The Ballon d'Or thread

[Big17]

Tonight? Where's this come from?

Bit early isn't it?

[GoonerAlexandre]

Griezmann please, will be Ronaldo coz of idiots going on a final he didn't play in

[Cripps]

Sports publication France Football started the original award back in 1956 and it was commonly known as the European Footballer of the Year award. 

Four years after Fifa introduced their own World Player of the Year award in 1991, the Ballon d'Or opened the award to those outside of Europe. 

The awards ran simultaneously from 1995 until 2010 before Fifa instigated a merger and it became the top prize in world football. Still with us? 

OK. That system continued until this year when new Fifa president Gianni Infantino decided to revert to the old system. 

So the Ballon d'Or and Fifa World Player of the Year are now separate. Fifa will hand out their gongs, which also include the Women's Player of the Year
and Fifpro Team of the Year, in a different ceremony in Zurich on 9 January.

[Big17]

GOAT!!

[Sims]

How has Vardy finished 8th LOOOOOL

[Cripps]

They completely f***ked up the ending looool

So much chatting crap has come back to haunt them as they over ran the show and had to name the winner asap instead of revealing the top 5 in reverse order as they had done from 20-6

Right winner though which ultimately is the main thing.

[GoonerAlexandre]

Messi deserved to win it

[Cripps]

If it was based on scoring goals v the likes of Granada or Levante then its Messis all day long

Its based on other things though

[Gooner_ESR10]

Couldnt have happened to a nicer person.

[Cripps]

1 Cristiano Ronaldo 
2 Lionel Messi
3 Antoine Griezmann 
4 Luis Suarez 
5 Neymar

Top 5

Suarez should've got 2nd

[BS221B]

Just seen this

[Cripps]

Messi fans butthurt to make that

[Big17]

A typical BS221B post really.

[TOP]

The best won

deserved

[Sims]

why cant people just like both

its possible you know