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

[HNL HI]

they caught Pickford at the mls game

 

[flyeed]

Lol what’s the criteria? Highest profile coach and deepest roster? Because it seems what goes down on the pitch doesn’t matter and this award might as well be handed out before the season starts.

We had the best player, best keeper, won the CL, and won the league by a lot.

 

[haicheo]

Lewandoski won the award for the best striker…Benzema is also a striker?

Also, Mane could also be eligible since he’s a forward…#2 on the B’dO list but not better than Lewandisney?

Fools

 

[flyeed]

It all feels like an everyone’s a winner gala. At least there’s no debate about Benz and Courtois.

 

[El Argentino]

It’s started

 

[rolaholic]

 

[rolaholic]

Those OL squads were special, he had 4 league titles to his name by 22 when he moved to Real

 

[whtascene]

Jota out of the World Cup due to injury, another one bites the dust. Shouldn't be a surprise if there's more absentees.

 

[rolaholic]

 

[rolaholic]

The obstacles are that his pops and Mendes want fat commissions on a new contract and Milan still owe Sporting about 20m for him

 

[sonoftony]

Might cop this

 

[sonoftony]

 

[rolaholic]

 

[sonoftony]

Flo will end up paying close to a Billi for Haaland and Mbappe is gonna end up in Liverpool

 

[vtotheinay]

my 2 young stars

 

[tomdiginson]

The politics in football can be a disgrace.

 

[Bantz Lord T]

These comparisons are silly. Eden Hazard, who is younger than both and was once considered better than both, is now fat and may be looking for a job soon. It’s all relative.

 

[d3si]

City Financial Group NY really needs to get their own god damb stadium ****ing embarrassment to the sport to be playing on half a Yankees outfield still.

Oh **** they're at Citi Field? Even better, being in the Mets stadium in a crucial playoff game

They might get a stadium in Queens. The redevelopment of Willets Point has just been started. NYC mayor is expected to approve a stadium for NYCFC in Willets Point. And residents are trying to prevent a footy stadium

Decades in the making, Willets Point project begins to take shape — Queens Daily Eagle

City officials unveiled their latest design plans for the redevelopment of Willets Point on Wednesday evening – nearly two decades after whispers of a redevelopment of the neighborhood began.

queenseagle.com

At least Citi Field is getting some playoff action this late in October

Ugh, cannot believe we got eliminated. My body was ready to attend NLDS/NLCS games

Lol what’s the criteria? Highest profile coach and deepest roster? Because it seems what goes down on the pitch doesn’t matter and this award might as well be handed out before the season starts.

We had the best player, best keeper, won the CL, and won the league by a lot.

That award is based on a club's men's, women's and academy

I think it's a silly award tho

 

[rolaholic]

Did not realize just how much of an uproar that Klopps, factual, comments on Citeh last week caused in England this week

You can get on him for his touchline antics but the prematch press conference wasn't controversial at all.

No one had a problem calling out Roman's Chelsea for what they were in the past, not sure what the problem is with doing the same with Citeh now

 

[Bantz Lord T]

Did not realize just how much of an uproar that Klopps, factual, comments on Citeh last week caused in England this week

You can get on him for his touchline antics but the prematch press conference wasn't controversial at all.

No one had a problem calling out Roman's Chelsea for what they were in the past, not sure what the problem is with doing the same with Citeh now

The English media hates Klopp

 

[rolaholic]

The English media hates Klopp

Dunno if it's that so much as just how many of these UK 'journos' move like paid Abu Dhabi water carriers

Been wild disingenuous trying to continuously still spin them as some plucky upstart/underdog challenging and usurping the blue bloods strictly on merit over the years.

Might as well call P$G the people's champs as well at that point

 

[Armada]

Now it’s a lot of Uk journos that love city New to me

 

[jking0821]

my 2 young stars

No one in their right mind would take Gavi over Musiala. Looking at the list its pretty crazy he won IMO. Saka, Bellingham, Musiala and Camavinga

 

[jape]

 

[tomdiginson]