mario

[Klopp Flop]

2nd goal very well taking.. clinical finish

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wYnasZcUOE[/youtube]

 

[bobmcfc]

It's not our fault he couldn't be arsed putting in a shift for 90% of the time he was here. He's a Milan fan so of course he's going to try harder for them

moaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaannnnnnnnnnnnnning bastard

I'm not moaning at all. Can't belief people are using mario as a stick to beat us with just because he is doing ok at the moment. No need to call me a bastard either, I'm entitled to an opinion without the abuse thank you

 

[Blumers Bloomers]

Its starting to get boring now.....Mario scoring all the time and everyone else debating whether or not he was ever any good/made any effort/managed correctly etc etc etc

 

[Roll On City]

10 goals in nine matches, well done City..

 

[kaz7]

we will have to get used to this because the same thing will happen with dzeko if we let him go,he will score loads for someone else

 

[ACMilan]

Both beautiful goals today...

But the highlight for me, at least, was after COUNTLESS fouls against him, Mario absolutely leveling an opponent down. The player cries to the ref for a yellow, and Mario just stares him deep in the eyes, with the intensity of a school of starving sharks, puts his finger to his lips...

ssssssssssssshhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

It was gorgeous<br /><br />-- Tue Mar 26, 2013 7:46 pm --<br /><br />

Mario Balotelli opened up to Vanity Fair about being “in love” with new girlfriend Fanny, why he will eventually meet his daughter and finally settling down at Milan.

The striker moved from Manchester City in January and seemed to leave most of his headlines in the gossip magazines back there.

He sat down with the Italian edition of Vanity Fair, which will be on the newsstands tomorrow, to discuss the bitter break-up with Raffaella Fico and their daughter Pia, who was born on December 5.

“Am I in love? Yes, but I am not good at talking about it. I am shy,” said Balotelli about new girlfriend Fanny Neguesha.

“She is determined, confident and generous. In a short space of time she found herself in sync with me. I could spend my whole life with someone like this.

“Thanks to Fanny I have rediscovered the balance that I need in my work. She puts our relationship first and foremost, so there are no distractions or rows before games.

“It’s not easy to be with me, because I almost have to give up on a private life, as I am constantly exposed to the public. I have no Facebook or Twitter accounts, because anything I say risks being turned around into something negative.”

It emerges Super Mario met Belgian model Fanny six months ago through a mutual friend who played match-maker.

“We met in Brussels, as a friend of mine said: ‘This is the right girl for you.’ I tried approaching her from distance with telephone calls and messages from Manchester, but it didn’t work. So I got on a private jet and flew out to see her.

“We went to smoke narghilé (hookah, ndr) and finished the day in my hotel lobby, just chatting. She arrived with a friend and so did I. It was easier with four people to break the ice.”

The new, smiling and settled Balotelli is still hitting the headlines, as his ex-girlfriend Raffaella Fico is on the front page of another magazine this week showing off their daughter and complaining he has never met her.

“I will not talk about someone who doesn’t interest me anymore. I am no longer part of her world, which is the entertainment business. When I have something to say to her, I do it in private.

“Of course I think about the baby. With the story I had growing up, do you think I’d leave her without a father? If it has happened so far, it is not my fault. I am not a nasty person. In fact, at times I am too naively good-natured.

“I would like to meet her and really hope she is my daughter. I have no intention of running away, in fact I’d be truly happy if she was my flesh and blood. However, I ask respect for a situation that is not as simple as it looks.

“There are complex legal issues that have to be faced carefully, for the good of everyone, and not through interviews.”

Fantastic read, and fits perfectly with my "Maturation of Mario" thread.

 

[Blumers Bloomers]

Both beautiful goals today...

But the highlight for me, at least, was after COUNTLESS fouls against him, Mario absolutely leveling an opponent down. The player cries to the ref for a yellow, and Mario just stares him deep in the eyes, with the intensity of a school of starving sharks, puts his finger to his lips...

ssssssssssssshhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

It was gorgeous

-- Tue Mar 26, 2013 7:46 pm --

Mario Balotelli opened up to Vanity Fair about being “in love” with new girlfriend Fanny, why he will eventually meet his daughter and finally settling down at Milan.

