Ballon D'Or - Nominees

eirebhoy

I have to say, I now completely agree with those that said the Ballon D'or is more respected.

The 2006 European Footballer of the Year nominees

Michael Ballack (Chelsea)
Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus)
Tim Cahill (Everton)
Fabio Cannavaro (Real Madrid)
Joe Cole (Chelsea)
Gregory Coupet (Lyon)
Cristiano Cris (Lyon)
Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United)
Deco (Barcelona)
Mahamadou Diarra (Real Madrid)
Didier Drogba (Chelsea),
Michael Essien (Chelsea)
Samuel Eto'o (Barcelona)
Cesc Fabregas (Arsenal)
William Gallas (Arsenal)
Gennaro Gattuso (AC Milan)
Steven Gerrard (Liverpool)
Ludovic Giuly (Barcelona)
Fabio Grosso (Inter Milan)
Thierry Henry (Arsenal)
Juninho (Lyon)
Kaka (AC Milan)
Miroslav Klose (Werder Bremen)
Philipp Lahm (Bayer Munich)
Frank Lampard (Chelsea)
Jens Lehmann (Arsenal)
Claude Makelele (Chelsea)
Florent Malouda (Lyon)
Edison Mendez (PSV Eindhoven)
Lionel Messi (Barcelona)
Andrea Pirlo (AC Milan)
Lukas Podolski (Bayern Munich)
Carles Puyol (Barcelona)
Franck Ribery (Marseille)
Ronaldinho (Barcelona)
Juan Roman Riquelme (Villarreal)
Arjen Robben (Chelsea)
Wayne Rooney (Manchester United)
Willy Sagnol (Bayern Munich)
Bastian Schweinsteiger (Bayern Munich)
Andriy Shevchenko (Chelsea)
John Terry (Chelsea)
Lilian Thuram (Barcelona)
Tiago (Lyon)
Luca Toni (Fiorentina)
Fernando Torres (Atletico Madrid)
Patrick Vieira (Inter Milan)
David Villa (Valencia)
Gianluca Zambrotta (Barcelona)
Zinedine Zidane (Retired)

What a list of players and a bit of thought actually went into it. OK they'll never be able to compile a list that everyone would agree with but it's a lot better than the 30 most famous players that the international players and coaches came up with. Edison Mendez is a strange one though and obviously in there on his WC showing.

Royale with Cheese

I dunno now, Cristiano Ronaldo is on that list too.

eirebhoy

Royale with Cheese wrote:

I dunno now, Cristiano Ronaldo is on that list too.

He probably deserves to be on it. Wayne Rooney though... Who would you replace Ronaldo with?

Royale with Cheese

eirebhoy wrote:

He probably deserves to be on it. Wayne Rooney though... Who would you replace Ronaldo with?

Anyone but him. Style over substance. How about Petr Cech, Shay Given... I'm sure there's plenty of more deserving players than Ronaldo who don't get a look in because they play for smaller teams or didn't go to the world cup.

Kojak

I would be very surprised if Cannavaro didn't win it, even if it was just for his exploits in the World Cup I think he deserves it.

MrJoeSoap

Kojak wrote:

I would be very surprised if Cannavaro didn't win it, even if it was just for his exploits in the World Cup I think he deserves it.

Ten years since the last defender won it, could be about time alright.

c m

whats everyones problem with ronaldo- hes unbelieveable!!! and he now has an end product to match. he scores and sets up goals and is one of the most entertaining players to watch in england. tell steven carr or any other defender hes come up against that he shouldnt be on that list!

el rabitos

c m wrote:

whats everyones problem with ronaldo- hes unbelieveable!!! and he now has an end product to match. he scores and sets up goals and is one of the most entertaining players to watch in england. tell steven carr or any other defender hes come up against that he shouldnt be on that list!

well if u can make stephen carr look bad ur a shoe in to win the ballon d'or

Mad Dog

el rabitos wrote:

well if u can make stephen carr look bad ur a shoe in to win the ballon d'or

Roflmao