WibusJaga:


Well, everybody is entitled to his opinion.
The organisers have a voting procedure for selecting the winner.
They should tell us if this procedure was not followed instead of all this online fuss.

they got tired of releasing statement every stating the criteria. it's on their website. but the agendists won't want to look at that before forming agenda. They just pained Messi won again. To me if the award is truly awarded based on individual performance over the course of the year. Messi would have been winning almost every year. The organizers are even tweaking the criteria to give others a chance

Numerouno94:


This is the problem i hv wit some of u. U can't make a decent conversation witout trying to bring in personal/financial/family gibberish. Do u knw me outside nairaland? Hv u ever seen me begging on nairaland? Ohhhh u fink we re some low life poor rats cos we condescend so low by making jokes wit every Tom, Dick nd Harry on nairaland? Do u realise alot of financial buoyant Nigerians re on this forum jux as their re poor nd average Nigerians on the forum too? Well i will 4give ur ignorance nd let that slide, afterall a word from a pained as penaldian shuld b taken wit a pinch of salt.


Abt Buhari, re u in anyway better than Buhari? We all insult Buhari wen we re worst than the devil in our own little way buh so quick to insult Buhari. Re u any different? Ain't u a pained, bitter asss biased penaldian on this forum? Who in sport section doesn't knw that Obembet is one biased member? Who doesn't knw that u enjoy promoting Ronaldo nd pushing evil agender against Messi in collaboration with ur equally biased mods?? Now check urself b4 casting aspersions at Buhari cos ur no better.


Back to the topic, Messi deserves his 7th balon d'or. Re u better than the organisers, captains, coaches, journalists etcetera, that took part in the voting process? I will not dwell much on this cos Messi's stat is there for everyone to see. U guys fink everything is fake wen tinx don't go in ur favour. Lewi himself congratulated Messi, who re u to tink otherwise? Who re u?


U guys re only angry that Messi has left ur pendu far behind in the pecking order.

Like i said earlier, u can stop following football if ur angry. Pls boycott anything football, let the world no u guys re angry. After all, we need sane minds in football, not some pained asss bitter fans.

I said wat i said. Obembet, u nd ur coons shuld boycott football forever pls. Gud riddance.

Bro dz OP no be am at all.. Someone that said Benzema deserve Ballon d'Or is someone they are taking seriously now. Is this where Nairaland is at now??

abbey621:


Just listen to yourself, comparing Poland to Argentina? Let's see can you name 3 superstars on the Polish team? You said Lewa's form dropped in 2021 but he went to Camp Nou and destroyed Barca, he still leads the Bundesliga with 14 goals so far, so I can't imagine you thinking the Copa with a strong Argentinian team is all that matters. Make una try to hide una bias a little bit when analyzing things na, guy was robbed twice and even tho Messi is the greatest football player ever, he simply did not deserve the award this year!

which is why they created the striker award because even the organizers are tired of every year releasing statement saying the Ballon d'Or isn't a goal scoring award. It helps but it's not the alpha and omega of the award criteria.
you have Internet use it.

GEEBITE:
What of the year Wesley Sneijder won treble,Iniesta won world cup but the award went to Messi. We were told Balon d'or is individual not team award. This Copa was won for Argentina by Emiliano Martinez(penalty saves in shootout) and DI MARIA in the final. Messi that you guys claimed was top scorer but actually was joint with Diaz scored last in the quarterfinal(a penalty). He did nothing exceptional in my opinion. Ronaldo was top scorer in a more difficult Euro and I believe he shouldn't be in the top 3 and rightly he wasn't. Year 2018,Luca Modric was part of e team that won champions league and his

from your line of reasoning, it's clear your mind is sealed so I don't understand why you're bothering others to try and change a stand you obviously aren't looking to change.
Shey Argentina just appeared in get Copa final abi.
Oya go and collect Ronaldo 2016 golden ball and come because it's Eder that scored in the final or in your opinion acting assistance coach is now greater than who score the goals?

skywalker240:

If your assertion is the criteria to vote, then its safe to say Messi shouldn't have won 2010 ballin d or or previous ones when he only lifted the laliga title

Omo this one na clear day robbery

Omo even France Football tire for una, they wrote their criteria down una no read. Come dey argue blindly against what you have no idea about.
It's not only about what you won. Individual performance. The scale of what you were up against. Your previous performances.
Messi individual performances every year will get him almost instantly into contention, it's now left for other to try way harder to beat him off the podium. It's that simple.
Putting 2010 into preview, Milito and Eto'o played more part in Inter Milan success. But I don't see anybody complaining for them. You guys cry about Ronaldo's 2018 when it was given to Modric but overlook Milito's contribution in 2010 for Sneijder. when you fix that line of reasoning maybe you'll start to understand a lot of things.

