Rodri - The 2024 Ballon d'Or Winner! (Pg 131)

[SebastianBlue]

You know, if we do meet them at home in the CL, we should have two giant tifos to congratulate both Rodri and Vini Jr: one in the north stand for the Ballon d’Or win, and one right beside the away section in the south stand for the Cryon d’Floor win.

 

[Lovebitesandeveryfing]

If it were up to me, any player who declares the ballon d’or to be their ultimate aim int he sport should be banned from ever winning it (cough Bellingham, Alexander Arnold, Neymar, Vinicius, Mbappe cough)

They should be dropped to the bench by their club, for a start. It is totally the wrong attitude. Anyway, although I'm very pleased for Rod and MCFC, at the risk of being very unpopular on here I have to say that I see this as a tinseltown award, in many respects similar to the Oscars, and I pay about as much mind to it. Many many times the Oscar for best film has been awarded to what was clearly not the best film that year. The awarding of the Ballon d'Or over and over again to Messi and Ronaldo discredited it for me. And they are both great footballers. That's not the question.
One very good thing though is that it has been awarded to a defensive midfielder. Now we all love spectacular attacking players, but anyone who understands the game at all knows that they are enabled by everything that's going on in midfield and defence.

 

[BeerIsTheBest]

What’s his username on here?..

Wasteofspunk

 

[cleavers]

One very good thing though is that it has been awarded to a defensive midfielder. Now we all love spectacular attacking players, but anyone who understands the game at all knows that they are enabled by everything that's going on in midfield and defence.

It's easy to call him a "defensive midfielder", but he's much more than that, he scores goals and makes assists too, many of these turn out to be match winners, alongside some of the more defensive duties that win matches for us.

I've never really been a fan of the award, but I'm dellighted Rodri won it, as well as the glorious meltdown that ensued in madrid.

 

[Lovebitesandeveryfing]

It's easy to call him a "defensive midfielder", but he's much more than that, he scores goals and makes assists too, many of these turn out to be match winners, alongside some of the more defensive duties that win matches for us.

I've never really been a fan of the award, but I'm dellighted Rodri won it, as well as the glorious meltdown that ensued in madrid.

A truly great player is always more than the bald job description indicated by two words. So we're not disagreeing.

 

[The perfect fumble]

Amazing how genuine class influences what people say and do, isn’t it?

And how the lack of it leads to what we have seen from Real Madrid and Vini Jr, etc.

It does indeed.

Everyone associated with City, particularly Rodri and Pep, have behaved impeccably, not that anyone outside the club will acknowledge it.

 

[bennyboy]

Both songs should be sung all game with twirling sky blue scarfs tomorrow.
It would be a great sight.

 

[wattle]

How nice that a nice sensible bloke wins it for a change. Someone not obsessed with (or even on) social media or their image. Someone who drives a sensible car and goes to university to study whilst playing football. Sometime the good guys do win

 

[paulchapo]

Both songs should be sung all game with twirling sky blue scarfs tomorrow.
It would be a great sight.

That was exactly my thought. Easy to do and it would look fantastic.

 

[cleavers]

A truly great player is always more than the bald job description indicated by two words. So we're not disagreeing.

Oh I wasn't disagreeing, I just thought it needed adding that he's far more than that for us, and fully deserving of an accolade I still really don't value that highly.

The best thing is that he recognises (from his own words) that he's just a cog in the machine, can't imagine any of mbappe, bellingham, or vinicious jr doing any of that.

Loved our (after) party singing and waving the white hankies, just shows how close they all are.