And so the shortlist for the 2019 Ballon d'Or award has been announced. France Football's 30-man army of the world's greatest footballers has been unveiled. And it's a decent list. Completely decent.
But that doesn't mean there aren't some incomprehensible, egregious, glaring to the point of malpractice, omissions. There are seven of these such mistakes.
Here they are.
Who hurt you, France Football? Was it Fabio Quagliarella? Because that's the only viable reason for leaving the 36-year-old HERO off of this list. Quags scored 26 goals in Serie A last season - the most of anyone, and a whole five more than some bloke called 'Cristiano Ronaldo' - all 26 of which were, naturally, f*cking brilliant.