OFFICIAL: FIFA Ballon d'or 2013 - Voting extended

BarrileteCosmico wrote:Platini: "The Ballon D'Or voting extension coincided with the play-off games for Portugal in which Christiano scored a hattrick. It's possible that FIFA chose to do this to appease Cristiano."

http://futbol.as.com/futbol/2013/12/03/internacional/1386029365_507071.html

Well what everyone already knew is now official

Platini is French, right? Was there another candidate from France? Could this be affecting these comments?

Anyway if Ribery scored a hattrick against Ukraine and Ronaldo got knocked out of the WC by Ibra then none of this would be a problem for anyone lmao

Gil wrote:

Mr Nick09 wrote:a tv show in spain has pooled all the revealed votes from captains and coached so far, and CR is currently winning at 44.4%, 2nd Messi, and Ribery is 3rd

Messi has won mate.

Not sure why this is a fact for some reason. Where are you guys getting this info from?

BarrileteCosmico wrote:Platini: "The Ballon D'Or voting extension coincided with the play-off games for Portugal in which Christiano scored a hattrick. It's possible that FIFA chose to do this to appease Cristiano."

http://futbol.as.com/futbol/2013/12/03/internacional/1386029365_507071.html

Well what everyone already knew is now official

like it matters anyway, one hattrick won't convince the captain of equatorial guinea and coach of bangladesh to change their preferences... seeing as messi ran away with this award in years when he did absolutely *bleep* all i don't see a reason why this should change, especially in favor of a player whose sole achievement is being the top scorer in a competition in which his team got trounced in the semis

secondly, WHY DOES ANYBODY CARE??? might as well judge who's the best player on the basis of who sells the most shirts, but i'll bet if ronaldo wins it that's all we'll be hearing from the fanboys for the next decade, despite the cries of how illegitimate the award is for the previous 5 years

Gil wrote:

Mr Nick09 wrote:i dont care if Messi wins it tbh, just want to see Robery losing his shit when he doesnt

Lost all my respect for him after his personal campaign for this devalued award. Throwing Sakho under the bus.

Ronaldo did the same with Ramos and countless others in recent years... quit your melodramatic crap.

che wrote:

BarrileteCosmico wrote:Platini: "The Ballon D'Or voting extension coincided with the play-off games for Portugal in which Christiano scored a hattrick. It's possible that FIFA chose to do this to appease Cristiano."

http://futbol.as.com/futbol/2013/12/03/internacional/1386029365_507071.html

Well what everyone already knew is now official

like it matters anyway, one hattrick won't convince the captain of equatorial guinea and coach of bangladesh to change their preferences... seeing as messi ran away with this award in years when he did absolutely *bleep* all i don't see a reason why this should change, especially in favor of a player whose sole achievement is being the top scorer in a competition in which his team got trounced in the semis

secondly, WHY DOES ANYBODY CARE??? might as well judge who's the best player on the basis of who sells the most shirts, but i'll bet if ronaldo wins it that's all we'll be hearing from the fanboys for the next decade, despite the cries of how illegitimate the award is for the previous 5 years

when did Messi not deserve the award?! He deserved every one of the 4 awards he have won since 2009.

In 2010, it was debatable [different opinions, close results] yet it doesn't mean he doesn't deserve it. He was the best individually that year without a doubt!

Great Leader Sprucenuce wrote:

Gil wrote:

Mr Nick09 wrote:i dont care if Messi wins it tbh, just want to see Robery losing his shit when he doesnt

Lost all my respect for him after his personal campaign for this devalued award. Throwing Sakho under the bus.

Ronaldo did the same with Ramos and countless others in recent years... quit your melodramatic crap.

exactly

Typical Gil. Watch him not respond.

honestly, *bleep* that ribery ronaldo messi shit, they should just give it to Ibra for fun, if only for these goals in Sweden's 4:4 against us

.. oh and that other counter-factual goal he scored the other week. would be deserved.

Here's the results for votes of 13 captains and 16 coaches (already known votes, source: media):

1- CR 86 pts
2- Messi 73
3- Ribery 41
4- Ibra 17
5- Iniesta 9


Last season 516 voted for the best player in the world [172 captains, 172 coaches, 172 journalists].

jibers wrote:

Great Leader Sprucenuce wrote:

Gil wrote:Lost all my respect for him after his personal campaign for this devalued award. Throwing Sakho under the bus.

Ronaldo did the same with Ramos and countless others in recent years... quit your melodramatic crap.

exactly

Typical Gil. Watch him not respond.

didn't he also get upset that Marcelo called Messi the best in the world

Edit: Seems like Real Madrid's and C.Ronaldo's campaign for the ballon d'or has been better so far

Hapless_Hans wrote:honestly, *bleep* that ribery ronaldo messi shit, they should just give it to Ibra for fun, if only for these goals in Sweden's 4:4 against us

.. oh and that other counter-factual goal he scored the other week. would be deserved.

If you want to give it to someone for fun.... give it to Neuer

Ronaldo's face when he see's a GK win it above him ( and all the other contenders for that matter)

Messi again will be much more fun. Watching Ronaldo and Ribery collapse simultaniously.

Ronaldo will be like "this year is my year" and even attend the whole gala this time. Then Tito Vilanova will enter the room with a ballot in his hand. The camera will pan to Messi sitting in his chair in a Lady Gaga Kermit suit costume. Ronaldo will be sitting next to him and starting to sweat which will ruin his makeup. How Ribery will look like we won't know as his face will be pixelated on TV as kids will be watching the whole gala. Then Tito will open the ballot, call Messi's name, Messi will stand up, hold his usual "not without my teammates ... team trophies more important ... this is for Abidal and Tito yada yada yada" speech. Ronaldo will make funny faces. How Ribery will look like we still won't see. Blatter will say "Sorry Ronaldo, we tried everything we could." Messi will return to Barca's starting XI a few days later and rape Atletico with a hattrick. Everything will be back to normal.

I can tell you one thing, based on the reaction here so far, there's going to be much bitterness regardless of who wins it

Khaled wrote:Here's the results for votes of 13 captains and 16 coaches (already known votes, source: media):

1- CR 86 pts
2- Messi 73
3- Ribery 41
4- Ibra 17
5- Iniesta 9


Last season 516 voted for the best player in the world [172 captains, 172 coaches, 172 journalists].

Zealous and giggity wet.

El Chelsea Fuerte wrote:I can tell you one thing, based on the reaction here so far, there's going to be much bitterness regardless of who wins it

The reaction will be best if Ronaldo wins it. Everyone saying 'LOL IMAGINE THE FACES WHEN MESSI WINS' I really want too see their faces if Ronaldo wins. Getting tired of the Ronaldo haters now.

Khaled wrote:Here's the results for votes of 13 captains and 16 coaches (already known votes, source: media):

1- CR 86 pts
2- Messi 73
3- Ribery 41
4- Ibra 17
5- Iniesta 9


Last season 516 voted for the best player in the world [172 captains, 172 coaches, 172 journalists].

ribery hahahaha

You just cant fight that Ronaldo/messi hype train frank, don't bother stressing about it.

Seriously a farce though, I mean messi can say when the big time came calling he was unfit and the fangirls can cry about how he deserves special allowance, but Ronaldo? wtf did he do against Dortmund? I cant remember anything good he did ffs, what important goals did he score in la liga? barca steamrolled Madrid domestically ffs

Ronaldo winning it in what was basically a zero year for Madrid

Even the Brazilian Ronaldo when he won it,had won UEFA Cup with Inter.

DuringTheWar wrote:

Khaled wrote:Here's the results for votes of 13 captains and 16 coaches (already known votes, source: media):

1- CR 86 pts
2- Messi 73
3- Ribery 41
4- Ibra 17
5- Iniesta 9


Last season 516 voted for the best player in the world [172 captains, 172 coaches, 172 journalists].

ribery hahahaha

You just cant fight that Ronaldo/messi hype train frank, don't bother stressing about it.

