bercarray: and wen i'm not mancity nko? Dat means e no concern me,dey can take wu dey lyk.*up manunited*

Previously the result of a poll between the world's press and FIFA's Technical Study Group, Messi's surprise win was the consequence of analysis by the latter body solely after football's world governing body changed the voting process for the tournament in Brazil.

He went to the final, which is one of the conditions for the attribution of the trophy

princemi:
do me a Favour..... kindly shut up n stop typing dis blue rubbish...if ur nt comfortable wit FIFA'S decision, go 2 Argentina collect d award n give 2 Yobo...i keep wondering if ur dat jobless 2 argue with different people on 3 pages am quite sure dat u neva watched james Rodriguez play, u probably don't even know wat he looks like & u happen 2 watch only Argentina vs Switzerland then run 2 NL argue nonsense. ABEG ABEG MAKE WE HEAR WORD

scribe2000:

You are bent on propagating this hate-fuelled argument. Okay. Please let's call it a day. Messi has his award...for life.
I'm outta here, and this time, its final.
So long...

scribe2000:

Most people criticizing Messi's award only judge by focusing on one aspect. Putting Rodriguez as a deserving winner is only because he scored the most goals. He already has an award for that. But the golden ball is not for the highest scorer! Messi was the most rounded player in the WC.

And Maradona's comments were only his opinion. I believe he is the greatest player of all time (better than Pele), but he is not the greatest Match Analyst of all time. His views are purely that, His, and should not be quoted as an Authoritative one.
And he does not hate Messi, he only hates the idea of someone matching his own achievements, and unfortunately, Messi poses that threat.

Hope you rest now buddy. I've got other things to do...

scribe2000:

Most people criticizing Messi's award only judge by focusing on one aspect. Putting Rodriguez as a deserving winner is only because he scored the most goals. He already has an award for that. But the golden ball is not for the highest scorer! Messi was the most rounded player in the WC.

And Maradona's comments were only his opinion. I believe he is the greatest player of all time (better than Pele), but he is not the greatest Match Analyst of all time. His views are purely that, His, and should not be quoted as an Authoritative one.
And he does not hate Messi, he only hates the idea of someone matching his own achievements, and unfortunately, Messi poses that threat.

Hope you rest now buddy. I've got other things to do...

scribe2000:

Most people criticizing Messi's award only judge by focusing on one aspect. Putting Rodriguez as a deserving winner is only because he scored the most goals. He already has an award for that. But the golden ball is not for the highest scorer! Messi was the most rounded player in the WC.

And Maradona's comments were only his opinion. I believe he is the greatest player of all time (better than Pele), but he is not the greatest Match Analyst of all time. His views are purely that, His, and should not be quoted as an Authoritative one.
And he does not hate Messi, he only hates the idea of someone matching his own achievements, and unfortunately, Messi poses that threat.

Hope you rest now buddy. I've got other things to do...

scribe2000:

First tell me what Maradona has to say about Pele, or what Pele himself has said about Maradona. Nothing very complimentary. Truth is, members of that club don't love one another and would like no one else to join. It's human nature, and Maradona's comments on Messi simply reflect this. But the rest of world know the truth.

scribe2000:

I give up on all of you guys. You are now comparing Zidane to Messi?
When Messi is being compared to Pele and Maradona, you guys are dragging Zidane into it, with funny clips to back up things. Funny!
Has anyone ever heard of the same guys in the same sentence with Zidane? Zidane belongs to the rest of the "good footballers", but not to that exclusive group of Maradona, Pele, and maybe (WHEN he wins the world cup), MESSI.

For now, I give up on you guys. No need continuing this argument. Hate Messi all you can...He remains the best thing that happened to football in the past 25 years!

And yes, he still has his golden ball from a world cup...and a well deserved one at that!!! Haters can go and...

And hey, he is not done yet, Expect more laurels to come his way. Just watch and see.

