OFFICIAL FOOTY THREAD ⚽️: Rodri wins 2024 Ballon d’Or

[Belgium]

This is beautiful, whole match has been comedy
Literally as bad as Southampton’s last dozen matches and Pep already looked like he was about to cry in the first half

 

[Belgium]

Rogers just shrugging off defenders left and right.

Incredible performance by him so far

 

[rolaholic]

Citeh

 

[Belgium]

Morgan Rogers is just increasingly toying with everyone

 

[LA Diggler]

This Da Prem. The lack of physicality in their XI is killing them. They’re so easy to counter

 

[8pm at msg]

City is trash

They losing cause they got on those knockoff Fenerbache jerseys

 

[Armada]

This Da Prem. The lack of physicality in their XI is killing them. They’re so easy to counter

Really exposes how Rodri was 100% of the physicality in midfield. KDB can be physical too but he’s struggled for fitness all season.

 

[Armada]

I don’t think any of this is down to the tactics but it’s time for Pep to give up on certain players and he needs to be ruthless about that.

 

[rolaholic]

 

[LA Diggler]

Citeh really could’ve had Bynoe-Gittens, Rogers, and Palmer playing behind Haaland

 

[Armada]

Too little too late

 

[rolaholic]

Pep lost his head

 

[rolaholic]

 

[rolaholic]

 

[LA Diggler]

 

[jape]

Never seen a team fall off so far and so fast before in any sport

 

[Armada]

Can’t stay on top forever the run the last few years been incredible. Team needs major retooling.

 

[rolaholic]

 

[haicheo]

Definitely this season’s MVP.

 

[Armada]

I don’t think stones is finished as a player but his body is failing him

 

[rolaholic]

Poetic

 

[nomadicsole21]

Definitely this season’s MVP.

According to my sources this is really what's going on inside the locker room and why City has been losing since Rodri won the Ballon D'or:

Sources say that Rodri, desperate to secure the Ballon d’Or, struck a deal with the Footy Gods, offering up his knees as collateral. All seemed well until Richarlison, fuming over the snub, reached out to Mathias Pogba’s infamous black magic dealer and flew them out to London. The plan? A curse so devastating it would ripple throughout Manchester and the Etihad.

Word has it that Richarlison had to sacrifice his hamstrings in order for the curse to work and he chose Pep Guardiola as the vessel for the voodoo spell, also cursing him to bear the burden of the team's downfall. This explains his erratic behavior lately...scratching himself uncontrollably and appearing visibly distressed on the touchline. The whispers grow louder in the streets of London...the curse has already begun, targeting the very heart of City's dominance and the beginning of their downfall.

 

[Bosa]

Isak been on fire

 

[worldbeefreeg]

When you get old, it happens fast. KDB, Stones, Walker, Gundo, Bernardo, Grealish, Akanji, Dias etc. all have a lottttt of miles on them, and are all over 30 or about to be.

That happens is a blink of an eye and you go from dominating games to just gettin run over.

 

[whtascene]

Jesus suddenly remembered how to score.