gazza ladra Posted November 25, 2021 Share Posted November 25, 2021 13 hours ago, 54 said: Get to fuck. Seriously doubt that halftime shows have anything to do with it Television ad revenue. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted November 25, 2021 Share Posted November 25, 2021 https://www.givemesport.com/1672918-can-you-name-these-fifa-cover-stars Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sima Posted November 25, 2021 Share Posted November 25, 2021 Only got Kaka from 09 wrong. No love for 97’s Ginola. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 25, 2021 Share Posted November 25, 2021 3 hours ago, gazza ladra said: Seriously doubt that halftime shows have anything to do with it Television ad revenue. I remember German clubs were the first to want it increased to 20 minutes to maximise revenue at the kiosks at HT. This has Daniel Levy written all over it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeordieDazzler Posted November 25, 2021 Share Posted November 25, 2021 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lazarus Posted November 29, 2021 Share Posted November 29, 2021 https://fb.watch/9At83WeuyA/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted November 29, 2021 Share Posted November 29, 2021 (edited) Another Ballon D'Or for Messi Edited November 29, 2021 by joeyt Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiresias Posted November 29, 2021 Share Posted November 29, 2021 Messi wins the ballon d'or again. I get he won something for argentina etc but this is ridiculous. He is not the best player in the world. give it to one of the other well deserving shortlist. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted November 29, 2021 Share Posted November 29, 2021 Jorginho the 3rd best player in the world Not even the 3rd best player at Chelsea Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizza Posted November 29, 2021 Share Posted November 29, 2021 Lewandowski robbed Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
triggs Posted November 29, 2021 Share Posted November 29, 2021 7 minutes ago, Tiresias said: Messi wins the ballon d'or again. I get he won something for argentina etc but this is ridiculous. He is not the best player in the world. give it to one of the other well deserving shortlist. I don't get this. Think it's just fatigue. He had a great year when at Barca and won the Copa America while completely dominating it. What someone does in the new season doesn't really matter Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
triggs Posted November 29, 2021 Share Posted November 29, 2021 1 minute ago, Bizza said: Lewandowski robbed Last year he was. Joke it was cancelled Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lush Vlad Posted November 29, 2021 Share Posted November 29, 2021 Lewandowski should have won it the last two years, IMO. No idea why they thought cancelling it because of Covid was a good idea. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted November 29, 2021 Share Posted November 29, 2021 (edited) 7 minutes ago, triggs said: I don't get this. Think it's just fatigue. He had a great year when at Barca and won the Copa America while completely dominating it. What someone does in the new season doesn't really matter Messi between January and April at Barca was unbelievable. Some how got them into the title race. Edited November 29, 2021 by neesy111 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lush Vlad Posted November 29, 2021 Share Posted November 29, 2021 Lewy has been unbelievable for Bayern for how long? Plus even managed to score 3 goals for an otherwise useless Poland team at the Euros and has a great scoring record for them, also. Always been a massive Messi fan, so have watched him whenever I have had the chance. Not really shocked he has won it. But I don’t think he was at the same levels as before, nor do I think he should have won it. Lewandowski should have won it two years in a row. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikky Posted November 29, 2021 Share Posted November 29, 2021 4 minutes ago, Lush Vlad said: Lewy has been unbelievable for Bayern for how long? Plus even managed to score 3 goals for an otherwise useless Poland team at the Euros and has a great scoring record for them, also. Always been a massive Messi fan, so have watched him whenever I have had the chance. Not really shocked he has won it. But I don’t think he was at the same levels as before, nor do I think he should have won it. Lewandowski should have won it two years in a row. Lewa defo in 2020 totally agree - bloke is simply brilliant BUT Messi for me has been the best player on the planet in 2021 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lush Vlad Posted November 29, 2021 Share Posted November 29, 2021 When does the voting stop? Is it not from January until something like the start of this month? His PSG performances (some of which have been very good, BTW) not really factored in? I think he is the best player of all time and much more of a complete footballer than Ronaldo. So I’m not really sure what I’m arguing about. Just from the games I have seen of each and following them both like a fanboy for a good while each week. I think Lewy deserves it more this year and definitely last, as you’ve said. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiresias Posted November 29, 2021 Share Posted November 29, 2021 I'm not saying it's totally unreasonable for Messi to win it, it's more like he's won it enough it's become this ritualistic annointing of Messi. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
triggs Posted November 29, 2021 Share Posted November 29, 2021 Lewandowski also barely played in a big game all season. Was injured when they got knocked out in the CL quarters and did pretty well with a terrible Poland team in the summer. It just wasn't a stellar year overall Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
duo Posted November 29, 2021 Share Posted November 29, 2021 1 hour ago, joeyt said: Another Ballon D'Or for Messi He didn't deserve it this year - imo Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikky Posted November 29, 2021 Share Posted November 29, 2021 49 minutes ago, triggs said: Lewandowski also barely played in a big game all season. Was injured when they got knocked out in the CL quarters and did pretty well with a terrible Poland team in the summer. It just wasn't a stellar year overall This - Lewa was no:1 in 2020 and should have had the recognition he truly deserved - 2021 was Messi, simple as Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaqen Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 3 hours ago, triggs said: Lewandowski also barely played in a big game all season. Was injured when they got knocked out in the CL quarters and did pretty well with a terrible Poland team in the summer. It just wasn't a stellar year overall 64 goals including breaking the all time league record is pretty stellar to be fair. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 Alexia won the women's Ballon D'Or, she's the first women's football player which I have followed somewhat closely since she first burst into scene. Chuffed for her. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shearergol Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 Salah or Kante for me. In my entirely "blinkered because I only watch English and German football" eyes. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 Messi was indeed the best player in La Liga last season, by a significant margin too. Wether this and winning with Argentina is enough to merit the win, it's debatable. But imho there weren't that many strong candidates. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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