Stevo985 Posted December 6, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted December 6, 2018 Messi got 60 goals and 24 assists in 70 games in 2018. Plus a league and cup double and the European Golden Boot. Ranked 5th 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted December 6, 2018 Share Posted December 6, 2018 Was Modric even the best player for Croatia? Rakitic had a better tournament, imo. Does anyone genuinely believe Modric was the best player in the world this year? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted December 6, 2018 Share Posted December 6, 2018 25 minutes ago, Davkaus said: Was Modric even the best player for Croatia? Rakitic had a better tournament, imo. Does anyone genuinely believe Modric was the best player in the world this year? Yes I think he deserved it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted December 6, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted December 6, 2018 35 minutes ago, Davkaus said: Was Modric even the best player for Croatia? Rakitic had a better tournament, imo. Does anyone genuinely believe Modric was the best player in the world this year? No he wasn't. Messi and Ronaldo were, as usual. But like I said above they have been so good for so long that people have started to discard them for this award. And as others have said, the World Cup holds a lot of weight in this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villalad21 Posted December 6, 2018 Author Share Posted December 6, 2018 5 hours ago, Stevo985 said: Messi got 60 goals and 24 assists in 70 games in 2018. Plus a league and cup double and the European Golden Boot. Ranked 5th Yea that's ridicilous of Fifa 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted December 6, 2018 Share Posted December 6, 2018 isnt journalists? or a collection of journos and international managers? i didnt think it was a FIFA panel thing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted December 6, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted December 6, 2018 1 minute ago, villa4europe said: isnt journalists? or a collection of journos and international managers? i didnt think it was a FIFA panel thing Yeah it's a vote (I think it's selected journalists, manager and players that vote). Which is where I was coming from. People are so used to Ronaldo and Messi just being so amazing and racking up these ridiculous stats that they've started to be disregarded. People are numb to them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted December 6, 2018 Share Posted December 6, 2018 (edited) unless you are pele and then think that messi is one footed, cant head a ball and overrated Edited December 6, 2018 by villa4europe 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted December 6, 2018 Share Posted December 6, 2018 Somebody gave Benzema first vote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted December 6, 2018 Share Posted December 6, 2018 Btw Ronaldo won it one year because he got a hat trick vs Sweden and vote was that week 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom_avfc Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 (edited) 7 hours ago, Zatman said: Btw Ronaldo won it one year because he got a hat trick vs Sweden and vote was that week Well yes Ronaldo scored a hat trick that week. He also is and has been one of the two best players in the world for the past 10+ years. I think he may have done more than score a hat trick in that week to be fair. I genuinely think that not having messi or Ronaldo as ballon d’or winner makes a bit of a mockery of the whole thing. The numbers they are racking up are insane and if offered the chance to take any player in the world based on current ability it’s always going to be one of those two. Nobody is seriously turning down Ronaldo or Messi to take Modric. Edited December 7, 2018 by tom_avfc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 On 06/12/2018 at 09:17, Stevo985 said: Messi got 60 goals and 24 assists in 70 games in 2018. Plus a league and cup double and the European Golden Boot. Ranked 5th Yes but he failed in the really big games in the champions league and World Cup. I think you can make a better case for Mo Salah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 15 minutes ago, PaulC said: Yes but he failed in the really big games in the champions league and World Cup. I think you can make a better case for Mo Salah Cant think;of any case for Salah. Liverpool fans even admit was one season wonder and want him dropped for Shaqiri Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 Fickle fans then. Maybe he hasn't been quite up to it this season but he still has 7 league goals. Last season he was sensational so should have been in the reckoning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted December 8, 2018 Share Posted December 8, 2018 On 06/12/2018 at 16:30, villa4europe said: isnt journalists? or a collection of journos and international managers? i didnt think it was a FIFA panel thing It's an indication of how money has changed the game. What started off as an award so a French magazine could have some content for their December issue which enabled their staff to have Christmas off (hence the 'calendar year' nature of the award) has mutated into this. It seems to be politically important at certain clubs to have the ballon d'Or winner on their books so there is a lot of lobbying and the player benefits too now individual sponsorship deals are so high. Throw in the fact that they turn the ceremony into a massive piss up for the journalists and you get people arguing that the ballon d'Or is more desirable than actual medals for winning actual tournaments. It's madness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted December 9, 2018 Share Posted December 9, 2018 On 06/12/2018 at 17:15, Zatman said: Somebody gave Benzema first vote Benzema must have blackmailed him! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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