BF Awards - Season 2011-12

Starting from this year, we recall and honour the best and worst of the season gone by. Vote for your fav performances and moments that made your football experience the past season special and memorable.

Fc Barcelona 2011-12

Player of the Season:
Goal of the Season:
Breakthrough Player:
Best Barca B Player:
Best Individual Performance:
Best Team Performance:
Favourite Moment:
Moment that made you Cry:
Moment that made you laugh:
One moment you could change:
Worst Blunder:


La Liga 2011-12

Manager of the Season:
Player of the Season:
Goal of the Season:
Breathrough Player:
Best non-Barca Performance (can be either in LL, CDR, europe)
- by a La Liga Team:
- by a LL Player:
La Liga XI:

Europe 2011-12 (the best from all top european leagues and CL)

Manager of the Season:
Player of the Season:
Goal of the Season:
Breakthrough Player:
Europe XI:


Note: All non-barca fans can share with us your fav picks from your respective teams instead of the Barcelona category.

I'll start off:

Fc Barcelona 2011-12

Player of the Season: Lionel Messi
Goal of the Season: Iniesta vs Viktoria Plzen/Messi’s nutmeg-chip vs Sevilla
Breakthrough Player: Isaac Cuenca
Best Barca B Player: Martin Montoya
Best Individual Performance: Messi vs Bayer Leverkusen (H)
Best Team Performance: CDR Final
Favourite Moment: Messi –Pep Hug post messi’s 50th LL goal/ Pep Guardiola’s concern at the sight of Malaga defenders drop dead on the Camp Nou pitch.
Moment that made you Cry: News of Abi’s need for a Liver transplant
Moment that made you laugh: Victor Valdes vs Sociedad (A)
One moment you could change: Pep’s decision to quit
Worst Blunder: Valdes coming off his lines for the Ramires goal


La Liga 2011-12

Manager of the Season: Juan Ignacio Martínez (Levante)
Player of the Season: Lionel Messi
Goal of the Season: Julio Baptista bicycle winner vs Getafe (honourable mention: Negredo Bicycle kick vs Getafe, and Iñigo Martinez 60 yarder vs Betis)
Breakthrough Player: De Marcos (Bilbao) and Isco (Malaga)
Best non-Barca Performance(can be either in LL, CDR, europe)
- by a La Liga Team: Athletic Bilbao outclassing Man Utd at Old trafford
- by a LL Player: Diego Alves vs Chelsea at Mestalla/Javi Varas vs Barca at Camp Nou


La Liga XI:

---------------------Casillas-----------------------
Dani--------J. Martinez-----Masch-----F.Luiz
-----------------Busi-----------Beñat-------------
----------------------Özil-------------------------
Ronaldo-------------Falcao---------------Messi

Bench: Valdés, Rami, Alba, De Marcos, Xavi, Cazorla, Benzema


Europe 2011-12 (the best from all top european leagues and CL)

Manager of the Season: Antonio Conte (Juve)
Player of the Season: Lionel Messi
Goal of the Season: Papiss Cissé’s golazo (sec) vs Chelsea
Breakthrough Player: David Alaba(Bayern)


Europe XI:

------------------------Neuer-------------------------------
Lahm------------Kompany-----T.Silva----------A.cole
----------------------Busi--------Pirlo------------------------
Ronaldo-------------------Messi---------------------Ramires
-----------------------------Falcao---------------------------

Bench: Casillas, Chiellini, Vidal, Özil, Hazard, Reus, Drogba

Fc Barcelona 2011-12

Player of the Season: Lionel Messi
Goal of the Season: Abidal vs Real Madrid (emotional reasons)
Breakthrough Player: Isaac Cuenca (Tello very close, Montoya and Thiago we already knew much about)
Best Barca B Player: Martin Montoya (Oier close second, Tello and Cuenca also pretty close)
Best Individual Performance: Lionel Messi vs Valencia (4 goals) (this shit is difficult)
Best Team Performance: - I'll answer this later...
Favourite Moment: Eliminating Real Madrid from the Copa Del Rey
Moment that made you Cry: Abidal getting a relapse
Moment that made you laugh: Busquets vs Özil
One moment you could change: Messis penalty
Worst Blunder: Villa backpass (vs Sociedad? can't remember for sure)


