Cahiers du Football releases the list of the worst Ligue 1 performers of 2011 including Andre-Pierre Gignac of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Olympique-de-Marseille-c40127
Respectable French football magazine Cahiers du Football have just delivered the list of 10 nominees who will be ‘fighting’ for the title of being the worst Ligue 1 footballers of the year 2011.
The Cahiers http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Du-c11689 Football have named this award as the Ballon de Plomb which is the equivalent of Italian Serie A’s version of Bidon d’Or.
This dubious distinction is awarded to a player who is chosen for his intrinsic qualities, attributes, attitudes and bad career choices that hinder a player’s progress as a pro. Surprisingly, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Yoann-Gourcuff-c37416 has not made it to the list
despite being more than just a shadow of a player who helped Bordeaux to a Championelle a few seasons ago.
Experts believe that the midfielder has not been selected in the list only because the closest he has been on the field is through the media box end due to the player’s endless attraction to injuries in the earlier months of 2011.
A catastrophic year for Bordeaux has resulted in four Aquitaine players included in the list. However, the list could have been a long one for Girondins had there been more than 365 days in a year.
Andre-Pierre Gignac is obviously the favourite to land his first and only award of 2011 while Pape Diakhate who joined http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Olympique-Lyonnais-c40130 on loan from Kiev in the second half of the 2010/2011 campaign also makes the list thereby assuring that fans and writers
from France also remember the flops even if they are no more playing in the Ligue 1.
Apoula Edel who was at PSG last season also makes it to the list after the goalkeeper showed great composure at not gathering the ball even when the opponents are miles away from him.
The voting will take place on the website of Cahiers du Football on Wednesday, December 21 and will end on January 4, 2012.
Following is the list of the candidates of the Ballon du Plomb for this year.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Mathieu-Chalmé-c24680 (Bordeaux)
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Michael-c25261 Ciani (Bordeaux)
Pape Diakhate (Olympique Lyon / http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Grenada-c2910)
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Alou-Diarra-c5259 (Bordeaux / Marseille)
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Apoula-Edel-c6409 (Paris-SG / Hapoel Tel Aviv)
Youssef El Arabi (Caen / Al Hilal Riyadh)
Andre-Pierre Gignac (Marseille)
Moussa Maazou (Bordeaux / Zulte Waregem)
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Modibo-Maiga-c26167 (Sochaux FC / FC Sochaux)
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Montpellier-HSC-c39945 / Sevilla)
Last year, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Yohan-Demont-c37425 who ran himself ragged last season for OGC Nice (in the training sessions) as Nice were condemned to Ligue 2 football.
Tags: