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paulolee:
brows calm down....Jorginho self no say e no possible for am to win...Mk e Italian brothers continue to de noise for e head bcox na only dm want vote..
d award is already given to messi n dm don already dey interview am self..

if people even talk about Lewandoski, I go know say e stand a chance.....imagine Jorginho wey I play ball pass if no be say man begin pursue money.

NaijaDonCast:
Modric won ahead of Ronaldo In 2018 and you guys didn't label it as
fraud but you think Jorginho winning ahead of Messi as a potential fraud

Don't pin others opinion on me unless you can prove I said it. If you are pained about 2018, Query Balon D'or organizers and FIFA cos fans does not vote. Na only opinion we get.

NaijaDonCast:
Thank God you said FIFA and Blatter controlled Ballond'or from 2010 to 2016, tell me who won more Ballond'or during this Blatter days? Oga Football Professor tell us why Sneijder et al, 2010 and Iniesta et al, 2012. Were being robbed

Sneijder?? Very hilarious........ Maybe you should start by telling us what Sneijder did to deserve Balon D'or.

Meanwhile, if Sneijder was outstanding as you claim, don't you think he would have won Best Player Award in at least one of the competitions (UCL, Seria A & World Cup) he participated.

2012......You mean the same year Messi kept breaking and setting new records??

Just to mention a few;

Broke Muller's record of highest goal scored in a Calendar year (91)

Highest goal scored in a single European League season (73)

Highest goal scored in a top European league (50)

First to score 5 goals in a single UCL game

Broke his own UCL goal record of 12 goals by setting a new one with 14goals.

Prodon:
Martinez made two stunning saves to keep out Atletico Madrid’s Luis Suarez in the first half before goals from Messi, Rodrigo De Paul and Lautaro Martinez gave Argentina the win over Uruguay.

“Dibu [Emiliano] Martinez is fundamental,” said Messi, via TNT Sports.

When they come to him, he always responds.

“He established himself in goal and we have one of the best goalkeepers in the world.”

Nice one......A good leader acknowledges the efforts and contributions of his teammates by not taking all the credit.

Kingcalls:
Was modric the best player at Madrid when he won?? Was Messi best best in la liga last season? Every time Ronaldo won it... he deserved it apart from maybe 2013...but based on how it used to play out, Ronaldo deserved 2012, deserved 2018...cos he was instrumental for his teams wonderful performance....it should be how effective a players performance is towards his team achieving greatness in big competitions

Modric won Golden Ball at the World Cup unlike Sneijder that wasn't Seria A, UEFA Player of the Year nor Golden Ball winner at the World Cup. Messi was La liga top scorer not Best Player.

NaijaDonCast:
I'm happy there is no Sepp Blatter to deliver it on a platter of Gold to anybody he prefers, we all know he will give it to Messi every Ballond'or he wants, should Messi be up with others. And don't come and quote me that FIFA has no business with Ballond'or, remember it used to be FIFA Ballond'or I also suspect French Football association since Messi is now plying his trade in France

The bolded shows you know little about football. FIFA Balon D'or was a 6years arrangement from 2010-2016 and Balon D'or existed for about 45years before the merger. before the merger, Messi was Balon D'or winner so what's your point exactly?

Talking about French Football Association, was Messi in France when he won 6??

Penaldians go blame Platini when Messi win balon D'or
same people go still blame Blatter when he wins FIFA Award as if Messi family nai get FIFA and Balon D'or

or you guys want to tell us, Messi has been bribing eligible voters ( Journalists, Coaches, Club and National team Captains) or the organizing body has been changing votes?

Aint you guys tired of the blame game?
why always Messi?

All these old men sef......On what basis should Jorginho be awarded the Balon D'or??

In terms of performance, was the just average midfielder better than KDB, Kante, Bruno Fernandez, Gundogan or even Barella?

Even if they decide to use Modric law, he still doesn't deserve it...........He played about 40 games last season with no match winning performance

He has been duly compensated with UEFA Player of the Year.

If he wins, it will be the biggest fraud in Balon D'or history.......No one can boldly defend his average performance.

Kingcalls:
But in 2018...u all hailed modric winning it

Can you prove it??

