World Player of the Year 2010

Voting has begun for World Player of the Year 2010, and the list is quite vast this year, in-comparison with last year.



The list contains a large amount of Australians, however that is because the status of the nation has increased tremendously.

DETAILED ANALYSIS OF LIST

Goran Pandev is on my shortlist, scoring 38 goals for Lazio. The Macedonian international has also scored 4 goals for his country. His 38 goals also came from 31 matches, which is a great record for the forward.

Harry Kewell of Manchester United, is also a major player, having player 47 matches, scoring 16, and 19 assists. He is playing his position quite well for United, despite not performing quite well internationally for Australia.

Out of the entire list, Goran Pandev is the only player to have an average rating of more that 7, with 8.55. Australian Scott McDonald has also had 14 MoM awards.

In trivial matters, Chelsea have the most players from their club on the shortlist, with 7 players. Australia have the most players from the country on the list, with 6.

14 clubs are represented on the shortlist, with the same number of nations represented.

Macedonia is the lowest ranked nation to be represented.

Ashley Cole is the only player on the list to have not scored a goal. The lowest number of appearances is 31 (Goran Pandev), and the lowest number of assists is 1 (Carlos Tevez). Michael Essien is the only player on the list not to have received a MoM award, and the lowest average rating is 6.78 (Luca Modric).

*All Statistics noted are from the whole of the 2010 year, and not just the 2010-2011 season.

My Votes are:
5 points for Goran Pandev

The Forward has been absolutely brilliant this year for Lazio. He has scored many goals, and set many up as well. He has also done all of this playing the least amount of matches of anyone on the list (31). He achieved a average rating of 8.55.

3 Points for Andres Iniesta.

Iniesta has played well for Barcelona this year, and it shows on his stats. 42 matches, 8 goals, 14 assists, shows he is playing his role well, and adapting to the way Barcelona have had to, with the injuries of Xavi and Yaya Toure.

1 Point for Michael Ballack.

The midfielder has adapted well this season for Chelsea, playing almost everywhere. He was scoring goals up front, setting them up from the wing (most notably vs Arsenal this season), and when he wasn't doing that he was defending from the back line, and, on one occasion stepped up as goalkeeper when Petr Cech was sent-off. Despite letting in two on that occasion is besides the point. The German international player 45 matches, scoring 11, with 9 assists and 1 MoM. Unbelievably, he finished this year with an average rating of 6.93
REAL LIFE UPDATE

With the A-League Season to begin, I took a look at the new jerseys for the teams. I was slightly unnerved. They are so bland. But that's not what I'm looking at now. Why are all the sponsors Reebok? For my inaugural Real Life Update post, I designed my own Nike Jersey for Sydney (Its not realistic), so thats my question today. Why can't they get a major shirt sponsor?




Aloisi and Corica showing off the jersey. No sponsor, and still Reebok. It just looks too bland.



Here's the same design as last season, with Nike instead. It makes such a difference. If I had the patience, i'd redesign the whole shirt.