KillIgbohoN0W:
Gbam!!
Lewandowski was robbed! They know that's why they created that useless Striker award to console him. Why wasn't there Defender, Midfielder & Goalkeeper awards??


Criminal Messi-paid UEFA/FIFA

i noticed all those saying lewandoski deserves have no point to back it up with. You guys are only saying he deserves it with bias mind. Please put out the statistics showing why he should win it ahead of Messi in 2021 and we all will believe you. Balon dor is not won by people saying HE DESERVES IT it is by stats. So please present your stats

JohnnyPalmer:


Ojeemah, Paulolee, Numerouno94

Something has to be done with the rate at which these pathetic and biased mods have been pushing anti-messi topics to the front page

Messi won his 7th,they should deal with it... Why all these he doesn't deserve it, lewy was cheated, ballon d or has lost it's credibility

Pushing a false narrative to the front page

It's really unfortunate for a forum as big as nairaland to be involved in such

Ever since he won, I am yet to see a thread created just to give honour to whom honour is due

Just create an anti-messi thread and you hit frontpage

It's incredibly ridiculous

All the anti-messi campaigns here did not prevent him from winning his 7th

They can keep wailing from now till forever it doesn't change the fact that Messi has won it

JohnnyPalmer:


Ojeemah, Paulolee, Numerouno94

Something has to be done with the rate at which these pathetic and biased mods have been pushing anti-messi topics to the front page

Messi won his 7th,they should deal with it... Why all these he doesn't deserve it, lewy was cheated, ballon d or has lost it's credibility

Pushing a false narrative to the front page

It's really unfortunate for a forum as big as nairaland to be involved in such

Ever since he won, I am yet to see a thread created just to give honour to whom honour is due

Just create an anti-messi thread and you hit frontpage

It's incredibly ridiculous

All the anti-messi campaigns here did not prevent him from winning his 7th

Bro i observed this trend d morning after the award was given. That's the least they can do, afterall, it's no news that most of the mods re pendumods. Let them keep wallowing in their pain.

All these smear campaign really shows that they re pained. I luv seeing them in extreme pain.

KillIgbohoN0W:
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Can you remind us what Messi won for his country in 2010 to win Ballon D'Or?

Since country trophies now suddenly is the criterion. Please hurry...

Now you can see why I said you know nothing about football.. where did I mentioned that it was a criteria?
I said it is an added advantage.
Guy if you can't read to comprehend get an English teacher and stop acting silly.

paulolee:

u never see anything....d best is to just ignore them bcoz we don complain tire n nothing change...
dey run s show n make dm enjoy d anti messi campaign bt nothing fit stop who GOD don bless

Honestly, it's so pathetic

This is like the 5th thread hitting front page in 2 days just to downplay Messi's achievement

Someone who is supposed to be worshiped is met with so much hatred on here

He's 2nd to lewy only in goal scoring numbers... He's above in every other parameters

I didn't see this kind of hatred or negative vibes when Ronaldo was given the ballon d or despite winning nothing

paulolee:

u never see anything....d best is to just ignore them bcoz we don complain tire n nothing change...
dey run s show n make dm enjoy d anti messi campaign bt nothing fit stop who GOD don bless

Hermes119:

They can keep wailing from now till forever it doesn't change the fact that Messi has won it

I tink i luv seeing them in this extreme pain. Anybody that is angry shuld simply boycott football. No b by force.

KillIgbohoN0W:
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If Messi won only the Copa America, then he should be South America player of the year.

He has no business winning the Ballon D'Or with his poor performance.
Look at his PSG run so far, so shoddy. He can't even score without Mbappe. The dwarf is using fake injuries to deflect the fact that he is finished like Hazard was fooling himself at Madrid.

PSG last match was against Saint Etienne. Messi never scored a single goal but PSG scored 3 goals provided by only Messi. Marquihos scored 2 while Di Maria scored 1. At the end of the match Messi was chosen as the Man of Match.
Now the question is, since Messi didn't score goal, will you say he doesn't perform?
Please I need your quick answer.
Scoring goals alone is not the only aspect of football. In 2006 Fabio Cannavaro won the best footballer as a defender not because he scored hundred goals but because he defended well and helped the team.
You guys are only seen the goal scored by Lewe but not looking at the other aspect of football. Come to even think of it, the goal difference between him and Messi in 2020/2021 football calendar year is just 8. While Messi eclipsed him in other aspect.

paulolee:

Baba...jus ignore dis guys....all throwing opinions clouded by sentiments n bias bcox dey are tired of seeing leo winning..
i jus de pray make cr7 score against arsenal tomoro, mayb the goal go releive dm the pain of this award bcoz the wailing keep increasing each day...
even dt chronic cr7 fan wey de always active for sports section still never drop post or thread bcoz she never still believe say messi win dt award...
Omor, i pity barca next week o...bcox lewa go put am for our body...

