Mario Balotelli

[Donatello]

Love him or hate him?

I love him! I think he is a massive knob but hilariously good entertainment! I just hope he sticks around, the PL needs characters.

[TheForceV4]

Some may say leg end, but I say legend. He doesnt half make me

[chimster]

Tosser.

[Raify]

Can't last much longer can he? Just had a wrestling match with the manager:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2013/jan/03/mar...

[myvision]

Still stopped at the gates to sign autographs got to love him!!!

[TheHeretic]

If he was Kimi Raikonnen, there would be T-shirts made. He seems to have the same attitude.

[Drivel]

myvision said:

Still stopped at the gates to sign autographs got to love him!!!

Brilliant.

Hes top class. Does what he likes because frankly he can... until he's kicked out of MCFC and no-one wants to sign him

[obob]

Drivel said:

myvision said:

Still stopped at the gates to sign autographs got to love him!!!

Brilliant.

Hes top class. Does what he likes because frankly he can... until he's kicked out of MCFC and no-one wants to sign him

Course they'll sign him, there's far worse. FFS Joey Barton still get's work and Balotelli is far more talented and he just gets in trouble for not giving a fk whereas Barton was an actual tt.

[zeb]

I think he's hilarious.

That maybe due to the fact he doesnt play for my team......

[pokethepope]

TheHeretic said:

If he was Kimi Raikonnen, there would be T-shirts made. He seems to have the same attitude.

But Kimi actually performs pretty consistently out on the track (pitch).

[TheHeretic]

pokethepope said:

But Kimi actually performs pretty consistently out on the track (pitch).

What does that have to do with anything?

You may want to peek at what he has won...

Edited by TheHeretic on Thursday 3rd January 16:16

[Cheib]

Top class talent.....he will sadly I suspect end up with a career a long way short of what it should have been.

My guess is he provoked that incident to try and get Man City to sell him in this transfer window.

[pokethepope]

TheHeretic said:

pokethepope said:

But Kimi actually performs pretty consistently out on the track (pitch).

What does that have to do with anything?

Well Kimi provides entertainment and delivers on the track, whereas Mario just seems to be a spoilt petulant brat that keeps throwing away opportunities that many people would kill for. If I was a City fan and had just spent £70 to see him strop around the pitch and then get pulled off before he gets sent off, contributing nothing to the team, I'd be a little peed off.

[TheHeretic]

See my edit. Balotelli has won plenty of national titles, Cup competitions, a European cup, etc. He is not what you would call 'unsuccessful'.

[Cheib]

TheHeretic said:

See my edit. Balotelli has won plenty of national titles, Cup competitions, a European cup, etc. He is not what you would call 'unsuccessful'.

Sure the question is who is going to take a risk on him from here ? How many of the handful of clubs/managers that are in serious contention to win trophies in Europe going to want to sign him?

Man City have looked better without him on the pitch this season and plainly last season there were times some of the players would rather he wasn't playing. We all remember Joe Hart's reaction......

He's hugely talented but the baggage is bigger I'd say.

[pokethepope]

TheHeretic said:

See my edit. Balotelli has won plenty of national titles, Cup competitions, a European cup, etc. He is not what you would call 'unsuccessful'.

Be that as it may, he is arguably City's fourth choice/fourth best forward, and all he seems to do for his £100k a week is disrupt the team (and seemingly now the manager too) and paint stuff in camouflage. If even Mancini is getting tired of his antics I think he is in very real danger of throwing what could be a very promising career away.

[TheHeretic]

pokethepope said:

Be that as it may, he is arguably City's fourth choice/fourth best forward, and all he seems to do for his £100k a week is disrupt the team (and seemingly now the manager too) and paint stuff in camouflage. If even Mancini is getting tired of his antics I think he is in very real danger of throwing what could be a very promising career away.

Again, what does that have to do with how he is perceived? I bet he has more than enough money so can have an attitude that isn't frankly as different to Kimi, (and yet Kimi is idolised).

So... I think my point stands. The only difference is Mario is a footballer.

[The Nur]

pokethepope said:

Be that as it may, he is arguably City's fourth choice/fourth best forward, and all he seems to do for his £100k a week is disrupt the team (and seemingly now the manager too) and paint stuff in camouflage. If even Mancini is getting tired of his antics I think he is in very real danger of throwing what could be a very promising career away.

It is more like £160-180k a week, isn't it?

[Jandywa]

The man is a tosser.

Gets paid >100k a week to act like a tt.

[Brite spark]

I think it's likely he will leave, depending upon how serious today's incident actually turns out to be once tempers have calmed do

Why do I expect him to leave city and join man united though.