comment by Keiran Keane (U1734)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by #4zA (U22472)
posted 1 minute ago
too give Rodri credit. it wuz him that wun the Euros finale 4 Spane
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It wasn't so much about individual performance from Rodri in the final. It was more about his impact on the team. It is a team game after all. There are no individual awards in football.
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yup

is a temegame n Rodri was a troo teme player in fnale

comment by #4zA (U22472)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by Keiran Keane (U1734)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by #4zA (U22472)
posted 1 minute ago
too give Rodri credit. it wuz him that wun the Euros finale 4 Spane
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It wasn't so much about individual performance from Rodri in the final. It was more about his impact on the team. It is a team game after all. There are no individual awards in football.
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yup

is a temegame n Rodri was a troo teme player in fnale
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The best team players go unnoticed as they make things tick along so smoothly that you don't even notice that they are there.

Another key point as to why Rodri deserves it is how poorly his team performs when he isn't playing. That's more noticeable than when he is because the performance of the team and their success drops dramatically.

Lobotka>Rodri

This site really is odd nowadays!

comment by meltonblue (U10617)
posted 8 minutes ago
This site really is odd nowadays!
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nowadays?

https://x.com/TrollFootball/status/1851017903413637486

Alas, just highlights how spoilt we have been for the last 15 odd years. Now back to bog standard players winning awards.

This is so refreshing that Messi or Ronaldo didn't win what they didn't deserve, like last season. Rodri is a very worthy winner and his credentials bear it out
Madrid throwing their toys out of the pram is icing on the cake.

comment by Cinciwolf-----JA606 NFL fantasy champ 2023 (U11551)
posted 32 minutes ago
Alas, just highlights how spoilt we have been for the last 15 odd years. Now back to bog standard players winning awards.
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I didn't know Hwang won it?!

https://x.com/City_Xtra/status/1851054595109503070?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1851054595109503070%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=

City might have singlehandedly destroyed the essence of football but Rodri earned it on the pitch.

Deserving winner, IMO, and nice to see the decisionmakers remembering that there’s more than one position on the football pitch.

Deserved winner.

Haven’t paid much attention to it, but did Vinicius Junior not attend because he’d been given the heads up that he hadn’t won?

comment by Winston (U16525)
posted 1 minute ago
Deserved winner.

Haven’t paid much attention to it, but did Vinicius Junior not attend because he’d been given the heads up that he hadn’t won?
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The whole Real contingent didn’t attend (despite having two winners in their midst).

Attempt to try to build some kind of us vs them narrative for the dressing room? Simple deflection away from getting pummelled at home by Barca? Who knows.

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posted 2 minutes ago
comment by Winston (U16525)
posted 1 minute ago
Deserved winner.

Haven’t paid much attention to it, but did Vinicius Junior not attend because he’d been given the heads up that he hadn’t won?
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The whole Real contingent didn’t attend (despite having two winners in their midst).

Attempt to try to build some kind of us vs them narrative for the dressing room? Simple deflection away from getting pummelled at home by Barca? Who knows.
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Urgh. It’s all a bit childish isn’t it.

A bit like refereeing decisions. “I don’t agree with the decision so the whole system is corrupt”.

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comment by rosso says the time has come to unlock the unlimited Pote-ntial of the Fernçalvenoo triumvirate (U17054)
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comment by Winston (U16525)
posted 1 minute ago
Deserved winner.

Haven’t paid much attention to it, but did Vinicius Junior not attend because he’d been given the heads up that he hadn’t won?
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The whole Real contingent didn’t attend (despite having two winners in their midst).

Attempt to try to build some kind of us vs them narrative for the dressing room? Simple deflection away from getting pummelled at home by Barca? Who knows.
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Urgh. It’s all a bit childish isn’t it.

A bit like refereeing decisions. “I don’t agree with the decision so the whole system is corrupt”.
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It has certainly made them look absolutely pathetic.

Fack the Ballon D'or

Didn't it used to happen frequently, if a player hadn't won and was finishing 2nd, they wouldn't turn up? I'm sure Ronaldo did it quite a few times.

Has Javier Tebas commented yet?

Glad he won superb player

i mean, hes more than worthy, first winner in the prem since 2006 ronaldo? which just shows how facking absurd the reward is and therefore worthless. Most years its a joke as it was when Haaland didnt win it.

Means fack all to me, never has really. Disappointed Trents even interested in it.

Cracks me up Real crying though after being one of the main teams favoured for it every year.

comment by Inbefore (U20589)
posted 1 minute ago
i mean, hes more than worthy, first winner in the prem since 2006 ronaldo? which just shows how facking absurd the reward is and therefore worthless. Most years its a joke as it was when Haaland didnt win it.

Means fack all to me, never has really. Disappointed Trents even interested in it.
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Name the PL players that should have won it most years from 2008 (Ronaldo) onwards.

comment by Keiran Keane (U1734)
posted 2 hours, 39 minutes ago
Didn't it used to happen frequently, if a player hadn't won and was finishing 2nd, they wouldn't turn up? I'm sure Ronaldo did it quite a few times.
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It wasn't just Vini not attending though, it was the entire Real Madrid delegation of about 50 people.

Whatever the reason, it's pretty sad that the club wasn't there to honour the first time ever a Madrid-born player wins the award.

Rodri is twisting it in, I think.

https://x.com/ManCity/status/1851209252196827571