Ballon d'Or 2018 Winner: Luka Modrić

[SirBalon]

Varane?

I can make arguments for the other two, but Varane?

[Happy Blue]

Here's a novel idea, call me wacky, crazy but vote for the ballon d after the season's have finished across Europe! 

[Stan]

Varane is a wild choice to have in the final 3. 

Modric & Mbappe are understandable.

[Marc]

Modric, King Ramos and CR7 baby should be the final 3

[The Artful Dodger]

Messi been easily the best player over the year but I think his poor performances at crucial stages should lose him the award this year. 

Give it Modric or Mbappe.

[Panna King]

4 minutes ago, The Artful Dodger said:

Messi been easily the best player over the year but I think his poor performances at crucial stages should lose him the award this year. 

Give it Modric or Mbappe.

I am not sure if Mbappe will be able to pick up an award, he has been reported missing in Rotterdam last night.

[Cicero]

Modric for me. 

Mbappe being selected quite simply is ridiculous. Aside his performance against Argentina, what has he actually done? 

[Cicero]

@Cannabis

You disagree? 

[Stan]

@Cicero he's done a bit more than just 'score against Argentina'  

 

[Cicero]

3 minutes ago, Stan said:

@Cicero he's done a bit more than just 'score against Argentina'  

 

What's he done then? Score a bunch of goals against farmers? Do nothing of note in the CL? 

What has he done to deserve a top 3 finish?

[Stan]

Just now, Cicero said:

What's he done then? Score a bunch of goals against farmers? Do nothing of note in the CL? 

What has he done to deserve a top 3 finish, 

4 goals at the World Cup, quite pivotal in the French team at that tournament. Not bad for a 19 year old. 

[Cicero]

Just now, Stan said:

4 goals at the World Cup, quite pivotal in the French team at that tournament. Not bad for a 19 year old. 

So that merits a top 3 finish? Sorry, no player from Ligue 1 deserves a mention, let alone a club from Ligue 1 that are notorious bottle jobs in Europe every season.

[Stan]

6 minutes ago, Cicero said:

So that merits a top 3 finish? Sorry, no player from Ligue 1 deserves a mention, let alone a club from Ligue 1 that are notorious bottle jobs in Europe every season.

I think he should be in contention. 

Who'd you have instead, out of interest?

[Cicero]

36 minutes ago, Stan said:

I think he should be in contention. 

Who'd you have instead, out of interest?

Messi. Ronaldo. Salah. Griezmann. Busquets. Kante. Rakitic. 

[SirBalon]

If we’re not going to count Ligue1 last season (La Liga has been discounted for this edition) so we have the Champions League and the World Cup remaining. As far as I’m concerned what he done in the World Cup is nowhere near enough to win the Ballon d’Or and in the Champions League, well, enough said.

The possibility of Varane being in the top three is the biggest joke ever. He was crap last season. 

[Cicero]

3 minutes ago, Cannabis said:

I genuinely thought you were fishing @Cicero

Nah. Muller did the same thing in 2014 as Mbappe. Was he nominated? No. Why? No where near as Marketable as Mbappe. 

Award is a farce now. 

[Stan]

10 minutes ago, Cicero said:

Nah. Muller did the same thing in 2014 as Mbappe. Was he nominated? No. Why? No where near as Marketable as Mbappe. 

Award is a farce now. 

Has been for a while, especially since Sneijder was denied it in 2010.

[SirBalon]

21 minutes ago, Stan said:

Has been for a while, especially since Sneijder was denied it in 2010.

I think we can further back to when Cannavaro won it. 

[DeadLinesman]

Agreed with last few posts. Fucking ludicrous that he’s even being mentioned. It’s all about marketability. Might as well throw in that fucking dabbing arse from our midfield as well.

[The Artful Dodger]

We can pick and choose which leagues are worth more than others if we like but the fact is  that Spain, England, Italy and Germany all had equally noncompetitive seasons with the winners pissing the title, it was one of the most tedious seasons across Europe all round. With that in mind, Mbappe's domestic treble and brilliant World Cup performances deserve credit and I'd say put him in the frame. He's 19. What he's done so far is incredible.

As I've said, Messi is the best player and he is every year by a huge margin, we live in world which believes Cristiano Ronaldo deserves comparison to Messi's talent, so why not have Mbappe in there too?

[The Artful Dodger]

1 hour ago, Stan said:

Has been for a while, especially since Sneijder was denied it in 2010.

Messi deservedly won it in 2010, not sure where this myth has come from that there was a player that performed consistently better than Messi during that year (or any year since then) has come from.

[SirBalon]

34 minutes ago, The Artful Dodger said:

the fact is  that Spain, England, Italy and Germany all had equally noncompetitive seasons with the winners pissing the title

But if Barcelona "pissed the title", Real Madrid won the Champions League (don't know what that says for that tournament) which sees Modrić's candidacy kind of acceptable considering Croatia's World Cup campaign.  But even then the whole argument is very arguable on any sphere.

[The Artful Dodger]

20 minutes ago, SirBalon said:

But if Barcelona "pissed the title", Real Madrid won the Champions League (don't know what that says for that tournament) which sees Modrić's candidacy kind of acceptable considering Croatia's World Cup campaign.  But even then the whole argument is very arguable on any sphere.

I agree with Modric's nomination, as I do Mbappe.

[Carnivore Chris]

 

Modric, Mbappe and Messi should be the 3 to be honest. Varane potentially being on it is laughable.

 

[DeadLinesman]

The cult of celeb is alive and well. Mbappe just isn’t top 3 material yet.