Michael Owen is the new "ballon d'or"

Its just been officialy announced, Michael Owen is the 2001 European PLayer of the Year.
 
Originally posted by Davo:
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In fairness these awards are pretty crap...
I'm not that arsed I must admit</strong><hr></blockquote>
exactly, and id be the same if Bex won it,
i know hes not the best player in the world, hes not even the best player in Man Utd ffs
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Originally posted by Red Tide:
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I would say over the last twelve months he has been the most on form player in europe and contributed a lot for club and country. You lot all underate him and are biased because he plays for us and yet he keeps winning these awards.</strong><hr></blockquote>

so you do give a shit about awards after all? i dont ... imo they´re ridiculous ... zidane world player of the year 2000? ronaldo best player of the wc 98? pleaaaaaaaaaase
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Originally posted by Murt:
<strong>its a stupid award for flashy fancy dans like Owen and Beckham,
real important players like Keane never win em</strong><hr></blockquote>

agreed
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Originally posted by Murt:
<strong>its a stupid award for flashy fancy dans like Owen and Beckham,
real important players like Keane never win em</strong><hr></blockquote>

The 50 players nominated are selected by France Football. Keane is not very known in France, because he plays for a weaker national team (like Giggs). Owen is very popular here since the England-Argentina game. The result : Keane isn't even nominated and the 51 european journalists can't vote for him ! They should be free to vote for who they want.

Nice France Football cover BTW. At least, whatever people think about his football qualities, Owen is a nice boy ! He doesn't seem to be big-headed.
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Originally posted by Davo:
<strong>Nice one Mikey...

Best striker in the League..and European Footballer of the Year</strong><hr></blockquote>

Wrong. Hasselbaink is the best striker in England.
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Congrad to Owen for this and he deserved it for helping Liverpool won all those trophies. European Footballer of the Year is counting on who perform outstanding throughout the year and has a major contribution to the success of his club and/or country. In this aspect I think Owen must be among one of the several players who deserve it. Someone are just saying how crap is this kind of award (very sour, and I don't think they will say the same thing if it is the player who they like to win this award.) But don't forget there is no "100% fair" game rule exist in the world, and every winner of this kind of award at least prove that they are widely admired by football fans in the world.
 
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