Monday, 15 June 09, 05:16 AM · Comments (41)

Apologies for the lack of posting over the last week or so, I really have been very busy. Besides, to write every day about the latest transfer rumour quite frankly becomes a bit boring. For today you have the chance to vote for the player you think was the best for Barça over the last season. I´ve already voted for Leo Messi, but there is certainly a case for other players. So, who is it for you?
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I think it has to be Messi for all the important goals he scored. iniesta and Xavi were also great
M-E-S-S-I !!
i never thought there is a doubt for this...
MESSI for me for sure.
I'm really torn on this. Part of me goes for Iniesta, and the other for Messi.
Messi was our savior earlier in the season, providing us with multiple goals which gave us the three points.
But in the second half, Iniesta was brilliant, an unstoppable force. I would not be shocked if the world player of the years goes like this...
Messi
Ronaldo
Iniesta
Xavi
Gerrard
it has to be messi..... i dont care if iniesta was amazing the last half of the year ...he also had more rest...
MESSIIIIIIIIIIII
I am torn, how do you make such a tough choice? On the one hand i want to say Messi because he is without a doubt our most spectacular player, but then Iniesta has been so vital, at the most crucial moments, in the most crucial games.....and Xavi, our little maestro, can anybody say that we would be where we are today without him? Its just so hard to decide which of these 3 incredible players has been the best. I guess its a matter of preference in the end, what type of player does each of us enjoy the most? I have to go with Iniesta, for me he is our most influential player. Also he seems to be a crossbreed between Xavi and Messi, he does what we love so much about both those players, maybe not as well (not yet anyways) but he can see that killer pass like Xavi and he can take on 3 defenders like Messi.
We should feel really lucky guys, that we have these 3 players all playing together, it is quite incredible. You dont find many players like these. To have all 3 in the same team, from the same generation, well it is quite remarkable really.
lol there isn't a choice, there is only a certainty.
Messi wins hand down.
2nd is very deabteable, Xavi, Toure, Iniesta come close, Henry, Eto and Pique have a case.
Still though, Messi wins 8 days of the week.
Messi was by far the best player for Barca this season, and the only player ho even comes relatively close is Eto'o.
Still dont know what I was waiting for
And my time was running wild
A million dead-end streets and
Every time I thought Id got it made
It seemed the taste was not so sweet
So I turned myself to face me
But Ive never caught a glimpse
Of how the others must see the faker
Im much too fast to take that test
Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes!
Xavi - Messi - Iniesta
Xavi
MessIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII all the time
MESSIIIIIIIIIII no1 can beat him in next 3 years
For a team that is grounded on playing together selflessly in a style that requires significant rapport among the squad, I find picking one player very difficult (as well as flawed, but that's another subject, no?). I picked Xavi and here's why:
1. He, along with Iniesta, is the glue that binds the squad. Without someone like Xavi (and Iniesta), Barça would have a difficult time with their possession passing game.
2. He provided the most assists on the squad at twenty. Messi was a distant second with eleven.
3. He lost the ball maybe 4 times all season.
4. He was a constant on the roster, seeing very little time on the bench.
Iniesta would be up there with Xavi, in my book, but for his injuries. A somewhat different method to his genius than Xavi's, Andres really shone as this season wound down, precisely when he was needed most. A serious clutch player.
What did you guess think about Egypt Vs Brazil today guys ! I'm Egyptian, I was very Proud of my team !
@ Joe Henry...congrats on the performance, egypt deserved to win. I wanted them to win but I was also hoping dani alves would score
I thought they played really well especially in the 2nd half, zidan is amazing! from what i saw today, i think egypt and brazil should both qualify from that group. i dont think italy and the u.s. are that strong. if egypt plays like they did against brazil, they should be able to beat both italy and the u.s.
Xavi!!!! I couldn't say it any better than Pequito. Iniesta and Messi are amazing...but Xavi is the heart and soul of Barca! Essentially, Barca's playing style is...Xavi.
INIESTA HANDS DOWN!!!
MESSI IS THE BEST IN THE WORLD BUT INIESTA WAS THE BEST PLAYER FOR BARCA THIS YEAR!!!!
hey mate no problem about da late post
i really think iniesta is the player of the season because he scored the crucial goal against Chelsea and he did the pass to Eto'o to score the 1st goal against Man U
i m speaking from New Zealand
VISCA EL BARCA!!!!!!!!!
XAVI HERNANDES...
The best ... not only the best but the most consistent of all the Barca players ...
meeesi....meeeesi.
in this club every player has his own great moment but this year is messi's.he should be best anywhere.
Its Messi all the way
i am happy to see the poll result is showing exactly what it should be.....
hey i think the most skillful and talented player would have to be messi. he is the next big thing....well he is now.
hey heard the news kaka is leaving milan
so sad im a very big fan of kaka and milan
Messi is the best
NO doubt, it's Messi...INiesta was amazing for the final quarter of the season, but Messi was just outta the world for the first 3 quarters...If it wasn't for Messi's heroics, we woulda lost many games...so, I'd def. go for Messi...