I'm off this argument. Enjoy your hatred on the little genius guys...

scribe2000:

Silly comment. Very! !
Pundits are only waiting for Mess to win the world cup before they elevate him to the elite level occupied by Pele and Maradona, and you are here talking about Zidane.
And Apart from those 6 goals, what else did Rodriguez do? Your hate won't let you acknowledge the obvious!

scribe2000:

Silly comment.
Pundits are only waiting for Mess to win the world cup before they elevate him to the elite level occupied by Pele and Maradona, and you are here talking about Zidane.
And Apart from those 6 goals, what else did Rodriguez do? Your hate won't let you acknowledge the obvious!

jaytee01: Take cold water, bros. You are the only one displaying hate here. Why did you not show your measurement parameters for all the examples listed before proceeding to conclude that Messi did enough to win the award. There is no need to be insolent here. Even Messi's compatriot, Maradona , a football great, has said that he did not deserve the award. Most people on the planet believe so too. Just hold your peace and let it pass.

scribe2000:

So in your mind, the only stats that count are goals scored and assists. Why then did Zidane and Forlan win the golden balls in those world cups, since they were not the best on those terms. The best in the tournament is judged by all those criteria you are trying to rubbish. Come off it bro. Allow the little genius space to rest. He did not create himself.

scribe2000:

So in your mind, the only stats that count are goals scored and assists. Why then did Zidane and Forlan win the golden balls in those world cups, since they were not the best on those terms. The best in the tournament is judged by all those criteria you are trying to rubbish. Come off it bro. Allow the little genius space to rest. He did not create himself.

scribe2000:

So even with glaring facts, your bias against Messi still can't let you face reality. Imagine it was Messi that got a red card in the final with the same stats as Zidane and still got the golden ball?

scribe2000: The pic below shows that Messi is just being hated.

scribe2000: The pic below shows that Messi is just being hated.

hkidola00: MEEEN FIFA IS CRAZY,BUT REALLY DIS WILL LOWER SCOUTS INCOMING INTO D COUNTRY,AND I WANNA B A FOOTBALLER,WHAT ADOWNTYM,AND BY D WAY NFF CAN EAT PUSSIES

edi287:
I think they need someone like bielsa to shake things up...he'd be perfect.

milehigh06:

Exactly...Fifa does not care where the funding comes from but you can also understand the stance of te Nigerian Govt..If this was 5/10 yrs ago,it would have been dangerous for the Govt to pull out its funding but we are in an era now when corporate bodies actually do understand the power of corporate branding hence the sponsorship deals our stars of yesterday are now getting compared to 10 yrs ago...Imagine what a Glo deal would have done to help the life of Yekini..We just have to hope we have an organization that knows how to get real sponsors and put the Nation 1st for if they stick to business as usual,they will be broke with no sponsors pretty fast...Private money and govt money are 2 different things

Solozzo:

The NFF should have a supervising board and a complaints commission where players can make complaints. There ought to be accounts auditing bodies set up by the NFF to regulate its activities. The EFCC and the police are also there. So no need for FG to interfere directly. There is more to the issues than just FG supporting players financially and looking into NFF accounts.

milehigh06:


emmm.I think we are saying the same thing

milehigh06:
come...Messi fans,cant you go and start your thread?thought this thread is about FIFA and NFF and GEJ...where messi come into am?

milehigh06:


at the highlighted...where did you get that fallacy from?Fifa has no problem with auditing an organization's books..FIFA is simply saying,dont give money to this organizations so that situations wereby the Govt now feels it has to interfere because they pay the bills will no longer arise and the Govt money can be used in a sector that actually needs it(highly doubt that with corruption)

joseph1013:

[b]
One can't but chuckle when faced with such ridiculous declarations. You gotta marvel at how certain folks of the older generation have such strange convictions that the yesteryears is better than today despite strong evidences to the contrary.

Here is the reply I gave to one recently on a debate:

Now to the issue of "Football was better in the past". Definitely not true!

Today's athletes aren't playing the same game as yesterday's.

Strategies, styles and even rules change dramatically from decade to decade, and modern athletes would crush historical greats.

It's easy yo think that the dominant players of the past would be just as effective as their modern counterparts with the currrent training, conditioning, etc - but I'm not buying it.

Historical greats frequently dominated a smaller pool of players and excelled in an immature game. And there's no guarantee that their previous success means they would respond well to modern training techniques or would fit into the modern game.

Taking on defenders was both more common and more likely to be successful in Pele's or Maradona's eras. In UEFA
Champions' league matches (the
most competitive tournament in history, better than the WorldCUP) since 2010, teams had an average of about 18 'take on' attempts per game - succeeding 44.8 percent of the time (according to fivethirtyeight.com). That's less than the 21 or so per game by WorldCup teams of the Pele and Maradona's years; those players succeeding 49.4 percent of the time. Messi, even at that, appears to be the greater outlier (especially if you consider La Liga, where he succeeds in one-on-one attempts 55.3 percent of the time, where the typical success rate is only 35.6 percent).

It is obviously clear from all this that defenses are obviously tougher these days, which perhaps will affect how we interpret the comparism between these two eras.
[/b]