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Ballotell is is crowned as talent of the year and after he won that award he didn't even know who Jack Wilshire was... But, how do we rate the black Italian?
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How do you rate Balotelli?
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How do you rate Ballotelli
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Total Votes: 23
Ricardo Jol- Number of posts : 12766
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Kroos- Number of posts : 9049
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wouldnt get in the german team
says it all
says it all
Allez les rouges- Number of posts : 8098
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What does it say?
Luis- Number of posts : 26262
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One of the most stupid signings I've ever seen. He wont last past this season in this country.
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only messi and bale is better
TM- Number of posts : 21218
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Better than Messi 
Chris 23*- Number of posts : 3108
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Timmy Cahill is better
Jaime- Number of posts : 32027
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He is better than Benzema. That's all I will say.
Luis- Number of posts : 26262
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Chris 23* wrote:Timmy Cahill is better
Your love affair with the bitters is disturbing.
Chocolate Thunder- Number of posts : 15804
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LuisTheJewisLoveChristmas wrote:Chris 23* wrote:Timmy Cahill is better
Isn't it just. How can a Red praise the BS is beyond me.
Aristoskank- Number of posts : 9733
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Obviously talented, but a total cock. Will spend his entire career failing to live up to his promise.
To be fair, why would he know who Wilshere is, given that Wilshere has achieved practically fuck all?
To be fair, why would he know who Wilshere is, given that Wilshere has achieved practically fuck all?
Ricardo Jol- Number of posts : 12766
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Saints Nick wrote:Obviously talented, but a total cock. Will spend his entire career failing to live up to his promise.
To be fair, why would he know who Wilshere is, given that Wilshere has achieved practically fuck all?
As a pro you must know who you are playing at....
Aristoskank- Number of posts : 9733
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Ricardo Jol wrote:Saints Nick wrote:Obviously talented, but a total cock. Will spend his entire career failing to live up to his promise.
To be fair, why would he know who Wilshere is, given that Wilshere has achieved practically fuck all?
As a pro you must know who you are playing at....
Balotelli has, to my knowledge, never played against Wilshere. And if he did, they wouldn't be directly competing as Wilshere's some sort of midfielder whereas Balotelli is a striker.
Why would he know who Wilshere is?
Murray- Number of posts : 10247
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He would be a top player if he wasn't a nutter. Wears great hats though.
Ricardo Jol- Number of posts : 12766
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Saints Nick wrote:Ricardo Jol wrote:Saints Nick wrote:Obviously talented, but a total cock. Will spend his entire career failing to live up to his promise.
To be fair, why would he know who Wilshere is, given that Wilshere has achieved practically fuck all?
As a pro you must know who you are playing at....
Balotelli has, to my knowledge, never played against Wilshere. And if he did, they wouldn't be directly competing as Wilshere's some sort of midfielder whereas Balotelli is a striker.
Why would he know who Wilshere is?
If he was a pro he would have watched Arsenal at least a few times
Fade out- Number of posts : 6128
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Obviously super talented, but would fail if he remains to be a tit. Needs some fine tuning like Fergie did to Cristiano Ronaldo.
Kimbo- Number of posts : 38171
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I don't really rate him as anything, he can talk all he wants, he hasn't done shit in this league yet.
Aristoskank- Number of posts : 9733
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Ricardo Jol wrote:If he was a pro he would have watched Arsenal at least a few times
Arsenal have played a lot more games without Wilshere than with him. Also, Wilshere's had more average games for Arsenal than special ones.
If you asked Wilshere who the most promising Italian or Spanish 18 year old midfielder was, he probably wouldn't know.
Glenarch of the Glen- Number of posts : 30157
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Kroos wrote:wouldnt get in the german team
says it all
because he's black?
Torrente- Number of posts : 5489
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Christmas Glenn Hysén wrote:Kroos wrote:wouldnt get in the german team
says it all
because he's black?
Kramer agrees
Chris 23*- Number of posts : 3108
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Ade wrote:LuisTheJewisLoveChristmas wrote:Chris 23* wrote:Timmy Cahill is better
Isn't it just. How can a Red praise the BS is beyond me.
When in Liverpool, I have to say blue shite instead of Everton. Gets me a slap around the head otherwise
Love affair, don't like Everton Luis they disgust me, just like Timmy Cahill think he's a good player. My mum's side of the family are Evertonian's Ade, so that could explain a some sort of liking towards them (Even though I don't, just like Timmy Cahill). Guessing the whole of your Irish family our Kopites right? Maybe easier for you to have a dislike or a greater dislike for them as there are no Evertonian's around you. Hard to explain.
Chocolate Thunder- Number of posts : 15804
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Chris 23* wrote:Ade wrote:LuisTheJewisLoveChristmas wrote:Chris 23* wrote:Timmy Cahill is better
Isn't it just. How can a Red praise the BS is beyond me.
When in Liverpool, I have to say blue shite instead of Everton. Gets me a slap around the head otherwise
My mum's side of the family are Evertonian's Ade, so that could explain a some sort of liking towards them (Even though I don't, just like Timmy Cahill). Guessing the whole of your Irish family our Kopites right? Maybe easier for you to have a dislike or a greater dislike for them as there are no Evertonian's around you. Hard to explain.
I'm not even sure if that's a dig or not but whatever the case maybe, no to your answer. My older brother is a ManU supporter and the younger one follows Spurs. My parents aren't into football.
I lived in Birkenhead for nearly a year as a kid as I've said to you before and my uncle lives in St.Helens + was a season ticket holder for near 20 years.
