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

[noskey]

Dave still bailing this defense out

 

[rolaholic]

whatta save DDG!!!

What a save

 

[Sinner]

OMG.

 

[sonoftony]

David again

 

[rolaholic]

OMG **** yes Slabhead

 

[LA Diggler]

 

[rolaholic]

Dave's shot stopping is still world class oh my goodness

 

[noskey]

Oh my gooood De Gea. Let one in.

Man is on revenge tour. I hate this.

 

[Coupé It]

Dave pissed he didn’t make the Spanish national team.

 

[rolaholic]

Get in

Nervous *** injury time but they held on for the CS.

3 points away from 3rd place with a game in hand all of a sudden

 

[sonoftony]

Y'all already know who the MOTM. DDG inform card soon come

#GGMU

 

[rolaholic]

Even Areola had to give props

 

[zeroregret]

Some amazing saves by DDG at the end there to keep all 3 pts

 

[Bosa]

Degea gawd mode

 

[rolaholic]

Manc born and bred

 

[Sinner]

Dalot, Martinez, DDG... what a defensive performance.
And a clean sheet led by the bravery and courage of Captain Maguire!

 

[rolaholic]

Goal no.1

Goal no.100

 

[LA Diggler]

3 pts

Sloppy 2nd half, really missed Antony’s ball retention. Martinez, Dalot and Dave all immense.

 

[Verde Shuttles]

A lot of people saying it shouldn’t have been a handball on Asensio either, hit his chest first then off his arm that was blocking his face.

Got sketchy feelings from the ref in the first half even before this **** show, he was getting a lot of whistles from the Bernabeu in the first half too for dodgy officiating.

If we got that Asensio handball call, people would say the league is rigged

 

[jape]

Not rigged. Refs just favor madrid. It's the way of the world. Happens in every sport. just accept it.

 

[Verde Shuttles]

Not rigged. Refs just favor madrid. It's the way of the world. Happens in every sport. just accept it.

When we got two total penalty calls two seasons ago, did the refs favor us?

 

[flyeed]

If there was any conspiracy, the one I’d buy is that La Liga tries creating a back and forth in titles between RM and Barca through refs. Sometimes feels like once one club wins the league the next season the other tends to get more favorable calls.

Reality is probably just that refs all have their individual biases which is how Tim Donaghy the nba ref was was able to win betting on games.

 

[sonoftony]

the rare occurrences when Slabhead gets praise here

 

[LA Diggler]

Seems a bit unfair to Haaland that he could never be the best to a lot of people because he’s not a jack of all trades, no matter how absurd his finishing gets. Defenders face a similar bias.

The question in itself is unfair because it’s a sport with fixed positions, everyone isn’t operating in the same zones, or tasked with the same duties. The fairest way to do it would be to split the outfield players into thirds. Best attacker, best midfielder, best defender and debate it that way. I think Haaland is going to be viewed similarly to Ronaldo at Madrid.

 

[aepps20]

Seems a bit unfair to Haaland that he could never be the best to a lot of people because he’s not a jack of all trades, no matter how absurd his finishing gets. Defenders face a similar bias.

Haaland hasn't shown me that he can score in MLS in the dead of an Alaskan winter. As a HUGE HAALAND FAN I am still not sold.