Michel Platini wrote:Uefa president Michel Platini believes the Ballon d'Or has suffered a change for the worse since Fifa took charge of the prize.

Cristiano Ronaldo was named the 2013 winner on Monday ahead of Lionel Messi and Franck Ribery - the second time he has lifted the trophy in total, but only the first since the merger of France Football's prize and the Fifa World Player of the Year award.

Although Platini feels Ronaldo was a worthy recipient, he believes Ribery's failure to be named the winner after leading Bayern Munich to an historic treble in 2013 proves that team successes are no longer taken into account when votes for the prize are cast.

"Ronaldo is a beautiful Ballon d'Or winner, but I am very disappointed for Franck Ribery," he told L'Equipe 21.

"Seriously, next year or the next again, it will come back to Messi or Ronaldo again. For 50 years, I think the Ballon d'Or took into account results and titles and this is no longer the case.

"I think if Franck didn't win it in the year when he won all the titles, there is a problem, as was the case with the Spanish players in 2010.

"There is something that has changed in the Ballon d'Or since it went to Fifa."

Platini himself won the award on three consecutive occasions from 1983-85.pl

The_Badger wrote:He has a point.

Casciavit wrote:

The_Badger wrote:He has a point.

M99 wrote:

Casciavit wrote:

The_Badger wrote:He has a point.

The_Badger wrote:

M99 wrote:

Casciavit wrote:

The_Badger wrote:He has a point.

BarrileteCosmico wrote:The problem is that they merged the BdO with the FIFA WPotY year award. BdO rewards achievement, WPotY is a popularity contest since the captain of Namibia doesn't really know or follow football any better than the average GL user. But since each vote counts equally and there are three categories (captains, coaches and media) the award is effectively 2/3 WPotY and 1/3 BdO. So it will always reward the popular option more.

Robespierre wrote:

BarrileteCosmico wrote:The problem is that they merged the BdO with the FIFA WPotY year award. BdO rewards achievement, WPotY is a popularity contest since the captain of Namibia doesn't really know or follow football any better than the average GL user. But since each vote counts equally and there are three categories (captains, coaches and media) the award is effectively 2/3 WPotY and 1/3 BdO. So it will always reward the popular option more.

exactly,all here.
it was calculated that Sneijder and Ribery would have won with vote of journalists without include coaches ,captains ( old format) and it would have made more sense than Messi and C.Ronaldo .

vanDEEZ wrote:

Robespierre wrote:

BarrileteCosmico wrote:The problem is that they merged the BdO with the FIFA WPotY year award. BdO rewards achievement, WPotY is a popularity contest since the captain of Namibia doesn't really know or follow football any better than the average GL user. But since each vote counts equally and there are three categories (captains, coaches and media) the award is effectively 2/3 WPotY and 1/3 BdO. So it will always reward the popular option more.

exactly,all here.
it was calculated that Sneijder and Ribery would have won with vote of journalists without include coaches ,captains ( old format) and it would have made more sense than Messi and C.Ronaldo .

Exactly.  Keep them separate so Ronaldo and Messi can keep winning the popularity contest that is FIFA WPotY award, and the true Ballon d'or winners like Sneijder and Ribery can have their award.

Art Morte wrote:He has a point, but is it strong enough? Messi and Ronaldo are better players than Ribery. Ribery won the titles as part of the best team in 2013. Yet Balloon Door is an individual award.

MJGunner wrote:Teams already get their trophies for being the best team, the best player in the world doesn't necessarily have to play for the best team in the world for him to be the best.

Best.

The_Badger wrote:

MJGunner wrote:Teams already get their trophies for being the best team, the best player in the world doesn't necessarily have to play for the best team in the world for him to be the best.

Best.

George Best.