Ballon d'Or thread

[Evilo]

How about that Vardy guy?
Amazing for 5 months, invisible at the Euro, sucking this season and he's a top 10 player apparently.

 

[Wee Baby Seamus]

How about that Vardy guy?
Amazing for 5 months, invisible at the Euro, sucking this season and he's a top 10 player apparently.

Invisible at Euro because Hodgson essentially glued him to the bench. He was electric against Wales.

The Ballon d'Or isn't a definitive player ranking, obviously Jamie ****ing Vardy isn't the 8th best player in world football. He was the top striker on one of the biggest out of nowhere underdog stories in the history of sports, of course he's gonna get some votes for that. Would I have voted for him? No, definitely not. Should he have finished 8th? No, I don't think so. But I absolutely understand why he ranked where he did. Far less cartoonish than Rui Patricio at 13.

 

[sjsharks92]

Needs more Stefan Frei

 

[Evilo]

Invisible at Euro because Hodgson essentially glued him to the bench. He was electric against Wales.

The Ballon d'Or isn't a definitive player ranking, obviously Jamie ****ing Vardy isn't the 8th best player in world football. He was the top striker on one of the biggest out of nowhere underdog stories in the history of sports, of course he's gonna get some votes for that. Would I have voted for him? No, definitely not. Should he have finished 8th? No, I don't think so. But I absolutely understand why he ranked where he did. Far less cartoonish than Rui Patricio at 13.

Totally cartoonish IMO because he was good for 5 months period. Sucked the other 7 months.

Rui Patricio is totally ridiculous obviously, but is in line with the usual weighed summer competition (and him and Pepe are much more of a reason Portugal won rather than Ronaldo).

 

[xavi4life]

At this rate Sergio Ramos deserves the next Ballon D'or.

 

[Live in the Now]

It was one guy in Vanuatu that voted for Vardy.

 

[Ceremony]

Have they changed the voting arrangements for this? I can't find the full breakdown of votes by country/voter.

Ed - Although apparently LITN knows otherwise.

 

[Evilo]

Have they changed the voting arrangements for this? I can't find the full breakdown of votes by country/voter.

Ed - Although apparently LITN knows otherwise.

Yeah, former format, journalists, no captain/coaches.

German journalists put Kroos third in voting...

 

[Ceremony]

Oh I need to see this. Mainly to see what rubes they pulled out of Scotland to pass judgement on it.

 

[Nathaniel Skywalker]

It's not longer the award for best player

 

[Scandale du Jour]

At this rate Sergio Ramos deserves the next Ballon D'or.

He deserves L'Embraillage d'Or!

 

[Panteras]

It's not longer the award for best player

lol dude....these kind of awards are always a popularity contest. I mean, at times the winners truly deserve it. But it's fair to say that while Messi and CR are active unless they have a truly off year someone will have to have an amazing year to dethrone them. As well as win a CL or something to boot.

 

[maclean]

if France and Atletico won their finals, does Griezmann win?

 

[PeteWorrell]

if France and Atletico won their finals, does Griezmann win?

Yes.

 

[Power Man]

if France and Atletico won their finals, does Griezmann win?

I think so

 

[Wee Baby Seamus]

if France and Atletico won their finals, does Griezmann win?

Gonna go against the tide and say no. If Sneijder didn't beat Messi and Ronaldo as the best player on both a treble winning side and WC finalist, Neuer didn't beat them when Germany won the WC, or Ribery didn't beat then when Bayern won the treble, then I don't see Griezmann winning this year in an alternate universe where France and Atletico win their finals. I think the Messi/Ronaldo mindset runs too deep in voters. I could be absolutely wrong though, especially considering the change in voter-base.

 

[Evilo]

Euro weigh more than anything.
Yes he would have won.

 

[sjsharks92]

Gonna go against the tide and say no. If Sneijder didn't beat Messi and Ronaldo as the best player on both a treble winning side and WC finalist, Neuer didn't beat them when Germany won the WC, or Ribery didn't beat then when Bayern won the treble, then I don't see Griezmann winning this year in an alternate universe where France and Atletico win their finals. I think the Messi/Ronaldo mindset runs too deep in voters. I could be absolutely wrong though, especially considering the change in voter-base.

I think I actually agree with this. I think the mindset is so heavily tilted in favor of Messi/Ronaldo that for some voters it would seem far too radical to vote any other way.

 

[Ceremony]

That reminds me

How about that Vardy guy?
Amazing for 5 months, invisible at the Euro, sucking this season and he's a top 10 player apparently.

Totally cartoonish IMO because he was good for 5 months period. Sucked the other 7 months.

Rui Patricio is totally ridiculous obviously, but is in line with the usual weighed summer competition (and him and Pepe are much more of a reason Portugal won rather than Ronaldo).

^^^ looking to get banged

 

[Deficient Mode]

That reminds me





^^^ looking to get banged

Chatting **** deserves corporal punishment imo

 

[Evilo]

Damn I didn't getn anything from those two posts. I know I'm sick as hell and my mind is working slowly, but I have no idea of what you two guys are talking about.

 

[YNWA14]

It's an old tweet from Vardy.

EDIT: Oh yeah I can't post the image.

He said 'Chat **** get banged'.