I thought the 2003 World Player of the Year award was a total ******* joke, the man finished 5th in the Ballon d'Or voting (which is at least somewhat biased towards the French historically), and yet he's FIFA World Player of the Year? For my money that award belongs to Henry or Nedved.
And regarding his performance at WC 2006... that has been overrated like ******* crazy. Yeah, he played well, but it's an absolute ******* joke that he was one of the best players at the tournament, much less THE BEST. I thought France got where they did because of Henry, Ribery, an awesomely stout and experienced defense (Gallas, Thuram, Sagnol, Makelele, and Viera!??!), and a good draw (Spain-not quite ready, Brazil-magic box looked like ****, and Portugal-a good team, but France won on a slightly dubious penalty... maybe there was a little contact, but Henry made a meal of it. They also missed Germany and Argentina, who--aside from Italy I suppose--were the two best teams I saw at the Tournament). Also, Zidane should have missed that penalty in the final, and then completely lost his psychotic vengeful little head (ever since I first saw him he struck me as vindictive and dirty) and got sent off.