The Ballon d'Or

Messi has won the European footballer of the year by a huge margin, 473 points to Ronaldo's 233. Xavi came 3rd with 170 and Iniesta came 4th with 149. Samuel Eto'o came 5th with 75 and Kaka (he won it 2 years ago) came 6th with 58. Zlatan Ibrahamovic came 7th with 50 and Wayne Rooney was the best placed England international on the list as he came 8th with 35. The rest you can see on this list:

9 Didier Drogba (Ivory Coast, Chelsea), 33 points
10 Steven Gerrard (England, Liverpool), 32
11 Fernando Torres (Spain, Liverpool), 22
12 Cesc Fábregas (Spain, Arsenal), 13
13 Edin Dzeko (Bosnia, Wolfsburg), 12
14 Ryan Giggs (Wales, Manchester United), 11
15 Thierry Henry (France, Barcelona), 9
16= Luis Fabiano (Brazil, Sevilla) 8
16= Nemanja Vidic (Serbia, Manchester United), 8
16= Iker Casillas (Spain, Real Madrid), 8
19 Diego Forlan (Uruguay, Atlético Madrid), 7
20 Yoann Gourcuff (France, Bordeaux), 6
21= Andrey Arshavin (Russia, Arsenal), 5
21= Júlio César (Brazil, Inter), 5
21= Frank Lampard (England, Chelsea), 5
24 Maicon (Brazil, Inter), 4
25 Diego (Brazil, Juventus), 3
26= David Villa (Spain, Valencia), 2
26= John Terry (England, Chelsea), 2
28 Franck Ribéry (France, Bayern Munich), 1
28= Yaya Touré (Ivory Coast, Barcelona), 1
30 Karim Benzema (France, Real Madrid), 0
The top 10 is dominated by Barcelona players with Ibrahamovic, Messi, Eto'o, Iniesta and Xavi all inside the top 8. In the top 10, it looks like this (there will be more then 10 clubs because players moved over the season).
Club:
Barcelona: 5
Man-U: 2
R. Madrid: 2
Inter Milan: 2
AC Milan: 1
Chelsea: 1
Liverpool: 1

Country:
Spain: 2
England:2
Brazil:1
Sweeden:1
Argentina:1
Portugal:1
Ivory Coast:1
Cameroon:1
Overall:

Club:
Barcelona:7
Man-U:4
Real Madrid:4
Inter Milan:4
Chelsea:3
Liverpool:2
Arsenal:2
A. Madrid: 1
Bordeaux: 1
Juventus:1
Werder Bremen: 1
Valencia:1
B.Munich:1
Lyon:1
Sevilla:1
AC Milan:1
Wolfsburg:1

Country
Spain: 6
Brazil: 5
England:4
France:4
Ivory Coast:2
Argentina:1
Portugal:1
Cameroon:1
Sweeden:1
Bosnia:1
Wales:1
Serbia:1
Uruguay:1
Russia:1
As you might have noticed, there are no Italian players on the list. This is probably a sign that the World Cup champions are starting to crumble. Fernando Torres should also be higher then 11th. In my opinion he's the best striker in the world not the 5th best. It's quite revealing.

Sorry, forgot the subs.
Iniesta
Villa
Xavi
Fabregas
Buffon
Ibrahamovic

Results

Arsenal 0:3 Chelsea

Liverpool 2:0 Everton

Birmingham 1:0 Wolves

Barelona 1:0 Real Madrid

If you go to the link below you should hopefully see the Barclays Premier League table where Chelsea are leading by 5 points because of a huge win over Arsenal. The gunners had most of the possesion but failed to capitalise and Drogba scored 2 goals. Also, Birmingham have been pretty good since the new owners brought the club and they continued this with a 1:0 win over Wolves in the battle of the price tags Barcelona came on top with the £61,000,000 rated Ibrahamovic scoring the goal. Liverpool might have got their season up and running again with a 2:0 win over Everton. Liverpool can really turn it on when it matters.