...besides , since when did balon dor become an award based on goals and assists?? When zidane won it 2 times and when Ronaldinho, Figo, kaka , Rivaldo, luther matthaus, Baggio, weah all won it, was it based on number of goals and assists??

oh, you have suddenly realized they all won Balon D'or because of their outstanding performances but all the times Ronaldo won, you were busy counting the number of goals he scored.......Try and be consistent with you argument.

This whole rubbish started when they started favoring Messi in 2010.... Sneijder was meant to win it , then in 2012 , they came with that strange decision of giving Messi again cos he scored goals

This same Sneijder was not even the best player in Inter that year?? Stop confusing Sneijders individual performance for what his team achieved. The award is an individual award and stats is significant

... the award has always been rigged to favour messi...u cant be using goals to win the awards ... important goals should win u the award or important contribution to ur team winning important trophies

define import goals and contribution then you will see how ridiculous you sound cos Messi contributed 4goals and 5 assists to Argentina's victory which means he was responsible for 9 out of the 12 goals Argentina Scored in Copa America. He also scored twice in the final to secure Copa Del Rey and plus his league goals that secured Champions league for Barcelona.

...that was how it used to be .... Ronaldo won 2013 cos he saw that Messi was now winning it due to goals, which was wrong ...

No dey justify how Ronaldo take win Balon D'or in 2013......he benefitted from the same rigged system you complained about.

Kingcalls:
Messi in 2021:
50 g/a
R16 champions league
3rd in the league
Copa America winner Favorite to win ballon d'or

Alexis Sanchez in 2016
48 g/a
R16 champions league
2nd in league
Copa America winner
Not in top 30 nominees

The fact that Messi is even in the conversation is unbelievable. His stats are great, but let's be real, nobody believed he was going to win after the season ended. He's only in the conversation because of his Copa America win

I don't know if the stats you presented about Sanchez is correct but I want to enlighten you a little about this award.

Balon D'or nomination is an award issued based on individual performance. Winning the award is dependent on how other players performed in that particular year.

Let's assume the stats that gets Messi nominated this year is the same stats Sanchez had in 2016.

In 2016, Sanchez had a good stats. Was his individual performance Balon D'or worthy despite his 48goals and assists combined? No, because others had better stats.

In 2016, winning Copa America was not enough to get Sanchez nominated because his individual performance was dwarfed by other players compare to Messi whose individual stats can only be matched by Lewandoski in 2021.

In 2016, Sanchez was not EPL top Scorer nor Best Player but in 2021, Messi topped goal chart in Spain and had the highest goal contribution in Europe.

In 2016, Sanchez was Copa America Best Player while in 2021, Messi was Copa America Best Player and Top Scorer

Look at the screenshot carefully, Messi had 51 goals plus 29 assists which means he was involved in 80 goals and assists.

Ronaldo had 44goals and 16 assists which means he was involved in 60 goals and assists.

Messi had a better individual stats in 2016 but Ronaldo backed his with UCL & Euros.

Now compare Sanchez's stats with those that were nominated let's see if he would even stand a chance.

oyatainer:
The op before me is emitting fire because of Messi.It's obvious you are bitter about Messi. It's only in Messi's years that you find faults. You recognised Modric that took Croatia to final without complain but despise Messi own. People tend to hate successful people sa. Its envy rather than facts because no where it is stipulated in the rule that Champions league winner should win it. Individual performance and consistency has been the factors ever since. If you had followed the award keenly before Ronaldo -Messi era, champions league or a trophy has never been the determinants.

Balloon dor winner has always been known right from time from the assumptions and opinions of pundits and journalists. Go to any site on football, you will see obviously how the favourites are selected which has been the key factor

At the bolded, you nailed it......Since Ronaldo is not among the likely winners, his lapdogs have been working tirelessly to discredit Messi so that it would look like a robbery.

Kingcalls:
U will always mk excuses...same coach that took them to semi finals last season .... stop making excuses for that fraud.... he wants to rely on reverse psychology to win CL.... now , una don de change mouth.... shay u said PSG will certainly win CL...I told u guys that those that hv been watching football for a long time know celebrities don't win u trophies... teams do.... u guys made it seem like mbappe, Neymar and messi were like God the Father, the son and the Holy spirit....now e don de clear for una eyes... start blaming his tools just like his days in barca and when he cudnt win anything with Argentina.... always throwing blames ... now is that not the formation the requested below ?? That was against renne , them still chop am

if you are not a bloody liar and hypocrite, show me a place i said PSG will win the UCL this season. Oga, stop nailing another person's opinion on me cos I am not ready for this level of toxicity this morning.

This is the beginning of the season and you should stop sounding like the team has failed already.

You constant display of ignorance does not show you've been watching football for a long time.

Hypocrisy is you blaming Messi for Barcelona's UCL failure and also blame Ronaldo's teammates at Juventus for his failure to deliver the UCL he promised them........Like I said in my other post, team wins titles otherwise Ronaldo would have done it with Juventus and before the arrival of Bale, Kroos and Modric at Madrid.

Yes, that's the formation I requested for. I never said the formation will make them unbeatable but it will help them play a more balanced game with enough creativity......Be reasonable pls!

Chochovini:
. Point of correction Sir. He has to mention Man U cos he himself knew that there is a GREATER GOAT in Man U who has what himself doesn‘t. By the way, I‘m a Chelsea fan.

Liverpool, Chelsea and Bayern won UCL without any goat in their team.

Talent wins games, Teamwork wins titles.

What stopped the greater GOAT from winning Juventus the UCL??.......Abi they tell am say they no want??https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.skysports.com/amp/football/news/12961/11773337/cristiano-ronaldo-backs-juventus-to-win-champions-league-within-two-years

If PSG does not improve before the knock out games, they may not go beyond the Quarter Finals.

The team lack balance and that's the first problem I expected the coach to solve.

If Pochie is smart.........He ought to have taken advantage of Messi's creativity and play him behind Mbappe while Di Maria operates from the right then find the right player to partner Verrati but instead the mediocre gaffer go play 2 hard tacklers (Perreira & Gana) wey lack every sense of creativity in the middle and still expect a good link up in the attack. No be juju be that?

obonujoker:
Mhen... Leave Ronaldo alone... Haba!

okay boss!

A very good striker by all standard. A selfless player.......Benzema & Rooney were instrumental to Ronaldo success just like Xavi & Iniesta to Messi. A top striker that played a supporting role to Ronaldo but gets little or no credit at all. Hypocrisy is when Ronaldo's lapdogs make it look like he does everything by himself by downplaying the sacrifice of Benzema and Rooney........Benzema has been spectacular since the exit of Ronaldo

Decide2rise:
Oga lewy has been the highest goal scorer in Europe since last year and he also won both DVB pokal and Bundesliga so he deserves it more than Messi..Gorginho on the other hand won both UCL and Euro so he stands a chance in winning it more than Messi....

Lewandoski has a case but Jorginho individual performance is not Balon D'or worthy. Don't forget its an individual award and it will be judged based on individual performance first before team success is considered. There was nothing spectacular about Jorginho in UCL & Euro

Apostlepalito:
Please who know more about GTB induction , I was actually contacted to begin induction on Monday , please has anyone ever tried this before and has anyone been through this process before?

The induction programme is usually interesting and they may not tell you guys but you go write test at the end. Try score high sha. When you resume, do not put yourself under unnecessary pressure. Just take one step at a time. You go learn on the job but know this, nobody will baby sit or pamper you cos you are expected to hit the ground running and pray for a good team lead.

Congratulations!

ThierryJay:
I'm good bro . Twas just a high workload I was referring to.

okay.... i get it

12large1:
If messi wins any of the 2, then there’s corruption in fifa

una dey always look for who to blame. Wetin concern FIFA with Balon D'or?

As a team Barcelona fumbled but individually Messi was on top of his game with the highest goal contribution (Goals + Assists) in Europe.

He was miles ahead of every player in La liga last season but unfortunately, they finished third in the league and the Best Player Award was given to Oblak......well deserved!

Messi didn't just deliver Copa America with outstanding performances but was Best Player, Highest Goal Scorer and Assist Provider

when you combine his performance for both club and country, you will discover only Lewandoski can match his toe a little but Copa America victory and performance puts Messi ahead in the race.

All Ronaldo lapdogs are trying to do is discredit Messi and then claim, he didn't deserve it but I just thank God say una no dey vote.

DareyFortified:
Why do you people like to undermine people success? Copa America is an international trophy, Argentina has not won it since 28years and they finally won it you called it mere? Com'on mehn

Since they have decided to be blind, I won't waste my time trying to explain nor convince anyone on why Messi deserves it.

