Keith Moon
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andyhinch said:
Hehe, both sets of mascots went mental and oddbalo loved it, watch it, its kind of sweet..
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Hehe, both sets of mascots went mental and oddbalo loved it, watch it, its kind of sweet..
Josh Blue
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Just scored twice for the Under 21's. Smiling and having banter with the people watching.
Good lad Mario.
Good lad Mario.
woody7figure
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He needs some goals so this is good news. I thought he did more in 20 minutes than Edin did in 70 on Saturday.Josh Blue said:Just scored twice for the Under 21's. Smiling and having banter with the people watching.
Good lad Mario.
Josh Blue
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LoveCity said:Good sign if he's putting a shift in for the reserves. Maybe the penny has finally dropped?
Big smile on his mug. He'll score the winner vs Arsenal. Redemption for last season.
Josh Blue
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Could of had a hat trick but let young Denis take the pen. 4-0 City.
MSP
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jma said:What I can't get my head around with Balotelli is the reaction when he spends a short time on the pitch like yesterday.
It is a performance that is not noteworthy at all. A small sub appearance in an already won game. Scott Sinclair did the same. Numerous other City players have done the same all season.
Yet whenever Balotelli does it, this run of the mill, nothing stuff is transformed on here into something worth talking about. Something creditable.
There are people falling over themselves to laud how, in any 15 minute cameo, "he won free kicks", or "he had a couple of good shots", or "he made a couple of good runs" or "he laid a couple of balls off". All over 15 minute cameos that draw absolutely no mention with any other player in the squad.
It is telling that the number of accolades that some people give him over non-nondescript sub appearances are low in number compared to actual game affecting or game winning performances. Yet with our other 'big' players, the exact opposite is true, in terms of ratio.
If you are seeking to find positives from a nothing substitute appearance yesterday (and that isn't his fault, he wasn't picked) then it says a lot about your attitude to him. Ask yourself if you are so keen to find the same for Scott Sinclair. Or for Tevez against Stoke. Or for any other number of unimportant sub appearances that other members of the squad have put in this year.
People invested lot of times to back him and defend for anything so they are trying to justify that investment. People are not keen to accept their mistakes so easy.
Nothing different than what Mancini does. He had put his head and reputation for him and though the only logical thing would be to finally realize it doesn't work he is continuing with same approach as long as he'd be allowed to do it.
He knows if he would sanction a sale now, it would be recognized as his big fail and could even lose his job for it so he continues with risk tactics hoping the miracle would happen and he would be seen as visionary. Poker tactics :)
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Josh Blue said:Could of had a hat trick but let young Denis take the pen. 4-0 City.
The last 2 goals was penaltys but he let a trialist take the other. Apparently the 3rd was a rebound from a missed penalty
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Josh Blue said:Just scored twice for the Under 21's. Smiling and having banter with the people watching.
Good lad Mario.
I wonder what spin the haters will try and put on this?
Josh Blue
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BluePurgatory said:Josh Blue said:Just scored twice for the Under 21's. Smiling and having banter with the people watching.
Good lad Mario.
I wonder what spin the haters will try and put on this?
He couldn't be arsed to take the pen?