Player Of The Month: November 2008
Monday, 01 December 08, 11:54 AM · Comments (16)
Not really much surprise here. Despite some excellent performances from his team mates in November, Leo Messi who won the award in October is once again my player of the month. Messi played in 7 games this month, and the only one of those games that he didn't score in was possibly his best game of the month: the 6-0 victory over Valladolid. Toure Yaya comes in second and it is great to see the big man back in such excellent form after a slow start to the season. Captain Carles Puyol is third, he has excelled in every defensive position this month but he was especially impressive in the swimming pool game at Malaga. Fourth place goes to Rafa Marquez who has been very solid this month and is looking to be back to near his best, while fifth place goes to Mr. Consistency Xavi Hernandez who began the month with two goals at Malaga.
There should also be a mention for three other players who all performed very well this month and were very close to making the top five: I'm sure Samuel Eto'o would be in many fans' top 5 this month especially after his amazing four-goal game against Valladolid. Unfortunately Eto'o only scored in one other game this month though it was the vital first goal against Sevilla. Dani Alves has been much better over the last few weeks which is very encouraging, he worried me a bit at first but now he seems to be adapting well to the system. And Victor Valdés had a very good month that was only really brought down by a not-so-great game against Getafe. I've said it before on this blog and I'll say it again. Valdés is an excellent keeper and I hope he continues at the club for many years to come.
Ok, just to recap, here's this month's top five.
- Leo Messi
- Toure Yaya
- Carles Puyol
- Rafa Marquez
- Xavi Hernandez
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agree with messi
valdes to was good this month
still not an excellent keeper in my opinion but getting there and i'm happy we hav a goalkeeper like him at our helm
did FCB means Fussball Club Bayern ?
mfG Grubenschnitzel
About Madrid signing Klaas Huntelaar. He is a good goal scorer but technically very average . The Dutch Eredivisie is a weak league . I doubt if he would have any impact in La Liga .
For me top 5 is:
1. Leo Messi
2. Toure Yaya
3. Xavi Hernandez
4. Samuel Eto'o
5. Thierry Henry
My top five :
1- Messi
2- Xavi
3- Etoó
4- Toure
5- Alves
If Iniesta was not injured , he would be on my list too !!
definitely agree with the top 5
off topic: you know whats scary? The difference between our league points and goal difference is only 1...
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this team is gonna be unstoppable if iniesta and abidal gets back...... meanwhile madrid are paying dearly for their dum pursuit of ronaldo they gonna buy another duch dud klass huntellar for january by that time we valencia and villareal ran them over already
Messi is my hero but Yaya was my pick this month. He was incredible against Sevilla.