Ballon D'or Shortlist

[WhingForPresident]

Arsenal's calamitous reserve keeper David Ospina, Man City benchwarmer Wilfried Bony, Chelsea reserve player that is yet to make an appearance on loan at Bournemouth Christian Atsu and QPR's Massimo Luongo, who was at Swindon last season, all on the shortlist..


I get that they want to include players from every region or whatever, but come on..

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

Luongo was the player of the tournament at the Asian Cup

It would be nice for them to look outside the normal two and give it to someone like Hazard.

 

[Simon Morgan]

How is Rooney on there?

 

[Stat Brother]

You'd have thought the palace Ultras would have got a mention.

 

[Easy 10]

I stopped scanning down when I got to Wilfried Bony.

 

[halbpro]

You'd think Lewandowski will do well if he keeps up his form.

 

[pasty]

How is Rooney on there?

Yeah shocking isn't it. I mean, all he has done is recently become England's record international goal scorer, and at some point this season he is possibly going to become Manchester Utd's all time record goal scorer as well.

 

[8ace]

Has anyone made the Stevie G "Fallon D' Floor" joke yet

 

[Simon Morgan]

Yeah shocking isn't it. I mean, all he has done is recently become England's record international goal scorer, and at some point this season he is possibly going to become Manchester Utd's all time record goal scorer as well.

So the fact he has passed one significant milestone and might pass another, despite the fact he has been largely crap in his performances, means he deserves to be considered for the 'best player in the world' award for the past year?

 

[Greg Bobkin]

No Albion players on the list? Barber OUT!

 

[Easy 10]

45 names of players most of which have been (at best) mediocre is not a very short list at all really, is it.

 

[Solid at the back]

Yeah shocking isn't it. I mean, all he has done is recently become England's record international goal scorer, and at some point this season he is possibly going to become Manchester Utd's all time record goal scorer as well.

Because he's been so phenomenal this last year, right?

 

[The Modfather]

No Hemed, Kayal, Stephens.

FFS , Barber out

 

[JoePrecious]

I think you're missing quite a bit of that list - where are Messi and Ronaldo?

 

[Garry Nelson's Left Foot]

How is Rooney on there?

That list has no Messi or Ronaldo and includes a player from Swindon Town, yet it's Rooney's inclusion that you find the most surprising?

 

[beefypigeon]

No Real or Barca players on this list?

 

[WhingForPresident]

No Real or Barca players on this list?

I think you're missing quite a bit of that list - where are Messi and Ronaldo?

Didn't even realise that wasn't the full list. Obviously there are a load of Real and Barca players missing:


Claudio Bravo - Barcelona

Javier Mascherano - Barcelona

Andrés Iniesta - Barcelona

Lionel Messi - Barcelona

Ivan Rakitic - Barcelona

Neymar - Barcelona

Luis Suárez - Barcelona

Gareth Bale - Real Madrid

Karim Benzema - Real Madrid

Sergio Ramos - Real Madrid

Cristiano Ronaldo - Real Madrid

Luka Modric - Real Madrid

James Rodríguez - Real Madrid

Toni Kroos - Real Madrid

Giorgio Chiellini - Juventus

Paul Pogba - Juventus

Alvaro Morata - Juventus

Arturo Vidal - Juventus/Bayern

Andrea Pirlo - Juventus/New York City FC

Carlos Tevez - Juventus/Boca Juniors

Robert Lewandowski - Bayern

Arjen Robben - Bayern

David Alaba - Bayern

Thomas Müller - Bayern

Manuel Neuer - Bayern

Wilfried Bony - Manchester City

Yaya Touré - Manchester City

Sergio Agüero - Manchester City

Nicolás Otamendi - Valencia/Manchester City

Kevin de Bruyne - Wolfsburg/Manchester City

Diego Costa - Chelsea

Willian - Chelsea

Thibaut Courtois - Chelsea

Eden Hazard - Chelsea

Edinson Cavani - PSG

Zlatan Ibrahimovic - PSG

Javier Pastore - PSG

Wayne Rooney - Manchester United

David de Gea - Manchester United

Memphis Depay - PSV/Manchester United

David Ospina - Arsenal

Alexis Sánchez - Arsenal

Antoine Griezmann - Atlético Madrid

Jackson Martínez - Porto/Atlético Madrid

Carlos Bacca - Sevilla/Milan

Giovani dos Santos - Villarreal/LA Galaxy

Philippe Coutinho - Liverpool

Son Heung-min - Bayer Leverkusen/Tottenham

Christian Atsu - Everton/Bournemouth

Paolo Guerrero - Flamengo/Corinthians

Eduardo Vargas - QPR/Hoffenheim

Gary Medel - Internazionale

Harry Kane - Tottenham

Alexandre Lacazette - Lyon

Andrés Guardado - PSV

Carlos Sánchez - River Plate

André Ayew - Marseille/Swansea

Massimo Luongo - Swindon/QPR

Shinji Okazaki - Mainz/Leicester