11doubledee:

Ironically these Media houses and other journalist all around the world have about 90 percent of the votes.
So what exactly are they saying.
The outcome of their votes made Messi the winner.

na columnist he dey carry call major journalist and pundits.
E dey like the other one wey dey quote Toni Kroos as facts. Someone that said Benzema deserve Ballon d'Or is someone a Internet capable phone owner is taking seriously in 2021.

jcflex:
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This your argument has no basis.

In 2010, During Wesley Sneider year at Inter Milan.
He won Seria A, Coppa Italia, Champions League and to cap it all, won the Euro with Holland

Inter Milan eliminate Barcelona, and play Bayern Munich at the final to lift the Champion League.
Funny enough, Wesley Sneider was not even among the top 3.
remember Messi, Xavi and Iniesta were the top 3 on the podium while Messi Won the World best.

Shey them play Euro for 2010 join world Cup for the same 2010 wey spain win. Do small research first before you display for public una no gree.

ThierryJay:


In the years Messi won Ballon Dor, he at least won the UCL (2011), reached the Copa final (2015) and third-place (2019) or reached WC Qf and UCL semis same season (2010). Not exit from Euros group stage like Lewy coupled with a second round UCL exit.

If you didnt know, Henry lost 2004 Ballon dor because he crashed out of Euros at the Quarter finals despite having the best individual domestic campaign among all the other players in Europe with the invincibles that season.

bro, they will always come up with another agenda. These guys don't reason on their own, they login to Football Twitter that's all about agenda and propaganda, find the one that satisfy them and try to use it as facts somewhere else.
More strength to you as you keep schooling them

Paygram:

Why Sanchez no win 2016 award since copa america is in upper cadre? This is politics.

meaning Ronaldo cheated Sanchez in 2016. that's one less for him. do you agree??

babadee1:


I agree with you. I also think Lewandowski was cheated. Anyway, looking at Messi's current form with PSG, this may be his last Ballon d'Or if he doesn't shape up.

betting on football is not understanding football. Do a quick search on last year 1st half of the season and see how underwhelming he was also. Why I asking you to do is so whenever he turn on his beast mode, you guys won't come and be shouting farmer's league up and down

paulolee:
ur opinion bro...same way they are millions of opinions scatterd online why messi should win it
Lewa had a crazy 2020 season n deserve to win d ballon bt it was canceled, dis last 2021 season, his form dropped, he went Injured, PSG dumped DM out of UCL n his poland did nothing in Euros, he would av had a case assuming he won euros n messi won copa
cr7 dnt deserve to b placed ahead of kdb dt won 2 titles, best player in EPL n still dumped cr7 Portugal out of euros...how u c am?

for someone that already think it's FIFA that gave the award. that alone should say a lot about him. Hiding under I love Messi a lot. Other players fans dey disguise now.. lol

kenzysmith:
5k

guy how far, when am I getting my money??

Starboytwo:
why can’t the pass score itself, why can’t the passer of the ball kuku score instead of pass. So messi’s assist is better than Ronaldo’s goal. Shior for Barca fans.

again cabbage talk. You dey ask questions and make statement that are irrelevant.
You said we don't need assist but how can you score a goal without an assist?
hope that clarify the point I was making or as usual with nairalander, you'll double down on your ignorance and come up with another cabbage take

Starboytwo:
yeah, like we need Messi to be doing 3 assist against who again? 3 assist he nor do against man city but he can do against, who again?