I wish say Messi go post this him post after the Golden Ball for 2014 world Cup now. E for so make sense

JohnnyPalmer:


Honestly, it's so pathetic

This is like the 5th thread hitting front page in 2 days just to downplay Messi's achievement

Someone who is supposed to be worshiped is met with so much hatred on here

He's 2nd to lewy only in goal scoring numbers... He's above in every other parameters

I didn't see this kind of hatred or negative vibes when Ronaldo was given the ballon d or despite winning nothing

bro, u de reason too far, jus wait Mk cr7 score tomorrow against arsenal, u go see countless threads on f.p hailing m praising him as the god of football but if he fire blank n we create threads to criticize his bad nite, it can never hit f.p...

JohnnyPalmer:


Ojeemah, Paulolee, Numerouno94, unbitchable, thierryjay, mangekyo,

Something has to be done with the rate at which these pathetic and biased mods have been pushing anti-messi topics to the front page

Messi won his 7th,they should deal with it... Why all these he doesn't deserve it, lewy was cheated, ballon d or has lost it's credibility

Pushing a false narrative to the front page

It's really unfortunate for a forum as big as nairaland to be involved in such

Ever since he won, I am yet to see a thread created just to give honour to whom honour is due

Just create an anti-messi thread and you hit frontpage

It's incredibly ridiculous

All the anti-messi campaigns here did not prevent him from winning his 7th

What were you expecting??

If Seun does not do some thing about this, then i fear for this forum cos i have never see this level of hatred and bias in my entire life.

If they can do this as Nairaland MODs, imagine what they would do at the helm of affairs in this country.

The intention behind this smear campaign is to slander, discredit and assassinated Messi's character.

This has further confirm their position in this never ending war between Ronaldo & Messi fans on this forum.

Aside the mention, is there any other way we can get Seun's attention?? This is becoming too much!
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All these ex-football players analyst sef..


Na Messi Voted himself

Journalists, Captains of National Team and National Team Coaches did...

The points are out for everyone to see...

You vote your Number 1, Number 2 and Number 3

..then the results are collated and cumulated.

In a Year where people are so divided on opinions....Jorginho, Kante, Lewandoski and Messi..even, Benzema for some in the mix.

It's obvious Messi's choices will be more between 1st and 2nd and at worse 3rd ...

If we do the mathematics and likely outcome....Messi will always have a greater Cumulative points than Lewandoski as far as the year under review is concerned. Lewandoski votes would have been affected by few Jorginho , Benzema, Kante choice votes

emae009:



I wish say Messi go post this him post after the Golden Ball for 2014 world Cup now. E for so make sense

baba no get dier time...him kno say e pass d rest..case closed

OJEEMAH:
What were you expecting??

If Seun does not do some thing about this, then i fear for this forum cos i have never see this level of hatred and bias in my entire life.

If they can do this as Nairaland MODs, imagine what they would do at the helm of affairs in this country.

The intention behind this smear campaign is to slander, discredit and assassinated Messi's character.

This has further confirm their position in this never ending war between Ronaldo & Messi fans on this forum.

Aside the mention, is there any other way we can get Seun's attention?? This is becoming too much!
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get his attention?? u sure he isnt aware of wats going on?? u sure he isnt seeing or reading about our rants n complain about dis same bias n sentiments?? all.man are sentimental but it varies in degree of which u choose to hold, u sure dt he isnt a die hard cr7 fan like dis mods??

KillIgbohoN0W:
Gbam!!
Lewandowski was robbed! They know that's why they created that useless Striker award to console him. Why wasn't there Defender, Midfielder & Goalkeeper awards??


Criminal Messi-paid UEFA/FIFA

I dont even know this sef

AsampeteNwaanyi:
trash

Trash.

OJEEMAH:
As long as they are still putting on their sentimental lenses, they will never understand why Messi deserved to win.

Always talking shit as if Messi doesn't have the stats and trophies to back his win.

If Messi was a European and he won La liga Top scorer, Copa Del Rey, Euros, Player of the Tournament & Top scorer, would the hypocrite had spew this crap??

When Ronaldo De Lima & Rivaldo won FIFA Best by winning Copa America 97 & 99, it wasn't a 10 teams tournament but anything Messi wins automatically becomes irrelevant..................jokers!!

Messi & Lewy fumbled in the UCL. Messi covered his abysmal performance in UCL with his CA win and performances while Lewy couldn't do same with Poland, knowing its a year for int'l tournaments and it will play a major role in deciding the winner.

Balon D'or should look for a way to present 2020 award to him cos most people dey confuse his 2020 achievements with 2021.

same people that didn't question why Messi finished 5th in 2018 despite having the best individual stats dey complain as if anybody told them the award is for any player that scored the highest number of goals

See 2016 & 2018 stats and Messi lost

Omo u confused me..messi's record in the third picture (2018) also appeared in his records in the first picture as 2016... what happened..

me69:
you don't evaluate forwards the way you evaluate midfield. We look at the impact of a player on the pitch in relation to what he has won

I will asked you this question that I asked someone else.

Can you confidently name one phase of a game since January in the UCL or Euros that you can say if Jorginho wasn't there, Chelsea would have lost the UCL or Italy wouldn't have won the Euros?
That's impact right for a midfielder

Numerouno94:


Bro i observed this trend d morning after the award was given. That's the least they can do, afterall, it's no news that most of the mods re pendumods. Let them keep wallowing in their pain.

All these smear campaign really shows that they re pained. I luv seeing them in extreme pain.

Last week, transgender was busy insulting and using all form of derogatory words to bully people, the MODs didn't act........ just our usually argument and banter, before you know it, my account was banned.

Oddfinder:

Omo u confused me..messi's record in the third picture (2018) also appeared in his records in the first picture as 2016... what happened..

The first was 2016 while the second was 2018

paulolee:

get his attention?? u sure he isnt aware of wats going on?? u sure he isnt seeing or reading about our rants n complain about dis same bias n sentiments?? all.man are sentimental but it varies in degree of which u choose to hold, u sure dt he isnt a die hard cr7 fan like dis mods??

He is the owner of the platform and its best we make it official.....His response will reveal if this is a conspiracy between him and the MODs

What they are doing now is exactly what they did to PDP in 2015...... they supported and brought Buhari to power.

Despite the heroics of Wesley sneidger in 2010 he wasn't even named among the top 3 the award went to messi who lost in the champions league semis to sneidger's inter Milan who eventually became the champion, messi's Argentina were baldly defeated 4-1 by Germany in the quarter finals of the 2010 world cup while sneidger's Netherlands were runners up, now, the same is almost repeating itself all to messi's favour, this is an indication that the award has lost his credibility and no serious player should judge his performance on whether or not he was nominated.

IfnobeGod20:
He even countered himself by his own words. He said and I quote:
“This year there’s not much between the two but for me you’ve got to give it to Lewandowski because you’ve got to take the last two years into consideration.

“His standards haven’t dropped, if anything he’s gotten better. It’s not robbery that Messi won it… Messi’s numbers are still incredible.”

He claimed this year there is no much difference between Messi and Lewandoski but he expected the organiser to have taken two years into consideration but painfully the award is just for one year football calendar.
He also went further to say "it's not a robbery that Messi won it because Messi's numbers are still incredible".
With the above it's more of emotional words that he was tired of seeing Messi winning it always and he needed a new face no matter the statistics of Messi.
Penaldo fans please cry less and read the piece very well and make viable conclusion because he jailed the incredibility of Messi but just tired of him winning it not because he doesn't deserve it.

those ones dey read?
if you ask them now, someone that have seen that post will still tell you Bent said he doesn't deserve it. Do you know better than a footballer?

OJEEMAH:
He is the owner of the platform and its best we make it official.....His response will reveal if this is a conspiracy between him and the MODs

What they are doing now is exactly what they did to PDP in 2015...... they supported and brought Buhari to power.

no probs man....I dnt know of any other way than to create a thread about the happening n mention him, dts if the mods dont take it down before he sees it..
am solidly behind u bro... i gat ur back

Heavance:
So now everyone realizes the award lost relevance since 2010.
Imagine last year the best coach was given to Jurgen Klopp, and a Bayern coach who cleared everything was snubbed, yet you all didn't see that. When Pep cleared it all, he was clearly given, but when Bayern equals the record their coach was snubbed.
It's just bad enough knowing Messi receives these award when he clearly didn't deserve it in 2010, even 2019, and now this.
Clueless football fans will bring CR7 to the topic, but his 2013 award that he didnt deserve, he paid for it with the 2019 that he deserved which he didn't win.
That of Leo, please don't come with goals goals goals, as you clearly don't have an idea of football if you keep bringing the Eibar man here.
Football fans argued he won't do well outside Barca, just imagine how he has made them feel right with the PSG show now, just imagine.
My take is, i think all Bayern players should boycott that award for life, the club deserves better respect.

did Ballon d'Or give any award last year or only FIFA The Best was.
if something so simple you don't know but you will write one long epistle base solely on misinformation and ignorance and call it facts

Many peoe didn't even read what this man said.