The striker moved from Manchester City in January and seemed to leave most of his headlines in the gossip magazines back there.

He sat down with the Italian edition of Vanity Fair, which will be on the newsstands tomorrow, to discuss the bitter break-up with Raffaella Fico and their daughter Pia, who was born on December 5.

“Am I in love? Yes, but I am not good at talking about it. I am shy,” said Balotelli about new girlfriend Fanny Neguesha.

“She is determined, confident and generous. In a short space of time she found herself in sync with me. I could spend my whole life with someone like this.

“Thanks to Fanny I have rediscovered the balance that I need in my work. She puts our relationship first and foremost, so there are no distractions or rows before games.

“It’s not easy to be with me, because I almost have to give up on a private life, as I am constantly exposed to the public. I have no Facebook or Twitter accounts, because anything I say risks being turned around into something negative.”

It emerges Super Mario met Belgian model Fanny six months ago through a mutual friend who played match-maker.

“We met in Brussels, as a friend of mine said: ‘This is the right girl for you.’ I tried approaching her from distance with telephone calls and messages from Manchester, but it didn’t work. So I got on a private jet and flew out to see her.

“We went to smoke narghilé (hookah, ndr) and finished the day in my hotel lobby, just chatting. She arrived with a friend and so did I. It was easier with four people to break the ice.”

The new, smiling and settled Balotelli is still hitting the headlines, as his ex-girlfriend Raffaella Fico is on the front page of another magazine this week showing off their daughter and complaining he has never met her.

“I will not talk about someone who doesn’t interest me anymore. I am no longer part of her world, which is the entertainment business. When I have something to say to her, I do it in private.

“Of course I think about the baby. With the story I had growing up, do you think I’d leave her without a father? If it has happened so far, it is not my fault. I am not a nasty person. In fact, at times I am too naively good-natured.

“I would like to meet her and really hope she is my daughter. I have no intention of running away, in fact I’d be truly happy if she was my flesh and blood. However, I ask respect for a situation that is not as simple as it looks.

“There are complex legal issues that have to be faced carefully, for the good of everyone, and not through interviews.”

Fantastic read, and fits perfectly with my "Maturation of Mario" thread.

A great read, thanks for posting AC.

Just wish he'd met Fanny 6 months earlier, it might have all worked out differently :)

 

[Josh Blue]

He is going to tear the World Cup in Brazil to pieces. He will be ready then, the Euro's was a warning.

 

[Wretched Vengeance]

But.. but it's only Malta/they're mostly penalties/he doesn't look arsed when he's not got the ball/the goals will dry up when he gets bored..

We've sold a solid gold player who should have been managed to greatness by us.

We failed and will bitterly regret it.

He failed us bud if anything, as seen in the contrast in his performances and general attitude on the field.

Possibly Bob didn't get the best out of him but it was no reason to be so lazy even in training you get dropped from the squad.
Basically it was really of his own making.

WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY!!!! are you still buying this lie and misconception of mario being lazy and not interested - that is the story the media has sold to you from the day the guy landed on english soil and it seems as always we are ready to feast on the xcrement from the bowels of the media.

The bottom line is that we (the fans) failed mario- we did not give him the support and encouragement and did not forge a conscious attempt the expose or bring to light the smear campaign launched by the media. Instead we succumbed to the anti balotelli mentality and cynicism.

The club failed him by once again showing the instrinsic lack of wisdom ( in the transfer market) by selling a 21 year old player that clearly has a lot of maturity and development in front of him. The club also failed him by having an environment that is not condusive for him to develop properly - he was not given enough games to develop comfort, confidence and momentum.

England failed him by not accepting him in the first place.

This is a good post, and while I agree with alot of it, I feel , as will most Blues, he simply showed little effort at times. Couple this with the tantrums, red card's, sat on his arse after a legitmate tackle, and he bacame a hugely frustrating person.

Clearly a talent; will however, sadly realise it when he matures elsewhere, and I doubt very much he won't be too dis-heartened he didn't show his true worth in Manchester.

 

[km09]

10 goals in nine matches, well done City..

Watch the same Happen with Dzeko if he leaves in the summer, world class striker just not being used right by city