We don’t need Ronaldo to do assist, we need him to score goals, and he has 10 in 15. We need no damn assist, we need more goals. Should be 15/15 for a Ronaldo standard.

the pass that Ronaldo gets before scoring is called what??
Agenda go make most of una dey talk like cabbage

Yusman316:
Frank Lampard said something recently. That he has always been among the team messi is greater cristiano base, but he has reviewed his stance after hearing and considering an argument Gary Neville had with someone. He said, if u come to think of it, messi played in a Barcelona team that completely dominate possession. Meaning messi get to touch the ball like 200 times in a single game, making his chances of scoring very high. Then consider cristiano who played in teams over the years where he only gets to touch the ball like 30-40 times in a game, yet still able to score the amount of goals he does.He said it takes a special kind of player to still be able to compete with messi when all things are been considered

Messi touches the ball 200 times in which area of the pitch??
the likes of Fabregas, and KDB, Hazard, ( I could go on and on) where in teams that dominate and touches the ball 200 times, how many goals do they have?
the way una dey analyze football baffles people.
Someone touches the ball 90% of the well out the opponent box while having only a dominant left leg, meaning his right leg and heading is not that useful is not better than someone that touches the ball 90% of the time in the opponent's box with his right leg, left leg and heading being good.

Make it make sense na

Bigchristo:
Shut up your mouth and stop talking nonsense you have Internet yet you can’t research because of your biased reasoning.

istead of you to attack the guy. Understanding his comment would have helped you.
Simple arithmetic will tell 756/947 is greater than 799/1094 which was what the guy was talking about but una no dey comprehend something before you quick finger type shut up your mouth

Icandream:



Go and read what Van Da Vaart wrote about Messi after the champions league match. He said the difference between him and Ronaldo is that Ronaldo irrespective of his age always pushes his team to win but that he (Messi) plays like someone who has no passion anymore. Wud Messi change this currently man U team coached by rookies? Hell no! He'd make it worse. Is Ronaldo the problem? No! We've played so many yrs after sir Alex retired with nothing to show. Ronaldo coming to man utd was an added bonus cos he's a winner and him being around the team will transfer his winning mentality to other players

please how many world class coaches did Messi had at Barca?
do you people watch football at all?
PSG that's structured around Mbappe is now Messi's fault when they lose. Where was Van Der Vaart with his comment in the first leg against Man City, or when PSG got reduced to 10 men in the league and Messi rescued them or against RB Leipzig.
Since Ronaldo pushes his team to win abeg what happened at Liverpool, Man City or Watford? - I know you'll say it's Ole's fault but when it's a team with Messi in it, it doesn't matter who the coach is, na Messi cause am.
jeez, please leave this senseless thinking in 2021 as we're entering 2022. Thank you

Icandream:



Messi is struggling at PSG, 3 assist aside. He knows he's no more the same player he use to be. I don't know what u guys gain in trying to put down Ronaldo at any given time but when Messi plays badly u guys make excuses 4 him. Stop being a hypocrite abeg. Rashford that played first half what was his contribution? Him giving three assist against the worst club in French league one doesn't change the fact that Barca made him. Ronaldo at 36 has 10 goals in15 appearances. If tap in was that easy Timo Werna wud win the golden boot last season. And mind u if u wanna see how useless Messi is put him in this current man utd team that rarely control the ball against opponents. He only thrived at Barca cos everything about the team revolved around him.

so you're taking a stand against putting Ronaldo down and you're agrument for that is by putting Messi down.
if Hypocrisy was a person. smh

Masterito:
Well you may never understand what I mean.

well because what you mean doesn't make sense in any way.

Masterito:
Your God I guess. Balloon Di or is giving through voting. Popularity has an influence on the award. I think Lewa deserves this year's award in all fairness bit he lack good media coverage.

he lack good media coverage? lol.. If you don't know something, it better to check it out first. Someone that all the major news media were promoting left right and center is the person you say lacks media coverage. The Bundesliga official page promotes Lewandowski every third post.
what are you talking about sef.
Ballon d'Or is not about goals, they even say it on their official page but e dey hard una to see.

uniqueboi1:




Shey na by goals scored and bundesliga?
Respect Messi. No be anybody mate.

you dey mind children of hate... After his 7th, football still owes Messi 3 more ballon d'or, 2 UCL and 1 World Cup

I don't about y'all but what I still don't understand is why people smoke under hot sun??
Smoking was meant to keep the body warm is cold climates, I don't get it for hot weather

AfroKnight:


Lol. You didn’t zoom into the picture. If you did you wouldn’t say this. You would see the second set of columns are just like the first.

