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 Nicholas91  The Democratic Republic of Kent 03 Dec 19 3.28pm |
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Yes that is an intentional reference to Homer Simpson. Got a good feeling this could divide opinion... Wasn't overly certain VvD deserved it this year and am in a way glad a Liverpool player hasn't won it, but am I the only one who gets the feeling that FIFA are loathed to award the Ballon d'Or to anyobody playing in the Premier League? Might just be me being paranoid and petty but always feel like the worldwide football community is very anti-english. Almost like they gave it to Modric the previous year just to have a break from Messi/Ronaldo and again that would always go to a La Liga player in any circumstance.
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EverybodyDannsNow  SE19 03 Dec 19 3.49pm |
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Originally posted by Nicholas91
Yes that is an intentional reference to Homer Simpson. Got a good feeling this could divide opinion... Wasn't overly certain VvD deserved it this year and am in a way glad a Liverpool player hasn't won it, but am I the only one who gets the feeling that FIFA are loathed to award the Ballon d'Or to anyobody playing in the Premier League? Might just be me being paranoid and petty but always feel like the worldwide football community is very anti-english. Almost like they gave it to Modric the previous year just to have a break from Messi/Ronaldo and again that would always go to a La Liga player in any circumstance. Messi is the best player in the world every year and should win it every year Last year was a World Cup year which is why Modric won it - World Cup finalist and Champions League winner in the same year is some achievement: Varane did win both, but not as influential in either team. Don’t see any conspiracy; how many times do you think a Prem player should’ve won in the last 10 years? I can’t think of many times we could claim to have the best of late.
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| sickboy Deal or Croydon 03 Dec 19 5.19pm |
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Originally posted by EverybodyDannsNow
Messi is the best player in the world every year and should win it every year Last year was a World Cup year which is why Modric won it - World Cup finalist and Champions League winner in the same year is some achievement: Varane did win both, but not as influential in either team. Don’t see any conspiracy; how many times do you think a Prem player should’ve won in the last 10 years? I can’t think of many times we could claim to have the best of late. Totally agree. By my reckoning you could make a case for Messi having won it every year he has been playing. The blokes a freak.
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| Shifty97 Croydon 04 Dec 19 10.51pm |
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Originally posted by EverybodyDannsNow
Messi is the best player in the world every year and should win it every year Last year was a World Cup year which is why Modric won it - World Cup finalist and Champions League winner in the same year is some achievement: Varane did win both, but not as influential in either team. Don’t see any conspiracy; how many times do you think a Prem player should’ve won in the last 10 years? I can’t think of many times we could claim to have the best of late. Very true, I can’t think of a premier league player that has deserved it over the past few years. I’d say the closest was Salah in the 17/18 season, he had a good one but was still not as good as Messi or Ronaldo
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