Wenger Expresse's Euro Fury

i been saying this all week, alas what can we do, italy won the world cup and so their players get reward for it. henry did have a great season last year with the CL final, but that gets overlooked. why didn't any of the barce players win anything ? afterall they were top euro team.

it is a SCandle and i dont thin u can find a betther player thaN henry so i say it is a scandle and every one else is saying!

Whilst it is admirable that Wenger should support his players I do wish people actually look at article 10 of the Ballon d'or which clearly sets out the judging criteria. It is not a disgrace. There is no mockery of the judging system. Why should the rules be changed for Henry to win it this year? Every player to win the award since 1967 has played for a team who has enjoyed a winning season. The award actually covers the season 2005-06. It almost always goes to a World Cup winner in a world cup year. Unfortunately Arsenal came 4th in the league and were runners-up in the Champions League and France came 2nd in the World Cup. This means that Henry did not playing for a winning team last year .. close is not good enough, you still don't get the cigar. For Cannavaro he captained the World Cup winning side, was probably the tournaments best defender, and Juventus won Serie A. And before everyone shouts match fix, please get the facts straight, Juventus were not stripped of their title and relegated for fixing matches. They received this punishment because it was proven that their management ATTEMPTED to do this. There was in fact no evidence they were successful and indeed some evidence shows their actions had an opposite effect. But it is not the team getting honoured it is the individual. Personally I think it is right that defenders occasionally win it. I agree with Little Dutch that Henry should have won in 2004.

baldy,are you getting some practise in for saturday afternoon? llllllllloooooooooooossssssssssssseeeeeeeeerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr