balotelli or negredo?

[adrianr]

Balotelli won us The FA Cup and Premier league title.

Negredo .............................................................................?

I love Negredo but Balo is a winner

Negredo's not had a chance you weapon.

Plus marks for using the word weapon as an insult. Always been a good 'un.

 

[nobody can eat fifty eggs]

Balotelli's a Maverick but Negredo is the real deal. Its stunning the impact he's made for us this season already.

 

[ballinio]

Balotelli won us The FA Cup and Premier league title.

Negredo .............................................................................?

I love Negredo but Balo is a winner

Bolotelli did did he ? overated mardarse, Negredo is twice the player

 

[kinkladz-ade]

Do a poll and i bet Negredo wins it 90%

 

[EricBrooksGhost]

Balotelli won us The FA Cup and Premier league title.

Negredo .............................................................................?

I love Negredo but Balo is a winner

Balo has been part of winning teams.

His contribution to those teams has always been minimal.

Yet important at the key moment
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Negredo for me and I have always defended Balo; while we are at it, anyone want his table tennis table?

 

[Dzekolol]

Balotelli won us The FA Cup and Premier league title.

Negredo .............................................................................?

I love Negredo but Balo is a winner

Bolotelli did did he ? overated mardarse, Negredo is twice the player

In your own opinion!

 

[jimharri]

Balotelli won us The FA Cup and Premier league title.

Negredo .............................................................................?

I love Negredo but Balo is a winner

Bolotelli did did he ? overated mardarse, Negredo is twice the player

In your own opinion!

Not just his, actually.

 

[blue city199]

If Balotelli really was a genius he would surely still be at City. The truth is that, as a footballer, he's simply unprofessional




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But if he’s looking to be on the same level as Sergio Aguero, Robin van Persie, Leo Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, then this is his last chance. All of those players will have made mistakes in their career but at some point the penny dropped. I don’t think he’s at that level but people I know talk about him as though he could be one day.
He has now worked for two of the best, most disciplined managers in football in Jose Mourinho and Roberto Mancini, and both have concluded he is not worth the trouble. And I wonder whether there is a position for characters such as Balotelli at the top level of sport any more. I’m not sure there is. You can have a strong personality but if you can’t combine that with a disciplined approach to your life off the pitch and your attitude towards the team on it, then in the modern game you will quickly fall away from the elite.






Individuality and creativity are not enough these days. You need the mental strength and discipline to go with them. The movement towards athleticism in football and level of the sports psychology and physiology means that any weaknesses — whether in your physical or mental strength — are quickly exposed. In fact, the last player I can remember who was a genius on the pitch but undisciplined off it would be the Brazilian Ronaldo. He stood alongside Zidane and Figo as one of the greats of his generation and is one of the best players I ever played against. But by 30 he was past his best. Perhaps that is the price you pay. And he was touched by genius, twice winning the World Cup and three times being voted the best player in the world.

Balotelli is unlikely to reach the levels of a Ronaldo, Zinedine Zidane or a Figo

Balotelli is unlikely to get to that level, so you have to wonder how many clubs will continue to indulge him. Popular culture has become big business and more corporate. Once you weren’t a rock star unless you smashed up your guitars and were fuelled by drugs — and probably were burnt out in a few years. Now there are bands such as U2 and Coldplay that are more aware of the commercial world and the professionalism expected by a paying public and sponsors and which, ultimately, will allow you to have a long career rather than a few years of fame.
Likewise, the idea of the footballer who can go out, drink champagne, crash his car and have a few fights is becoming a thing of the past. The businessmen and corporations involved in football now — the likes of Qatar Investment Authority, which owns Paris Saint-Germain, or Sheik Mansour at Manchester City — are not going to invest millions of pounds to see their brands tainted by unpredictable individuals.

 

[arMOon]

Balotelli won us The FA Cup and Premier league title.

Negredo .............................................................................?

I love Negredo but Balo is a winner

Bolotelli did did he ? overated mardarse, Negredo is twice the player

Funny how we won our last six to win League when "super" Mario didn't start.Negredo all day long.

 

[Lord Blue]

a better question would have been tevez or negredo, although i think that ones been done