Essential The Official Football (Soccer) Thread - The Slotification of Liverpool is nearly complete

[Yehuda]

"The Ballon d'Or period typically runs from the beginning of one calendar year (January 1) to the end of the following year (December 31) for which the award is given. For example, the 2023 award considers performances from January 1, 2022, to December 31, 2022."

They flipped it in 2022 and been using the European season since which is why Rodri won the treble in 2022–23 but Messi won the last edition of the award

For the second time in the history of the award, it was given based on the results of the season instead of the calendar year, with the season starting on 1 August 2022 and ending 31 July 2023.

 

[Yehuda]

sure gringos are generally against brehs but brazillians in football escape a lot of that.

vini less so than his compatriots but i suppose that depends on how the brazilian looks. see hulk playing in russia.

" In 2012, he joined Russian Premier League side Zenit Saint Petersburg for €60 million, winning all three domestic honours and being named the competition's best player and being top scorer, once each"

Not sure what you're trying to argue here.

Hulk blasts Russia over racism in 'almost every game'

Zenit St Petersburg’s Hulk accuses Spartak Moscow fans of racist abuse

 

[TobiOT]

 

[Ukbrotha]

Really wish he could follow ETH out the door.

 

[Kunty McPhuck]

Bad diet + bad genes

 

[Premeditated]

Lol y'all are crazy. Like I said earlier Vini isn't the hill to die on. Y'all claiming racism when it was obvious Madrid PR couldn't help the split votes with Jude and Vini. They killed Jude's PR after Euros and tried to hype Vini but it was too little too late. Now Madrid got 3 guys who Papa Perez promised Balon D'Or. Good luck with that team chemistry.

Y'all's acting like Vini is nelson Mandela, when he only speaks up about cism after he needles his opponent's and then the Spaniards respond with their racismo. Guy finished second in Balon d'or and threw his toys out the pram, makes me respect all the other runners up over the years a whole lot more.

wrong again

he literally called out Madrid fans a few days ago for chanting racist shyt at Yamal after they got trounced 4-0

Rodri is the worst balloon d'or since Nedved

guys PL finally have a ballon d'or winner

 

[TobiOT]

Damn. Figured he would sign a pre-agreement for next season.

His last game is today. Against Nacional. Wonder how the Sporting fans will react.

Seeing how Ole & Jose looked during their final months at Man Utd, Amorim going lose that hairline by 2025.

 

[Uchiha God]

Damn. Figured he would sign a pre-agreement for next season.

His last game is today. Against Nacional. Wonder how the Sporting fans will react.

Seeing how Ole & Jose looked during their final months at Man Utd, Amorim going lose that hairline by 2025.

guy gon be looking like Harry Bosch by June next year

 

[Kunty McPhuck]

Damn. Figured he would sign a pre-agreement for next season.

His last game is today. Against Nacional. Wonder how the Sporting fans will react.

Seeing how Ole & Jose looked during their final months at Man Utd, Amorim going lose that hairline by 2025.

Yanited/Ineos cannot afford to have an interim till the end of the season. Your team is broken your players are broken and old. And the Wreck-It Ralf tenure showed interim doesn't work because the players know someone else is taking over in the summer.

 

[Givethanks]

All in all, I wanna see the votes


Now one of my guys is trying to say today Rodri isn't one of the top MFs playing right now

 

[LiveFromLondon]

He didn't stand out ? Dude was literally player of the tournament... And he made both team of the season in EPL and team of the tournament in Euro.

Breh when I say standout, I mean balling outta control and peaking really high. Like Cannavaro won it 06 for the WC but did he outshine Zidane, no. Yamal peaked higher than Rodri at the Euros and you could argue Olmo and fabian ruiz where just as good as Rodri was.

 

[Liu Kang]

Yanited/Ineos cannot afford to have an interim till the end of the season. Your team is broken your players are broken and old. And the Wreck-It Ralf tenure showed interim doesn't work because the players know someone else is taking over in the summer.

How do you think United get back on tracks ?

Ten Hag bought like 5 or 6 players he had at Ajax. How can any manager build on flawed foundations like that.

Do Ineos do like 08 Madrid with all its dutch players and sell them all to start a new era ?

 

[Liu Kang]

Breh when I say standout, I mean balling outta control and peaking really high. Like Cannavaro won it 06 for the WC but did he outshine Zidane, no. Yamal peaked higher than Rodri at the Euros and you could argue Olmo and fabian ruiz where just as good as Rodri was.

No DM will ever shine like an attacking player, it's the nature of the position.

Vini deserved it as well and so did Bellingham and Carvajal but there can only be one winner.

 

[Kunty McPhuck]

How do you think United get back on tracks ?

Ten Hag bought like 5 or 6 players he had at Ajax. How can any manager build on flawed foundations like that.

Do Ineos do like 08 Madrid with all its dutch players and sell them all to start a new era ?

Before they get rid of the Dutchies before they try a revolt. Yanited need a structure and method on how they are going to play until the end of the season. Going to a back 3 isn't the worst thing in the world for them as they do have an over abundance of CB's even if flawed in various ways. Injuries inexperienced not good enough been there too long etc...

Apart from Eriksen and his pacemaker and Bruno (looks shot and played the most games than anyone else over the last 5 years or so) they have no creativity. Do you really trust Rashford and Bruno as the double 10's behind the striker ? Garnacho as a the hybrid WB/W on the left?

Yanited need to move on Maguires Evans Lindelof Shaw Eriksen Casemiro Antony's for starters. And I would include Bruno and Rashford as well but now Portuguese coaches is coming Bruno not leaving. And Rashford will probably go on a run looking like the 2nd coming and people will get giddy and say he's back and save himself.

 

[TobiOT]

Ten Hag is available.