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Ballon d'Or

SELR_addicks
SELR_addicks Posts: 15,445
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On in about 20 minutes on Eurosport.

Though there have been leaks of the World XI of the year already in the rehearsals.
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  • SELR_addicks
    SELR_addicks Posts: 15,445
    The FIFA/FIFpro World XI 2013
    Manuel Neuer, Dani Alves, Thiago Silva, Sergio Ramos, Philipp Lahm, Franck Ribery, Xavi Hernandez, Andres Iniesta, Lionel Messi, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Cristiano Ronaldo

    No Dortmund players and more Barcelona than Bayern...
  • North Lower Neil
    North Lower Neil Posts: 22,943
    Got to be Ronaldo to win.
  • SELR_addicks
    SELR_addicks Posts: 15,445
    Goal of the Year: Ibrahivomic vs England. (That overhead kick one from 30 yards).
  • nth_london_addick
    nth_london_addick Posts: 35,919
    no yann what a load of shit
  • stonewallpenalty
    stonewallpenalty Posts: 3,842
    Bla bla blatter
  • Riviera
    Riviera Posts: 8,167
    edited January 2014
    Ronaldo, and quite rightly too.
  • SELR_addicks
    SELR_addicks Posts: 15,445
    Wasn't really a debate in the end. By far the best player last year.
  • stonewallpenalty
    stonewallpenalty Posts: 3,842
    Messi will be fit again this year and normal service should be resumed.

  • Absurdistan
    Absurdistan Posts: 8,024
    Spanish bias as usual.
    Ribery should have won.
    What did Ronaldo win? Dortmund stuffed Madrid, Barca won Spanish title. Bayern won everything.
  • plentyofshots
    plentyofshots Posts: 268
    edited January 2014
    i.minus.com/ibsitluY3akrnC.gif

    Ronaldo was no match for Graham Stuart.
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  • Riviera
    Riviera Posts: 8,167
    Absurdistan said:

    Spanish bias as usual.
    Ribery should have won.
    What did Ronaldo win? Dortmund stuffed Madrid, Barca won Spanish title. Bayern won everything.

    It's not about what the player has won it's about the best player which Ronaldo quite simply is at the moment.
  • SELR_addicks
    SELR_addicks Posts: 15,445
    Absurdistan said:

    Spanish bias as usual.
    Ribery should have won.
    What did Ronaldo win? Dortmund stuffed Madrid, Barca won Spanish title. Bayern won everything.

    The World Team of the year is always biased.

    Ronaldo deserved it though, Bayern and Dortmund were more team efforts.
  • ValleyGary
    ValleyGary Posts: 37,973
    Very much deserved. Well done Ronaldo. On another level.
  • Absurdistan
    Absurdistan Posts: 8,024
    Interesting reading.

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/10568224/Ballon-dOr-2013-Lionel-Messi-Cristiano-Ronaldo-and-Franck-Riberys-2013-performance-compared.html

    Think they should rename the bdo as the bloke who scores the most goals award.
    Surely best player should include passing, tackling, assists, goals and effect on the match.
    It's a lot easier to score goals in Spain than in Germany. I doubt Ronaldo would have scored more than 30 if he played in Germany.

  • AidenTheAddick
    AidenTheAddick Posts: 1,061
    Absurdistan said:

    Interesting reading.

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/10568224/Ballon-dOr-2013-Lionel-Messi-Cristiano-Ronaldo-and-Franck-Riberys-2013-performance-compared.html

    Think they should rename the bdo as the bloke who scores the most goals award.
    Surely best player should include passing, tackling, assists, goals and effect on the match.
    It's a lot easier to score goals in Spain than in Germany. I doubt Ronaldo would have scored more than 30 if he played in Germany.

