[Merged] Ronaldo

[gazzae]

Originally Posted by akane1984

only time will tell. ill be interested to hear Rooneys official statement.

Here it is...

I want to say absolutely categorically that I did not intentionally put my foot down on Ricardo Carvalho.

"He slid in from behind me and unfortunately ended up in a positioning where my foot was inevitably going to end up as I kept my balance. That's all there was to it.

"When the referee produced the red card I was amazed - gobsmacked. I bear no ill feeling to Cristiano but am disappointed that he chose to get involved.

"I suppose I do though have to remember that on that particular occasion we were not team-mates

http://www.itv.com/news/index_489a6b...ec468f10f.html

[Legendary_PSR]

well he's not going to admit to deliberately doing it. if he did that then the ban is much longer

[kronas]

http://www.ihateronaldo.com/

if it has not been posted.....just for the people who hate/escape goat

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lc53gTIpa8A

Looks like Ronaldo could get the best young player of the world cup award... voting ends today, Valencia is just behind him

http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/.../eligible.html

[Prezo]

Was the happiest moment of my life. Still, cheering on France was a little odd!

[Aragorn]

Originally Posted by Dodger444

Looks like Ronaldo could get the best young player of the world cup award... voting ends today, Valencia is just behind him http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/.../eligible.html

Looks like the tactical voting might work - Valencia is now 100K votes ahead of Ronaldo

[gazzae]

Would have been funnier if they all voted for Walcott.

[weirdworldstate]

Originally Posted by Aragorn

Looks like the tactical voting might work - Valencia is now 100K votes ahead of Ronaldo

Excellent! For a while there I was thinking it wasn't going to work.

[gazzae]

Originally Posted by weirdworldstate

Excellent! For a while there I was thinking it wasn't going to work.

It's not going to work. FIFA decide who win, the voting is just for a shortlist.

[weirdworldstate]

Originally Posted by gazzae

It's not going to work. FIFA decide who win, the voting is just for a shortlist.

I disagree - it has worked, Ronaldo is no longer in top place.

If FIFA even remotely consider giving the award to Ronaldo they'll do even more damage to the bad reputation of the game than they have already done throughout this World Cup.

At this rate it won't be a matter of who qualifies so much as who can be bothered to participate...

[gazzae]

Originally Posted by weirdworldstate

I disagree - it has worked, Ronaldo is no longer in top place.

If FIFA even remotely consider giving the award to Ronaldo they'll do even more damage to the bad reputation of the game than they have already done throughout this World Cup.

At this rate it won't be a matter of who qualifies so much as who can be bothered to participate...

Top place doesn't matter, read the rules, the top three from the vote and then 3 other players chosen by FIFA form a short list from which a winner is selected. So just cause Ronaldo isn't top any more doesn't mean he won't win.

[weirdworldstate]

Originally Posted by gazzae

...the top three from the vote and then 3 other players chosen by FIFA form a short list from which a winner is selected.

Pretty blatant - a public vote, but no matter what FIFA still get to select the top 3!

Laughable, because it only goes to confirm that FIFA is corrupt to the core, and that the 'right' result is entirely in their gift, and hence can be paid for - like everything else about this World Cup, it is quite plain to see that FIFA's decisions (even those pertaining to the rules and refereeing guidelines) are all about making money an very little to do with football.

It's a shame, but it was high time that (international) football was relegated compared to sports where sportsmanship, rather than gamesmanship, is considered the norm.

FIFA is becoming just like the monster that is FIA...

[Legendary_PSR]

like everything else about this World Cup, it is quite plain to see that FIFA's decisions (even those pertaining to the rules and refereeing guidelines) are all about making money an very little to do with football.

that's odd, ever since fifa put in those guidelines the football has been much better

Pretty blatant - the public vote, but no matter what FIFA still get to select the top 3, no matter what the public vote!

Laughable, because it only goes to confirm that FIFA is corrupt to the core,

i'm not sure what the problem is, FIFA have a better idea as to who was the best youngster than all the biased fans.

look at it this way:
118733 voted for leo messi - who didn't do much all tournament
46031 voted for rooney - who didn't do much all tournament and left in disgrace
19575 voted for some iranian player
4239 voted for guillermo ochoa - did he even play?
1838 voted for jansen for germany - did he even play?
1727 voted for the most overrated forward to ever play(ryan babel)
1588 voted for ustari - he didn't even play
464 voted for hedwig and the angry inch - he was crap

now would you say the fans had a better idea as to who was best?

[weirdworldstate]

Originally Posted by Legendary_PSR

that's odd, ever since fifa put in those guidelines the football has been much better

You've obviously watching a different World Cup to me then.

Originally Posted by Legendary_PSR

now would you say the fans had a better idea as to who was best?

In which case, why the pretence of a 'public vote'?

As it happens, I know this 'vote' is badly flawed, because people's predilection for voting for their 'favourite' rather than 'the best'.

[Legendary_PSR]

You've obviously watching a different World Cup to me then.

yep, clearly i (and a lot of others) have