La Liga 2011-12

Manager of the Season: Diego Simeone
Player of the Season: Lionel Messi
Goal of the Season: Iñigo Martinez second long ranger
Breathrough Player: Michu (Oviedo) (haven't watched them much though) (Edit: That Betis striker and Adrian, too)
Best non-Barca Performance (can be either in LL, CDR, europe)
- by a La Liga Team: Athletic Bilbao vs Manchester United (close second: Atlético Madrid in the final)
- by a LL Player: Santi Cazorlas freekick vs Real Madrid
La Liga XI:
Higuain-Falcao
Ronaldo-Cazorla-Busquets-Messi
Marcelo-Ramos-Puyol-Alves
--No name as of yet--
Europe 2011-12 (the best from all top european leagues and CL)

Manager of the Season: Antonio Conte (Simeone and Bielsa are good picks too)
Player of the Season: Best would obviously be Messi
Goal of the Season: - will add later
Breakthrough Player: - will add later (want to say Marco Reus, but that's from what I've heard... Same with Hazard)
Europe XI:
Not really informed enough but
Goalkeeper: Buffon
Other than that: Messi, Ronaldo, Huntelaar/RvP

Hasn't Thiago Silva been out for large parts of the season?

Fc Barcelona 2011-12

Player of the Season: Lionel Messi
Goal of the Season: Eric Abidal vs. Real Madrid in the Bernabeu, Copa del Rey
Breakthrough Player: Isaac Cuenca
Best Barca B Player: Rafinha
Best Individual Performance: Busquets vs. Chelsea in the Camp Nou, Champions League
Best Team Performance: Real Madrid 1-3 Barcelona, La Liga
Favourite Moment: Messi hugging Pep after scoring the 4th against Espanyol
Moment that made you Cry: Pep's farewell at the Camp Nou
Moment that made you laugh: Messi trying to chip Gorka from a foot away in the Cup Final
One moment you could change: Piqué's injury against Milan (we don't know the moment Villa initially cracked his tibia)
Worst Blunder: Valdés' goalkeeping against Chelsea & Real


La Liga 2011-12

Manager of the Season: Juan Ignacio Martinez
Player of the Season: Lionel Messi
Goal of the Season: Iñigo Martínez vs. Athletic Bilbao in Anoeta, La Liga
Breathrough Player: Adrián
Best non-Barca Performance
- by a La Liga Team: Manchester United 2-3 Athletic Bilbao, Europa League
- by a LL Player: Falcao vs. Athletic Bilbao, Europa League Final
La Liga XI (3133):

Europe 2011-12

Manager of the Season: Antonio Conte
Player of the Season: Andre Pirlo
Goal of the Season: Alessandro Del Piero vs. Atalanta in Juventus Stadium, Serie A
Breakthrough Player: Robert Lewandowski
Europe XI (442):

nice thread Zanela!

@Deco - not really just near the end, he's been a joy to watch for me, very smart.

@Meta: Stealing my goals and putting links on them
@Azzido: Ok
Edit: Damn, I should have chosen Falcao in the final... But Cazorla was just

didn't include La Liga in my Europe section. figure that makes more sense as La Liga has its own section.

Nice picks, guys. Thanks for participating.

If i'd not include Barca in Europe category, I too 'd go for Pirlo for players of the season.

Falcao in the Europa final, and Adrian were in my shortlist. Both deserving.

Azzido Da Bass said:

nice thread Zanela!

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Welcome.

I voted Pep, come at me!

I'm sorry but y'all are massive homers for even thinking of voting Pep ahead of Martinez and Simeone.

Di Matteo should be in that poll. Even if people are going to laugh and troll the shit out of him. He's got a legit reason to be there.

La Furia said:

I'm sorry but y'all are massive homers for even thinking of voting Pep ahead of Martinez and Simeone.

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Cholo can't win it for choking against Real as per usual. that's the real test of whether an Atleti coach is different or just having another good start before the club eventually swallows him and his brilliance alive (the AFA should appoint him now before that happens, fuck Sabella).

hasta be Martinez.

La Furia said:

I'm sorry but y'all are massive homers for even thinking of voting Pep ahead of Martinez and Simeone.

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You're coming at me I take it?

Some great liga goals:
Iñigo Martinez vs Betis: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eod2y94Dphw
Iñigo Martinez vs Bilbao: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQu5MDbqMbg
Eliseu vs Atletico: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzx7uMQ6EZ8
Messi vs Sevilla: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bGdgaXEaUM
Benzema vs osasuna (volley): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xb0_-o9JDdQ
Vela vs Malaga (bicicleta): www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUNCGopg2IA
Baptista vs Getafe: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hUV4fbZnUE