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Balotelli again.....
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Has Ten Hag been sacked yet? We're not sure and we hope not, but it's looking more likely as the days pass.
Who should replace him and why is it taking so long to make a decision?
It's a verified account...Just bumping my post from the other day because his performance against Italy was a great demonstration of his psychological flaws and the effect they have on his performances on the pitch, no matter how much of a nice guy he may or may not be when he's not playing football.
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I posted this in the Twitter thread, but probably more apt here. He's not good enough to be worth the trouble he causes. I'd have serious doubts about any manager that would take him on.
It's verified. It's real.
If Newcastle had enough money he'd be perfect for them. The fans would love him and he wouldnt need to put in much effort, score the occasional good goal etc.
He's a maverick.
He's a maverick.
Please let him go to Arsenal, then they can have both Balotelli and Ozil who will go completely missing in games when it doesn't go their way
Didn't even open it, thought it was one of his famous fake accounts. My bad, sorry.
Will have one good game then three awful ones. He was terrible in all three games this World Cup, including against England bar his goal. He was offside a ridiculous amount from what I saw of him. He's not worth more than 20 million if you take in to account the possibility of him doing something stupid and losing a game for a team.
He's ridiculously lazy and cumbersome. I've never seen a striker with such poor movement. Pirlo must have been livid after the Costa Rica game, he was putting some glorious balls out to him than Balotelli was either always offside for or took a lazy, terrible touch then proceeded to screw it up. He should swap names with Immobile, it'd be very fitting.
He's not been a proper success at any of the clubs he's been at, which says it all. All of them have eventually decided enough is enough and got rid. He has decent spells and was good for Milan for a while but that's it. That's in a league which suits the pace of his game perfectly as well and as the star man to boot.
Not sure why any club would pay some huge fee for him.
He's ridiculously lazy and cumbersome. I've never seen a striker with such poor movement. Pirlo must have been livid after the Costa Rica game, he was putting some glorious balls out to him than Balotelli was either always offside for or took a lazy, terrible touch then proceeded to screw it up. He should swap names with Immobile, it'd be very fitting.
He's not been a proper success at any of the clubs he's been at, which says it all. All of them have eventually decided enough is enough and got rid. He has decent spells and was good for Milan for a while but that's it. That's in a league which suits the pace of his game perfectly as well and as the star man to boot.
Not sure why any club would pay some huge fee for him.
One of the most inflated egos out there for sure. And vastly overrated at times. Great talent though.
Off topic, but Hamsik is another player I've never seen justify the hype.
He is the black Bendtner. The ability/application doesn't come anywhere near the massive ego.
I hope any of our rivals signs him up immediately.
I hope any of our rivals signs him up immediately.
I don't think he's half as talented as people think he is.
Lazy or disruptive characters (He's both, in this case) often tend to have their talent over-exaggerated. He's one of those in my view.
If I had a pound for every time I've heard a close variation of "If he sorted himself out, he'd be one of the best strikers of our generation"...
Glad to know I'm not the only one who just doesn't see it.
Former Italy international Mauro Camoranesi has taken aim at Mario Balotelli and claimed the striker is "overrated".
Balotelli has come in for criticism in the wake of Italy's exit from the World Cup, with their failure to advance from Group D resulting in the resignation of coach Cesare Prandelli.
Azzurri midfielder Daniele De Rossi also appeared to criticise Balotelli following their 1-0 defeat to Uruguay on Tuesday.
Balotelli took to his Instagram account on Wednesday to reply to the criticism, insisting he "gave his all" for his country.
However, Camoranesi – a World Cup winner in 2006 – believes the 23-year-old is not working hard enough as he joined the list of disgruntled Italians voicing their displeasure with the striker.
"I firmly believe Balotelli is a very overrated player, both by the media and those who train him," said Camoranesi, who earned 55 caps for Italy between 2003 and 2010.
"It really infuriates me to see someone on the pitch who isn't working as hard as he ought to. I really don't know what his problem is.”
The former midfielder has also urged Balotelli to realise his limitations and learn from his errors on the pitch.
"I would've liked to play like Luis Figo, but I became aware of my own limitations. Every now and then I did something stupid too, but I learned from my mistakes."
