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

[SebastianBlue]

The toesucking **** is, of course, absolutely correct.

Educated fans not only see how dominant and immensely talented Rodri is, but they understand how difficult it is to be so dominant, so consistently, especially in the defensive midfielder role, especially under Pep.

That is simply not there with Vini Jr.

And, apart from Haaland in the treble season, it is rarely there for most forwards, even for pthe very best that have ever played.

Rodri’s role, in arguably the best and most physical/technical league in the world, requires levels of intelligence, focus, vision, stamina, and shear power of will that forwards are simply never expected to achieve, much less actually attain.

As someone that played that role, all the way through youth development levels and much lower level professional football for several years before a major knee injury effectively ended my career in my early 20s, I understand how difficult and thankless it can be. How easy it is to lose form or pick up an injury, struggle to consistently play at the level required, and be replaced with someone who can (or, at least, can be slightly more consistent).

But Rodri just gets on with it, never asking for recognition or accolades. He just quietly—or when he scores his now trademark thunderbastards, slightly less quietly—takes over football matches, makes all of his teammates better, and drives the team to excellence (and lots of silverware). And he does it over, and over, and over again.

He is so dominant that when he has a 7/10 game people start talking about whether he has peaked or if he is exhausted or carrying a knock or all manner of other conjecture.

He is the epitome of class, both in football and outside of it, as we see regularly at City and as was on show in his acceptance speech for the Ballon d’Or.

As many others have written, football won when he was awarded the trophy.

And the Ballon d’Or regained at least some small amount of credibility.

 

[colinbellsboy]

It really surprise me by these ,so called experts on social media, telly etc, how they turn a blind eye to how some footballers behaviour. Vinicuis jnr is almost everything I despise about some footballers.
Here's the new voting "rules" for the balon dor, although it didn't help Erling.

 

[cityontheup]

Who the fuck is Rory….some social media dick head?

 

[traditionalleesy]

He also said Rodri is the best ever DM the prem has ever had. He may suck off his daughter’s toes, but for a rag he’s actually not that much of a bellend. Couldn’t bring myself to say he’s alright so I had to improvise.

He is an Oldham fan.

 

[Manchester_lalala]

He is an Oldham fan.

Who happened to play for United for three decades, he’s still a rag.

 

[mancboy]

The fact that rory jennings still has the gall to show his face and give his opinion on anything after his opinion on haaland shows what a joke social media and the overlap is, his opinion is less than worthless

 

[I'm Blue]

Also according to Rory the know nowt **** ‘Palmer is a better footballer than Rodri’
Definitely not one of educated football people.

 

[jrb]

Tea Bag is right for once.

 

[ancoats]

Typical f*cking media scum, highlighted Vini Jr not winning the Ballon Dor, BUT the winner Rodri is being washed over and forgotten.

The Britsih Media scum Should be lording and bigging up the fact a Premier League player and Club has won the Ballon Dor, But NO it's Manchester City so add as much crap and negative reporting as possible,

Could you imagine a United or Liverpool player winning the Ballon Dor over a Real Madrid player, Holy shit, I think the media scum would be still at it, Even asking the Royal family to Knight them or make them an MBE, Then the BBC sports personality of the year award would be a closed vote,

F*ck the lot of them, Go and Boil Piss you C*nts Rodri Ballon Dor winner 2024 and rightly so

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]