Why has the crack stayed within a limit of about 25mm? There are better ways to cover a joint but someone decided to screed this joint and paint over it. That screeded part must crack. Cement/mortar/screed paint isn’t an elastomeric material. You can’t use any of those to conceal expansion joints.

we are saying the same thing. Like I say you can denote the expansion joint from the second column in the photo but what we're seeing on the first column is a crack not the expansion joint. Doesn't mean the joint isn't there but what's visible is a crack

SirMichael1:


It's the truth. Believe it or not. Even bridges have expansion allowance. Those small spaces separated with iron when driving through a bridge is there for expansion.

yes but the are usually straight line filled with a material or void not a crack. The first column in the photo is clearly a crack abi you dn see expansion joint were look like crack before??

AfroKnight:


It was designed to look like a single column. Rounded on one face and flat at the joint.

Those are two columns.

Besides, why would you think the beams and floor have expansion joints but not the column in a building? What then will be the purpose of the expansion joint?

the second column in the photo can clearly show the outline of the expansion joint but the first column is a crack. you can't design an expansion joint to look like a crack. What are you talking about.

Originalsly:


Can be used ... no doubt.... but have you ever seen expansion joints used in any column or beam?

Although I wasn't working on the project. I've seen it being used on the flyover in Akwa Ibom

Originalsly:
Why would expansion joints be on pillars? I've been in soooo many such parking lots ... and underground parking lots in high rise buildings where there is great fluctuation in seasonal temperatures and have never ever seen expansion joints on pillars. My best guess is sloppy work ... the mold used to cast the concrete left that crease when removed and it was never filled up after. The same can be said of the beams with the apparent crack... most likely the where two plates used to set the concrete reached. The plates were removed and the rough seam not filled in and smooth out. If not ... then the pillars and beams are really coming apart at their weakest points. Just my take!

depends on the structural design... expansion joints can be used in slab, beam, columns, walls connections

at this point it's more of a material failure than a structural one. when the gap at the bottom end is larger than at the top. that's when you should be very worried

FarahAideed:


Stop arguing what you don't know ..the F16 was conceived are a low budget f16 without all all the powerful avionics and offensive reach of the F 15 ..The F16 will hold its own in an close quarter dog fight ad good as the F15 the only major difference is F15 ability to locate and strike enemy aircraft long before they can even sense it's present...Ask yourself why they F16 and 15s are always paired for sorties ...

Dude do you even know the planes you're talking about??
F-15 is a 4th Gen plane and you're talking about BVR prowess when it has no stealth.
F-16 Viper is the last step before you're qualified as a country to fly the F-35 and you're talking about having no powerful avionics.
Jeez... you guys are always quick to trigger your defense mechanism and buckle down on your error instead of making research and correcting your wrong stand.
Since you don't know.. Air superiority fighters are best in one role only, dropping other fighters out of the sky. for that they have speed and maneuverability on side but aren't good enough for ground attack.
Multi-role fighters are jack of all trades, masters of none.
Go do some research instead of buckling down on your error to prove nothing

FarahAideed:



As usual nothing to offer outside PDP APC bants .. totally bereft of any proper knowledge..I know you didn't know all the planes that start with those desigs are all American built ... well I just schooled your once more for free ..

I bet you didn't know the F -16 was a low budget version of the F -15 . You thought it's was an advanced version right ? . I will keep educating U till u receive sense

F-16 is not a low budget F-15. At least if you're trying to school the guy (whatever you guys beef is), do it right.
F-15 is an air superiority fighter.
F-16 is a lightweight multi-role fighter.
Two different job profiles.

the next screening is documentation at their Abuja Head office. The exercise closes on 7th of December. Failure to appear is seen as forfeiture

Our economy is not good at the moment and you want to go build a multi-billion dollar real estate in an expensive neighborhood to attract investors that may or may not come in??
smh, how will we move forward