Ballon d'Or 2024
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Birdy
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I bumped into this twitter thread with all the winners and runners up since 2000.
Some decisions in there are laughable. And it got me thinking...
Who SHOULD the winner have been each year?
An alternative list of fair winners IMO:
2000: Zidane
2001: Owen
2002: Ronaldo
2003: Henry
2004: Deco
2005: Ronaldinho
2006: Ronaldinho
2007: Kaka
2008: C. Ronaldo
2009: Xavi
2010: Iniesta
2011: Messi
2012: Messi
2013: Ribery
2014: C. Ronaldo
2015: Messi
2016: Suarez
2017: C. Ronaldo
2018: Salah
2019: Messi
2020: Lewandowski
2021: Lewandowski
2022: Benzema
2023: Haaland
(forthcoming) 2024: Rodri
Rassvet
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Good list
my picks
2008: Ronaldo
2009: Messi
2010: Xavi
2011: Messi
2012: Messi
2013: Ronaldo
2014: Ronaldo
2015: Messi
2016: Ronaldo
2017: Ronaldo
2018: Ronaldo
2019: Messi
2020: RL9
2021: RL9
2022: Benzema
2023: Emir
2024: Rodri
MontenegrinCuler
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Emir who
Messigician
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Fati_Future_BallonDor
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Neutral results:
2005: Ronaldinho
2006: Ronaldinho
2007: Kaka
2008: C. Ronaldo
2009: Xavi
2010: Iniesta
2011: Messi
2012: C.Ronaldo
2013: C. Ronaldo
2014: C. Ronaldo
2015: Messi
2016: C. Ronaldo
2017: Neymar
2018: Salah
2019: Messi
2020: Lewandowski
2021: Lewandowski
2022: Benzema
2023: Haaland
(forthcoming) 2024: Vini/Rodri
2005: Ronaldinho
2006: Ronaldinho
2007: Kaka
2008: C. Ronaldo
2009: Xavi
2010: Iniesta
2011: Messi
2012: C.Ronaldo
2013: C. Ronaldo
2014: C. Ronaldo
2015: Messi
2016: C. Ronaldo
2017: Neymar
2018: Salah
2019: Messi
2020: Lewandowski
2021: Lewandowski
2022: Benzema
2023: Haaland
(forthcoming) 2024: Vini/Rodri
Birdy
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2012 and 2013 Ronaldo did nothing to deserve Ballon D or
Fati_Future_BallonDor
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2012-Ronaldo won la liga and played a great EURO
in cl unlucky but scored 2 goals + 1 assist against Bayern
Birdy
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2012 Messi broke all records. No question at all who was better.
2013 Madrid won nothing important, and it was another robbery by the UEFA and France Futbol PR Mafia that wanted to push 'Messi vs Ronaldo' controversy to the expense of everyone else playing football.
Ribbery not getting it that year was a STEAL
Fati_Future_BallonDor
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in 2012 Messi was scoring like crazy but his gameplay was worse than in previous years and he won only Copa, i prefer 2012-Ronaldo, he was a beast outside the box, inside the box, dribbling was top - even @KingLeo10 fear this version of Cristiano
thats why i put Ney over Ronaldo in 2017, Ronaldo's cl run was unique but gameplay-wise Ney was unbelievable 🥹
Horatio
You're welcome
Robbery?
Fati_Future_BallonDor
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2013 i can agree Ribery's gameplay was insane, Ronaldo got it because he scored the most goals
there are no clear rules anyways, sometimes titles are the decider, sometimes goals
there are no clear rules anyways, sometimes titles are the decider, sometimes goals
Fati_Future_BallonDor
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| Vinicius Jr | 4/6 | 60% |
| Rodri | 2/1 | 33.3% |
| Jude Bellingham | 12/1 | 7.7% |
| Dani Carvajal | 14/1 | 6.7% |
| Lamine Yamal | 28/1 | 3.5% |
Birdy
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Back then the award was referring to calendar year.
When someone scores close to 100 goals in calendar year at top level (not some amateur league), and he is the best version ever of prime MEssi
you simply give him the award
2013 i can agree Ribery's gameplay was insane, Ronaldo got it because he scored the most goals
there are no clear rules anyways, sometimes titles are the decider, sometimes goals
Supposedly now the rules are more about contribution to collective wins than individual achievements.
Back then, it was fuzzy on purpose: so that they can switch criteria every year according to how they can justify giving it to Messi or Ronaldo
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