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Jarus:
Yes.

Modric beat him in an important WC game.
Salah booted out Roma that booted out Messi.

Modric played in the final of the 2 most important competitions in the year.

Salah played in the final of 1.

Messi did not get anywhere close to final in either.

A half-fit Salah scored 2 WC goals in 2 matches. Messi scored 1 in 4 matches.

Over 200 coaches and captains across the world are not blind.

How I wish I can like this post more than once, you totally nailed it. Not taking anything away from Messi but his club and country did not do enough to merit him this slot.

ahmEenu:
WORLD BEST? SALAH DIDNT WIN ANY TROPHY , OR DID HE WIN THE WORLD CUP? MODRIC WON ONLY CHAMPIONS LEAGUE, SAME WITH C.RONALDO. MESSI WAS THE HIGHEST GOAL SCORER IN THE WHOLE OF EUROPE LAST SEASON.....

And yet He only won league trophies

How can you compare a league performance to Continental and international performance?

AntiZombie:
makes no sense


messi should have made it

at least third position


salah was all epl hype

ehnnnnnn,all epl hype, go and see champions league, see goals against Porto, he nearly destroyed Roma to pieces

Jarus:
I'm a Messi fan, but sentiments aside, Messi has no place in Top 3. Anyone can win league.

Forget league, it is basic. It doesnt count much.

The 2 most important competitions in the year were world cup and the UCL.

Modric stole the show in WC.

CR7 and Salah stole the show in UCL.

It is an unpardonable embarrassment of Messi to get booted out of UCL at QF.

He had WC as second chance but he ended up even awful in WC.

Guys, let us put sentiments aside, Messi has no place in Top 3 in the world in 2018.

Same Salah booted out Roma that booted out Messi from UCL.

Salah, half fit, scored 2 goals in 2 matches in WC.


Messi scored 1 in 4 matches.

Over 200 coaches and captains throughout the world cannot be wrong in their voting.

booted out booted in rubbish doesnt count...sallah won nothing, that shortlist isn't meant for him.
Fine he had a fantastic season, but not better than messi's.

dominique:
How I wish I can like this post more than once, you totally nailed it. Not taking anything away from Messi but his club and country did not do enough to merit him this slot.

I am a very very big fan of Messi, but I can't fool myself in the name of being a fan of anybody. It's a disservice to my education to deny what is glaring.

IcyFlame:
Lolz dy guy star don dy shine wella
I gt assurance say na him go win am

sure the full Madrid fans are backing him now. Barcelona fans will have no choice but to support him since they wouldn't want CR7 to have it. Lastly, never underestimate the power of Real Madrid and Barcelona in all these awards.
Courtois too will win best goalkeeper again since he is competing with Hugo Loris and smeichel

dominique:
How I wish I can like this post more than once, you totally nailed it. Not taking anything away from Messi but his club and country did not do enough to merit him this slot.

I am a very very big fan of Messi, but I can't fool myself in the name of being a fan of anybody. It's a disservice to my education to deny what is glaring.

I don't know why folks fail to see this simple this simple matter.

ahmEenu:
MR YOU ARE SAYING THE SAME THING IN A DIFFERENT WAY. IS THIS AWARD THE BEST IN UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE? OR THE BEST IN THE WORLD CUP? PLEASE GIVE ME ANSWERS. ACCORDING TO YOUR WRITE UP THEY PICKED ONE FROM WC, WHY DIDNT THEY PICK A WC WINNER LIKE MBAPPE AND THE LIKES INSTEAD OF PICKING A FINALIST? ANSWERS

World Cup and UCL are the two biggest tournaments this year.

So it's fair to pick the best perfomers from there.

Best in world Cup - Modric

Two best players in UCL - CR7 and Salah.

Mbappe was not even the best in PSG talk less of France.
Griezmann edges him both in Europe and world cup.

Eponyeeboz:
Idris, don't be foolish. It's not everyone you insult cos you share a contrary opinion.

The person you called foolish is a top exec in an MNC. I know you don't know what an MNC is since its not a type of beer.

as a barca and Messi fan, Messi must not be nominated every year. am ok with whoever is the winner.

ahmEenu:
MR YOU ARE SAYING THE SAME THING IN A DIFFERENT WAY. IS THIS AWARD THE BEST IN UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE? OR THE BEST IN THE WORLD CUP? PLEASE GIVE ME ANSWERS. ACCORDING TO YOUR WRITE UP THEY PICKED ONE FROM WC, WHY DIDNT THEY PICK A WC WINNER LIKE MBAPPE AND THE LIKES INSTEAD OF PICKING A FINALIST? ANSWERS

Simple: Because Modric did better than Mbappe in WC.

