OFFICIAL FOOTY THREAD ⚽️: Rodri wins 2024 Ballon d’Or

[Nike Jordan]

 

[AZwildcats]

Nah that challenge should come with a jail sentence

 

[DeadsetAce]

yikes

 

[Coupé It]

I hate these discussions but Sergio Ramos isn’t the 3rd best player of the last 20 years.

Stop that. This is insane.

Those Spanish winning teams were run by Catalans not Sergio Ramos

 

[AZwildcats]

I’d say Zlatan

 

[fluid hips]

I'm watching this all or nothing on Man City and Delph out here talking like he a bad man. Toure and Kompany said that they lost to United because they got more physical, which was correct. Delph starts going off on them and saying that wasn't the reason. Talking bout "its the basics".

The bae sicks. Accent was wild

 

[iheartboost]

Chelsea is the 4th lever, confirmed?

 

[fluid hips]

I'm sorry but Cristiano and Messi aren't even top two. If you've been following the sport for 20+ years, you know that. All those balon dors was politics and marketing weaving themselves in the modern game. Market the two of them=more money for all parties involved. Nike, Adidas, La Liga, Uefa etc.
As soon as the sport was becoming more commercialized, they propped those two up to be the face of it. I promise you, take the two of them, have them play in the 80s-90s when the sport hadn't reached its full commercial potential and you would have a different outcome. Average players, just a footnote.

Both players outside of la liga in other leagues clearly shows the favoritism they and their teams enjoyed in la liga was a factor.

And let's not forget the penalties to boost the goal scoring stats. People just caught up on goal scoring stats these days and prisoners of the moment.

When it's all said and done, neither won a world cup and they had competitive national teams.

You can't be in the goat conversation if you've never won a world cup. Especially with a competitive national team on multiple occasions.

Ish is an insult to dudes like Pele, Maradonna, Ronaldinho, Zidane, Ronaldo

 

[DripNick]

Ish is an insult to dudes like Pele, Maradonna, Ronaldinho, Zidane, Ronaldo

Preach

 

[heggsy]

Pure Waffle

 

[Verde Shuttles]

 

[blackmomo]

I'm sorry but Cristiano and Messi aren't even top two. If you've been following the sport for 20+ years, you know that. All those balon dors was politics and marketing weaving themselves in the modern game. Market the two of them=more money for all parties involved. Nike, Adidas, La Liga, Uefa etc.
As soon as the sport was becoming more commercialized, they propped those two up to be the face of it. I promise you, take the two of them, have them play in the 80s-90s when the sport hadn't reached its full commercial potential and you would have a different outcome. Average players, just a footnote.

You know the post asked who was about who was the best player in past 20yrs not all time

 

[sonoftony]

Salah looking like a Rick & Morty character

 

[haicheo]

You know the post asked who was about who was the best player in past 20yrs not all time

Thank you!

 

[Bantz Lord T]

I'm sorry but Cristiano and Messi aren't even top two. If you've been following the sport for 20+ years, you know that. All those balon dors was politics and marketing weaving themselves in the modern game. Market the two of them=more money for all parties involved. Nike, Adidas, La Liga, Uefa etc.
As soon as the sport was becoming more commercialized, they propped those two up to be the face of it. I promise you, take the two of them, have them play in the 80s-90s when the sport hadn't reached its full commercial potential and you would have a different outcome. Average players, just a footnote.

Both players outside of la liga in other leagues clearly shows the favoritism they and their teams enjoyed in la liga was a factor.

And let's not forget the penalties to boost the goal scoring stats. People just caught up on goal scoring stats these days and prisoners of the moment.

When it's all said and done, neither won a world cup and they had competitive national teams.

You can't be in the goat conversation if you've never won a world cup. Especially with a competitive national team on multiple occasions.

Ish is an insult to dudes like Pele, Maradonna, Ronaldinho, Zidane, Ronaldo

Nonsense.

 

[rolaholic]

 

[sonoftony]

 

[sonoftony]

he's not wrong

 

[QU!K]

I won’t say they’re better than, but Ronaldo and Messi belong among the GOATs easily

Ronaldo Nazario, Ronaldinho, Zidane, and other credible individuals have said so themselves

Zidane agrees Ronaldo is best player ever

Real Madrid boss Zinedine Zidane says he agrees with five-time Ballon d'Or winner Cristiano Ronaldo's own view that he is the best player in history.

www.espn.com

Ancelotti: Ronaldo is a quiet leader

The 29-year-old has been linked with a Manchester United return, but his Blancos coach is confident the forward will continue to star at the Bernabeu.

www.espn.com

 

[blackmomo]

It's best to compare players against there generations. Messi n Ronaldo are clearly above everyone in this generation when it comes to club football.

 

[MetalMario]

 

[Verde Shuttles]

 

[MetalMario]

Watch Christensen comes back to Chelsea after his lil summer camp

 

[vtotheinay]

i wonder if those guys will get to keep their signing bonuses and still leave. if so, that would be hilarious. they'd both get double figure milions + another signing bonus at the new club

 

[noskey]

Arsenal needs a midfielder