Seriously a farce though, I mean messi can say when the big time came calling he was unfit and the fangirls can cry about how he deserves special allowance, but Ronaldo? wtf did he do against Dortmund? I cant remember anything good he did ffs, what important goals did he score in la liga? barca steamrolled Madrid domestically ffs

And thus season he flopped again vs the top 2. But scoring 3against Sweden...whereas Messi led Argentina to 1st place. Tbh Neuer should win it

DuringTheWar wrote:

Khaled wrote:Here's the results for votes of 13 captains and 16 coaches (already known votes, source: media):

1- CR 86 pts
2- Messi 73
3- Ribery 41
4- Ibra 17
5- Iniesta 9


Last season 516 voted for the best player in the world [172 captains, 172 coaches, 172 journalists].

ribery hahahaha

You just cant fight that Ronaldo/messi hype train frank, don't bother stressing about it.

Seriously a farce though, I mean messi can say when the big time came calling he was unfit and the fangirls can cry about how he deserves special allowance, but Ronaldo? wtf did he do against Dortmund? I cant remember anything good he did ffs, what important goals did he score in la liga? barca steamrolled Madrid domestically ffs

He carried us all season ffs. He was better than Messi in direct matches too.

what you barca fans don't realize is that it actually damages Messis reputation and appreciation, which deserves to be nothing short of universal and unequivocal, if perception spreads that he gets this award regardless of what actually went on in that year..

but since it seems to be you vs the world anyway (judging comments in this thread) you probably don't care

Us Barca fans? Almost all of us, except for Harmonica who is more of a Messi fan than Barca fan, have said that we don't think that Messi deserves to win this year.

All we have said is that before these last 2 months, Messi had played better than C.Ronaldo this year even though Messi had score a couple of goals less than C.Ronaldo. And that was also the general opinion, proven by the fact that only 3 journalist voted for C.Ronaldo as the best player in europe, while I belive that around 16 journalist voted for Messi and 30+ something voted for Ribery..

harhar11 wrote:Us Barca fans? Almost all of us, except for Harmonica who is more of a Messi fan than Barca fan, have said that we don't think that Messi deserves to win this year.

All we have said is that before these last 2 months, Messi had played better than C.Ronaldo this year even though Messi had score a couple of goals less than C.Ronaldo. And that was also the general opinion, proven by the fact that only 3 journalist voted for C.Ronaldo as the best player in europe, while I belive that around 16 journalist voted for Messi and 30+ something voted for Ribery..

Sorry, wasn't meaning to brush everyone with one stroke or fight straw men, I just got that impression based on the smirking going on here about the supposed leaked result that Messi won it.

lol.. yes I can see it in my head: Messi accepting the award, and suddenly from somewhere, in the vicinity of where Ribery was thought to be seated, Frankenstein's monster rises, stumbles onto the stage and chokes him to death...

halamadrid2 wrote:

futbol wrote:Messi again will be much more fun. Watching Ronaldo and Ribery collapse simultaniously.

Ronaldo will be like "this year is my year" and even attend the whole gala this time. Then Tito Vilanova will enter the room with a ballot in his hand. The camera will pan to Messi sitting in his chair in a Lady Gaga Kermit suit costume. Ronaldo will be sitting next to him and starting to sweat which will ruin his makeup. How Ribery will look like we won't know as his face will be pixelated on TV as kids will be watching the whole gala. Then Tito will open the ballot, call Messi's name, Messi will stand up, hold his usual "not without my teammates ... team trophies more important ... this is for Abidal and Tito yada yada yada" speech. Ronaldo will make funny faces. How Ribery will look like we still won't see. Blatter will say "Sorry Ronaldo, we tried everything we could." Messi will return to Barca's starting XI a few days later and rape Atletico with a hattrick. Everything will be back to normal.

made my day

Ribery's face will be pixelated

That made my day

Ribery to pull a 'kanye' if Ronaldo/Messi wins it

S wrote:Ronaldo winning it in what was basically a zero year for Madrid

Even the Brazilian Ronaldo when he won it,had won UEFA Cup with Inter.

If i'm wet then you're acting like you got your dick ripped off

and I don't understand. Why do you guys make things up to make your argument better? CR didn't flop against athletico or barca this season.