Ballon d'Or 2016

[Samid]

2016 Ballon d'Or Shortlist

Sergio Aguero (Manchester City)
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Borussia Dortmund)
Gareth Bale (Real Madrid)
Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus)
Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid)
Kevin de Bruyne (Manchester City)
Paulo Dybala (Juventus)
Diego Godin (Atletico Madrid)
Antoine Griezmann (Atletico Madrid)
Gonzalo Higuain (Juventus)
Zlatan Ibrahmovic (Manchester United)
Andres Iniesta (Barcelona)
Koke (Atletico Madrid)
Toni Kroos (Real Madrid)
Robert Lewandowski (Bayern München)
Hugo Lloris (Tottenham)
Riyad Mahrez (Leicester)
Lionel Messi (Barcelona)
Luka Modric (Real Madrid)
Thomas Müller (Bayern München)
Manuel Neuer (Bayern Mücnhen)
Neymar (Barcelona)
Dimitri Payet (West Ham)
Pepe (Real Madrid)
Paul Pogba (Manchester United)
Rui Patricio (Sporting)
Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid)
Luis Suárez (Barcelona)
Jamie Vardy (Leicester)
Arturo Vidal (Bayern München)

 

[KirkDuyt]

Messi, Suarez, Neymar. In that order.

I M O

 

[Samid]

Messi, Suarez, Neymar. In that order.

I M O

CL and Euro winner won't be outside top 3. No chance.

 

[ivaldo]

On the basis of how they have judged past winners, I tend to agree Ronaldo will be there or there abouts.

 

[Sammyjunn]

Ronaldo will win, but undeservedly imo as he wasnt the best. Did win EL and CL but some act as if a final in which he didnt play in for the majority, determines wheter he's the best. Which is bollocks imo, Messi or Suarez.

 

[Enigma_87]

Suarez should win it.

 

[KirkDuyt]

Ofcourse Ronaldo will be in the top 3. I just wouldnt put him there.

 

[Synco]

Messi, Suarez, Neymar. In that order.

I M O

Erm, I can't find Messi in that list. Which would be crazy. Mistake?

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Edit: Okay, it's only 10/30 with the rest going to be announced soon.

 

[RedDevil@84]

Cristiano probably will win it.
Though I would love Suarez to win it.

 

[The Firestarter]

Messi is not on that list?

 

[Heardy]

I expect Ronaldo will get it in lieu of winning the CL and Euros.

 

[RobinLFC]

Erm, I can't find Messi in that list. Which would be crazy. Mistake?

Messi is not on that list?

Names get released by five a time at six different times.

 

[Samid]

Erm, I can't find Messi in that list. Which would be crazy. Mistake?

Messi is not on that list?

They're revealing the names in bunches of five players every hour or so.

 

[Sb_16]

2016 Ballon d'Or Shortlist

Sergio Aguero (Manchester City)
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Borussia Dortmund)
Gareth Bale (Real Madrid)
Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus)
Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid)
Kevin de Bruyne (Manchester City)
Paulo Dybala (Juventus)
Diego Godin (Atletico Madrid)
Antoine Griezmann (Atletico Madrid)
Gonzalo Higuain (Juventus)

Did I just transport to an alternate universe?

Edit: Yeah I wish!

 

[Wumminator]

Just to add, these are the top ten players that Redcafe chose based on last year.

10. Luka Modric
9. Robert Lewandowski
8. Gareth Bale
7. Zlatan Ibrahimovic
6. Thomas Muller
5. David de Gea
4. Neymar
3. Cristiano Ronaldo
2. Luis Suarez
1. Lionel Messi

 

[The Man Himself]

I expect Ronaldo will get it in lieu of winning the CL and Euros.

'in lieu of' means in place of/instead of.

 

[RedDevil@84]

What is the condition for the award. Season performance or calendar year?

 

[The Firestarter]

Probably Ronaldo will get it, based on awards rather than performance.

 

[Gio]

What is the condition for the award. Season performance or calendar year?

Bit of both. Players typically assessed on the previous August through to the current autumn.

 

[B20]

Should be Suarez.

Will probably be Ronaldo picking it up for his amazing leadership from the bench.

 

[JuveGER]

I am not sure why Dybala is there and we won't win anything there, but I am happy to see that we have the most players on that list.

Edit: I see, this is not the full list.

