Ballon D'or

the list of 23 ballon d'or finalists will be officially announced tomorrow, a short list of 3 on 5 dec, and the winner on 9 jan

Get in Luis

http://www.fifa.com/ballondor/playeroftheyear/index.html

Alonso on there too

http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/news/latest-news/luis-short-listed-for-ballon-d-or

Eric Abidal (France),
Sergio Aguero (Argentina),
Karim Benzema (France),
Iker Casillas (Spain),
Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal),
Dani Alves (Brazil),
Samuel Eto'o (Cameroon),
Cesc Fabregas (Spain),
Diego Forlan (Uruguay),
Andres Iniesta (Spain),
Lionel Messi (Argentina),
Thomas Muller (Germany),
Nani (Portugal), Neymar (Brazil),
Mesut Ozil (Germany),
Gerard Pique (Spain),
Wayne Rooney (England),
Bastian Schweinsteiger (Germany),
Wesley Sneijder (Holland),
Luis Suarez (Uruguay),
David Villa (Spain),
Xabi Alonso (Spain),
Xavi (Spain).

Coach of the year

http://www.fifa.com/ballondor/coachoftheyear/index.html

No hodgson? I'm mystified, 30 years experience and all that

Aye, we should start a petition

Tonight at 6pm

Eurosport

FIFA presidential award to Fergie

FIFA 2011 Men's Football Coach of the Year goes to... PEP GUARDIOLA!!!

FIFA 2011 Puskas Award for Best Goal goes to... NEYMAR!

The FIFA World XI for 2011 is: Casillas, Alves, Pique, Ramos, VIDIC, Iniesta, Alonso, Xavi, Messi, Ronaldo, ROONEY #ballondor

Messi gets it, 3 in a row

How is Rooney in there

nice one

http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/classic/awards/01/56/60/53/awards_men_player_countries.pdf

If there was ever any doubt