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[alegotardo]

Argentina has a lot to celebrate....

As if it wasn't enough to have won the most important championship in football, they are still protagonists of an unprecedented dominance in the main prizes of "The Best".
This was the first time that a country was chosen for having the best player in the world, the best coach and the best goalkeeper.

The World Cup victory certainly helped to achieve this result in "The best". Messi and Martínez had already been chosen as the best player and the best goalkeeper of the tournament. Only that there was no individual trophy, but... just because there wasn't a specific award for coaches in the world cup.

Congratulations Argentina!

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[slackovic]

It's probably impossible to make perfect voting system simply because people always will be biased. And it doesn't matter who are they - players, managers, journalists or just regular fans. And when it we have people from more than 200 asociations voting, it's popularity and personal preferences contest. And when we have players or managers from countries like Gibraltar, Maldives or Guam (with all respect) who aren't professionals and football is just hobby for them, probably they're not much different from fans like your or me.
I think now it's impossible that defender would win this award, like Fabio Cannavaro did in 2006.

Yeah, it's not possible to have a perfect voting system. If points are calculated purely based on computer generated points, then some subjective picture about a player is missing. On the other hand, if you based points purely on a human judgement, those points tend to be too biased.

I don't think that it's impossible for a defender to win this award. It's just much harder for a defender than for a striker to win it. A defender must really be a real star player to stand out from the attackers and win the prize.

Modric has been exceptional, but probably his midfield position does not favour him like it would with the strikers. These days, it's just mostly about Goals and assists and the media goes Crazy

I miss the old days when goalkeepers and defenders would also be close contenders

Yeah, if Modrić was a striker, I'm sure he would have won much more awards than he did in his career. Goals and assists makes a team win the game, but you can't win the game without good defenders and midfielders.

The same goes for Haaland.

Haaland is still young, he's destined for greatness regardless of his country. He just has to keep breaking records.

I didn't say that he won't win any prize. I just stated that he would won much more awards if he was from France or England.

[rhomelmabini]

I thought Emi Martinez would be on the top list considering how he got that save on WCF, Julian Alvarez was there because he's likely a contender on most goals between Messi and Mbappe. Yeah, that was not a perfect voting system, a lot of strikers are out there.

[logfiles]

I didn't say that he won't win any prize. I just stated that he would won much more awards if he was from France or England.

I understand you, but Messi and Ronaldo haven't both been from England and France as well. I don't even remember the last time an English player won a major accolade 
All Haaland has to do is to score lots of goals, break records, and win trophies or get so close like being a Finalist especial in top tournaments like at European stage. The media will just go bollocks.

That's what I have observed with this prestigious awards in the recent times. Don't be surprised if Messi wins another Ballon D'or because of the World Cup he won last year.

[SirLancelot]

It's probably impossible to make perfect voting system simply because people always will be biased. And it doesn't matter who are they - players, managers, journalists or just regular fans. And when it we have people from more than 200 asociations voting, it's popularity and personal preferences contest. And when we have players or managers from countries like Gibraltar, Maldives or Guam (with all respect) who aren't professionals and football is just hobby for them, probably they're not much different from fans like your or me.
I think now it's impossible that defender would win this award, like Fabio Cannavaro did in 2006.

Yeah, it's not possible to have a perfect voting system. If points are calculated purely based on computer generated points, then some subjective picture about a player is missing. On the other hand, if you based points purely on a human judgement, those points tend to be too biased.

I don't think that it's impossible for a defender to win this award. It's just much harder for a defender than for a striker to win it. A defender must really be a real star player to stand out from the attackers and win the prize.

This is why we have different judges, not only one and I think the judges are sometimes from other places and they don't know the other judges, only to remove the possibility of gaming the voting system. After all, there are still results which are sometimes unpleasant where the judges can pick up a wrong winner but we audience still know it and we will still honor the real winner of the game.

Each role in sport is important so judges should not be biased and based only their votes on who is the existing star of the game. The role of the defender in football is not a joke and if the defender plays poorly, then it will be easy for the opponents to score a win.