World's best 11

Goalkeeper: Casillas

Defenders: Vidic, Cole, Evra, Terry

Mids: Messi, Ronaldo, Kaka, Ribery

Strikers: Torres, Rooney

Manager: Alex Ferguson

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/table/default.stm

29th November

Goalkeepers ranked:

1st: Petr Cech: Chelsea

2nd: Edwin Van Der Sar: Man-U

3rd: Pepe Reina: Liverpool

4th: Shay Given: Man-City

5th: Brad Friedel: Aston Villa

6th: Craig Gordon: Sunderland

7th: Robert Green: West Ham

8th: Manuel Almunia: Arsenal

9th: Paul Robinson: Blackburn

10th: David James: Portsmouth

11th: Tim Howard: Everton

12th: Mark Schwarzer: Fulham

13th: Brian Jensen: Burnley

14th: Jaaskelainen: Bolton

15th: Thomas Sorensen: Stoke

16th: Gomes: Tottenham

17th: Chris Kirkland: Wigan

18th: Joe Hart: Birmingham

19th: Boaz Myhill: Hull

20th: Wayne Hennessey: Wolves

Results:

Man-U 4:1 Portsmouth

Aston Villa 1:1 Tottenham

Blackburn 0:0 Stoke

West Ham 5:3 Burnley

Wigan 1:0 Sunderland

Man City 1:1 Hull

Fulham 1:1 Bolton

Wayne Rooney scored a hat trick and Ryan Giggs scored his 100th Prem goal on his 36th birthday. The Avram Grant 'revouloution' didn't begin well as we thrashed Portsmouth. Also, West Ham beat Burnley in a high scoring game. Man-City hadd their SEVENTH league game in a row drawn and when Bullard equilised for Hull he acted out a version of Phil Brown's infamous half time team talk. (Hull were behind by 4 goals against Man City and Phil Brown held his half time team talk on the pitch). Also Spurs have dismissed three Prem managers on November 24th. Paul Hart, Harry Redknapp and Alain Perrin have all been dismissed. If you look at this stage last year 4 Prem managers have been sacked (compared to 1 this year). Today is a huge Spanish derby. Barcelona vs Real Madrid. These are the top two Spanish teams and my prediction* for the match is Barca 2:1 Real. It's basically a really expensive line up for both teams. Barcelona won the La Liga last year and Real have brought Ronaldo, Kaka and Alonso to try and get it back. The total cost of all the players put together is £424,006,000 with Real contributing £295,004,000 and Barcelona giving £129,002,000. It's set to be a cracker.

*prediction was made before the match started

Prem managers ranked
1st: Alex Ferguson: Man-U (my team)
2nd: Carlo Ancelotti: Chelsea
3rd: Harry Redknapp: Tottenham
4th: Arsene Wenger: Arsenal
5th: Roy Hogsdon: Fulham
6th: Tony Pullis: Stoke
7th: Rafa Benitez: Liverpool
8th: Martin O'Neill: Aston Villa
9th: David Moyes: Everton
10th: Steve Bruce: Sunderland
11th: Mark Hughes: Man City
12th: Gary Megson: Bolton
13th: Avram Grant: Portsmouth
14th: Sam Allerdyce: Blackburn
15th: Owen Coyle: Burnley
16th: Mick Micarthy: Wolves
17th: Ginfranco Zola: West Ham
18th=: Roberto Martinez: Wigan
18th=: Phil Brown: Hull
20th: Alex Mcleish
Predos:
Aston Villa 2:2 Tottenham
Blackburn 0:1 Stoke
Fulham 2:1 Bolton
Man City 1:1 Hull
Man-U 2:0 Hull
West Ham 1:0 Burnley
Wigan 1:2 Sunderland
Arsenal 2:2 Chelsea
Everton 3:2 Liverpool
Wolves 1:1 Birmingham
We ( Man U ) should win despite Portsmouth getting a new manager (Avram Grant). But the main two battles are Chelsea vs Arsenal and Liverpool vs Everton. Arsenal vs Chelsea is basically youth vs expeiarence. it's going 2 be very interesting. Liverpool vs Everton is like a film. Can Everton take advantage of Liverpool's poor start to the season or will the red's rally themselves in time? It also adds extra spice that Liverpool vs Everton is a huge derby with a history of violence. Also, we are about to learn how good a a manager Avram Grant is. Can he avoid relegation with Portsmouth? If he manages to he should be given a medal.