Ok Balo haters answer me this

[MSP]

Hahahaha, Oh God. Really though???

I'd get well annoyed with you MSP I do get annoyed, mate. Proper x

To be honest, I'm not sure if you agree with me or not, lol.

I guess it's second though :)

 

[JohnMaddocksAxe]

I would. Definitely. Although, as others have said, there is about as much chance of that happening as City buying Bebe for £30m.

I know the OP is a City fan so he doesn't fall into he category of the people on here who have fuck all feeling for City but have followed their favourite players to this board and only wish to talk them up whilst slagging other City players and fans who don't share their hero worship.

However, he is beginning to sound an awful lot like them.

He needs to ask himself what it is about Balotelli that makes him so attached to him and desperate to discuss him in a manner not reserved for other players. No doubt the old "I don't like the way other people treat/talk about him" line will be used. But for me, reading this constant rhetoric about him, it is hard to conclude that the obsession with him isn't fuelled by some sort of admiration for Mario The Character/The Top Man/The Role Model rather than just, as it should be, Balotelli The Footballer.

Im not a fan of his antics I see them as just that childish antics what is my attraction to Mario? I understand him there are many brothers out there who behave like Mario only difference is he has money, super talent and is tabloid fodder.

I'm not sure if it was meant in this way but on first reading that comes across as his race and a perceived shared experienced based on race being a large part of your support for him.

And, to be honest, that had crossed my mind regarding some of your other posts on him.

(Now, I've considered deleting the above as I think that it is a green light for all sort of prejudiced tossers to jump all over this and stir up their usual shite that you often see on here. But I'm not as it is a genuine thought. You'll just have to believe me that I'm not one of those tossers.)

Anyway, if the above factor is even a small part of your reasoning for staunch support for Balotelli at the club then that is your business. However, you should not expect anyone else to take any notice of it as it is a completely flawed opinion and his background and race and immaturity are neither an excuse for, or a reason to be understanding of his stupidity. And it is no reason to treat him differently from anyone else. Whether you or I identify with him or not.

Simply put, all fans should judge him by the standards of a professional footballer representing Manchester City. Nothing else should come into it at all.

And on that basis, imo, he let's himself, and us, down on a monumental scale.

(Of course, if the use of 'brothers' in this case is just extremely generic and not specific to any race then all the above is bullshit. Your previous posts suggest it might not be though)

 

[Notinmylifetime]

The scum bought Cuntona and despite all his antics, which were a lot worse than Balo, helped them win trophies. We can do the same with Balo because he will learn. He will still be targetted more than any other player by other players, refs and the media. Every player winds him up and rolls over countless times when he tackles them and the other players surround the ref demanding a card. To be honest I'd wager not many players could withstand all that.
He kicks goalposts and the grass because he cares and wants to score and win. Yes a bit immature but he'll grow out of it. As for the media and pundits sticking the knife in....didnt Beckscum once get this after an England sending off? He was branded a silly boy in a team of lions but his career didnt go to pieces did it?
Give Balo our support and one more year. If he matures he will be an asset....if not, then get rid. I watched the arse game 3 times and followed Balo closely...he did an amazing amount of work and tracking back, despite the commentators saying Lescot gave him stick which is debatable. As for Joe calling him an idiot....well he was upset and probably right. Tevez in my opinion deserves the abuse far more than someone who stayed, played and tried his best against massive obstacles.
And yes he was stupid to tackle Song early doors like that and deserved a red, but I've done the same before as a young player against an opposition player who deliberately ended the game of one of my team mates ( admittedly it wasn't Yaya though as my team mate ). So all in all, give him one more year...and Mancini...we all learn by our mistakes and I believe we'll be better off for it next year. Sell him to the scum? Never!

 

[Marvin]

The scum bought Cuntona and despite all his antics, which were a lot worse than Balo, helped them win trophies. We can do the same with Balo because he will learn. He will still be targetted more than any other player by other players, refs and the media. Every player winds him up and rolls over countless times when he tackles them and the other players surround the ref demanding a card. To be honest I'd wager not many players could withstand all that.
He kicks goalposts and the grass because he cares and wants to score and win. Yes a bit immature but he'll grow out of it. As for the media and pundits sticking the knife in....didnt Beckscum once get this after an England sending off? He was branded a silly boy in a team of lions but his career didnt go to pieces did it?
Give Balo our support and one more year. If he matures he will be an asset....if not, then get rid. I watched the arse game 3 times and followed Balo closely...he did an amazing amount of work and tracking back, despite the commentators saying Lescot gave him stick which is debatable. As for Joe calling him an idiot....well he was upset and probably right. Tevez in my opinion deserves the abuse far more than someone who stayed, played and tried his best against massive obstacles.
And yes he was stupid to tackle Song early doors like that and deserved a red, but I've done the same before as a young player against an opposition player who deliberately ended the game of one of my team mates ( admittedly it wasn't Yaya though as my team mate ). So all in all, give him one more year...and Mancini...we all learn by our mistakes and I believe we'll be better off for it next year. Sell him to the scum? Never!

