Thread: 2009 FIFA Women's Player of the year

Quote: Originally Posted by Cirdan Exactly, soccer is a team sport. Saying that Germany only won 2 world cups because of Prinz' individual quality is denying the class and influence of players like Wiegmann, Jones, Garefrekes (2003) or Angerer, Lingor, Krahn (2007). And it's denying the influence of coaches, tactics and teamwork. sure cause they could have won the euro 2009 without Prinz I know that for sure

Quote: Originally Posted by SiberianThunderT I'm sure they did. But I bet they watched the European domestic leagues and the Women's EURO more than the Algarve (understandably) and WPS (not sure if it's true but I wouldn't be surprised) - and the Olympics would have factored in to the '08 list, not this one anyway. I mean, I guess it doesn't really matter, b/c Marta will win it again, but I still say naming only...

For all the stat heads (aka, Americans ) I broke down the voting, based on FIFA ranking. I thought it was quite interesting. I broke it down by captains votes by tier, coches votes by tier, combined by tier, then combined tiers -- 1&2, and 3&4. And how the ranking of players looks, listed from 1-10. The complete run down starts here, along with explanations of how I tallied these, etc....

Exactly, soccer is a team sport. Saying that Germany only won 2 world cups because of Prinz' individual quality is denying the class and influence of players like Wiegmann, Jones, Garefrekes (2003) or Angerer, Lingor, Krahn (2007). And it's denying the influence of coaches, tactics and teamwork.

Hmm. Looks like names (Prinz, Wambach, Cristiane) did much better in the lower tiers than the upper tiers. Though I'm still surprised Bomp didn't place higher overall. @import "http://diacache.daylife.com/_static/release-46080/v2/css/daylife/thickbox.css";

Voting was: Marta (833 points) Birgit Prinz (290) Kelly Smith (252) Cristiane (239) Inka Grings (216) Without any major competition next year, I'm sure Marta will win again, even if she is injured all year long.

Quote: Originally Posted by turbo11 I don't know What you all have against Marta. She is by far the best, the most skillfull, and the most entertening women player the world has ever seen. Not sure about that one, she is world class fro sure but also spends too much time in swimming pools and does not defend...

Is she a great player? Brilliant. But there are dozens of world class players around the planet and comparing them is like wine tasting. Even the truest aficionados have different opinions. You simply cannot have seen enough of the players to know the correct answer, so it comes down to personal taste based on the tiny fractions you have seen, or image and your geopolitics in the more likely case that you have never seen any of them play this...

turbo11: I don't think there is any bashing on Marta. She is one of, if not THE (as the vote shows) best player in the world. The knock is on the lack of knowledge of many players in the women's game amongst fans, media and coaches and players alike. The knock is that Marta keeps winning because nobody cares enough to pay attention to other players or teams. It starts with media coverage and fan support, which go hand in hand. Think...

I believe that Marta is the best women's soccer player there has been for sometime but she was not the best this past year & that is where my problem lies. If you are going to have this award on a yearly basis then the candidates should be evaluated on that yearly basis. For me Marta was as good as she was last year unfortunately for her imo other players elavated their game and were better than her this year. Grings for one and i...