Ballon d'Or 2023 | Haaland finishes 2nd

[I'm With Stupid]

It'll be like the time Giggs won POTY after limping through about 12 games.

 

[Tokyo32]

I really don’t get how Saka can be nominated over Rashford though, I don’t just get the criteria for this stuff.

Why are people all negative and acting like Messi would win it though. Let the process play out first but I feel like people are already feeling defeated.

 

[bumbleblue]

Honestly I would love KDB to get one. Not for last season particularly although that goal away at Madrid was my favourite. Because he has been at the highest point for so long, consistent.

 

[Gorton_Tubster]

I really don’t get how Saka can be nominated over Rashford though, I don’t just get the criteria for this stuff.

Why are people all negative and acting like Messi would win it though. Let the process play out first but I feel like people are already feeling defeated.

Rashford will get the barn door. Or maybe he will miss that one too.

 

[xMatMcC]

I really don’t get how Saka can be nominated over Rashford though, I don’t just get the criteria for this stuff.

Why are people all negative and acting like Messi would win it though. Let the process play out first but I feel like people are already feeling defeated.

Because Saka is better than Rashford.

And because the bettin odds have Messi as a near guarantee.

 

[Gremlin]

Honestly I would love KDB to get one. Not for last season particularly although that goal away at Madrid was my favourite. Because he has been at the highest point for so long, consistent.

Which is the main reason that Messi is going to get it.

 

[oakiecokie]

Much to my dismay I feel that Messi once more will get the award due to his "one man show" in last years World Cup finals.
It should be Haaland by a country mile but unfortunately you can see the media voting for Messi once again.
Come on you media tossers prove me wrong.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

I was trying to find the criteria for selecting the Ballon D'OR. This is what I found....

The three main criteria when the jury member is making their decisions are: Individual and collective performance from the previous season, a player’s class and their career.

All criteria will result in very subjective responses. How do you objectively rate a player's class? It's really open to interpretation. Plus, if they are rating a player's career relative newcomers unlikely to win.

In short, it's a popularity contest and I will be surprised if a City player wins it.

Over the whole season Messi not the best player, but he's going to get the emotional vote sadly.

Is it not 100 journalists that have 5 votes each?

That will explain why international tournaments take precedent over domestic success as these journalists follow different national leagues.

There can only be 2 winners really. Haaland or Alvarez, depending on the weighting you put on WC over domestic and continental success.

That being said, Messi will probably walk it.

For me:

Haaland
Alvarez
Rodri
Messi

In reality.

Messi
Haaland
De Bruyne
Rodri

 

[its a Barm]

Haaland should but won't
Messi shouldn't but will

 

[KevinMuscat]

If they give it to Messi it majorly devalues the award. World Cup aside, he has done relatively little domestically and no longer plays in Europe.