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Walter · 16th June 2006, 01:15

I had to laugh when I saw Lampard got the first MoM, but I also came to the same conclusion - that it confirmed your idea about the stars having an advantage. Ditto midfield and forwards because I would have thought Marquez was Mexico's MoM - but Bravo scored the goals. Similarly, surely Espinoza or Hurtado were more influential than Delgado in the first Ecuador win? In fact, if the smaller teams win, the bias really is for goalscorers - Ahn, Delgado twice, Bravo, Zied. It's like they don't really know who the players of the minnows are so they pick one of the goalscorers.

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Walter Gold Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 4,952	Re: Man of the Match I had to laugh when I saw Lampard got the first MoM, but I also came to the same conclusion - that it confirmed your idea about the stars having an advantage. Ditto midfield and forwards because I would have thought Marquez was Mexico's MoM - but Bravo scored the goals. Similarly, surely Espinoza or Hurtado were more influential than Delgado in the first Ecuador win? In fact, if the smaller teams win, the bias really is for goalscorers - Ahn, Delgado twice, Bravo, Zied. It's like they don't really know who the players of the minnows are so they pick one of the goalscorers.