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    who will finish closest to messi in fifa player of the year?

    Im not so pessimistic. I think Xavi earned enough reputation to finish 2nd. Iniesta is prolly still too underestimated to make top3 i guess.
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    Robinho

    Just not Ribery ... that fucking egomaniac cunt
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    Arda Turan

    Ye, i read that too, just hope its not true. Those divaesque players from the middle east, while being technically quite strong, have a high chance of failing in a major league. Reasons being tactically deficits, losing their exposed status within the team or a possible culture shock.
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    Gerard Piqué

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_wdK6nTAVg Check the 1:43 mark. Nunes originally was marked by Abidal, but Abidal unfortunately fell asleep and stood there like a statue. Chryg also didnt look too awesome when he went up to head the ball away but missed it, b/c he could have still saved the...
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    Dmytro Chygrynskiy

    Hm, i felt like Pique was even worse than Chryg tonight, at least in 1st half where he looked horrible before the corner that lead to mallorcas 1st goal (he seemed to fall asleep during the long ball) and had an awful amount of mispasses. What denied Chryg a better rating than Pique was his...
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    Champions league 09-10

    Its hard to judge Peps share here as, at least i, dont know whats going on in their training sessions. The lack of adaptability to bus teams was evident last seasons, mostly from the CL semis. But i felt like Pep was absolutely aware of it and thus made the necessary changes (i.e. the Ibra...
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    Iconic Pictures in Sports

    and baseball actually doesnt count as a sport anyway ;)
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    Champions league 09-10

    Also doesnt really help that the inter match is a few days before the clasico ... that will be a very decisive week ... On a sidenote: anyone watched sevilla vs stuttgart? I just watched the 2nd half and from what i saw Stuttgart would have really earned a victory there by being the totally...
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    Eric Abidal

    Actually he played very decent last season until his injury in february. He only had his weak performances after he got back, and lost more confidence after his back to back sent offs.
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    Iconic Pictures in Sports

    Dont think that this is iconic at all. Its just disgraceful. Very disgraceful. Sad part is that Schumacher is from my hometown. It even goes so far that his former wife (of the 80ies) was best friend with one of my best friends mum. The world is small ... really ...
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    Iconic Pictures in Sports

    Very famous pic in germany showing Uwe Seeler in the WC Final vs England in 1966. Germany lost that final due to the most discussed goal in footballs history (the one that bumped from the bar behing the line or maybe not ...). The interesting story behing that pic is that it actually doesnt...
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    Who are your football icons?

    My youth idols were pretty much in that order: Pierre Litbarski (cologne legend and german national; was runner up WC 82 and 86, won WC90 as regular. spend his later days in japan and should be still managing some club there ... afaik) Zico (saw him mainly at WC 82 as a little boy. always had...
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    Eidur Smari Gudjohnsen

    I still remember Ruud Gullit coaching Chelsea while still living in Amsterdam. Flew in and out every single day ...
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    Andrés Iniesta

    He finally got 2 assists for the last 2 goals though. The 2nd being a corner after Xavi went off the pitch. Awesome ... seems like Iniesta can still do sth useful w/out Xavi ... even though some ppl dont believe that ;)
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    Andrés Iniesta

    It were matchdays 36 and 37 prior to the CL final and the CL group match vs Donzek, where indeed pretty much all regulars were missing. But its showing the flaws of these statistics and that you have to be careful how you interprete them ...
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    Andrés Iniesta

    My original chart (i actually did a few months ago) was about the Xaviesta relationship and Iniestas different positions, worked into a single chart: Its fairly interesting, like i was esp. surprised that Iniesta played more on the wing than in the MF, which i wasnt really aware although i...
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    Andrés Iniesta

    Hm, lets take a brief look on your beloved statistics: Still not convincing?
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    Andrés Iniesta

    I guess its not unusual that coaches (or teammates) vote their own players (collegues) as best in the world. Thats why quotes from Ferguson or Rooney for example are much mor convincing imo. Anyway, you should perhaps really lay down the statistics there. Its just a very questionable data for...
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    Bosnia and Herzegovina

    Is Salihamicic (former Bayern now Juve) still playing for the national team btw?
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    How do you define world class ?

    "Top 5 in every position" suits me the most. ALthough it must not be exactly 5. But the "world class" players are some kind of reference to me. I.e. when evaluating a player, those WC-players are the ones used for comparison. It shouldnt be just 1 for each position, b/c every position can have...

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