Cry cry people forgot what happened to Wesley Sneijder in 2010,what goes around comes around,go complain to FIFA

Jarus:
Simple: Because Modric did better than Mbappe in WC.

why would any sane person put Modric and Mbappe in the same sentence?

LaExpert:
For the bold, there may be sentiment though.

I really do think Ronaldo better deserves the Uefa player award ahead of Modric. However, Modric deserves the FIFA best award.

I'll be very surprised to see Ronaldo win the FIFA best award, not that he hasn't done enough but because there's a more deserving winner.

We share same thoughts. I also think CR7 should be Europe best.

A dicey one between them for World Best, but if I had a vote, I would vote CR7 (despite not being his fan).

I agree recency factor (sentiments) is helping Modric.

Tomoyayi:
And yet He only won league trophies

How can you compare a league performance to Continental and international performance?

HE WON TWO TROPHIES NOT ONE. GET THAT STRAIGHT. SALAH WON NOTHING. ?

dominique:
How I wish I can like this post more than once, you totally nailed it. Not taking anything away from Messi but his club and country did not do enough to merit him this slot.

WHAT DID RONALDO DO FOR HIS COUNTRY? WHY DID SALAH AND MODRIC DO FOR THIER RESPECTIVE COUNTRIES? GRIEZEMAN, POGBA AND MBAPE WON THE WORLD CUP, WHY ARE THEY NOT IN THE LIST? IF U REALLY UNDERSTAND FOOTBALL GIVE ME GOOD ANSWERS

Jarus:
So FIFA used the hands of Mikel, Gernot Rohr and over 200 other captains and coaches to write the top 3?

What FIFA does is shortlist Top 30 and ask coaches and captains to rank their top 3. 1st per voter gets 5 votes, 2nd gets 3 votes, 3rd gets 1 votes.

This is added and Top 3 highest points emerge top 3.

FIFA publish votes of captain and coach after declaration of final result.


Why is it difficult for folks here to get this and keep saying FIFA gives people award!

Very annoying.

Guy if u have been following fifa awards u go know say magomago dey there. I can conveniently give u 5 different instances.

Zidane scored in 1998 final gets world best ahead of Delima who was in blistering form.
1999 Rivaldo won instead of Figo
2001 dem dash Figo who won LA liga ahead of Effenberg(ucl winner)and Gaizka mediata who starred in UCL final and were the best players of Ucl that year.
2002 Ronaldo cos of 8goals in w/cup without any club matches due to injury, ahead of Zizou with the famous ucl final volley and sublime performance throughout the season
2004 Ronaldinho who just arrived at Barca and still gelling with the squad, LA liga only, ahead of Henry who inspired the invisibles with his goals that was the highest in EPL and Europe.
2006 Cannavaro cos of world Cup, ahead of Henry and Ronaldinho (ucl winner).

I can go on and on. I started having my doubt in fifa since 1999 when Figo could have won it.

temifrancis:
booted out booted in rubbish doesnt count...sallah won nothing, that shortlist isn't meant for him.
Fine he had a fantastic season, but not better than messi's.

He's a UCL finalist.
That competition is bigger than la liga and copa del rey.

UCL is so big that a UCL finalist is a bigger achievement than domestic medals.

Anybody can get domestic medals.
If it is by domestic glory, then KDB and Neymar should be there.

Salah also has goals to copliment his season.
Salah has 44 goals , Messi has 45.

Salah also scored more UCL goals than Messi.
Salah also scored more World Cup goals than Messi.

Messi may have beat Salah domestically.
But Salah made more impact than Messi in the biggest tournaments this year.

It is very close, Salah is not way too behind Messi last season.

Bar trophies, Salah, Messi and CR7 were the 3 best players last season.
Modric is there because of world cup golden ball and that is a big of an achievement to be ignored.

Tokziby:
Guy if u have been following fifa awards u go know say magomago dey there. I can conveniently give u 5 different instances.

Zidane scored in 1998 final gets world best ahead of Delima who was in blistering form.
1999 Rivaldo won instead of Figo
2001 dem dash Figo who won LA liga ahead of Effenberg(ucl winner)and Gaizka mediata who starred in UCL final and were the best players of Ucl that year.
2002 Ronaldo cos of 8goals in w/cup without any club matches due to injury, ahead of Zizou with the famous ucl final volley and sublime performance throughout the season
2004 Ronaldinho who just arrived at Barca and still gelling with the squad, LA liga only, ahead of Henry who inspired the invisibles with his goals that was the highest in EPL and Europe.
2006 Cannavaro cos of world Cup, ahead of Henry and Ronaldinho (ucl winner).