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Ade wrote:Chris 23* wrote:Ade wrote:LuisTheJewisLoveChristmas wrote:Chris 23* wrote:Timmy Cahill is better
Isn't it just. How can a Red praise the BS is beyond me.
When in Liverpool, I have to say blue shite instead of Everton. Gets me a slap around the head otherwise
My mum's side of the family are Evertonian's Ade, so that could explain a some sort of liking towards them (Even though I don't, just like Timmy Cahill). Guessing the whole of your Irish family our Kopites right? Maybe easier for you to have a dislike or a greater dislike for them as there are no Evertonian's around you. Hard to explain.
I'm not even sure if that's a dig or not but whatever the case maybe, no to your answer. My older brother is a ManU supporter and the younger one follows Spurs. My parents aren't into football.
I lived in Birkenhead for nearly a year as a kid as I've said to you before and my uncle lives in St.Helens + was a season ticket holder for near 20 years.
You don't have to assume everything I say to you is a "dig", simply explaining something. And good for your uncle.
bluenine- Number of posts : 22998
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He is clearly gifted. However, talent was never the problem with Balotelli...
Hopefully he will mature before he screws up his career like Cassano did...
Hopefully he will mature before he screws up his career like Cassano did...
Sgoater1- Number of posts : 11129
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The lads got amazing potential and if he doesnt screw it up he will be an awsome player.
bluenine- Number of posts : 22998
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Sgoater1 wrote:
The lads got amazing potential and if he doesnt screw it up he will be an awsome player.
We have been saying that for over 4 years now, he still acts like a 10 yr old brat throwing a fit.
I back Moratti's decision to sell him for 24m... it wasn't worth the risk in the end... if he stays like this for 2-3 more years, his value will drop inspite of the undeniable talent... Balotelli needs to understand its a team game, some humility will take him a long way...
Brian2468- Number of posts : 4875
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Wanker with excellent skills.
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Brian2468 wrote:Wanker with excellent skills.
fcb- Number of posts : 40471
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Well it's quite obvious - technically and physically he has all the attributes to become a superstar. But nowadays in top-level football, not having the mental side of things sorted, can often reduce your overall ability, if that makes sense.
Balotelli is an utter nutcase and I don't see that changing...I think he's destined to be another Cassano. Could have done anything he wanted but will end up floating from one club to another.
Balotelli is an utter nutcase and I don't see that changing...I think he's destined to be another Cassano. Could have done anything he wanted but will end up floating from one club to another.
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Roberto Mancini is facing a new challenge to keep one of his key Manchester City players happy after it emerged Mario Balotelli is homesick for Italy and has regrets about moving to England.
Balotelli has struggled to settle in Manchester and the Guardian has learned that the Italy international considers the problem to be getting worse rather than better. A complex, often difficult, character, he has found it hard to make friends with his new team-mates and, four months after signing from Internazionale, the £25m striker is openly admitting to associates in Italy that he intensely dislikes life in England and cannot see the situation improving.
The 20-year-old is on a five-year contract at City and feels a strong debt of loyalty to Mancini but is open to the idea of returning to Italy at the end of the season, despite the issues with racism that plagued him when he was a player at San Siro. Balotelli has frequently been linked with Milan in the Italian media, where there is a consistent belief that it is a just a question of time before he plays for the club he supported as a boy.
Mancini is aware of the player's difficulties and hopes their strong working relationship will help to find a solution for the benefit of City. The manager always knew that introducing a player with Balotelli's brooding, temperamental nature to a new country would not be an easy process and his thinking from the outset has been that it would be worth the hassle for someone he believes will eventually be regarded among the top five footballers in the world. Mancini was realistic enough to warn the chief executive, Garry Cook, and chairman, Khaldoon Al Mubarak, that Balotelli would bring baggage but would ultimately be worth it.
Balotelli is not totally without friends – he has spent time with one of Mancini's sons, Andrea, and turned up for training one day recently in a Lamborghini borrowed from El Hadji Diouf of Blackburn Rovers – but he can appear dislocated from the rest of the squad.
He did not attend the players' Christmas party and, to put that into context, many of his team-mates did not expect him to be there in the first place. Balotelli's routine, with Mancini's permission, is to fly back to Italy whenever the players are given time off. His colleagues have come to regard him as a loner, difficult to approach and work out. Staff at Eastlands are not certain whether his attitude stems from surliness or shyness – or maybe a bit of both. Language is not a problem – Balotelli speaks good English – but the player has not embraced Manchester, the weather and the food and, as the only Italian footballer in the dressing room, is struggling to adapt to a new country.
The problem for Mancini is not a new one, with Robinho's inability to adopt Manchester one of the main reasons for his departure to Milan and, more recently, the revelation that Carlos Tevez is homesick for Argentina because of being separated from his two young daughters.
Tevez was persuaded to withdraw a written transfer request and City will hope Balotelli's issues are merely the kind of teething problems that might be expected of a player who arrived with a reputation as a man who struggled to make friends and frequently courted controversy. Nonetheless, his prickly and combustible nature is becoming an increasing matter for concern behind the scenes, with a growing feeling that City are dealing with an unhappy player, albeit one who has brought many of the problems on himself.
Balotelli was involved in a practice-ground fight with Jerome Boateng recently and has tested the patience of Mancini with his erratic performances and the frequency with which he ignores instructions. There have been glimpses of his prodigious talent but, overall, Balotelli's first few months in English football have been defined by the way he has run into trouble with referees.
Balotelli has scored five goals and picked up the same number of yellow cards, plus one red.
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