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Didn't Suarez get a ban for this a few years back? Dignity and respect is highly valued at that club I see. Hypocrites.
Balotelli signs for Liverpool - Official
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik @Rood and Imran @Annihilate Now! start with the good news by celebrating Manchester United Women's emphatic FA Cup win over Spurs at Wembley and the future of manager Marc Skinner.
Then it's the bad news and the ever worsening form of our Men with losses to Arsenal and Palace.
Finally the main debate - ETH Out now or keep him until the end of the season - if not longer. Are you Team Nik or Team Imran?
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Didn't Suarez get a ban for this a few years back? Dignity and respect is highly valued at that club I see. Hypocrites.
Yup. Fined and suspended for one match.
Lost in everything yesterday was another steamingly poor performance by Mario.
Things he posts on instagram are getting stranger by the day.
(instagram link: https://instagram.com/p/0xqTzELj4P/?taken-by=mb459)
(instagram link: https://instagram.com/p/0xqTzELj4P/?taken-by=mb459)
What club would be crazy enough to sign him at this point? I guess Liverpools thinking was that they needed a striker and it was worth a try (plus I think all their other plans fell through). At this point, I think he wouldn't get a place at a top club if he moved to and played there for free. I'd like to know what his problems were. A few people have mentioned issues in his childhood. I have a feeling though that it's just an excuse and really he's just a clown.
Maybe the mask is in support of Skrtel?Things he posts on instagram are getting stranger by the day.
(instagram link: https://instagram.com/p/0xqTzELj4P/?taken-by=mb459)
Oh,never gonna forget Soccer Saturday after they signed him,our beloved Tommo saying how they got world class player or potential w/e for peanuts 
Sigh, such a colossal feck up of a signing, doesn't even seem remotely interested in making a decent fist of the over-hyped ability he has. Looking like you're "trying harder" and scoring at a rate of 1 goal every 800 games is simply not good enough.
It was as plain to us as the schnozz on Phil Thompsons face.
No everyone could see it wouldn't work....especially for a hardworking team like Liverpool.
I wouldn't even want him at our club if we would get him + £500m
Could be both. He was left by his biological parents in the care of an Italian family who raised him as their own and gave him their last name. I don't think he's ever felt wanted by his adopted country (well, he was born in Italy actually) and I think he still holds resentment towards his Ghanaian parents. Explains some of his actions to be fair and even though he's a full grown adult he's still young. It is said he gives a large portion of his salary to children's charitable organizations. I don't like his antics, but there's more to him as a person I think.
Might be a poor/average footballer atm, but there's nothing over hyped about his ability, nothing at all.
Any particular reasons?
There actually is.
Agreed. I think maybe they just wanted some kind of 'X factor' when Suarez left. If Liverpool were better, maybe they could have carried him.
Either way, surely that's his last chance at a 'big club' gone.
Good one Rafa
He's got it all in his locker despite the fact that he tries his hardest not to show it. He's a powerful unit with great pace and great technically. He also has great ball striking.
His actual ability has been overhyped due to him being mental up there. Definitely had the tools to be a very good player though, I agree.
No. Check out his best performances - Germany in the Euro SFs where he made mincemeat of Hummels and Badstuber, and for example his performance vs us in the 6-1. (IMO their best player before the sending off)
His shooting from range is terrifying, he is/was a calm finisher, he has great strength and decent pace to bully CBs, a good touch, and is an excellent penalty taker.
Mentally he's a fragile nutcase and this means we rarely if ever get to see any of that, but it's there.
Even his insane cameo at Anfield, he picked out a couple of crossfield passes with the outside of the foot, right on the money. Would've made a Scholes highlight reel. His footballing ability should not be doubted.
I was only thinking the other day, he's been disappointingly average at Liverpool for me.
Obviously he hasn't been great, but he hasn't been as overwhelmingly shite as I was expecting either.
Just dull and ordinary. Even his weird outbursts seem like his hearts not in it.
I was at least expecting him to set fire to their training centre or be photographed in the midst of a midget/donkey orgy or something.
Obviously he hasn't been great, but he hasn't been as overwhelmingly shite as I was expecting either.
Just dull and ordinary. Even his weird outbursts seem like his hearts not in it.
I was at least expecting him to set fire to their training centre or be photographed in the midst of a midget/donkey orgy or something.
I agree. It's just his head that needs sorting out.
He was fantastic at the last Euros and he has obvious ability which for previous clubs he has demonstrated, even sporadically
His issue is his attitude as he doesn't always seem to be trying hard or focused
His other issue is that he was never gonna suit Rodgers style of play - signings like him and Lambert didn't make sense to me - why sign players who don't suit your game plan
He's an odd one and very childish.... Anyone else notice he seems to invite attention then complain about it - comes across to me as a real prick
His issue is his attitude as he doesn't always seem to be trying hard or focused
His other issue is that he was never gonna suit Rodgers style of play - signings like him and Lambert didn't make sense to me - why sign players who don't suit your game plan
He's an odd one and very childish.... Anyone else notice he seems to invite attention then complain about it - comes across to me as a real prick
Don't know if we can say he is mentally fragile,as he has a very good penalty record.. Takes all high pressure penalties without any worry..
But at the same time he allows basically any provocation to get to him...he's an engima.
If you look at anyone's best performances, you could call them a great talent. Balotelli has a good shot and can take a mean penalty. That's about it.
His potential and talent is overstated. He's not that good. Never has been. But I suppose "Great talent but dodgy attitude" makes for a better story.
I don't think Rodgers repeatedly throwing him under the bus will have helped him. Then his captain Gerrard doing the same on national TV after that penalty fiasco with Henderson. Which is pretty rich now looking back considering the soft treatment Gerrard has had this week, with his media buddies almost apologising for him. I reckon Balotelli has given up and knows he needs to move on to another club.
twitter is his lifeline to remaining in the public conscience, as he does feck all on a football field to talk about. Given fame and fortune as a teenager and has been fine with that ever since
He was considered a great talent before his attitude made headlines. In Italy he was racially abused at both Milan clubs but his on- and off-field performances got equal coverage as far as i know.
And it's not "good shot, good penalty." He has the perfect physique to play both as a lone striker as well as a partner for a faster finisher. But he can't take the loneliness of being a solo #9 and will wander offside or drop too deep, and I'm not sure how reliable he will be at cooperating with a partner either. And he's got very good passing and control too.
I honestly think he's gone downhill mentally, and Rodgers, the media whoc focus on his antics, and of course Italian racists (and of course himself) must share responsibility for that. I thought I could see him breaking at the World Cup, he was under one of the few managers who appreciates him but he just didn't seem to be in the match. Big contrast to euro 2012 in the same setup with the same manager.
Turning into football's Shia LaBeouf.Things he posts on instagram are getting stranger by the day.
(instagram link: https://instagram.com/p/0xqTzELj4P/?taken-by=mb459)
He needs a father figure. Fergie would have sorted him right out if he was still young.
2 goals in his last 34 PL appearances.
Totally agree.
I never saw anything with him that said potentially world class, maybe he showed signs of it at Inter but since he came to England he's not shown anything like that.
He's had great games of course but that's true of almost any decent level striker. You'd have to think that's him done now at the top level, don't know where he goes from here.
He did have potential, however he has been grossly mismanaged throughout his entire career.
How?
By himself, I'd imagine.
Bright lad, must try harder. Id imagine his school report went a little something like that. He reminds me of Berbatov in a way, could have been one of the greats had he been bothered.
I am asking how he has been grossly mismanaged by this series of managers.
One of the more calamitous transfers in Prem history.
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