Ballon D'or 2024

Pedram wrote:They also put Yamal in third place too, they might just be Cules.

Okay so I live in Eastern Europe (or as we prefer to say Central Europe) and my friend's exact words when Yamal was racially abused in clasico: "Damn, Vini deserves it but I feel bad for Yamal"

He prefers RM over Barca too

El Salvador Ballon d’Or voter: “I do NOT consider Vinicius Jr a DECISIVE player in terms of play, he impacts the pitch in a small area, therefore I think he is not complete player and is not TOP 10 in Europe.” @marca pic.twitter.com/hGZr56QBlI

— Madrid Xtra (@MadridXtra) October 29, 2024

These are the guys deciding balon d'or. We are in a dangerous world.

He is wrong about not being in top 10 but in the first part he has a point

A lot of people just don't like Vini jr.

They didn't like Cristiano Ronaldo either.

But Cristiano was undeniable.

Vini has to make himself undeniable.

Myesyats wrote:He is wrong about not being in top 10 but in the first part he has a point

You can't possibly believe this

Pedram wrote:

Myesyats wrote:

Pedram wrote:They also put Yamal in third place too, they might just be Cules.

Okay so I live in Eastern Europe (or as we prefer to say Central Europe) and my friend's exact words when Yamal was racially abused in clasico: "Damn, Vini deserves it but I feel bad for Yamal"

He prefers RM over Barca too

The white trash loves a good obedient black man, they don't want their "slaves" acting uppity.

Vinicius should never change his personality to appease these rubes though, even at the cost of never having a chance at these popularity contest awards.

He should change. Getting upset by racist shouts is one thing but this guy is acting up every time he gets fouled

Fouls is part of the game, Messi has never complained and hes the most fouled player in history. Yamal doesnt either, they ask him post-game and says this is football lets move on and go again

farfan wrote:

Myesyats wrote:He is wrong about not being in top 10 but in the first part he has a point

You can't possibly believe this

He does the same thing over and over on the wing, just gets past sometimes because he's quick. But watch Neymar and compare and learn

He will never be close to Neymar even if he has more CLs doesnt matter

Myesyats wrote:

farfan wrote:

Myesyats wrote:He is wrong about not being in top 10 but in the first part he has a point

You can't possibly believe this

He does the same thing over and over on the wing, just gets past sometimes because he's quick. But watch Neymar and compare and learn

He will never be close to Neymar even if he has more CLs doesnt matter

Who said anything about him being close to Neymar? Players can be highly impactful and decisive without reaching that level.

Myesyats wrote:

farfan wrote:

Myesyats wrote:He is wrong about not being in top 10 but in the first part he has a point

You can't possibly believe this

He does the same thing over and over on the wing, just gets past sometimes because he's quick. But watch Neymar and compare and learn

He will never be close to Neymar even if he has more CLs doesnt matter

Forgot to mention, he only looks good in a stacked team. Raphinha looks like a better player for Brazil and that's a FACT

--

Lionel Messi - 2017/18

• 52 goals
• 21 assists

Didn’t even make top 4 of Ballon D’or that yearpic.twitter.com/3a02i2HTdd

— K (@StopThatXavii) October 29, 2024

farfan wrote:

Myesyats wrote:

farfan wrote:

You can't possibly believe this

He does the same thing over and over on the wing, just gets past sometimes because he's quick. But watch Neymar and compare and learn

He will never be close to Neymar even if he has more CLs doesnt matter

Who said anything about him being close to Neymar? Players can be highly impactful and decisive without reaching that level.

Because Neymar is a natural comparison, fellow countryman and same position and similar style.

