General Football Thread

[MDK]

Good to see that there is only one British based player. And Di Maria probably earned his spot before he joined United. It would be really interesting to see how the Spanish league would fare if they evened up the TV money and all that.

[TCO]

Ronaldo deservedly wins!

Gutted Stephanie Roche didn't win but being completely unbiased, James' goal was better.

[EddieG]

Good to see that there is only one British based player. And Di Maria probably earned his spot before he joined United. It would be really interesting to see how the Spanish league would fare if they evened up the TV money and all that.

Two really, Luiz spent the first half of the year in Britain.

[Cymbols]

Would've put Bale over Robben tbh but of course I'm biased

[Ant]

Glad Ronaldo won. He has proved he is the best in two leagues.

[brenchill]

Glad Ronaldo won. He has proved he is the best in two leagues.

I agree but your point isn't really relevant to this year.

[Ant]

Why isn't it?

[Baddar]

Because it's based on the year 2014, a year where he's only played in La Liga.

[Ant]

True but didn't he win the Ballon Dor at United in the Premiership? My point still stands

[Baddar]

He did, but he didn't win this year because of his stint at United. Being a goal machine at Real and winning the CL must have helped a little, you'd think.

[brenchill]

True but didn't he win the Ballon Dor at United in the Premiership? My point still stands

But how does that prove he should have won it in 2014? I don't understand how your point is relevant at all.

He won it this year because he won the CL and scored goals for fun for Real Madrid. They didn't take account into what he did at Man Utd almost a decade ago.

[Liam]

James Rodriguez won Goal of 2014. Was hoping Stephanie Roche would win that.

She did score a better goal.

[Jimmy]

True but didn't he win the Ballon Dor at United in the Premiership? My point still stands

But how does that prove he should have won it in 2014? I don't understand how your point is relevant at all.

He won it this year because he won the CL and scored goals for fun for Real Madrid. They didn't take account into what he did at Man Utd almost a decade ago.

What, have a kind of promising season at the age of 19?

[brenchill]

Or almost a decade ago as in... like 7 seasons ago when he scored 31 goals in 34 games and won the Ballon D'Or. That's what I meant.

[EddieG]

I love arguing with Ant, but he's right in this case, he's pointing out CR won 2 Ballon D'Ors, while in 2 different leagues, proving he can be the best in the world over a calendar year regardless of which league he's in.

[brenchill]

He's won three Ballon D'Ors. He won it last year at Real Madrid.

My point is that it's completely irrelevant that he has won it in two leagues. What has that got to do with him winning it this year? He won it this season for his performances at Real Madrid in the calendar year of 2014 and for no other reason. And that's my last post about this because this is getting really silly.

[Baddar]

If Ronaldo gets injured this weekend and misses the majority of 2015, he will NOT win the 2015 award, regardless of what he's done in the past. It's based on one calendar year. Surely that's easy to understand?

[Ant]

For fuck sake.

I just said I'm glad he has won it and he has proved he is the best player in the world as he has won the award twice in two very different leagues.

It really wasn't that much of a stretch to understand

[brenchill]

You actually didn't say that though, Ant. So it's not really fair that you flip out and make us look like arseholes for disagreeing.

[Roster Depth Sicko No. 2]

If injuring people is all it takes to take them out of the running, I say we get to work and start Operation Sanogo for Ballon D'Or.