@FCBarca88. Thank you Friend. I think Egypt deserved at least a point out of this game.But to me really this is a win mentally. Every Egyptian fan expected a HUGE lose just like Spain. If you didn't watch the game it was like Spain could have scored 100-0. Egypt Played like they wanted to win the game. I'm proud of that. PS: I wanted Daniel to score to
I wanted to be 2-3 Daniel to have scored one of them. If we have to conceive goals I rather it would be a Barca Player. After all We are all Barca Fans
Forca Barca !!
XAVI HERNANDEZ- imagine what would barca be without him in the center mid.?? i just can't imagine.. but messi scored win goals..and keita able to replace iniesta-maybe hes not as good as iniesta. For me xavi is the best, XAVI-the heart and soul for Barca..
and congratulations to joe_henry and all egyptians, i thought brazil will loss that evening-very outstanding performance from your team!
El dulce Andrés Iniesta!!
I'm throwing a coin here to decide between Messi and Iniesta.. having to choose one player in this wonderful season is unfair!. I think i might stick with Messi as well, altough iniesta would come in a very close 2nd place.
BTW, i also saw Egypt and were impressed. They were so fast and talented!! are they always like this? i mean, i ask since i don't have too many chances to see them play.
Xavi
MESSI of course!! But Xavi, Iniesta and Samuel Etoó were also very great!!! Well the whole team is just the best!! But Messi better than Best. He's also better as C. Ronaldo
@ Hilal ,
" Also he (Iniesta) seems to be a crossbreed between Xavi and Messi, he does what we love so much about both those players, maybe not as well (not yet anyways) but he can see that killer pass like Xavi and he can take on 3 defenders like Messi . "
Great analogy !!
I can only add that where Messi's style of attack comes in the form of a " horizontal " meandering and zigzaging his way while leaving defenders by the twos and the threes biting the dust in his wake while trying to catch up with him when it is usually too late .
Iniesta , on the other hand , is just as fearless of an attacker but he does it in a " vertical " and straight forward manner inviting the defenders to try to stop him from making that " killer pass . "
Both Messi and Iniesta rarely lose possesion without the opponents using some " agricultural " methods of tackling , as the some British commentators politely and sarcastically refer to that sort of rough and sometimes dirty defending .
As Hilal pointed out , Iniesta can do almost everything that Messi can do but slightly not as well . He can only make great passes but slighly not as well as Xavi .
So in Iniesta we have a player who combines the best traits of the best players in the world in their positions ( if not the best outright ) which is NOT bad at all .
Despite all the outrageous spending by Real Madrid they STILL don't have players who can compare with Messi , Xavi and Iniesta !!
Messi was the best player this season
Xavi and Iniesta made up a strong supporting cast and Pique should that he could become a great defender
Messi had the bet season in the world, so how could anyone deny that.
But my vote is for Dani Alves because all true Barca fans knew that when they signed him last year he was the player that could make Messi shine.
People would talk a lot more about him if this hadn't been the same year that Iniesta shows the world the he is a top five candidate.
hey does anybody know why barca are acting this way, I mean they are unsettling some perfectly good players by playing hardball over contracts. Players like Yaya Toure (aka. best DM in the world) deserve to be richly rewarded. same is the case with eto; valdes is not great, but he has been with barca all his life, and deserves some respect I think.
"But my vote is for Dani Alves because all true Barca fans knew that when they signed him last year he was the player that could make Messi shine."
Mes_que_un_fan---- i respect ur choice of slection but isn't the reason of ur choice sounds a bit weird?? it sounds like someone is best becz he helped other one to be best.anyway....In the legendary career(all we expect)of messi there will be many players who will help him to shine. It was Barca in very first step who helped him with money for medicine, it was ronaldinho who taught him a lot(he still admits that), all in the current squad helped him so far by best. This has to be because football is a team game and barca has the best teamwork no doubt. But other than this there are rooms to judge everyone individually.Do u believe alves helped messi more than xavi? certainly not.there is one way to be best by helping others.that is goal assistance. In that case xavi has way better assistance record than alves.
Note:I am not a aves hater. i liked him since he played for sevilla and i was so glad and still happy to have him with us,
i actually disagree with my votes and i think Victor Valdes is the player of the season because if he didnt make the saves against Chelsea...BARCA would not make it in to the finals!!!!
VOTE FOR VICTOR VALDES!!!!!!!!!!!
I don't think my choice sounds weird at all. The first statement I made was that Messi had the best season in the world. Nobody can compare to him. Coming in agains Racing when we're down and winning for us is just one of the reasons why he is our best player.
But Messi has never had a season like this before even though he has played with Iniesta, Xavi, Eto'o and Henry before.
It was the combination up the right side with Dani Alves that made him what he is. It was like Deco with Dinho or even Messi, Dani Alves made Messi a better player this year and vice versa. Because only in Madrid and there on did Messi start dropping back in the mid field.
By The Way the fact that we can argue over so many players as our best is probably the greatest problem to have.
INIESTA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@vinni3
did you read the title it says "vote for barcas PLAYER OF THE SEASON"......no t player of one game....if you were doing that it could also be bojan against almeria where he had 2 goals...
do you really think valdes should be player of the season???....the player of the c.l. semi finals definitely but not in any shape or form the player of the season....