Vini is not decisive enough to be considered lightyears ahead of competition. FAR MORE decisive players have not won the award on several occasions, Rodri is absolutely decisive especially considering his defensive duties come first

Madrid fans are just all over the place, now they say Carvajal deserved it completely disregarding Bellingham after several month push to label him as the best player in the world

Lots of them also play the racism card just days after their stadium racially abused our 3 players. This week has been an absolute madshow and exposed everything that's wrong with this institution

And the main point still is that Vini would probably have won if not for Bellingham stealing votes, which makes this even more deranged. Now Vini is probably the first who didn't congratulate the winner, right or wrong, you concede and try again but he clearly has no class or integrity

Myesyats wrote:

farfan wrote:

Myesyats wrote:

He does the same thing over and over on the wing, just gets past sometimes because he's quick. But watch Neymar and compare and learn

He will never be close to Neymar even if he has more CLs doesnt matter

Who said anything about him being close to Neymar? Players can be highly impactful and decisive without reaching that level.

Because Neymar is a natural comparison, fellow countryman and same position and similar style.

Vini is not decisive enough to be considered lightyears ahead of competition. FAR MORE decisive players have not won the award on several occasions, Rodri is absolutely decisive especially considering his defensive duties come first

Vini should be compared to the current crop of attacking players. Everyone is falling short of the historically high standards of the 2010s when not even a 59 goals in 53 games season was enough for Suarez to be a serious contender for the award.

Nobody in the past 3 years has been more decisive in the CL than Vini. He stepped up in every round, including in two finals, and performed against elite competition like Bayern and City. His decisiveness cannot be called into question without resorting to mental gymnastics and bad faith arguments.

Judging by the number of posts Myesyats has made in past few days, it is obvious Vini has got into his head.

futbol_bill wrote:Judging by the number of posts Myesyats has made in past few days, it is obvious Vini has got into his head.

Spaniards. not being happy that a Spaniard won the trophy is more interesting to me, a nice case study for a collective derangement perhaps

farfan wrote:
Vini should be compared to the current crop of attacking players. Everyone is falling short of the historically high standards of the 2010s when not even a 59 goals in 53 games season was enough for Suarez to be a serious contender for the award.

Nobody in the past 3 years has been more decisive in the CL than Vini. He stepped up in every round, including in two finals, and performed against elite competition like Bayern and City. His decisiveness cannot be called into question without resorting to mental gymnastics and bad faith arguments.

Stop acting like CL is the only competition in the world will you?

Players with more G/A in the league than Vini Jr (21) last season:

Harry Kane - 44
Kylian Mbappe - 43
Cole Palmer - 33
Ollie Watkins - 32
Erling Haaland - 32
Artem Dovbyk - 32
Lois Openda - 31
Serhou Guirassy - 30
Lautaro Martinez - 30
Alexander Sorloth - 29
Mo Salah - 28
Deniz Undav - 28
Phil Foden - 27
Robert Lewandowksi - 27
Marcus Thuram - 27
Hueng-Min Son - 27
Jude Bellingham - 25
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang - 25
Ermedin Demirovic - 25
Alejandro Grimaldo - 25
Bukayo Saka - 25
Alexander Isak - 23
Jonathan David - 23
Oliver Giroud - 23
Victor Boniface - 23
Florian Wirtz - 23
Jarrod Bowen - 22
Marvin Ducksch - 22
Paulo Dybala - 22
Alexandre Lacazette - 22
Dominic Solanke - 22

The shit I read here

If there is anything that rhymes with Vini's name it's decisiveness

I am out. I am losing braincells just reading through the pages

Pedram wrote:The problem is Rodri's 400+ votes was completely manufactured through media hype, i feel even with the vote splitting he didn't deserve to get that many votes.

Right before Euro 2024 he wasn't even in the discussion for Ballon d'Or. then magically everyone was singing his praise.

Vini wasnt in the debate either according to madridzone

8 months into the season and he was not in the conversations.

Vinicius jr wanted the ballon D'or for a 2 months performance https://t.co/zx4qQfwxnt

— Esdee✮ (@Wesdinho_) October 29, 2024

EVEN if Vini deserved it, Bellingham was just as decisive in another competition and he garnered a lot of the votes.

You should be mad at mathematics only.

Myesyats wrote:

farfan wrote:
Vini should be compared to the current crop of attacking players. Everyone is falling short of the historically high standards of the 2010s when not even a 59 goals in 53 games season was enough for Suarez to be a serious contender for the award.

