Angus_Young Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 About to start on Eurosport if anyone is interested. Shortlist is now down to Ronaldo, Neymar or Messi. Original 23 was: Sergio Aguero (Argentina/Manchester City) Gareth Bale (Wales/Real Madrid) Karim Benzema (France/Real Madrid) Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal/Real Madrid) Kevin De Bruyne (Belgium/VfL Wolfsburg/Manchester City) Eden Hazard (Belgium/Chelsea) Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Sweden/Paris Saint-Germain) Andres Iniesta (Spain/FC Barcelona) Toni Kroos (Germany/Real Madrid) Robert Lewandowski (Poland/FC Bayern Munich) Javier Mascherano (Argentina/FC Barcelona) Lionel Messi (Argentina/FC Barcelona) Thomas Muller (Germany/FC Bayern Munich) Manuel Neuer (Germany/FC Bayern Munich) Neymar (Brazil/FC Barcelona) Paul Pogba (France/Juventus) Ivan Rakitic (Croatia/FC Barcelona) Arjen Robben (Netherlands/FC Bayern Munich) James Rodriguez (Colombia/Real Madrid) Alexis Sanchez (Chile/Arsenal) Luis Suarez (Uruguay/FC Barcelona) Yaya Toure (Cote d'Ivoire/Manchester City) Arturo Vidal (Chile/Juventus/FC Bayern M) World Coach of the Year nominees: Massimiliano Allegri (Italy/Juventus) Carlo Ancelotti (Italy/Real Madrid) Laurent Blanc (France/Paris Saint-Germain) Unai Emery (Spain/Sevilla FC) Pep Guardiola (Spain/FC Bayern Munich) Luis Enrique Martinez (Spain/FC Barcelona) Jose Mourinho (Portugal/Chelsea) Jorge Sampaoli (Argentina/Chilean national team) Diego Simeone (Argentina/Atletico Madrid) Arsene Wenger (France/Arsenal) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angus_Young Posted January 11, 2016 Author Share Posted January 11, 2016 The 2 Cellos just opened the evening with 'Thunderstruck' I suspect that will be the highlight Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirk Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 Gotta be Messo,although Neymar has had a great season too. Ronaldo is a baw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angus_Young Posted January 11, 2016 Author Share Posted January 11, 2016 Gotta be Messo,although Neymar has had a great season too. Ronaldo is a baw I lasted about 15 minutes before turning off. Agree though it would be Messi for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TartanJon Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 Feckin el Arsene Wenger coach of the year for winning a cup all the big teams play their kids in. againstmodernfootball Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TartanJon Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 Eden Hazard world player of the year list ???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angus_Young Posted January 11, 2016 Author Share Posted January 11, 2016 Eden Hazard world player of the year list ???? I did a double take at a few of them. In fairness it's for the period Nov 2014 to Nov 2015. Hazard was exceptional for the first half of that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dandydunn Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 About to start on Eurosport if anyone is interested. Shortlist is now down to Ronaldo, Neymar or Messi. Original 23 was: Sergio Aguero (Argentina/Manchester City) Gareth Bale (Wales/Real Madrid) Karim Benzema (France/Real Madrid) Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal/Real Madrid) Kevin De Bruyne (Belgium/VfL Wolfsburg/Manchester City) Eden Hazard (Belgium/Chelsea) Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Sweden/Paris Saint-Germain) Andres Iniesta (Spain/FC Barcelona) Toni Kroos (Germany/Real Madrid) Robert Lewandowski (Poland/FC Bayern Munich) Javier Mascherano (Argentina/FC Barcelona) Lionel Messi (Argentina/FC Barcelona) Thomas Muller (Germany/FC Bayern Munich) Manuel Neuer (Germany/FC Bayern Munich) Neymar (Brazil/FC Barcelona) Paul Pogba (France/Juventus) Ivan Rakitic (Croatia/FC Barcelona) Arjen Robben (Netherlands/FC Bayern Munich) James Rodriguez (Colombia/Real Madrid) Alexis Sanchez (Chile/Arsenal) Luis Suarez (Uruguay/FC Barcelona) Yaya Toure (Cote d'Ivoire/Manchester City) Arturo Vidal (Chile/Juventus/FC Bayern M) World Coach of the Year nominees: Massimiliano Allegri (Italy/Juventus) Carlo Ancelotti (Italy/Real Madrid) Laurent Blanc (France/Paris Saint-Germain) Unai Emery (Spain/Sevilla FC) Pep Guardiola (Spain/FC Bayern Munich) Luis Enrique Martinez (Spain/FC Barcelona) Jose Mourinho (Portugal/Chelsea) Jorge Sampaoli (Argentina/Chilean national team) Diego Simeone (Argentina/Atletico Madrid) Arsene Wenger (France/Arsenal) Toure on that list to save him greeting again? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TartanJon Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 I did a double take at a few of them. In fairness it's for the period Nov 2014 to Nov 2015. Hazard was exceptional for the first half of that. He hasn't kicked a ball since Feb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TartanJon Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 Managers with all the money in the world at their disposal to buy the best players in the world are up for coach of the year(except the Chile boy) Must be hard coming up with that list Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ormond Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 Nae Ryan Jack? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angus_Young Posted January 11, 2016 Author Share Posted January 11, 2016 Managers with all the money in the world at their disposal to buy the best players in the world are up for coach of the year(except the Chile boy) Must be hard coming up with that list It's voted for I believe m8. Well certainly the final.result is, not sure about the shortlist. Every manager and captain from teams within Fifa, as well as a journalist from each country pick their top 3 players and manager. It's a points system from there. They usually release who voted for who, which is unusually transparent for those swines. Messi and Ronaldo never vote for each other interestingly. Brown voted Lewandowski, Ronaldo, Muller Strachan voted Ronaldo, Muller, Messi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ormond Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 It's voted for I believe m8. Well certainly the final.result is, not sure about the shortlist. Every manager and captain from teams within Fifa, as well as a journalist from each country pick their top 3 players and manager. It's a points system from there. They usually release who voted for who, which is unusually transparent for those swines. Messi and Ronaldo never vote for each other interestingly. Brown voted Lewandowski, Ronaldo, Muller Strachan voted Ronaldo, Muller, Messi Noting that both are maybe trying to justify Scotland's failings in our Euro qualifications with their picks of a German and a Pole. How Scott Brown can think that Messi isn't in the top three players on the planet is laughable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angus_Young Posted January 11, 2016 Author Share Posted January 11, 2016 Noting that both are maybe trying to justify Scotland's failings in our Euro qualifications with their picks of a German and a Pole. How Scott Brown can think that Messi isn't in the top three players on the planet is laughable. Agreed. No surprise that he didn't pick Neymar, and I personally would have had Lewandowski too. Muller is a top top player, but ahead of Messi? Na not quite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ormond Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 (edited) Agreed. No surprise that he didn't pick Neymar, and I personally would have had Lewandowski too. Muller is a top top player, but ahead of Messi? Na not quite. Brown is trying to justify his shite perfomances by saying he was up against two of the best three on the planet. That's all. Edited January 11, 2016 by Ormond Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jock strap Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 Coach of the year and no Jimmy Calderwood Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirk Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 I lasted about 15 minutes before turning off. Agree though it would be Messi for me. Didn't watch it by knew what the outcome would be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ibelieve!!! Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 Messi voted for 3 of his teammates. Ronaldo voted for 3 of his teammates. http://resources.fifa.com/mm/document/ballon-dor/playeroftheyear-men/02/75/49/91/fboaward_menplayer2015_neutral.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParisInAKilt Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 Messi is a worthy winner but when players are voting for their team mates it makes a mockery of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
broono83 Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 Messi is a worthy winner but when players are voting for their team mates it makes a mockery of it. To be fair to Messi, his team won 4 out of 5 competitions they entered including the champions league and world championship (for whats its worth). So he could reasonably suggest that his best teammates are the best players in the world. If he was at say Man Utd and voting for his own team mates I'd see you point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParisInAKilt Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 To be fair to Messi, his team won 4 out of 5 competitions they entered including the champions league and world championship (for whats its worth). So he could reasonably suggest that his best teammates are the best players in the world. If he was at say Man Utd and voting for his own team mates I'd see you point. I was thinking more of Ronaldo thinking Bale and Benzema had a better 2015 than Messi. Again Coleman and Ashley Williams thinking Bale is the best in the world, sure they are welsh and work with Bale a lot but surely hand on heart they can't really believe Bale was better than Messi in 2015. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fairbairn Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 I was thinking more of Ronaldo thinking Bale and Benzema had a better 2015 than Messi. Again Coleman and Ashley Williams thinking Bale is the best in the world, sure they are welsh and work with Bale a lot but surely hand on heart they can't really believe Bale was better than Messi in 2015. Given that Bale single handedly took Wales to the Euros I think Coleman and Williams can be forgiven for voting with Red tinted specs!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parklife Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 Neymar deserved the award IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan cake Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 Well done Leo, mes que en club Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Debian Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 The whole thing is a complete sham. There should be a no team mate or countryman vote. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.thumb.jpg.5eeaf0fbe501ba3c868c32fd77caef1f.jpg)
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.