5th July 2006, 10:18
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| Minge  Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Portsmouth Age: 38
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|  Re: golden ball Zidane has had two great games out of five! Cannavaro has played well in every game but will never be considered to have had the effect on a game that a playmaker or striker can. (Flawed IMO but what can you do!?) If the voting finishes before the final then I would imagine that Zidane will have it in the bag mostly because of the Brazil game. He can only enhance that by having a good game tonight. Cannavaro should get it though. Solid as a rock throughout. |
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5th July 2006, 10:59
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| Spreads Dept.  | Re: golden ball well done.  i was in the car today thinking, who is it off the telly that he looks like, i thought of Bev-Kev (ex grange hill) but its not its Phillips. 
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5th July 2006, 11:01
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| Gold Member  Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: London
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| Re: golden ball I didn't know the voting was done before the final  btw, I wasn't saying ZZ should get it, only that he would get it... I think the fact that it's his last game (assuming France reach the final) will counterbalance the 100th cap factor, so long as he has a good semi, and doesn't get booked  Idiot boy Blatter won't want a defender winning, either...
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5th July 2006, 11:17
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| Re: golden ball Was it done before the final last time? If it was, it makes sense as Oliver Khan won it despite making a huge gaffe for Ronaldo's opening goal in the final. Given that Andrea Pirlo has twice won FIFA man of the match in Italy's run to the final (Cannavaro hasn't won any), is the midfielder value at 11s with Paddy Power? Probably not famous enough but maybe worth a saver if you're lumping on Cannavaro. |
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6th July 2006, 11:09
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| Spreads Dept. | Re: golden ball Six candidates remain on course for the title of Gillette Best Young Player. Three of them have been nominated by our readers, while the other three have been chosen by FIFA’s Technical Study Group. Fans have voted on FIFAworldcup.com to nominate Cristiano Ronaldo (POR), Luis Valencia (ECU) and Lionel Messi (ARG), while the Technical Study Group has opted for Lukas Podolski (GER), Tranquilo Barnetta (SUI) and Cesc Fabregas (ESP).
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6th July 2006, 12:59
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| Minge Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Portsmouth Age: 38
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| Re: golden ball The best player out of that lot is clearly Messi but the best player in this tournament has been young Ronaldo. I see, this week, that he was the subject of an e-mail hate campaign desingned to stop him winning this award. How sad. |
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6th July 2006, 15:11
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| Re: golden ball Taken from the BBC website: "Germany goalkeeper Oliver Kahn won the award at the 2002 World Cup, while Brazil's Ronaldo was the winner in 1998. Fifa will announce its final decision on Monday at around 0900 BST. " Surely if the winner is decided before the game they would announce it then rather than waiting until the next day. How come you are all so certain that it is chosen before the final? |
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7th July 2006, 11:51
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| Spreads Dept. | Re: golden ball Prince Poldi crowned Gillette Best Young Player Germany striker Lukas Podolski was confirmed as the inaugural winner of the Gillette Best Young Player award on Friday. The FIFA Technical Study Group described him as "a key element in Germany's attack" at this FIFA World Cup™.
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