Balotelli (continued)

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jma said:
paulchapo said:
those at the ground should be able to realise how good he is off the ball when City are in possession. Sadly, our tactics don’t play to his strength.

When you watch him for Italy, you realise just how effective he can be. His searing pace enables him to get beyond the opposition defence and with Andrea Pirlo picking him out early with balls over the top to exploit the space, he is lethal. Unfortunately, we don’t play that way. At the Etihad Stadium, it is clear that his movement is terrific. There were countless times in the first half when he (and Sergio Aguero) made darts over the top as United’s defence pushed up, but our tempo was so laboured that no-one found those runs. ''
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This has very rapidly become one of the laziest and over used cliches in football, beloved by cod analysts everywhere.

Based on a single 90 minutes against Germany and a single high profile comment by Gary Neville at the end of last season, people with a desire to build him up to something he isn't have sought to spread this myth that he has never seen before movement that is better than anything in world football.

And that this amazing talent is wasted because there are only two or three players in world football that play in the style of Pirlo and have Pirlo's ability.

It is lazy and inaccurate. What's more, it is so damning of the player, if it were true, that the agenda that they are seeking to push with it is totally devalued. It is basically saying that he is so one dimensional that he cannot even play well in one of the best team's in Europe, packed with quality, because they don't base their whole style around him and his apparent only outstanding attribute.

He needs the presence of one of only a small handful of players in the world (or someone mimicking that) in a team to be a decent player? Yeah, right. What an insult to him.

Lazy, lazy, lazy cliche from people latching on to something that they mistakenly think is high level football analysis. Just because a player has pace and makes the odd run off a shoulder of a defender and this has been highlighted a couple of times, we have another version of the "best in the world" myth around him.

He has gone from being put up as "potentially the best player in the world", which not many have the front to claim now, to the downgraded "got the best movement in the world". Both are total exaggerations and stem from certain people's desire for him to be that, rather than reality.
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Santos have had a bid rejected for Robinho from AC Milan today, but expect to get the deal done sooner rather than later. Reports in Milan suggest that they want a replacement ready before sanctioning the deal. Some say Balo, some say Pastore from PSG.
 
jma said:
paulchapo said:
those at the ground should be able to realise how good he is off the ball when City are in possession. Sadly, our tactics don’t play to his strength.

When you watch him for Italy, you realise just how effective he can be. His searing pace enables him to get beyond the opposition defence and with Andrea Pirlo picking him out early with balls over the top to exploit the space, he is lethal. Unfortunately, we don’t play that way. At the Etihad Stadium, it is clear that his movement is terrific. There were countless times in the first half when he (and Sergio Aguero) made darts over the top as United’s defence pushed up, but our tempo was so laboured that no-one found those runs. ''
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This has very rapidly become one of the laziest and over used cliches in football, beloved by cod analysts everywhere.

Based on a single 90 minutes against Germany and a single high profile comment by Gary Neville at the end of last season, people with a desire to build him up to something he isn't have sought to spread this myth that he has never seen before movement that is better than anything in world football.

And that this amazing talent is wasted because there are only two or three players in world football that play in the style of Pirlo and have Pirlo's ability.

It is lazy and inaccurate. What's more, it is so damning of the player, if it were true, that the agenda that they are seeking to push with it is totally devalued. It is basically saying that he is so one dimensional that he cannot even play well in one of the best team's in Europe, packed with quality, because they don't base their whole style around him and his apparent only outstanding attribute.

He needs the presence of one of only a small handful of players in the world (or someone mimicking that) in a team to be a decent player? Yeah, right. What an insult to him.

Lazy, lazy, lazy cliche from people latching on to something that they mistakenly think is high level football analysis. Just because a player has pace and makes the odd run off a shoulder of a defender and this has been highlighted a couple of times, we have another version of the "best in the world" myth around him.

He has gone from being put up as "potentially the best player in the world", which not many have the front to claim now, to the downgraded "got the best movement in the world". Both are total exaggerations and stem from certain people's desire for him to be that, rather than reality.
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Got to agree with that.
 
nehe11 said:
jma said:
This has very rapidly become one of the laziest and over used cliches in football, beloved by cod analysts everywhere.

Based on a single 90 minutes against Germany and a single high profile comment by Gary Neville at the end of last season, people with a desire to build him up to something he isn't have sought to spread this myth that he has never seen before movement that is better than anything in world football.

And that this amazing talent is wasted because there are only two or three players in world football that play in the style of Pirlo and have Pirlo's ability.

It is lazy and inaccurate. What's more, it is so damning of the player, if it were true, that the agenda that they are seeking to push with it is totally devalued. It is basically saying that he is so one dimensional that he cannot even play well in one of the best team's in Europe, packed with quality, because they don't base their whole style around him and his apparent only outstanding attribute.

He needs the presence of one of only a small handful of players in the world (or someone mimicking that) in a team to be a decent player? Yeah, right. What an insult to him.

Lazy, lazy, lazy cliche from people latching on to something that they mistakenly think is high level football analysis. Just because a player has pace and makes the odd run off a shoulder of a defender and this has been highlighted a couple of times, we have another version of the "best in the world" myth around him.

He has gone from being put up as "potentially the best player in the world", which not many have the front to claim now, to the downgraded "got the best movement in the world". Both are total exaggerations and stem from certain people's desire for him to be that, rather than reality.
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Cheers for that condescending post, lads. Think I'll stick to my own eyes though.
 
I see Ya-Ya has come out in support of mario in the MUEN today saying we have to be patient and that mario is destined to become a world class striker.

I'm fine with listening to ya-ya's opinion, I live the guy ( FA cup god), but we have two strikers already who IMO are works class now.

Play your best players as after as possible and in all major games and you can do no more...

For the record - In Mancini I still trust.
 
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srNpQDMcQV0[/youtube]<br /><br />-- Thu Dec 13, 2012 1:44 am --<br /><br />Just put this together earlier.....hope you like it! :-)
 
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