2013 Ballon d'Or

[4ndr3i]

France Football and FIFA just released this years nominees:

Sergio Agüero (ARG/Manchester City)
Mario Balotelli (ITA/Manchester City)
Karim Benzema (FRA/Real Madrid)
Gianluigi Buffon (ITA/Juventus Turin)
Sergio Busquets (ESP/FC Barcelone)
Iker Casillas (ESP/Real Madrid)
Didier Drogba (CIV/Chelsea, puis Shanghai Shenhua)
Radamel Falcao (COL/Atletico Madrid)
Zlatan Ibrahimovic (SUE/Milan AC, puis Paris-SG)
Andrés Iniesta (ESP/FC Barcelone)
Lionel Messi (AR/ FC Barcelone)
Manuel Neuer (ALL/Bayern Munich)
Neymar (BRE/Santos)
Mesut Özil (ALL/Real Madrid)
Gerard Piqué (ESP/FC Barcelone)
Andrea Pirlo (ITA/Juventus Turin)
Sergio Ramos (ESP/Real Madrid)
Cristiano Ronaldo (POR/Real Madrid)
Wayne Rooney (ANG/Manchester United)
Yaya Touré (CIV/Manchester City)
Robin van Persie (HOL/Arsenal, puis Manchester United)
Xabi Alonso (ESP/Real Madrid)
Xavi Hernandez (ESP/FC Barcelone)

Balotelli and Pique? Are you ******* kidding me?

 

[4ndr3i]

Also no Vidal or Cavani.

 

[Filipower]

Same old, same old.

 

[Mus]

3 Italians for reaching euro finals

 

[Arnau]

No Cech no Pepe no Riquelme, what a joke

 

[Arnau]

I wish somehow Balotelli wins this just to see his reaction and speech

 

[ShiftyPowers]

Aww, come on France Football, Ribery doesn't even make the list

Kroos should have too. This is only 2012, right? Yeah, 100000 x Kroos.

Amazing how well Bayern can do and only get Neuer (who isn't even close to our best player because of inconsistency) nominated. Then you have ******* City who get 3 nominated. Or 6 Madrid players, who by the way, we knocked out of the Champions League.

EDIT: And Marco Reus should have been able to walk to a top 20 list in 2012 in his ******* sleep.

 

[Mus]

Didn't Rooney have a pretty bad season..

 

[4ndr3i]

EDIT: And Marco Reus should have been able to walk to a top 20 list in 2012 in his ******* sleep.

Holy ****, yeah Reus, how the **** did he not make it? Ribery too.

 

[chygry]

I hope Iniesta gets it, amazing player and somewhat underrated.

 

[Arnau]

Reus shouldn't be between the finalist

On coaches there is the stupid Mancini but no Conte

 

[Filipower]

Yeah I disagree with Reus, too. If Reus walks into a top 20 in his ******* sleep then Moutinho's got a shot at gold, and he's not on the list either.

 

[ShiftyPowers]

Moutinho is on the Kroos level. Not Ribery/Reus level.

 

[Filipower]

Reus isn't/wasn't on Ribéry's level either.

 

[Mus]

Reus shouldn't be between the finalist

On coaches there is the stupid Mancini but no Conte

????????????? Really?

Conte spends every minute of every week preparing for matches.


How many is the shortlist?

 

[4ndr3i]

Vicente Del Bosque (ESP/Equipe d'Espagne)
Roberto Di Matteo (ITA/Chelsea)
Alex Ferguson (ECO/Manchester United)
Pep Guardiola (ESP/ex-FC Barcelone)
Jupp Heynckes (ALL/Bayern Munich)
Jürgen Klopp (ALL/Borussia Dortmund)
Joachim Löw (ALL/Equipe d'Allemagne)
Roberto Mancini (ITA/Manchester City)
José Mourinho (POR/Real Madrid)
Cesare Prandelli (ITA/Equipe d'Italie)

I hope Klopp wins it.

 

[Filipower]

Vicente del Bosque
Roberto Di Matteo
Alex Ferguson
Pep Guardiola
Jupp Heynckes
Jürgen Klopp
Joachim Löw
Roberto Mancini
José Mourinho
Cesare Prandelli

Löw but no Bento.

 

[Mus]

Löw shouldn't be in there, he lost to a very inferior Italian side

 

[ShiftyPowers]

Low absolutely not. Heynckes... I guess a finalist is fine, but he has no chance at winning. Who are we kidding, the most deserving person for that award is di Matteo and he will win if there is any fairness in the world. 2 trophies and an amazing start to 12/13. No contest.

 

[ShiftyPowers]

Reus isn't/wasn't on Ribéry's level either.

Reus arguably had a better year in the Bundesliga than Ribery. I know that Bundesligafanatic.com named them 1 and 2 with Reus taking the top spot. Gladbach doesn't just finish 4th; Reus had to save them with a goal in the 2011 relegation playoffs. Had that happened, Reus would be at Bayern and the apocalypse would have come.