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  1. Metaphysical

    Wayne Rooney

    he flicks the ball over the goalkeeper and then volleys it into the net!!! it most definitely belongs on the shortlist!
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    10 - Lionel Messi - v1

    you have to disqualify Neymar's immediately because it was in a league game. a league game which they lost anyway (Rooooonaaaaallldiiiinhooooooooooooo!) so you put Messi and Rooney head to head. both moments of sheer individual brilliance. Messi's involved more skill (you see way more overhead...
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    10 - Lionel Messi - v1

    inorite? Xavi taking a set-piece, Cristiano giving praise to someone other than himself, and Messi not being awesome. very weird. anyway Leo will win the Ballon d'Or and it will be lovely. shame he won't make it 4 in a row next year, but that's life!
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    Xavi Hernández

    Xavi won't win, and frankly I think it's better that he doesn't. as weird as that sounds, Xavi always being 2nd or 3rd and just being on the podium makes more sense to me. he's the ultimate team player, so simply recognising his brilliance with a nomination is the right kind of award. it'd be...
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    Neymar - v2

    I agree, but only because he moved to Madrid, a club that has no fucking idea how to develop young talent. and he still found his way, only to be horribly advised by his agent. his career didn't become a joke 'til he moved to City. Milan have rescued him, but those lost couple of years have...
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    Gerard Piqué

    Kaka steals that advert. I reckon, apart from the religious hysteria, he's quite a good guy and would be fun to know.
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    10 - Lionel Messi - v1

    of course it's trolling. it's from one of the surrealfootball goons. they've gone on record as saying they hate Barcelona and unashamedly support Real and Mourinho over them. I'm astounded ESPN put that on their site, though. it looks COMPLETELY out of place.
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    Isaac Cuenca

    ah yeah, true. depends when he was naturalised, I guess. if it was due to his time in Vigo then he's Spanish, if it was when he was in Barcelona then he's Catalan. I dunno which side he'd pick either.
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    Isaac Cuenca

    says so much about Bojan's softness that two players with less talent than him have both made a serious impact in the first-team while, bar a few great runs of form ended by injury, Bojan has been pretty pants.
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    Neymar - v2

    Damiao being as talented as Neymar is a fucking joke. Ganso could be more talented, but he can't stay fit so his progression has very much slowed down. Lucas is fucking bananas, he could be better than Neymar. but like you say, he's not proven enough. they could do epic damage for Brazil in...
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    Neymar - v2

    again, the exact same thing was said about Ronaldinho before we signed him. sometimes mercurial Brazilians are worth taking a risk on. now, I mean, it could be a complete disaster, but I don't think so. Neymar clearly knows how good we are and how good Messi is. I can't see him being as...
  12. Metaphysical

    Fabricio Coloccini

    "creative" is not necessarily what they need. someone capable of playing fast direct passes out to the wings and then getting into the box to finish is what they really need. Scholes' most-used weapon was the fast direct diagonal to switch play to the other flank. watching them yesterday, it...
  13. Metaphysical

    Marc Bartra

    Piqué, Badger, and Bilal starting. Puyol on special occasions. Bartra backing them up and Fontas loaned out. sautéed. (of course if we don't buy a LB then Bartra will pay more, and Fontas may not be loaned out).
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    Isaac Cuenca

    Thiago would count as a naturalised Catalan, though, rather than a naturalised Spaniard. so he couldn't play for Spain. Iniesta is Spanish. whether he'd side with Catalunya or Espanya is open for debate, but I'm working on the assumption that he won't (because why would he?)
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    Fabricio Coloccini

    it seemed a sure thing before Phil Jones burst onto the scene. now I'm not so sure, because Jones is younger and better. that said, they should still get Rodwell so they can stop fannying around with Jones in midfield (although he is excellent there) but yeah, I don't know that they will. they...
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    Isaac Cuenca

    Valdés Montoya Piqué Puyol Alba Xavi Busquets Cesc Cuenca Thiago Bojan Codina, Victor Ruiz, Bartra, Javi Marquez, Verdu, Sergio Garcia, Alvaro that's pretty hot damn awesome. the only problem would be in situations where you need an actual striker. but then Bojan has always played really well...
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    Swansea City

    no, you don't have great young talents. these players are not great. they are average players made to look better because they are playing in a system that is one of the finest in the league (many clubs don't even have a system). and unless you get serious investment to improve the quality of...
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    Andrés Iniesta

    Iniesta at his supercharging best today. hope he can stay fit and in form for a while now.
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    Eric Abidal

    his work for Asexis' goal, just calmly holding the ball 'til he could play it out from the back, was brilliant.
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    10 - Lionel Messi - v1

    nice goal. should have scored more, but guess he was feeling generous. loved his link-play with Asexis, too. you can tell he appreciates having another player who can operate at the speed of light.

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