Balotelli (Merged)

[Quinny851]

Re: Ballotelli outside Flannels

I hope he doesn't get too excited on shopping today. He's got a big shopping trip in London coming up this weekend probably on Sunday after another half hearted **** of a performance

 

[TVI]

Re: Ballotelli outside Flannels

Was he skipping along enjoying this lovely spring weather?

 

[M18CTID]

Re: Balotelli absolute tosser

Balotelli's not being singled out for one performance. The criticism is due to a series of the most lazy, individualistic performances ever seen in a City shirt - that to use the word performance seems a bit of an exaggeration.

It's incredible that he's scored 10 times (albeit against mediocre teams) and he still gets all this shit. How bad must he play - even when he is scoring goals - to get all this abuse? He gets to stroll around the pitch whilst many of us are being priced out of the club we love, to pay for mercenaries like him. That's why some people are getting very pissed off.

This does not even take into account his generally shameful behaviour: cheating; storming down the tunnel; diving; kicking other players; feigning illness and injury; refusing to applaud his own fans. This man is a stain at every football club he's ever been to, and will always bring so much disrepute to the shirt he's wearing that his own fans will take to abusing him. Balotelli is not the most hated man in football for no reason. He's a **** - pure and simple. I suspect most of own players hate him, too. And to demonstrate how poor he was last night, even Bobby Manc risked getting one of our best defensive players injured so that Balotelli could be hauled off the pitch when we needed a goal.

What separates Balotelli from most other players is that they look and play like they care about Manchester City. Whilst many people had poor games last night, most of them came off the pitch at least sweating.

I think, though, Balotelli was epitomised last season in one incident. After Inter had won of their biggest games in their history, at the end, instead of celebrating with his team-mates and being happy for the club, he slammed his shirt into the ground in disgust at not being played. Selfish, lazy, arrogant, and it's a myth that he has any discernible talent whatsoever. He's just an athlete with the intelligence of a 7 year old boy.

To say he has no discernable talent whatsoever undermines a great deal of the rest of your post imo as it shows you are (to some extent understandably) unable to form a balanced view on Balotelli due to your palpable hatred of him.

I was sat in the Liverpool end last night and I was genuinely embarrassed at some of his antics and his shameful workrate, but to my mind he has so many qualities as a player.

For me there are three fundamental qualities required in a striker:

Strength
Pace
Finishing ability

Most strikers have two of these: Owen had the latter two, Carroll has the first and the last (and does Tevez) and so on.

Balotelli has all three. His first touch is usually sublime (although not last night) and his passing is excellent. Maybe it is the gambler in me, but I just don't want someone else to benefit from his talents before we've had our worth out of him.

I accept that outcome is diminishing as a possibility, but I don't think we've reached the point of no return either. I am certainly losing patience with him, but to say he has no discernable talent is the antithesis of what everyone who has worked with him at close quarters has said, including those that dislike him.

Merson talks a lot of shite as we all know but he said the other week that Balotelli is the kind of player that could come back and haunt a club once he has been sold. I have to say that I agree with him for once.

 

[blutone3]

Re: Ballotelli outside Flannels

if i saw him id kick him up the arse!!!!!!!

 

[Gary5970]

Re: Balotelli absolute tosser

I think we should all get real, Balotelli, Dzeko, Kolarov are not the answer they are bad singings we need to accept it and get rid, hold our hands up and tell the truth, it happens in football every manager makes bad signings, ours just cost millions more.

 

[charliebigspuds]

Re: Ballotelli outside Flannels

well thats one way of making sure he puts a shift on Saturday, FFS YCMIU!!!!

 

[TheMidnightClaret]

Re: Balotelli absolute tosser

I take it you have concrete evidence that this was the reason he was replaced? Quotes from Mancini, etc?

You see, what pisses me off is reading completely unfounded comments such as those in an attempt to "beef up" one's argument. Why not deal in the facts?

Works both ways though, people keep defending Balotelli by saying he has this amazing talent! Thats also a myth!

No, the reason he got subbed is objectve. It's either right or wrong. Saying whether he has talent on not is opinionated.

 

[true blue rising]

Re: Ballotelli outside Flannels

Just seen balotelli outside Flannels on my lunch, a few dick heads (one in a city shirt) started shouting "Fuck Off back to Italy" etc.. Im sure he would of heard them because they werent exactly far away but he didnt react in any way, just kept walking.

Who are these "fans"? Ive been pissed of with Balotelli too, but abusing the guy in the street isnt exactly going to make him want to put a shift in is it. And to imagine that there could of been rags who saw this shit happen makes me feel ill

you should put a shift in no matter what!!!! no wonder he getting abused, he runs his gob and shows fuk all on pitch

 

[Happy Feet]

Re: Ballotelli outside Flannels

well thats one way of making sure he puts a shift on Saturday, FFS YCMIU!!!!

He will never put a "shift " in.

 

[bluelady47]

Re: Balotelli absolute tosser

How many more tossers have we had/got at MCFC, anybody on here not called a city player a tosser, Balo might just be one of many:- RSC, Robinio, Ireland the list can go on. So please stop the abuse to Balo.

Can't we all just get behind our team and support them, they are wearing our shirt.