Ballon d'Or

[Beardsley]

Players:

 

Éric Abidal

Sergio Agüero

Karim Benzema

Iker Casillas

Cristiano Ronaldo

Dani Alves

Samuel Eto'o

Cesc Fàbregas

Diego Forlán

Andrés Iniesta

Lionel Messi

Thomas Müller

Nani

Neymar

Mesut Özil

Gerard Piqué

Wayne Rooney

Bastian Schweinsteiger

Wesley Sneijder

Luis Suárez

David Villa

Xabi Alonso

Xavi

 

Coaches:

 

Vicente Del Bosque

Demento

Rudi Garcia

Pep Guardiola

Jürgen Klopp

Joachim Löw

José Mourinho

Óscar Tabárez

André Villas-Boas

Arsène Wenger

 

 

Some really s*** nominees there. Messi should walk it, again. As should Pep.

[Swipe]

I'm still scratching my head over Wenger's inclusion.

[Beardsley]

I'm still scratching my head over Wenger's inclusion.

 

 

Strange, isn't it? Some of the players on that list does my head in too.

[Gerry]

I'm still scratching my head over Wenger's inclusion.

 

Aye. Wenger was the one that really confused me as well.

[scoose]

Cesc is a weird one even he said he'd hardly played

 

Actually, talking of fabregas his f***en double works in the chippy opposite the kop

Edited November 1, 2011 by scoose

[Sir Tokyo Sexwale]

Benzema? Casillas?

 

Does this exclude WC?

[carrafan]

Neymar

 

How can Neymar be the European Footballer of the year?

[Nebraska Red]

No Giggsy, what a crock!

[Gomez]

No Giggsy, what a crock!

 

No Evra either!

Bunch of f**king racists the lot of 'em

[Nebraska Red]

No Evra either!

Bunch of f**king racists the lot of 'em

 

 

No Slurgie on the managers list either.

[Earl Hafler]

Have they really nominated a player currently plying his trade in South America ?

[Raj]

Have they really nominated a player currently plying his trade in South America ?

 

I think they have almagamated the World Player of the Year Award into the Ballon d'Or now, which is why Neymar is in there

[Gerry]

No Slurgie on the managers list either.

 

Ya what?

[Cheesecake]

should just rename it the Lionel Messi award and be done with it

[ManxRed]

No Slurgie on the managers list either.

 

Coaches:

 

Vicente Del Bosque

Demento

Rudi Garcia

Pep Guardiola

Jürgen Klopp

Joachim Löw

José Mourinho

Óscar Tabárez

André Villas-Boas

Arsène Wenger

[épieur]

How can Neymar be the European Footballer of the year?

 

 

Have they really nominated a player currently plying his trade in South America ?

 

Last year, they merged the Ballon d'Or and FIFA world player of the year into one award.

 

Votes are counted from both camps, journalists and coaches, and the FIFA Ballon d'Or is now a worldwide award.

[carrafan]

Last year, they merged the Ballon d'Or and FIFA world player of the year into one award.

 

Votes are counted from both camps, journalists and coaches, and the FIFA Ballon d'Or is now a worldwide award.

 

Cheers.

[Hassony]

No Scott Parker there either!

[Nebraska Red]

 

 

 

kin ell, I saw that and thought he was some Spanish or Portuguese manager I hadn't heard of. :banghead:

[Beardsley]

kin ell, I saw that and thought he was some Spanish or Portuguese manager I hadn't heard of. :banghead:

 

 

:lol:

[PhilM]

No Scott Parker there either!

 

But ee's bin triffic.

[Damian_de]

 

Some really s*** nominees there. Messi should walk it, again. As should Pep.

Tabarez deserves a look, he has done brilliantly there

[MarkD]

In Bulldog's voice (from Frasier) "this stinks! This is total BS...." - Where is the £60/70/80 milliion footballer - Gareth Bale?

[Nebraska Red]

In Bulldog's voice (from Frasier) "this stinks! This is total BS...." - Where is the £60/70/80 milliion footballer - Gareth Bale?

 

 

he has his own sections,

 

"biggest ears on a footballer"

and

" most likely to be mistaken for an elf."

[Beardsley]

he has his own sections,

 

"biggest ears on a footballer"

and

" most likely to be mistaken for an elf."

 

 

and of course the given...

most likely to play Bilbo in the upcoming movie "The Hobbit".