 

[MounchesterUtd]

Hopefully Griez gets Top 3

For me, should be Suarez as winner, with Messi and Griez in the Top 3

Can't see Ronaldo not being included though

 

[Ish]

Will be:
Ronaldo
Messi
Suarez

Should be:
Suarez
Messi
(probably someone else like Griezmann) or
Ronaldo (CL and Euro winner)

 

[Heardy]

'in lieu of' means in place of/instead of.

Alright grammar police! Ok, "...in recognition of"

 

[Eriku]

Alright grammar police! Ok, "...in recognition of"

Grammar pertains to conjugation, syntax, etc. Choosing the wrong words like you did doesn't fall under the jurisdiction of grammar police.

 

[Gio]

Should be Suarez.

Will probably be Ronaldo picking it up for his amazing leadership from the bench.

Agree with this.

 

[Samid]

Five more revealed:

Zlatan Ibrahmovic (Manchester United)
Andres Iniesta (Barcelona)
Koke (Atletico Madrid)
Toni Kroos (Real Madrid)
Robert Lewandowski (Bayern München)

 

[Man-United]

Finally a United player. Pogba should be there too?

 

[Mourinhonista]

Ronaldo put the decisive penalty away, something Messi couldn't. Ronaldo was very important for both club and country, so he should get his hands on the price.

 

[balaks]

Finally a United player. Pogba should be there too?

Any Utd players nominated will be there because of performances whilst playing for teams other than Utd - I wouldn't get too excited. (De Gea being an exception if he is on list tbf)

 

[Redondo_Pirri]

Ronaldo has 41 goals this calendar year, which includes 11 goals for his country, a UCL win and a EC win.

He also managed 16 goals in that UCL win for Real Madrid and was a big reason in Portugal winning in Europe (whether people want to believe it or not). Ronaldo was also the UEFA Club Footballer of the Year for 2016.

He should win it imo.

I would put Messi and Griezmann in the top 3 as well

 

[Samid]

Any Utd players nominated will be there because of performances whilst playing for teams other than Utd - I wouldn't get too excited. (De Gea being an exception if he is on list tbf)

Won't be. They've reached the letter L.

 

[balaks]

Ronaldo might win it because of the Euro win but he hasn't been the best player in the past year - you would find it difficult to pick players ahead of Messi or Suarez imo.

 

[IFC 1905]

Ronaldo put the decisive penalty away, something Messi couldn't. Ronaldo was very important for both club and country, so he should get his hands on the price.

Ronaldo didn't even play in that final, didn't touch a ball, while Messi was clearly the only one trying to win something for Argentina. He played his best final clearly.

But in the end i realized people don't even watch the games and are just based on stats.


Ronaldo is not even one of the 5 best players in the world right now. His major contribution was vs Wales, and that's it. Messi played an outstanding Copa America, incluiding the final.

If this thing is based on awards, Pepe should be the next Ballon d'Or, or Griezmann, or Bale. If it's based on who's the best player in the world, Messi should win it easily.

 

[Reddevilboy]

1. Ronaldo
2. Messi
3. Suarez

However, Ronaldo don't even deserve to be in the top 3 but people are still going to vote for him because of his Euro and Champions League winners medal. The award should go to Messi or Suarez. Shame Messi didn't win the Copa Centenario, could have made this interesting.

 

[Sunny Jim]

Messi, Suarez, Neymar. In that order.

I M O

Dybala, Griezman with an outside chance

 

[Samid]

More reveals:

Hugo Lloris (Tottenham)
Riyad Mahrez (Leicester)
Lionel Messi (Barcelona)
Luka Modric (Real Madrid)
Thomas Müller (Bayern München)
Manuel Neuer (Bayern Mücnhen)
Neymar (Barcelona)
Dimitri Payet (West Ham)
Pepe (Real Madrid)
Paul Pogba (Manchester United)

 

[George Owen]

so many undeserving players and no Vidal... seems legit.

edit. ok, Vidal got added now. Looks a bit more legit now.

 

[Ishdalar]

So, I get now that they already passed the "Pi" surnames Gerard Pique isn't nominated, when Sergio Ramos gets in the list with Pique out I'll be basically done with this award

 

[sullydnl]

Messi and Suarez have both been better than Ronaldo but Ronaldo will win it anyway. Which shows just how overrated the Ballon D'or is currently. The Redcafe poll is genuinely more reliable.