I was waiting for the free kick issue to be raised, new it would crop up!:laugh:
Well mate, once again this all comes down to standards again, and also about consistency to a certain exent. As you will have no doubt seen, Ballack can score some excellent free kicks, especially those two on the video link I gave:shocking:. But remember again about not judging players by one or two moments, but over seasons. Now I dont know if you watch Ballack regularly, hopefully you can now he is in the EPL, but he isnt that World class free kick taker of someone like Beckham. With free kick accuracy of 80 and 79 curling he can still score those beautiful free kicks like in the video, but it isnt that world class rating that means he can do it all the time. Because he doesnt! He only scores once every so often, and has the miscues, and the rockets over the bar.
So judging on his general free kick ability, Ballack deserves 80 because he can score those peaches with it, but he does them with a consistency that mirrors real life. You see what I mean?