Balotelli has come in for criticism in the wake of Italy's exit from the World Cup, with their failure to advance from Group D resulting in the resignation of coach Cesare Prandelli.
Azzurri midfielder Daniele De Rossi also appeared to criticise Balotelli following their 1-0 defeat to Uruguay on Tuesday.
Balotelli took to his Instagram account on Wednesday to reply to the criticism, insisting he "gave his all" for his country.
However, Camoranesi – a World Cup winner in 2006 – believes the 23-year-old is not working hard enough as he joined the list of disgruntled Italians voicing their displeasure with the striker.
"I firmly believe Balotelli is a very overrated player, both by the media and those who train him," said Camoranesi, who earned 55 caps for Italy between 2003 and 2010.
"It really infuriates me to see someone on the pitch who isn't working as hard as he ought to. I really don't know what his problem is.”
The former midfielder has also urged Balotelli to realise his limitations and learn from his errors on the pitch.
"I would've liked to play like Luis Figo, but I became aware of my own limitations. Every now and then I did something stupid too, but I learned from my mistakes."
Uruguay?
The bit about Balotelli needing to realize his limits is so spot on. He's such a cocky player who thinks he's way too good.
Italy on the whole under-performed in this tournament. They looked slow and lethargic for the most part, so it is not the right to blame Balotelli for their results. Unless it's Messi, you cannot expect a striker to pull the rabbit out of the hat each time he steps on the pitch. The Italians lacked any pace or creativity, and didn't help their strikers at all. Even Ciro Immobile looked like a league 1 striker, and he is a much better player than that.
Balotelli obviously has flaws in his character. He also has immense talent. The challenge is for someone to get the best out of that talent.
As for the previous post, Pennant or Bentdner are mediocre talents. The problem with Bentdner is that he thinks he is the best player in the world with attributes closer to the worst.
I have to admit, I never saw the world class potential.
He's got good technique, not great, a good shot, not great. I don't see exceptional movement, vision or game intelligence.
He's basically just a top athlete with above average technique. That's not something so exceptional.
He's got good technique, not great, a good shot, not great. I don't see exceptional movement, vision or game intelligence.
He's basically just a top athlete with above average technique. That's not something so exceptional.
He's a good player, but his antics have gotten him a high profile, so yet again we blur the lines between celebrity and talent. Well done modernity.
The Italian's patience with him is running thin. They are fed up of him not performing the goods and then label every criticism on him as racism. He wouldn't be around the national side if Italy's squad wasn't so weak
The problem is he has been built up now so much, he believes his own hype.
He really need's his ego to be knocked down a peg or 2, and then his real talent will show.
His work rate really is appalling though, and if he doesn't get decent service he will offer nothing good to the team.
He really need's his ego to be knocked down a peg or 2, and then his real talent will show.
His work rate really is appalling though, and if he doesn't get decent service he will offer nothing good to the team.
O....k......
Jesus Christ.
Calling him a halfwit is doubling his actual wit.
I think even quarterwit is generous.
Calling him a halfwit is doubling his actual wit.
I think even quarterwit is generous.
I especially love the comment from the Liverpool fan! 
It's a picture of him with a gun. Big whoop
O....k......
I think that's fake, unless he has taking it down as I don't see it on instagram
He's a high profile football player who relies on sponsorship for huge chunks of his income.
That is why stunts like this are idiocy.
I see your point but at the end of the day is that picture really offensive in any way?. I also understand the role model for kids argument but it's ballotelli and everything to do with him will be sensationalized however mundane. Granted he's a bit loco but hey who isn't
The news stories say he put it up and then it was taken down almost straight away.
You don't think pointing a shotgun is offensive in any way? What are you, American?I see your point but at the end of the day is that picture really offensive in any way?. I also understand the role model for kids argument but it's ballotelli and everything to do with him will be sensationalized however mundane. Granted he's a bit loco but hey who isn't
He's an immature fecking cretin.
That's not a real gun though, right? Looks as though the barrel is filled in.
That's not a real gun though, right? Looks as though the barrel is filled in.
On a side note, I wonder how long before @FCBarca starts trying to convince us that nutters actually do "course correct"?
Balotelli poses with a gun, cue the faux outrage.
Replica or a shotgun that's been rendered harmless. Just Mario playing silly buggers.
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