I can go on and on. I started having my doubt in fifa since 1999 when Figo could have won it.

But are you aware FIFA has been publishing votes since at least 5 years now?

BlackManta:
He's a UCL finalist.
That competition is bigger than la liga and copa del rey.

UCL is so big that a UCL finalist is a bigger achievement than domestic medals.

Anybody can get domestic medals.
If it is by domestic glory, then KDB and Neymar should be there.

Salah also has goals to copliment his season.
Salah has 44 goals , Messi has 45.

It is very close, Salah is not way too behind Messi last season.

Bar trophies, Salah, Messi and CR7 were the 3 best players last season.
Modric is there because of world cup golden ball and that is a big of an achievement to be ignored.

I'm surprised people are complicating a simple matter.

God bless you with your analysis.


uote author=Jarus post=70877957]I'm a Messi fan, but sentiments aside, Messi has no place in Top 3. Anyone can win league.

Forget league, it is basic. It doesnt count much.

The 2 most important competitions in the year were world cup and the UCL.

Modric stole the show in WC.

CR7 and Salah stole the show in UCL.

It is an unpardonable embarrassment of Messi to get booted out of UCL at QF.

He had WC as second chance but he ended up even awful in WC.

Guys, let us put sentiments aside, Messi has no place in Top 3 in the world in 2018.

Same Salah booted out Roma that booted out Messi from UCL.

Salah, half fit, scored 2 goals in 2 matches in WC.


Messi scored 1 in 4 matches.

Over 200 coaches and captains throughout the world cannot be wrong in their voting.[/quote]

Jarus:
But are you aware FIFA has been publishing votes since at least 5 years now?

Yeah, and they've been fair...

Not as before, they just completely mislead people, cos they couldn't pin point the criteria for winning, either through trophies, competition, performance or goals.
It's now that I believe Luca Modric can win it 100%

policy12:
Argue with ur phone.

World player of the year
Not champions league o

All those listed records of there doesn't make up for UCL final and world cup performance the top 3 have

Messi had the least goals in the list

People claiming to be fans of Messi, so they can have free access to insult him

So happy for mo Salah. Like someone said over 200 coaches and captains can't be wrong.
I would use this medium to ask Barca fans to stop being petty. #ynwa

AntiZombie:
makes no sense


messi should have made it

at least third position


salah was all epl hype

But had more goals in UCL and the worldcup than Messi
Or what are you watching?

ahmEenu:
HE WON TWO TROPHIES NOT ONE. GET THAT STRAIGHT. SALAH WON NOTHING. ?

I said league trophies not trophy.

Griezman won Europa and World cup
Umtiti won 2 League trophies and world cup etc
None of these players are among the top 3

You're still not getting it. League performance and continental performance but what do I know, argue with the people that voted.

PECON1:
as a barca and Messi fan, Messi must not be nominated every year. am ok with whoever is the winner.

I'm tired of Messi/CR7 dominating football awards.
It's getting boring.

I want fresh players to step up.

I'm glad Messi missed out.

FIFA and UEFA know they cannot keep up Messi/CR7 duopoly in every award.

Their era is coming to an end.
They are both in their 30's.

Jarus:
I'm a Messi fan, but sentiments aside, Messi has no place in Top 3. Anyone can win league.

Forget league, it is basic. It doesnt count much.

The 2 most important competitions in the year were world cup and the UCL.

Modric stole the show in WC.

CR7 and Salah stole the show in UCL.

It is an unpardonable embarrassment of Messi to get booted out of UCL at QF.

He had WC as second chance but he ended up even awful in WC.

Guys, let us put sentiments aside, Messi has no place in Top 3 in the world in 2018.

Same Salah booted out Roma that booted out Messi from UCL.

Salah, half fit, scored 2 goals in 2 matches in WC.


Messi scored 1 in 4 matches.

Over 200 coaches and captains throughout the world cannot be wrong in their voting.

How come Griezmann didn't make top 3 if it is all about WC and European competitions performance or the goal posted is shifted whenever it involves Messi? Salah had 0 points in the WC compared to Messi that had 3 goal contributions in the WC with making the round of 16, if making the final of a UCL without a trophy is enough to be top 3 then it is no longer an award one can call the best because being the European Top scorer should count for something and please, the 200 coaches can be wrong, Cristiano won Ballon d'or once without any trophy

maxlis097:
If Messi was your bruva, that keke marwa man in your area wouldn’t be bleeping ya

E pain am

Kiss my black a5s b!tch