A few things. First off, the curriculum is always fluctuating between team success and individual metrics. It's been a stat bias since 2021, I believe. This is why Messi won in 2018 over VVD cus it was stat based, but then they changed it to trophy based, in which he won it again in 2022 over Haaland. So, with that in mind, if he was, in fact, the most accomplished, he's the most deserving. I think that's dumb personally, no disrespect to Rodri. Hell of a player. I'm casual, so if I recognize you, a defender no less, it's really saying something, I'm sure. Especially an American casual at that. Secondly, all journalists are propagandists these days, no matter the genre. Ink n keyboard mercenaries. Pens for hire. It used to be personal bias, and you could tell someone was just a hater. Now you can see narrative hustlers. You're listening or reading something, and it feels like a sales pitch for a shitty used car. This is why I do not let writers tell me who's great. It's truly all subjective. It's something we could never know. You can only determine who had the best season, and even then, there's so much context. Nedved is a perfect example of this. In my opinion, he deserved it. Modric as well. They weren't stat warriors but impressed a lot at what they did. We can't really put a true value to most of the things we do. Not to babble, but its just a ridiculous award at this point. All these accolades are about feeding narratives and legacies
@@JoVatore everything you said is exactly my sentiments, but you put it In a more Less emotional way than me! lol I’ve never been a big fan of the Ballon, but hey at least it’s there for those that do care. They should announce who the writers and critics actually are, maybe I’d feel differently… Maybe 🤣
DO YOU THINK THE 2024 BALLON d'Or WAS FAIR THIS YEAR???
A few things.
First off, the curriculum is always fluctuating between team success and individual metrics. It's been a stat bias since 2021, I believe. This is why Messi won in 2018 over VVD cus it was stat based, but then they changed it to trophy based, in which he won it again in 2022 over Haaland.
So, with that in mind, if he was, in fact, the most accomplished, he's the most deserving. I think that's dumb personally, no disrespect to Rodri. Hell of a player. I'm casual, so if I recognize you, a defender no less, it's really saying something, I'm sure. Especially an American casual at that.
Secondly, all journalists are propagandists these days, no matter the genre. Ink n keyboard mercenaries. Pens for hire.
It used to be personal bias, and you could tell someone was just a hater. Now you can see narrative hustlers. You're listening or reading something, and it feels like a sales pitch for a shitty used car.
This is why I do not let writers tell me who's great. It's truly all subjective. It's something we could never know. You can only determine who had the best season, and even then, there's so much context.
Nedved is a perfect example of this. In my opinion, he deserved it. Modric as well. They weren't stat warriors but impressed a lot at what they did. We can't really put a true value to most of the things we do.
Not to babble, but its just a ridiculous award at this point. All these accolades are about feeding narratives and legacies
@@JoVatore everything you said is exactly my sentiments, but you put it In a more Less emotional way than me! lol
I’ve never been a big fan of the Ballon, but hey at least it’s there for those that do care.
They should announce who the writers and critics actually are, maybe I’d feel differently…
Maybe 🤣