arsedoc md wrote:The lone Indian footballer who I think tried out for an english club for half a season -bhaichung bhutia...for FC Bury.
Is he famous in India?
I posted this a week ago and he was not in the Bury team according to their website.
Muswell Hill Gooner wrote:
In days gone by,when we only watched world cup football every 4 years, before espn brought in EPL to India, Football=bhaichung bhutia and bhaichung bhutia=football.
While now Sunil Chhetri is all the rage?
He is. He has more international goals than Messi and second only to Ronaldo amongst active players 
That's the PR around him everytime he scores.
Some real beauties among those goals as well. You can't help but like him, just his face makes him look like the kindest footballer you'll ever see.
Vela:
"I was really close [to joining Barca]," Vela told BS The podcast. "In the second month of my holiday, I had a pina colada in hand and my agent called me to say: 'Listen, Barcelona are calling you.
"They want you to play for four months and then you can go back to Los Angeles.' I said to him: 'Just say yes, I don't care about money or anything. I'm going to start training tomorrow. Give me two weeks to get my fitness up.'"
How the fuck was Ronaldo even nominated for this?
Thoughts with Luis Enrique who lost his daughter to cancer, aged 9.
Klaus wrote:How the fuck was Ronaldo even nominated for this?
These award are laziness.
Ronaldo won a scudetto and the European Carling Cup of Nations, putting on a fine display. That was enough for the voters who tend to be driven by prime time to include him.
On the winner. I think this guy is a really really good defender. But I watch Pool and admire what Klopp has done with the system. A large part of VVD’s myth is driven by the effectiveness of Pool’s attack and team defense. And pundits always overindex his offensive contributions because ‘goals’. So I think he’s good. But is he the best player in Europe? Far from it. Not even top 2 on his own team.
That is so wrong by any objective measure.
There is no VVD myth and it's hard to take anyone who says that seriously.
He was the same at Southampton and that's why Liverpool went as far as tapping him up.
He has been Liverpool's most important and most consistent player from the moment he joined, it's not even close.
Salah, their next best player, went through a poor patch last season when they threw away a potential 10 point lead over City!
Klopp had won nothing till he got him now he has the Champions League and the Super Cup.
This is what made him the favourite for the award and the only other player i could make a case for is Messi but he loses as VVD knocked him out of the Champions League which has been the criteria used to justify all the recent Ronaldo wins.
It's a bit silly that the Champions league is now the deciding factor in who gets the award. At any rate, I don't really mind since it changes things up - most people know that if it was given on talent, Messi would win it every single year but that's not compelling viewing.
That's true and i gave up arguing when seeing them vote for Ronaldo year after year when clearly behind Messi's influence and stats.
Jed wrote:Thoughts with Luis Enrique who lost his daughter to cancer, aged 9.
Just read that. Genuinely heart breaking
Yeah just terrible. I can't fathom the pain of losing a child.
8: Brenton
Gotta love how Gasperini isn't even on there after transforming Atalanta and taking them into Champions League on a negative budget. Name me one manager who did a better job in Italy last year.
Ole's at the wheel
Great news for United. Ole is only two spots below Poch, United may as well keep him, not worth upgrading.
...aside from the fact Solskjaer, Kovac and Loptegui are on there.
Not a particularly convincing list.
