Ballon d'Or 2011

[Myrmecophile]

i can't belive that valdes (mr consistency) , busquets (underrated genius) and alexis (serie a mvp) aren't there.

Asexis is in there, EMD got it wrong yesterday.

 

[Daemul]

Busquets and Valdes should be there

 

[Myrmecophile]

Khedira's included on the shortlist v

 

[H725]

Khedira is there too while G.Rossi is absent joke of award again

 

[Red Devil 2]

How can anyone see past Messi really, having said that I'd love to see Xavi win it.

 

[Myrmecophile]

Di Natale's made the shortlist

I reckon it'll be:

1. Messi
2. Ronaldo
3. Xavi

Don't agree with it but that's how it'll turn out imo.

I'd love Xavi or Iniesta to win it but they won't.

 

[Bergkamp10]

How the hell is Fabregas on there? He was injured for most of last season ffs

RvP should be there but I bet he isn't. Messi will win.

 

[Red Devil 2]

Would that fact Iniesta scored the winning goal in a World cup final not come into the thinking of this award, other then that he hasn't been bad over the course of the last twelve months has he.

 

[XaviMessiGirl]

i'm all for Xavi getting due recognition, so perhaps there should be a new 'contribution to football' award like you all say.

Agree. People like Xavi, Zanetti, Nesta, etc who have had long careers and have been consistently fantastic players (but never the best in the world at any given moment) should be eligible for a separate award.

 

[Myrmecophile]

Would that fact Iniesta scored the winning goal in a World cup final not come into the thinking of this award, other then that he hasn't been bad over the course of the last twelve months has he.

Nah, that would have been relevant for last year's award. That was the chance for one of him or Xavi to win the award. Messi's got this year's tied up for sure.

 

[Myrmecophile]

Iker Casillas (Madrid/Spain)
Sami Khedira (Madrid/Germany)
Mesut Özil (Madrid/Germany)
Xabi Alonso (Madrid/Spain)
Cristiano Ronaldo (Madrid/Portugal)

Madrid's nominees.

There's a Dutch quartet too: VdV, RvP, Sneijder and Robben all on the shortlist.

 

[Myrmecophile]

Full list isn't available yet. EMD have only released 34 of the 50 for some reason.

 

[Daemul]

EMD....

 

[Bergkamp10]

Samuel Eto'o (Inter and Anzhi/Cameroon)
Robin van Persie (Arsenal/Holland)
Dani Alves (Barcelona/Spain)
Gerard Pique (Barcelona/Spain)
Carles Puyol (Barcelona/Spain)
Eric Abidal (Barcelona/Spain)
Cesc Fabregas (Arsenal and Barcelona/Spain)
Xavi (Barcelona/Spain)
Andres Iniesta (Barcelona/Spain)
David Villa (Barcelona/Spain)
Leo Messi (Barcelona/Argentina)
Alexis Sanchez (Udinese and Barcelona/Chile)
Bastian Schweinsteiger (Bayern Munich/Germany)
Philip Lahm (Bayern Munich/Germany)
Thomas Müller (Bayern Munich/Germany)
Arjen Robben (Bayern Munich/Holland)
Franck Ribery (Bayern Munich/France)
Mario Gomez (Bayern Munich/Germany)
Wesley Sneijder (Inter/Holland)
Diego Forlan (Atletico Madrid and Inter/Uruguay)
Miroslav Klose (Bayern Munich and Lazio/Germany)
Luis Suarez (Liverpool/Uruguay)
Javier Hernandez (Manchester United/Mexico)
Wayne Rooney (Manchester United/England)
David Silva (Manchester City/Spain)
Sergio Agüero (Manchester City/Argentina)
Iker Casillas (Madrid/Spain)
Sami Khedira (Madrid/Germany)
Mesut Özil (Madrid/Germany)
Xabi Alonso (Madrid/Spain)
Cristiano Ronaldo (Madrid/Portugal)
Neymar (Santos/Brazil)
Rafael van der Vaart (Tottenham/Holland)
Antonio di Natale (Udinese/Italy)

 

[Bergkamp10]

Klose's stats for last season

20 League Appearances
1 Goal

Shouldn't be on it, neither should Fabregas, Khedira or VdV.