Jodie Shoreline said:
Anyone who can read the article below and think there is nothing to be concerned about, must either really hate Mario or be Mark Lawrenson.
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No mate I neither hate him, my name is not Mark Lawrenson and neither am I a retarded idiot I just share a different opinion as I doubt the criticism is a racist slant. As for that article it portrays one side of a story and I quote:
"Match of the Day recently broadcast an interview with Balotelli where most of the press stories about him were shown to be false. Why did that not change attitudes towards him?"
The stories in question which were dispelled, were positive stories made up by the press (so its not always one-sided) such as Giving a tramp £1000, taking a lad to school after being bullied, put a £1000 in a christmas collection box, paying for everyone petrol, buying a round of drinks in a pub in Wythenshawe so I cannot work out why that would possibly change perceptions positively as suggested by the article. Furthermore the comparison to Andy Carroll, Ryan Giggs etc is pointless as stuff of a private nature will not be refferred to in the context of a football match on MOTD. The comparison is completely irrelevant.
As Rooney past indiscretions with escort girls are not mentioned neither has Marios been with the same girl.
I thought the opinion of Lawrenson was wrong, but lets face it Mario does split opinions whether amongst the MOTD team or amongst City fans. To categorise someone as racist for not liking a player is wrong, particularly when no evidence supports it.