nashark said:
The debate's over and always was. Me and Jose are right: Balotelli is a fucking idiot. To those who still can't see it after today, and tried to put across abusive and dishonest arguments, it's time for you cats to take up rugby or hockey because you do not have a fucking clue. Football is beyond you and always will be. Cheers.
Ah the old 'go and watch rugby' mantra. Classic nashark.
Also, how can a debate even exist if it was always over? A rare slip there from you, Mr Shark ;-)
Mario was unlucky today. The second yellow was not a booking. To mirror your predilection for using other sports for illustrative purposes, this isn't fucking netball and the contact was a borderline foul at most. On that basis I fail to see how the debate is over.
It is never going to be plain sailing with Balotelli. It will always be two steps forward and one step back. That is the nature of the beast. Although I do not share your antipathy towards him, I do understand it, for what it's worth. He is never going to be everyone's cup of tea. A bit like a certain poster ;-)
It appears to me that he has been making progress on the pitch in the last couple of months, and no refereeing error, notwithstanding the stupidity of the first booking, should significantly detract from that, imo.