    What makes you suggest that it's easier to score goals in Spain than in Germany? Not agreeing or disagreeing with you, as I don't know enough about either, just interested in what makes you say that.
  • ValleyGary
    ValleyGary Posts: 37,973
    Once again, Ribery is surrounded by a better team than Ronaldo. Players make passes easier, assist easier etc

    Ronaldo was the best individual player in 2013. He can change or effect a game better than any other player. His individual champions league record is just as amazing as his domestic is.
  • MattD
    MattD Posts: 1,530
    Absurdistan said:

    Interesting reading.

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/10568224/Ballon-dOr-2013-Lionel-Messi-Cristiano-Ronaldo-and-Franck-Riberys-2013-performance-compared.html

    Think they should rename the bdo as the bloke who scores the most goals award.
    Surely best player should include passing, tackling, assists, goals and effect on the match.
    It's a lot easier to score goals in Spain than in Germany. I doubt Ronaldo would have scored more than 30 if he played in Germany.

    But Ronaldo is having much more impact on games than anyone else? Simple as.
    Even if it was 'easier' in Spain Ribery is lightyears away.

    Ribery
    - 13 Games
    - 6 Goals
    - 7 Assists

    Ronaldo
    - 18 Games
    -20 Goals
    - 4 Assists

  • Absurdistan
    Absurdistan Posts: 8,024
    Ronaldo plays more like a striker and is a selfish player who doesn't work back etc.
    The reason Bayern is a better team is because Ribery is a better player.
    Less glam but more effective.
    Real team costs way more than Bayern team.

    As said BDO is a joke, European footballer of the year is a better award.
  • The Red Robin
    The Red Robin Posts: 26,126
    Xavi and Iniesta are top players but there's no way they should be in the best XI over the last twelve months.
  • MattD
    MattD Posts: 1,530
    Being more of a team player as opposed to being a more talented individual does not make you more effective.

    The reason Bayern are a better team is because the have a squad that plays AS a team with good work ethic.


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  • ValleyGary
    ValleyGary Posts: 37,973
    edited January 2014
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  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 63,755
    Ronaldo deserved it this year but only because Messi was injured for a large portion of it.
  • I_Saw_Semedo_Score
    I_Saw_Semedo_Score Posts: 1,632
    Callumcafc said:

    Ronaldo deserved it this year but only because Messi was injured for a large portion of it.

    This. No-one can argue that Ronaldo doesn't deserve it this time round. However, if Messi stays fit all of this year it'll go back to being no contest like the previous four years.
  • Chris_from_Sidcup
    Chris_from_Sidcup Posts: 35,994
    What the hell is Messi wearing in that photo? He looks like Joe Pesci in My Cousin Vinny
  • sam3110
    sam3110 Posts: 21,241
    The shiniest of shiny red suits, surely a lost bet?
  • oohaahmortimer
    oohaahmortimer Posts: 34,145
    Is that a real picture .... Who are the two Smokescreen birds very close to Ronaldo
  • Ormiston_Addick
    Ormiston_Addick Posts: 8,810
    Chris_from_Sidcup said:

    What the hell is Messi wearing in that photo? He looks like Joe Pesci in My Cousin Vinny

    I knew he reminded me of someone, could not quite place it though!
  • se9addick
    se9addick Posts: 32,030
    I_Saw_Semedo_Score said:

    Callumcafc said:

    Ronaldo deserved it this year but only because Messi was injured for a large portion of it.

    This. No-one can argue that Ronaldo doesn't deserve it this time round. However, if Messi stays fit all of this year it'll go back to being no contest like the previous four years.
    "No one can argue" ? Of course they can, that's pretty much the point of sites like this.

    I'm not sure exactly what people are being asked to vote on for the BdO - if it's a straight "who was the best player this calendar year then maybe I'd just give it to Ronaldo for his performance(s) in the Sweden playoff.

  • ValleyGary
    ValleyGary Posts: 37,973
    oohaahmortimer said:

    Is that a real picture .... Who are the two Smokescreen birds very close to Ronaldo

    No it's been photoshopped. The one on the left is Messi's wife and she's been cut to look like she's sitting on Ronaldo's lap.
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    Henry Irving Posts: 85,211
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