He said Messi deserved it but he'll prefer that Lewy have it.

OJEEMAH:
Last week, transgender was busy insulting and using all form of derogatory words to bully people, the MODs didn't act........ just our usually argument and banter, before you know it, my account was banned.

The Mods re running this forum like a one man's show nd like it's their personal property. Give an average Nigerian power nd he bcoms tyrannical over night. I don't really blame them, i blame Seun for giving them such a free hand to run Nairaland like it's their personal business.

I tink the only way this ugly trend culd b nipped in the bud is to have a periodic change of mods.

I jux hope Seun is not really a part of this show of shame. I really hope so.

OJEEMAH:
UEFA Cup is not UEFA Champions League. I never knew UEFA Cup is/was a requirement for Balon D'or??

His Copa America Victory played a crucial role not the UEFA Cup.
Would you have accepted Messi as a worthy winner, if he had won the Europa League??

what exact is wrong with winning COPA AMERICA??

why are you guys trying so hard to belittle the tournaments cos its played by fewer teams or cos Messi won it??
As far as i can remember, this is more like the first time i am seeing this level of criticism about COPA AMERICA.
Did you guys know the tournament is lowly rated when you asked Messi to win an Int'l tournament before he can be considered one of the greats like Ronaldo, Pele & Maradona?

South America is made up of 12 countries and i don't think its anybody's fault. it is what it is.

The number of games it takes to win Euro is still the same number of games it takes to win CA....... Why the disparity??

How about Rivaldo that defeated Beckham that won treble?

I will take both together....
Messi is a great whether or whether not he had won the Copa, but he can never be Maradona. Maradona is a god, even in Argentina you will be told that. Ronaldo is a great and a legend in the game as well....take nothing from it.

Those three you mentioned won something neither Messi nor Ronaldo has won.

The Ballon d'Or is an European Award that was expanded in 1995. It is open to only Journalists from member nations and the fact remains that in the last years, it has been at the discretion of the Journalists because Messi and Ronaldo defies logic.

There is no requirement(s) for winning a Ballon d'Or tbf. UEFA Cup Winners Cup can give you Ballon d'Or.

If Rivaldo's Copa gave him Ballon d'Or in 1999, you forget he won the La Liga as the second highest goalscorer with 24 goals.

Again, Owen won the UEFA Cup with Liv in 2001 and won the BD'Or..he beat Raul who won the league with Real and beat Kahn who won the UCL and Bundesliga in same year.

Ronaldo who won the 2013 edition defeated Ribery who won the treble. NB: He didn't win the la Liga same year.

Just like many others including those who played the game, I believe the winner should have gone to Lewy.....but it has been given to Messi, no one needs to cry about it. One thing I know for free is that Lewy will be top 2 next year again.

Even Barca Great, and a former winner- Johan Cruyff said back in 2012 or 2013; that it has become a popularity contest where Journalists vote for their friends.

I will leave you with Nedved's statement when he was asked to make a speech after winning the BD'Or in 2003....."If I am voting, I will vote Thierry Henry, I think he deserves it."

Klopp just called AFCON that have more teams a "little tournament".....

OJEEMAH:
Last week, transgender was busy insulting and using all form of derogatory words to bully people, the MODs didn't act........ just our usually argument and banter, before you know it, my account was banned.

That snake guy is the numba culprit. Check out most Obembet's posts against Messi, she tags him alone nd
as soon as she tags him boom!! it's on frontpage.

Hermes119:

Glad you have lent your voice on this one sir
What of in 1999 Manchester united won the treble,Beckham was in the form of his life but Rivaldo won it what do u have to say ?

Going back to the history of Ballon d'Or, they always prioritize individual performancea over collective. In the past if you check, you'd see people that won a lot with their clubs but were snubbed for the award because individually the winner was better.
In the 21st century, if that patterned was followed, Messi would have been winning it almost every time so after partnering with FIFA to award the FIFA Ballon d'Or, their priority changes as FIFA awards gives more weight to international competitions.
If we leave sentiment asides and judge squarely based on facts, France Football are actually tweaking the system to afford other players a chance to win the award.

Just take a look at the 3 criterias they use to judge. There's no one season that Messi wouldn't have a legitimate claim to the award base on those criterias

adioolayi:
All these ex-football players analyst sef..
Na Messi Voted himself

Journalists, Captains of National Team and National Team Coaches did...

Captains of National Team and National Team coaches don't vote for Ballon d'Or.

A Jury of voters for the Ballon d'Or winner is compiled by picking top journalists from around the world who will make their selections for first, second, third, fourth and fifth place out of a 30-man shortlist selected by editors of French Football Magazine.