Paid Members PunkStep Posted December 4, 2018 Paid Members Posted December 4, 2018 God knows how he ended up finishing 2nd though. Still, at least neither him or Messi won it, I think it will be quite open over the next few years. Unless Mbappe cleans up from now on. Quote
Keith Houchen Posted December 4, 2018 Posted December 4, 2018 That just stank of "Let's give someone else a go" didn't it? Even the Modric family couldn't have thought he had a better year than Messi. And good to see sexism being addressed with the winner of the womans award being treated the same as the male winner. Quote
Paid Members Carbomb Posted December 4, 2018 Paid Members Posted December 4, 2018 5 minutes ago, Keith Houchen said: That just stank of "Let's give someone else a go" didn't it? Even the Modric family couldn't have thought he had a better year than Messi. And good to see sexism being addressed with the winner of the womans award being treated the same as the male winner. Croatia's World Cup performance was probably their reasoning; it's as good an excuse as any, if FIFA feel things are getting a bit stale and they want to change things up a bit. Quote
Keith Houchen Posted December 4, 2018 Posted December 4, 2018 1 minute ago, Carbomb said: Croatia's World Cup performance was probably their reasoning; it's as good an excuse as any, if FIFA feel things are getting a bit stale and they want to change things up a bit. FIFA don't decide the winner, journalists do. Quote
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted December 4, 2018 Author Paid Members Posted December 4, 2018 Like all awards, the Ballon d'Or is shite. Hegerberg shouldn't have won the women's award either, Amandine Henry or Megan Rapinoe should have taken it. Mind you, she probably wishes she hadn't won it now. Quote
Paid Members Carbomb Posted December 4, 2018 Paid Members Posted December 4, 2018 24 minutes ago, Keith Houchen said: FIFA don't decide the winner, journalists do. I'm just trying to rack up points for them to award me the "Talking Bollocks" award here. That's my story and I'm sticking to it. Quote
Paid Members PunkStep Posted December 4, 2018 Paid Members Posted December 4, 2018 I think Modric is a justified winner this year, he was my pick. Not only did he lead Croatia to the World Cup final, but he did win the Champions League and was arguably Real's best player (waiting for @Keith Houchento chip in with Ramos!) in the tournament. He was very good in the final I thought as well, whereas topless Ronnie had a quiet night. Those highlight reel moments go a long way to deciding who wins these things, no matter who is voting. Just look at Cannovaro winning it in 2006. Fucking Cannovaro! Quote
Keith Houchen Posted December 4, 2018 Posted December 4, 2018 4 minutes ago, Carbomb said: I'm just trying to rack up points for them to award me the "Talking Bollocks" award here. That's my story and I'm sticking to it. Well, you got my vote, just like Sexy Ramos had my vote. Quote
Paid Members tiger_rick Posted December 4, 2018 Paid Members Posted December 4, 2018 19 minutes ago, Devon Malcolm said: Hegerberg shouldn't have won the women's award either Agreed. She can't even twerk. Quote
Paid Members CleetusVanDamme Posted December 4, 2018 Paid Members Posted December 4, 2018 Big Bird's Ballon d'Or placement is hilarious, he's the third best keeper in Madrid, and based purely on keeping the ball out of the net, FREE WILLY was outperforming him during the early parts of this year and should have been Chelsea's #1 based on merit. The Real effect! Quote
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted December 19, 2018 Author Paid Members Posted December 19, 2018 Quote
Keith Houchen Posted December 19, 2018 Posted December 19, 2018 Goal celebrations peaked with "The Bolo" and he didn't even score the goal! Quote
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted December 19, 2018 Author Paid Members Posted December 19, 2018 Lee Sharpe's best one was definitely The Three Amigos but he didn't debut that until the Premier League started. And the one he did at Elland Road earlier that year that nearly sparked a riot. Quote
Paid Members PunkStep Posted December 19, 2018 Paid Members Posted December 19, 2018 When I was in the school team, I always wanted to emulate his celebration where he pretended to use the corner flag as a microphone when I scored my first goal for the team. Needless to say, the corner flag never got touched. Quote
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted December 19, 2018 Author Paid Members Posted December 19, 2018 His Elvis routine! We couldn't afford corner flags. Quote
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