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Lifestyle => Sports & Entertainment => Topic started by: K.Dub on November 01, 2011, 02:09:15 AM

Title: Ballon d'Or 2011 Shortlist Revealed
Post by: K.Dub on November 01, 2011, 02:09:15 AM

Ehh, no Robin van Persie?! :eh: :grumpy:

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Shortlists for the FIFA Ballon d’Or gala 2011

The following 23 men (in alphabetical order) are in contention for the FIFA Ballon d’Or 2011:

Éric Abidal (France), Sergio Agüero (Argentina), Karim Benzema (France), Iker Casillas (Spain), Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal), Dani Alves (Brazil), Samuel Eto’o (Cameroon), Cesc Fàbregas (Spain), Diego Forlán (Uruguay), Andrés Iniesta (Spain), Lionel Messi (Argentina), Thomas Müller (Germany), Nani (Portugal), Neymar (Brazil), Mesut Özil (Germany), Gerard Piqué (Spain), Wayne Rooney (England), Bastian Schweinsteiger (Germany), Wesley Sneijder (Netherlands), Luis Suárez (Uruguay), David Villa (Spain), Xabi Alonso (Spain), Xavi (Spain).

http://www.fifa.com/ballondor/media/newsid=1535258/index.html

Title: Re: Ballon d'Or 2011 Shortlist Revealed
Post by: bouli77 on November 01, 2011, 04:28:54 AM

ever since France Football Ballon d'Or merged with the FIFA World Player of the Year award, the new Ballon d'Or voting system has sucked IMO. no more relevance and much less prestige in my opinion.

Messi is probably gonna get it again, and he deserves it. Dude is on top like never before and we still don't know if that's his prime.

Title: Re: Ballon d'Or 2011 Shortlist Revealed
Post by: Furor Teutonicus on November 01, 2011, 07:35:34 AM

lol @ players like Neymar and Nani. This is a joke.

Title: Re: Ballon d'Or 2011 Shortlist Revealed
Post by: 13th Duke on November 02, 2011, 01:00:57 PM

To be fair, Man Utd won the Premiership last season and got to the CL final, and Nani was probably their most consistent and arguably best player last season so he deserves to be on there.

No RVP is ludicrous tbf. He's scored bucketloads, regardless of how well Arsenal have done.

I'm just glad they never put the most overrated player in England, Gareth Bale, on that list.

Title: Re: Ballon d'Or 2011 Shortlist Revealed
Post by: K.Dub on November 03, 2011, 03:38:44 AM

Aye, Nani did well in my eyes . He's in the top 3 of Man U players, if that made any sense.

Title: Re: Ballon d'Or 2011 Shortlist Revealed
Post by: wcsoldier on November 03, 2011, 06:53:10 AM

RVP should be part of that list , no doubt about it ... Neymar shouldn't ... Alves and Abidal aren't no brainers aswell ... I think Gomez deserved to make it.

Anyways Messi is the clear winner this year unlike 2010 ( Xavi should have won the award)

Title: Re: Ballon d'Or 2011 Shortlist Revealed
Post by: K.Dub on November 03, 2011, 11:48:00 AM

Of course RvP doesn't stand a chance agains Messi in this, nobody does, but it'd be nice with some recognition.

Title: Re: Ballon d'Or 2011 Shortlist Revealed
Post by: Lunatic on November 03, 2011, 12:07:01 PM

Quote from: 13th Duke on November 02, 2011, 01:00:57 PM

To be fair, Man Utd won the Premiership last season and got to the CL final, and Nani was probably their most consistent and arguably best player last season so he deserves to be on there.

This

Title: Re: Ballon d'Or 2011 Shortlist Revealed
Post by: Furor Teutonicus on November 03, 2011, 12:10:47 PM

Quote from: Lunatic on November 03, 2011, 12:07:01 PM

Quote from: 13th Duke on November 02, 2011, 01:00:57 PM

To be fair, Man Utd won the Premiership last season and got to the CL final, and Nani was probably their most consistent and arguably best player last season so he deserves to be on there.

This

pah. No wonder United sucks these days.