Fixing the Ballon d'Or Shortlist

B/R Football Ranks

Bleacher Report

Sports, Soccer

4.8 • 819 Ratings

🗓️ 23 October 2019

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

The Ballon d'Or shortlist is live and France Football have announced their 30 nominees for 2019. Sam Tighe (@brsamtighe), Dean Jones (@deanjonesbr) and host Jack Collins (@jjwc) are joined by Marc Geschwind (@MarcGeschwind) to take a look at five players that should have been nominated for the list but aren't, and the five players that should drop out of the shortlist in their place (18:53). Hot Takes this week involve a chat about La Liga's proposed fixture taking place in Miami, and who it ultimately benefits (02:11), a discussion of whether Jordan Henderson's time in the Liverpool first team is coming to an end (07:40); and a deep dive into Juventus' unsung hero in midfield, Miralem Pjanic (11:42). This week's Melon of the Week is off to Madrid, to rest one the shoulders of a man at fault for their defeat to Mallorca at the weekend... (16:20) Roulette asks about our earliest football memories (41:57); which club we think will triumph in the MLS this season (44:39) and if we could swap shirts with a player, but never watch them again, who they would be (47:07); before Sam rounds things off by ranking Wayne Rooney's funniest tweets in this week's nonsense rankings (49:23). To get involved, follow @brfootball on Twitter and Instagram, and use the hashtag #BRFootballRanks!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Bastien Schwentziger and this is BR Football Ranks.
0:25.4	What's happening, Rank Squad? Welcome home. It's your BL Football Ranks. It's your perfectly punctual podcast pill, praising the poiser players from Prague to Plymouth, fixing
0:30.0	frustratingly on fellas failing to fulfill their vast faults of future flair and putting the
0:34.7	football world back in the right order. My name is Jack Collins back at the wheel after a week away.
0:40.7	And firstly, please can I congratulate Mr Dean Jones
0:43.7	for a seamless transition last week,
0:45.7	holding down the ship with ease, my friend,
0:48.2	but back in his punditry seats today.
0:50.4	Did you enjoy your trip across the studio to the driving seat?
0:52.9	I did, mate. Yeah, it was good for a week. I wouldn't want to do it every week because I don't want to show you up, but
0:56.9	Demas complaining that it's more work. It's more work. You have to concentrate more in your chair.
1:02.0	So I did enjoy it for a week, mate. The poem was took a little bit longer than I expected it to
1:07.2	in terms of writing it. But, you know, newfound respect for you, no.
1:13.6	All right.
1:14.4	Well, shouts out to you.
1:15.7	Anyway, thanks, mate.
1:16.5	Appreciate it.
1:17.3	Shout out as well to the princess of the pod, Joe Kameneau,
1:20.6	and to producer Sammy James for their efforts as well last week.
1:23.0	Big team effort.
1:24.5	But next to him, talking of teams.
1:26.0	Hi, also here.
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