As a team Barcelona fumbled but individually Messi was on top of his game with the highest goal contribution (Goals + Assists) in Europe.

He was miles ahead of every player in La liga last season but unfortunately, they finished third in the league and the best player award was given to Oblak......well deserved!

Messi didn't just deliver Copa America with outstanding performances but was Best Player, Highest Goal Scorer and Assist Provider

when you combine his performance for both club and country, you will discover only Lewandoski can match his toe a little but Copa America victory and performance puts Messi ahead in the race.

All Ronaldo lapdogs are trying to do is discredit Messi and then claim, he didn't deserve it.

ThierryJay:
Lol, bro, I've been seriously under these past few days. Just trying to catch up here now. Anyway, you are doing a good job on the incorrigible Pendulums.

Thanks brother........you're good right?

abbey621:
What's the job of the accountant, treasurer, financial advisors etc? It's easy to blame the player but the real problem was lack of oversight. They kept spending and spending but they forgot the law of diminishing returns. Messi is the best player in the world and was paid accordingly, I fail to see how this is Messi's fault, you want the best you pay the best, if you can't afford him you let him go and get a huge transfer fee for him....simple!

Don't bite your tongue over his opinion.......The plain truth is he's always out to paint a negative image of Messi even though he knows the truth. Bartomeu ruined the club with series of bad investments...... despite their depleting finances, Bartomeu still invested heavily to sign Coutinho, Dembele & Greizmann. Messi deserves every penny Barcelona paid him.......He doesnt even earn more than 10% of what he makes for the club from Jersey sales, endorsement deals, TV right, Ticket fee and the rest. How much did thr other high earners like the guys I mentioned above contribute? Absolutely nothing.....no financial contribution and they still couldn't win UCL for Barcelona.

Numerouno94:
I swear bro i noticed ooo. There's one Ronaldo's fan wit a female moniker; anything madam post must hit frontpage like breeze especially if the story they massage Ronaldo ego or if the story they insult Messi. I no they see her posts again abi she done retire? U suppose knw who i dey talk

I think I know who you dey refer to.......make them continue the injustice.

paulolee:
sure bro....Jorginho n kante would be happy making the top 3 list n sharing the podium with the GOAT..
I swear e go pain me if cr7 makes top5 of that list because he no deserve even top 10 going by his shambolic juve n portugal performance last season..
just penalties n tapins with nothing to show for it because juve vex dump am after dey finished 4th n belgium disgraced portugal dt had d highest goal scorer in its team..

Ronaldo lapdogs go soon come for you

Lewy.........2020
Messi........2021

The rest na escort

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If Laporta had accepted the CVC loan deal from La liga, he wouldn't have said this trash cos Barcelona would have enough cash to keep Messi.

After falling foolishly for Perez's trap, Laporta still guts to utter talk nonsense.

Contango:
lol.

Now compared to Ronaldo, Messi has more non penalty goals, more non penalty free kicks, more assists, highest goals scored in a season, played fewer games, has more individual awards, more international awards, more club awards, more ballon d’ors, more World Cup achievements, more golden boots …yet according to some people, Ronaldo is better than Messi simply because he has more penalties and played in more clubs.

To be honest, the biggest mystery that would forever remain unsolved is how Ronaldo and his PR guys were able to convince atleast half of the soccerverse that he is remotely close to Messi

Atleast, you no longer need a soothsayer to tell you majority of them voted Buhari despite his abysmal record and antecedent

Contango:
Actually, it is Messi that is ahead with 1 non penalty goal

and with fewer games

Numerouno94:
I'm not even talking abt the gross misuse of power some of them exhibit. A guy was banned for 40yrs ban jux last week. He was told his ban will expire by 2061. Men this na story for another day.

That MOD deserve 600years

Numerouno94:
Swears bro. I was surprised Messi's ucl goal of the week news never made it to the frontpage buh that same day a guy wrote an article attacking Messi nd b4 i culd say Jack it was on frontpage.

I won't mention names but have you also noticed, some persons thread rarely hit ten comments before its moved to FP??

If u wanna make frontpage jux draft an article insulting Messi nd see how it will grace the frontpage wit a speed of light. The prejudice against Messi is too obvious. Well let's wait till December nd see if some moderators won't gulp some sniper.

and also post a thread that massages the ego of Ronaldo fanboys