I think you are too forgiving of a player now whose reckless fouls have cost us dearly in significant games. I doubt very much if his team mates are so forgiving

In the last home game he came very close to losing it with the crowd with that argument over the free-kick and for me he is a liability. The other point is that his game is not that good either.

When he was in Italy he had some explosive pace and even more trickery. That seems to have vanished from his game.

The one bit of insight mancini has offered in recent weeks concerns Mario. He will lose his talent in 2-3 years if he carries on like this.

 

[BlueCalifornia]

Would you allow him to be sold to United for £30 000 000?

Do I get to keep the sum personally?

 

[Matt.D]

I'd drive him there myself. Comparison to Cantona is laughable. " Balotelli has potential" is laughable. Potential is nothing if you can't produce it. And even when he plays well he's not even half as good as some would have you believe. Tevez, Balotelli and Dzeko out - 2 or 3 top strikers with good attitude, work ethic who are consistently good in front of goal in. Thats not to say tevez doesn't have any of the aforementioned qualities, he's one of the best players in the world, he's just a c*nt as we all know.

 

[Marvin]

He should have gone on from the Old Trafford Derby with the world at his feet.

Instead most City fans are tired of him. He still has the opportunity to make something of himself, but I seriously doubt he will.

I can see him going to Milan on loan, but I can't see anyone buying him.

 

[AndyMorrisonsRightHook]

Balo is a balloon, hes a great pen taker, but swans around with as much urgency as an arthritic slug carrying a piano while drugged outta its box, we NEEDED to win at arsenal on sunday, no ifs no buts but win, & he ponced about the gaff like he couldnt give a shite, hes not the only player who needs to do one, but his attitude stinks, hes very overated hes scored goals yes many of them pens, but to compare him to the likes of messi & ronaldo is nonsense, hes not in their league, we should tell him to get on his toes, coz if he had the heart of vinny, joe, yaya, etc then mabey hed be worth it, him dzeko,savic,kolarov,johnno,kolo can fuck off

 

[Notinmylifetime]

The scum bought Cuntona and despite all his antics, which were a lot worse than Balo, helped them win trophies. We can do the same with Balo because he will learn. He will still be targetted more than any other player by other players, refs and the media. Every player winds him up and rolls over countless times when he tackles them and the other players surround the ref demanding a card. To be honest I'd wager not many players could withstand all that.
He kicks goalposts and the grass because he cares and wants to score and win. Yes a bit immature but he'll grow out of it. As for the media and pundits sticking the knife in....didnt Beckscum once get this after an England sending off? He was branded a silly boy in a team of lions but his career didnt go to pieces did it?
Give Balo our support and one more year. If he matures he will be an asset....if not, then get rid. I watched the arse game 3 times and followed Balo closely...he did an amazing amount of work and tracking back, despite the commentators saying Lescot gave him stick which is debatable. As for Joe calling him an idiot....well he was upset and probably right. Tevez in my opinion deserves the abuse far more than someone who stayed, played and tried his best against massive obstacles.
And yes he was stupid to tackle Song early doors like that and deserved a red, but I've done the same before as a young player against an opposition player who deliberately ended the game of one of my team mates ( admittedly it wasn't Yaya though as my team mate ). So all in all, give him one more year...and Mancini...we all learn by our mistakes and I believe we'll be better off for it next year. Sell him to the scum? Never!

I think you are too forgiving of a player now whose reckless fouls have cost us dearly in significant games. I doubt very much if his team mates are so forgiving

In the last home game he came very close to losing it with the crowd with that argument over the free-kick and for me he is a liability. The other point is that his game is not that good either.

When he was in Italy he had some explosive pace and even more trickery. That seems to have vanished from his game.

The one bit of insight mancini has offered in recent weeks concerns Mario. He will lose his talent in 2-3 years if he carries on like this.

Fair do's. I trust our owners, management and manager to make the correct choice regarding his future. They've not done too badly in the last couple of years on the decisions front.