Nobody in the past 3 years has been more decisive in the CL than Vini. He stepped up in every round, including in two finals, and performed against elite competition like Bayern and City. His decisiveness cannot be called into question without resorting to mental gymnastics and bad faith arguments.

Stop acting like CL is the only competition in the world will you?

It's the highest level of club football and the one that matters the most for the Ballon d'Or. Claiming Vini is not a decisive player when he has been the most decisive player at the highest level of the sport is not a serious take.

Regarding your list, Vini missed a decent amount of games last season. Per 90 minutes he was still top 5 in La Liga in G/A. Not that G/A tells the whole story anyway. The stats is inherently affected by volume scoring which is why you will always see a host of mediocre centre forwards ahead of elite playmakers and wingers in those lists.

farfan wrote:

Myesyats wrote:

farfan wrote:
Vini should be compared to the current crop of attacking players. Everyone is falling short of the historically high standards of the 2010s when not even a 59 goals in 53 games season was enough for Suarez to be a serious contender for the award.

Nobody in the past 3 years has been more decisive in the CL than Vini. He stepped up in every round, including in two finals, and performed against elite competition like Bayern and City. His decisiveness cannot be called into question without resorting to mental gymnastics and bad faith arguments.

Stop acting like CL is the only competition in the world will you?

It's the highest level of club football and the one that matters the most for the Ballon d'Or. Claiming Vini is not a decisive player when he has been the most decisive player at the highest level of the sport is not a serious take.

Regarding your list, Vini missed a decent amount of games last season. Per 90 minutes he was still top 5 in La Liga in G/A. Not that G/A tells the whole story anyway. The stats is inherently affected by volume scoring which is why you will always see a host of mediocre centre forwards ahead of elite playmakers and wingers in those lists.

That's not true in the lightest. Highest level doesn't mean anything as there's so much variation in a cup competition it's easily the most random way to compare performances. League is easily the best indication of overall performance, as you play against the same opposition, twice. And only thing could disrupts that are injuries. Barcelona CL 14-15 beat only champions in KO rounds, compare that to any Refdrid draws lmao.

If Ballon d'Or wasn't about team tituleros, league rating would be the way to go.

farfan wrote:

Myesyats wrote:

farfan wrote:
Vini should be compared to the current crop of attacking players. Everyone is falling short of the historically high standards of the 2010s when not even a 59 goals in 53 games season was enough for Suarez to be a serious contender for the award.

Nobody in the past 3 years has been more decisive in the CL than Vini. He stepped up in every round, including in two finals, and performed against elite competition like Bayern and City. His decisiveness cannot be called into question without resorting to mental gymnastics and bad faith arguments.

Stop acting like CL is the only competition in the world will you?

It's the highest level of club football and the one that matters the most for the Ballon d'Or. Claiming Vini is not a decisive player when he has been the most decisive player at the highest level of the sport is not a serious take.

Regarding your list, Vini missed a decent amount of games last season. Per 90 minutes he was still top 5 in La Liga in G/A. Not that G/A tells the whole story anyway. The stats is inherently affected by volume scoring which is why you will always see a host of mediocre centre forwards ahead of elite playmakers and wingers in those lists.

Thats World Cup as Messi and Modric proved in 2023 and 2018. Vinicius is nonexistent for Brazil

Harmonica wrote:

farfan wrote:

Myesyats wrote:

Stop acting like CL is the only competition in the world will you?

It's the highest level of club football and the one that matters the most for the Ballon d'Or. Claiming Vini is not a decisive player when he has been the most decisive player at the highest level of the sport is not a serious take.

Regarding your list, Vini missed a decent amount of games last season. Per 90 minutes he was still top 5 in La Liga in G/A. Not that G/A tells the whole story anyway. The stats is inherently affected by volume scoring which is why you will always see a host of mediocre centre forwards ahead of elite playmakers and wingers in those lists.

Barcelona CL 14-15 beat only champions in KO rounds, compare that to any Refdrid draws lmao.

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All I remember from that season is you facing a Bayern without Robben and Ribery Someone already did the comparison, so take it up with them: