perfect record before the all star break so you can work out weaknesses. Long winning streaks are notorious for hiding glaring issues. Those issues get will exposed big time come playoffs.

Anyways the season is still really young - im sure the streak will end before 15

Johnpaul88: Ribery's desperation is becoming embaressing! I think Bayern fans will be ashamed of him. I have doubts that he 'll win it though. The national team captains & coaches who votes ,doesn't really care about who won what or who deserved what! It's all about popularity and name. Messi & Penaldo will always be on their mind. I guess it's only journalist that cares about those stats but unfortunately for Ribery, they are quite few compared to other voters! So Mr Ribery may have his work cut out on this one. This is not the one he won in Monaco, where all the voters are journalist who knows the stats.

Johnpaul88: Ribery's desperation is becoming embaressing! I think Bayern fans will be ashamed of him. I have doubts that he 'll win it though. The national team captains & coaches who votes ,doesn't really care about who won what or who deserved what! It's all about popularity and name. Messi & Penaldo will always be on their mind. I guess it's only journalist that cares about those stats but unfortunately for Ribery, they are quite few compared to other voters! So Mr Ribery may have his work cut out on this one. This is not the one he won in Monaco, where all the voters are journalist who knows the stats.

Johnpaul88: Ribery's desperation is becoming embaressing! I think Bayern fans will be ashamed of him. I have doubts that he 'll win it though. The national team captains & coaches who votes ,doesn't really care about who won what or who deserved what! It's all about popularity and name. Messi & Penaldo will always be on their mind. I guess it's only journalist that cares about those stats but unfortunately for Ribery, they are quite few compared to other voters! So Mr Ribery may have his work cut out on this one. This is not the one he won in Monaco, where all the voters are journalist who knows the stats.

yourangel: Ribery: I deserve to win Ballon d'Or

The winger shone as Bayern Munich won the treble in May and begun this season in blistering form, and believes his game is now a match for the world's best

Bayern Munich attacker Franck Ribery says he deserves to win this year's Ballon d'Or over fellow front-runners Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo.

The Frenchman has shone in 2013 as the Bavarians completed an historic treble and have started the current campaign under new coach Pep Guardiola in blistering form.

Ribery knows he will have a tough time topping Barcelona's Messi and Real Madrid's Ronaldo, but he is confident that his improvements over the past 12 months should earn him the accolade.

"I try not to think about the Ballon d'Or," the 30-year-old told L'Equipe. "But my wife has already prepared the space above the fireplace in the living room.

"I do get a lot of belief from her and all of Bayern. I do not know if I will win, however I think I deserve it.

"Before I was a good player, now I think I'm the best."

Ribery is expected to feature in France's World Cup play-off qualifiers with Ukraine this week, starting with the away leg on Friday.

http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/2557/news/2013/11/14/4407022/ribery-i-deserve-to-win-ballon-dor


I would be happy if he wins. But why is he so desperate? He's not showing class at all. Guy, make you focus on your world cup play-off games for now. This one that your wife has already prepared a place in the parlour to keep the Ballon, please tell her to take it easy lest she gets disappointed big time!

Johnpaul88: I too am! It's surprising he could be this objective!

As for the award, a Bayern player esp Robben should win it. He was more decisive than Ribery ever was for them last season, scoring most of the crucial goals.
Penaldo? He should go and sit down joor!

As for Messi, he remains the world best player. He'll only be leasing out this award this year. Next year, he retains his inheritance!

AjanleKoko: He does.
Ribery is clearly not the best player in the world, and will never be.
But then, neither was Shevchenko, and neither was Nedved, neither was Cannavaro.

I'm not in support of Messi winning it because it would seem all he has to do is play in Europe to win the award these days. He needs to be motivated to win it.
Ronaldo doesn't deserve it because he won no single individual or team award, and is not going to win any by December. So Ribery should win it, he's already set the tone by winning the Best Player in Europe Award.

Ibime: Ninjas always speculating on Ipukulu.

I didn't have time for this ish this year, just making quick transfers in couple minutes after every game week.

I've decided to spend the rest of the year travelling to different academies like Ajax, Barcelona and Dortmund to learn new coaching techniques and exchange ideas with cutting-edge thinkers in the game.

I will be back next season to reclaim my title.

2 trophies and 2 runner-up positions. Ipukulu is still ahead. Never forget that!!!

Johnpaul88: In another note, I stumbled over this article and i thought i should share it.
In as much as i hate the contents, I found some of the opinions there intriguing and difficult to shallow. But they do look like incontrovertible facts, don't they?

Happy reading!

www.the4thofficial.co.uk/2013/11/12/the-end-of-messi-and-barca-is-nigh/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-end-of-messi-and-barca-is-nigh

birdman: what does points have to do with peaking

kliq: Ibaka plays well defensively hence he's more effective than Harden in the team as wesbrook and Durant do the scoring.
Meanwhile Utah ended their 8 game losing streak with a defeat against the Pelicans.