[D-law]

Argentina has a lot to celebrate....

As if it wasn't enough to have won the most important championship in football, they are still protagonists of an unprecedented dominance in the main prizes of "The Best".
This was the first time that a country was chosen for having the best player in the world, the best coach and the best goalkeeper.

The World Cup victory certainly helped to achieve this result in "The best". Messi and Martínez had already been chosen as the best player and the best goalkeeper of the tournament. Only that there was no individual trophy, but... just because there wasn't a specific award for coaches in the world cup.

Congratulations Argentina!

They deserve everything thay has to do with the competition and the Fifa awards
I am not just cool with how Martinez just came in just because he won the world cup
He was not even the best hit man at goal, Morroco goal keeper should have taken that shine bonu deserves it.

[cygan]

yesterday the fifa published the shortlist for 'the best fifa football awards 2023'. champions league winners manchester city have the largest contingent, sending Erling Haaland, argentina's Julian Alvarez, portugal's Bernardo Silva, spain's Rodri and belgium's Kevin De Bruyne.
fans can cast their votes in all categories on the fifa website until october 6. the winners of 'the best fifa football awards 2023' will be honored at a gala early next year. an exact date has not yet been set.

from the following overview you can see all the nominees:

the nominees for fifa world player (men)

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Julián Alvarez (Argentina)
Marcelo Brozovic (Croatia)
Kevin De Bruyne (Belgium)
Ilkay Gündogan (Germany)
Erling Haaland (Norway)
Rodrigo Rodrigo (Rodri)
Hernandez Cascante (Spain)
Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (Georgia)
Kylian Mbappé (France)
Lionel Messi (Argentina)
Victor Osimhen (Nigeria)
Declan Rice (England)
Bernardo Silva (Portugal)

the nominees for fifa world player (women)

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Aitana Bonmati (Spain)
Linda Caicedo (Colombia)
Rachel Daly (England)
Kadidiatou Diani (France)
Caitlin Foord (Australia)
Mary Fowler (Australia)
Alex Greenwood (England)
Jennifer Hermoso (Spain)
Lindsey Horan (USA)
Amanda Ilestedt (Sweden)
Lauren James (England)
Sam Kerr (Australia)
Mapi Leon (Spain)
Hinata Miyazawa (Japan)
Salma Paralluelo (Spain)
Keira Walsh (England)

the nominees for fifa world coach (men)

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Pep Guardiola (Spain)
Simone Inzaghi (Italy)
Ange Postecoglou (Australia)
Luciano Spalletti (Italy)
Xavi (Spain)

the nominees for fifa world coach (women)

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Peter Gerhardsson (Sweden)
Jonatan Giraldez (Spain)
Tony Gustavsson (Sweden)
Emma Hayes (England)
Sarina Wiegman (Netherlands)

the nominees for fifa world goalkeeper (men)

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Yassine Bounou (Morocco)
Thibaut Courtois (Belgium)
Ederson (Brazil)
André Onana (Cameroon)
Marc-André ter Stegen (Germany)

the nominees for fifa world goalkeeper (women)

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Mackenzie Arnold (Australia)
Ann-Katrin Berger (Germany)
Catalina Coll (Spain)
Mary Earps (England)
Christiane Endler (Chile)
Zecira Musovic (Sweden)
Sandra Paños García-Villamil (Spain)

[LTU_btc]

If we talk about men award, then probably it would be big surprise if Messi won't win it. After all, winning World Cup finally is main thing. Only Haaland can compete with him. Women award most likely will go to Aitana Bonmati. She was best player of World Cup in team which lifted trophy and she won Champion League with Barcelona.
Best coach award, I have no doubts that Pe Guardiola will get. Another EPL trophy, but most important thig that he finally won Champions League with other team than Barcelona. Women coach award is more difficult to predict. I would go with Jorge Vilda, former coach of Spain, but there is some contraversies related with him, so, I doubt that he can win this award.