Ballon d'Or 2020 cancelled

[SilentStrike]

France football decided it wasn't fair to award one this year.

Very weird decision considering all matches are being played regardless, with exception of the French league.

Sucks for Lewandowski.
It was his to win this year.

 

[Hulksmash]

Messi doesnt win it so we cancel it.

It's blatant unfair

 

[Kasper]

For real? Wouldn't have been anyone from league 1 anyway, all the other leagues have seen a full season, CL and EL will be played out and only the European championship has been moved. Weird.

 

[SilentWitness]

Feck off. Lewandowski has been robbed.

 

[Scarecrow]

Why are we leaving such responsibilities in french hands, anyway?

 

[krautrøck]

Hopefully for good.

 

[Blades1889]

Basham robbed

 

[Morty_]

Hopefully for good.

If this would be the end of ballon dor, i agree.
But they will resume it soon enough, i think.

Lewandowski and ballon dor just isnt a match, really sucks.

 

[Lyricist]

What is this bullshit. Just because there's less hype, doesn't mean there's no one deserving of the award. Just goes to show what a shitshow this hype crap is and has been all along. Pretty much all they do is name the players that had the most clicks on youtube compilations that year, absolutely worthless.

It honestly doesn't even make sense. Most of the relevant leagues are being played till the end, the CL too is being played till the end.

 

[12OunceEpilogue]

Basham robbed

Lundstram's all day long

 

[Ekeke]

You can give it to Modric but you can't give it to someone who actually deserves it

 

[Blades1889]

Lundstram's all day long

Bash has been more consistent imo

 

[Rolaholic]

Lewandowski robbed

I don't understand the decision though when every major league besides Ligue 1, not like anyone was going to win from there, still finished their seasons...

 

[Samid]

Time to cancel France.

 

[Samid]

Bash has been more consistent imo

Lundstram is a FPL lord. Bash can feck off.

 

[devilish]

Give it to Giggsie till the end of the season

 

[12OunceEpilogue]

Bash has been more consistent imo

Let's compromise then, Henderson?

 

[broccoli]

Hopefully it's cancelled for good

 

[izec]

Can't pretend i give a feck either way.

 

[sun_tzu]

France football decided it wasn't fair to award one this year.

Very weird decision considering all matches are being played regardless, with exception of the French league.

Sucks for Lewandowski.
It was his to win this year.

Presumably they wanted to give it to mbappe... can't see another reason not to do it

 

[horsechoker]

Lingard's been robbed

 

[Blades1889]

Lundstram is a FPL lord. Bash can feck off.

Won’t hype up Lundstram unless he signs a new contract

Let's compromise then, Henderson?

Apparently the next Ben Foster so can’t be winning this award now can he

 

[RedMist99]

Lingard's been robbed

He was a shoe-in for Golden Boy

 

[tenpoless]

Don't care.
But the Foulon d'Floor award must go to Chelsea.

 

[Paul_Scholes18]

Lingard's been robbed

'Yeah he dominated vs Tranmare and stole Shaws goal vs Derby. Ballon-dor worthy stuff.

 

[Rightnr]

Lewandowski was the clear frontrunner and the CL will be finished. Dumb decision.

 

[Ødegaard]

Just shows that they are in it for the spectacle rather than rewarding the player who does best. No shocker of course.

 

[JBD-dane]

Lewandowski he can still win the FIFA player of the year

 

[trims]

I think Fifa best is more important. Balon d’or was never taken as seriously before it merged with FIFA world player of the year. The fact that it’s decided exclusively by a select group of journalists resulted in some strange picks for winners like Owen and Nedved.

 

[United58]

This is farcical Luckily the award essentially means nothing

 

[marktan]

No one's really been robbed yet as whichever of the big players wins the CL is likeliest get Ballon D'or. But it's a strange decision to cancel it when the CL is still left to play, the only player that's really disadvantaged is Neymar as the french league was cancelled and so his stats would be lower.

 

[BigDunc9]

Messi robbed again. I now make it for the 5th time in 10 years.

 

[Gio]

I think Fifa best is more important. Balon d’or was never taken as seriously before it merged with FIFA world player of the year. The fact that it’s decided exclusively by a select group of journalists resulted in some strange picks for winners like Owen and Nedved.

It was the other way round.

 

[Scarecrow]

A lot of players have bonuses in their contracts related to Ballon d'Or placement nowadays, don't they? It's not trivial for them.

 

[joedirt87]

i forgot Ligue 1 even existed with the break and restart

 

[OleBoiii]

Weird decision indeed.

 

[Big Ben Foster]

I think Fifa best is more important. Balon d’or was never taken as seriously before it merged with FIFA world player of the year. The fact that it’s decided exclusively by a select group of journalists resulted in some strange picks for winners like Owen and Nedved.

Not true, but before the mid-90s only European players could win it, so a lot of those have massive asterisks next to them IMO.

 

[Klopper76]

Lewandowski had that won as well.

 

[Sparky Rhiwabon]

I agree with this. This season doesn’t really count.

 

[Mogget]

It's fecking ridiculous an individual award for a team sport is given such prestige in the first place.

Hopefully this shows people it's a glorified popularity contest anyway.