Neymar For The Ballon D'or

Hey everyone how are we all ? so were at that time of year when the world starts the debate of who is Better Cristiano Ronaldo or Lionel Messi and trust me it gets crazy people throw stats people bring up personal issue's people even go as far as fighting basically it's a huge cycle and one that confuses me because Cristiano is my Boy....... I'm going to stop there before I take it to far lol.
But anyway this season even though I no most people will continue to champion the two big guns I'm putting my support behind Neymar.

I no what you're thinking why Neymar but I do Believe he has a genuine chance of winning the Ballon D'or and not only that I really reckon he deserves it.
There's no doubt that Ronaldo and Messi take football to new place they play at a standard that is almost untouchable for any other player and this is why I believe Neymar deserves the award.
The Ballon D'or is an award that is meant to recognize a player that has taken his game to a new level and surpassed his own expectations and Neymar has done this. I no what your thinking and yes I do agree that Messi and Ronaldo are still at this stage better than Neymar but the way I see it is Ronaldo and Messi are playing at a standard that is expected of them they have not surpassed expectation this is there standard. 50+ goals per season for these guys is average as crazy as it sounds they have not grown or pushed themselves as much as Neymar has this year and that's why I believe he truly deserves the award this season.

So has Neymar really grown to a new level ? I think the only answer is yes of course he has , we have to remember Neymar has taken a very different route to most players he has been patient and worked hard staying in Brazil at Santos for as long as he did was something that really helped him he could of come to Europe at 18 like a lot of South Americans do but he waited perfected his craft and came to Europe when he was ready. Yes His first season at Barca was a struggle but he stayed focused and last season he was a major player for a team that went onto win the treble and a front three that scored over a 100 goals and this season he has carried on from were he left off. The levels he is now producing are only just behind Messi and Ronaldo arguably the two greatest players to grace the field the fact that he is now forcing his way in to this bracket for me demonstrates how much he deserves this Ballon D'or and yes like I mentioned before of course Messi and Ronaldo are better than him but he's not far off there level and the amount he has grown this year in my opinion only strengthens my beliefs that he deserves the Ballon D'or award.

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And have a great Christmas and a Happy New Year

My Champions League Predictions

It's Finally Decided the Champions League is close to starting all that's left is the draw for the groups and then the excitement begins. With Last seasons final feeling like a life time ago I'm more than ready to get hyped for the new campaign. Last season we saw the re-emergence of Barcelona and the Underdogs Juventus prove to be the two best teams in Europe but what will we see this season ?
Well just like last year were I predicted Juventus rise to the final (still gutted they didn't win it) I'm going to attempt to predict the finalist again and to take it one step further I'm going to guess the player of the tournament plus the team of the tournament I'm also going to throw in Young Player of the Tournament don't actually no if UEFA do this but hey I'm Doing it so yeah.

So every time the Champions League starts everyone reels off names of the likely winners which mainly consist of Barcelona , Real Madrid and Bayern Munich but if the last three Champions league finals have taught us anything it's that there's always an underdog team that comes out of no where and makes it to the final Dortmund , Atletico and Juventus  proving it the last three years in a row plus lets not even forget four years ago when Chelsea won it they was 6th in the league so its got a recent history of throwing us a few surprises.

My two finalists I'm picking out right now are PSG and Barcelona I know Barca are the obvious ones but there team is looking strong and I feel they could be the first team to do back to back Champions League and yes I no we say this every year but come the knock out stages I'll Probably re-predict anyway but right now these are me choices. I'm picking PSG because there a team that's always been close but never quite got the luck or momentum you need to go on a good cup run. Now I'm not going to go into to much detail on this one because as I said come the Knock Out stage I may do another prediction and see how different my opinions vary lol.

So My Player of the Tournament

I'm going for Neymar Yes I could say Messi and please everyone but I really do think if Neymar can build on last season we could really start to see the gap between the 2 best players in the world Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo shorten and have Neymar join them on there level. He got 10 goals last season a lot of them important and he's still only 23 so expect to see the same this season and hopefully even more.



Young Player of the Tournament

I'm going for Marco Verratti hes a young man with the mentality of an old pro and the quality of an up and coming world star don't be surprised to see him mixing it with the best he can control a game at the tender age of 22 and for some one of his size he still packs a punch when it comes to being a physical presence he does need to sort his yellow card tally out as he gets booked far to much but other than that he is a fantastic midfielder and one who I think is going to tear up the stage if not in the Champions League then in the up and coming Euro's.

My Team of the Tournement

This is my best 11 of the tournament let me no what you think to it who do you think will make it ?

So yeah that's my Predictions let me no what you all think and come the knock out stages I'll re-look and see how far off I am and give myself one chance to change my mind lol

Let me no your predictions in the comments

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Gareth Bale Show Him Love

OK so you've probably heard or even seen the abuse Gareth Bale is getting from his own fans yes his own fans and quite frankly i think its really random. Bale has scored in every major cup final that he's played for Madrid and on two occasion's it been either the winning goal or the decisive goal to turn the game. So why do they boo him now ?

Well to be fair we all know that Real Madrid fans expect top form every game no matter what and a 1-0 home win to them is like a draw its not good enough. This isn't the first time Madrid have turned on people it seems to be something they do quite often you only have to look at Di Maria to know that everyone is replaceable at Madrid even Paul Pogba's agent Mino Raiola has reportedly said he isn't interested in Madrid he even was reported in saying 'Madrid treat players like wash clothes they get a new one and when there done with it they throw it away' so its a known fact in football that Madrid can turn on players once the form dips or even in some cases when someone newer and shiny comes along.Saying that Bale struggled over the last couple of weeks however really the whole team have but Bale seems to be getting the blame and boy have they jumped on him and in turn that has made him struggle even more which i can't blame him if my own fans boo'ed and jeered me constantly id probably  ring my agent and be like mate we gone id be looking at them like really....... (the below picture explains how I'd look and feel)

My reaction if fans boo'ed me 

But it's true the Madrid fans really need to start showing him love I no this season he has dipped a little bit but he still has 16 goals and lets be honest he only dipped more once the fans boo'ed him.
We also have to take in to account that this is a lad that's got to play besides Cristiano Ronaldo who has more goals than games for Real Madrid of course you're going to struggle if they compare you to him. Not that it's Cristiano's Ronaldo fault he is a legend and in my opinion the best in the world so anyone would struggle. But the point is Bale doesn't have an easy act to follow in fact it must be really hard knowing you cost more than a guy who has broken a load Real Madrid records in 6 years.

So what will he do ? well only Bale himself knows that I reckon he will wait it out and not give up on his Madrid Career because there's no doubt he has the talent to warrant a place there. He also knows as quick as the fans were to boo him they will also cheer once he starts scoring goals again.
but if he does want to leave I would happily accept him at Man Utd if he wants i'll even go pick him up and i promise I would never boo him i'd build him a statue if it kept him happy not that it would be very good as i have no experience in building statues but i'd try lol

But seriously i do think the Madrid fans should give Bale a break at the end of the day fans all over the world would welcome him at there clubs as he is one of the worlds top players.


What do you people think let me know :)