Village Idiot Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 They announced the finalists today, the ceremony will be held January 9th. Messi, Cronaldo and Xavi the three finalists of the award. I reckon that will be the order they'll finish. Guardiola, Mourinho and Ferguson the three candidates for best manager. Reckon that Pep will take it this year. Messi, Neymar and Rooney for best goal (you can check them here: http://www.fifa.com/ballondor/puskasaward/index.html?intcmp=promo_ballondor_puskasaward_en). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest gggg Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 2012? It's only been 10 years since it was thoroughly discredited. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ObiChrisKenobi Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 Tempted to say Neymar's goal should win. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 2012? It's only been 10 years since it was thoroughly discredited. Aye, 2011. My brain malfunctioned since it's given in January. And yes, like all awards it's flawed and has to be taken with a grain of salt, particularly with the weird voting system since they fused both awards. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ketsbaia Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 Feel sorry for CRonaldo - in most eras he'd be the best there is and yet he keeps losing out to Messi. Such a complete player though. Messi still deserves to win it... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 Tempted to say Neymar's goal should win. Yeah, it's my favorite of the lot. Can think of several better goals than those three though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flip Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 Messi, Pep and Neymar. Easy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
54 Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 Messi, Pep, Rooney. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dokko Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 Scott Parker. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flip Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 Messi, Pep, Rooney. Neymars goal is 10x harder o do. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OzzieMandias Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 Neymar, Rooney, Messi. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 Xavi, Tabarez, Martínez [/contrary] Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 Personally thought Iniesta was comfortably better than Xavi in 2011. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 It'll be a travesty if Xavi doesnt win one though so he gets the 'sympathy vote' for want of a better term. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaylorJ_01 Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 Why is Messi's goal in the top 3? Is it because he is Messi? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaylorJ_01 Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 Rooneys 's goal, jesus fuck! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BooBoo Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 The nominations and winners are so tiresomely predictable, it pushes it into NWOAT territory. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr.Spaceman Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 2012? It's only been 10 years since it was thoroughly discredited. What happened like? Also I don't hang out the back of Messi and I'm not one of these "I love watching Barca, their style of football is the best yadda yadda yadda", therefore these things do not interest me in the slightest. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobody Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 Really hard to pick between Rooneys and Neymars goal. They are both fantastic in their own way, Messis is good, but no where near the other two. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 Personally thought Iniesta was comfortably better than Xavi in 2011. Iniesta had a storming 2011 indeed, personally I think he's been on the form of his life. The goal award is given through an internet vote, so that's why the nominees will always favor big name players. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest gggg Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 2012? It's only been 10 years since it was thoroughly discredited. What happened like? http://extratenpercent.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/0007eb9a-7d7e-1c20-be0180bfb6fa01d8.jpg?w=640 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 It'll be a travesty if Xavi doesnt win one though so he gets the 'sympathy vote' for want of a better term. Yh good point, i thought he should of won it last year tbh......... Mind you there are plenty of players over the years that have not won it of similar class, Henry, Maldini and Del Piero to just name a few. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted October 29, 2012 Share Posted October 29, 2012 The following 23 men (in alphabetical order) are in contention for the FIFA Ballon d’Or 2012: Sergio Agüero (Argentina), Xabi Alonso (Spain),Mario Balotelli (Italy), Karim Benzema (France), Gianluigi Buffon (Italy), Sergio Busquets (Spain), Iker Casillas (Spain), Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal), Didier Drogba (Côte d’Ivoire), Radamel Falcao (Colombia), Zlatan Ibrahimović (Sweden), Andrés Iniesta (Spain), Lionel Messi (Argentina), Manuel Neuer (Germany), Neymar (Brazil), Mesut Özil (Germany), Gerard Piqué (Spain), Andrea Pirlo (Italy), Sergio Ramos (Spain), Wayne Rooney (England), Yaya Touré (Côte d’Ivoire), Robin van Persie (Netherlands), Xavi (Spain). The following ten coaches (in alphabetical order, first nationality and then team) are in contention for the FIFA World Coach of the Year for Men’s Football 2012: Vicente del Bosque (Spain/Spain national team), Roberto Di Matteo (Italy/Chelsea FC), Alex Ferguson (Scotland/Manchester United FC), Pep Guardiola (Spain/FC Barcelona former coach), Jupp Heynckes (Germany/FC Bayern München), Jürgen Klopp (Germany/Borussia Dortmund), Joachim Löw (Germany/Germany national team), Roberto Mancini (Italy/Manchester City FC), José Mourinho (Portugal/Real Madrid CF), Cesare Prandelli (Italy/Italy national team). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
maybe_next_year Posted October 29, 2012 Share Posted October 29, 2012 seems odd to me that Ferguson and Mancini are in there tbh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted October 29, 2012 Share Posted October 29, 2012 Ridiculous that Diego Simeone isn't the running for the managerial award, won 2 European trophies, unbeaten this season despite spending little money, turned fortunes around last season. Guessing Conte has been sacked off due to the match fixing stuff. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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