Ballon d'Or 2023 | Haaland finishes 2nd

Those voting clearly were swept away by the romance of Messi winning the World Cup. Any other year and Haaland wins it. But despite the fact he won the World Cup, they thought the Ballon D'or should go with it. Martinez winning the goalkeeping award was fair enough, he was pretty heroic for them. The pressure on Messi going into the WC and the fact he rose to the occasion means I kind of get it. But it's more of a lifetime achievement award as they know he'll never be back on that stage again. As an aside, I thought Martinez looked off his line for one of those penalty saves, re-take?
 
Could Argentina win the PL or the CL, let alone both? Probably not. Messi's Barca were a joke in the CL in his last years there. Argentina's defence is too weak to compete in the CL/PL. But it's understandable that winning the WC is considered a greater achievement.
 
I didn't know so many blues took this award so seriously. Messi was always going to win it, it's basically a lifetime achievement award.
 
dereksidewinder said:
I think if Haaland had done it at real or Barca he’d have won it. I was surprised not to see foden anywhere, not even top 30
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Messi was never not winning it as long as Argentina won the world cup, wouldn't matter where Haaland was. Messi could've had a poor world cup and still won this award. It was always nailed on. Just like all the soft penalties Argentina got.


As for Foden, I'm not surprised he wasn't in any list. We won a lot as a team but I don't think he was one of our better players last season, he was in and out of the team a lot, injuries, operation etc. He had a very stop-start season.
 
It’s surprising that so many people who claim to not care what ‘the mainstream’ think, care so much about City players not winning awards.
 
StockportJB76 said:
Man Utd, Liverpool win treble.

Ballon D'or team of Year, 5 players in top 10, prolific scorer and young world star 2nd & wins striker award.

Minimal coverage on bbc football and no pictures.

Most blatant media blackout ever by those bitter journos at Salford.

This has got to be called out. It can not be disputed.
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It’s at times like this we wish we had a PR department…
 
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