Balotelli (continued - bust up with Mancini pg 18)

[Uwe Rosler's Grandad]

FWIW I thought the Daily Mail piece yesterday (after the incident) looked like a "press release" or had input from the club. This was further supported by RM's version of events today which was virtually word for word what the DM said.

 

[greasedupdeafguy]

With AC selling Pato and probably Robinho plus Dzeko finding form I could definitely see him leaving. Cant see Mancini keeping 4 big name strikers (plus Guidetti) happy when we're only competing in two competitions.

 

[didactic]

http://www.redcafe.net/f6/better-player-danny-welbeck-mario-balotelli-364437/

A year ago I'd have laughed but now it's hard to disagree.

Fuck that. I'd still rather have Balo.

Welbeck for me, like most of them say Balotelli has more talent but his lack of effort and petulance just makes him a liability.

-- Fri Jan 04, 2013 10:59 pm --

Please be true

You need to put the pipe down. Welbeck is not even 10th the player even with no effort. Go get a beer and wind your neck in.<br /><br />-- Fri Jan 04, 2013 11:17 pm --<br /><br />

With AC selling Pato and probably Robinho plus Dzeko finding form I could definitely see him leaving. Cant see Mancini keeping 4 big name strikers (plus Guidetti) happy when we're only competing in two competitions.

Wind your neck in dude really.

 

[adrianr]

Its the mail,they've made it up




cos they hate us......

Shame you don't feel capable of engaging with me directly.

They don't make stuff up because they hate us. They make stuff up because they're The Mail.

<a class="postlink" href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2257178/Alex-Ferguson-Roberto-Mancini-contrasting-moods-Mario-Balotelli.html#ixzz2H2wtbsY2" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/footba ... z2H2wtbsY2</a>

I'd say that article was unbeleivable, but it's the mail, and no depths to which they'd stoop would likely surprise me that much.

Re: Above.. For right or wrong, I just find Balotelli entertaining. I watch football for entertainment. I dont think Wellbeck will do anything in his entire career, either in isolation or culmulatively, that will endear me to him like Balo's 'Why always me' celebration at the Swamp. Or his hulk impression at the Euros. Not because he's a rag and Balo is a blue, and he seems like a genuinely nice lad, he's just bloody dull.

 

[Limmer]

http://www.redcafe.net/f6/better-player-danny-welbeck-mario-balotelli-364437/

A year ago I'd have laughed but now it's hard to disagree.

Bollocks

 

[greasedupdeafguy]

Fuck that. I'd still rather have Balo.

Welbeck for me, like most of them say Balotelli has more talent but his lack of effort and petulance just makes him a liability.

-- Fri Jan 04, 2013 10:59 pm --

Please be true

You need to put the pipe down. Welbeck is not even 10th the player even with no effort. Go get a beer and wind your neck in.

-- Fri Jan 04, 2013 11:17 pm --

With AC selling Pato and probably Robinho plus Dzeko finding form I could definitely see him leaving. Cant see Mancini keeping 4 big name strikers (plus Guidetti) happy when we're only competing in two competitions.

Wind your neck in dude really.

All about opinions you rate him I don't.

 

[stony]

Fuck that. I'd still rather have Balo.

Welbeck for me, like most of them say Balotelli has more talent but his lack of effort and petulance just makes him a liability.

-- Fri Jan 04, 2013 10:59 pm --

Please be true

You need to put the pipe down. Welbeck is not even 10th the player even with no effort. Go get a beer and wind your neck in.

-- Fri Jan 04, 2013 11:17 pm --

With AC selling Pato and probably Robinho plus Dzeko finding form I could definitely see him leaving. Cant see Mancini keeping 4 big name strikers (plus Guidetti) happy when we're only competing in two competitions.

Wind your neck in dude really.

They are offering opinions on football. Something which this site was designed for.
They aren't trolling, they aren't wumming and they aren't being abusive to other forum members.

So how about you wind your neck in.

 

[Balti]

on news at ten now!

wall to wall City

we are taking over the world :-)

 

[yayas trusty right foot]

In fairness most of the squad would at varying stages 'love to chin Mancini. In fairness to Mancini he would probably love them to try. So Mario liking/disliking Mancini I don't see as an issue given I doubt if any player actually likes Mancini - I mean its not as if he goes out of his way to be BFF with the players is it?

Mancini seems to thrive on tension and confrontation. He likes good characters but doesn't want angels. Tevez prior to Munichgate was quoted as saying that Mancini likes to create tension and the he (Tevez) didn't really know why. But the squad do seem to play better when there is drama in the ranks so in that sense our current squad is a creation in Mancini's image. It is fractious. It is confrontational with varying players always on the edge of a strop. As Vincent said its a difficult group to handle but it works. You don't go nigh on 2 years unbeaten at home or win difficult away games a man down or whenever we do lose a PL match always win the next one or win so many games in the last 15 minutes without having created something a bit special. Because much as people would like to deny the last 2 years Mancini has welded together a bunch of very talented, ego centric players into a strong team playing some quite sumptuous football.

And yes I have loved every minute of it. Except the bits when I thought it was veering towards the edge of a cliff but boy that feeling when we do a spectacular handbrake turn and win when all was lost - hell in retrospect I have ended up loving the 'edge of cliff' moments as well.

Some people dislike Mancini on here and wish he was Pep or Jose or whoever which is fine. Not everyone will like Mancini, and the players and most of the media will be the first in that particular queue, but it really doesn't matter because like it or not Mancini turned the cash into football silver and provided us with some truly great moments to cherish.

And for that I love the guy

Without a shadow of a doubt, the best post in the thread, and maybe the best on Bluemoon ever....

If i could post that crowd clapping gif i'd do it now!![/quote]




Good post...

Compare that to Real Madrid, the players dont like the so called " special one" and there performances this season reflect that.

 

[stony]

on news at ten now!

wall to wall City

we are taking over the world :-)

If only Balotelli could make news at ten for his exploits on the pitch.