Can you explain to me why this isn't a red card?
Mario Balotelli
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I've seen worse tbh (Carragher... grumble, moan, whinge).
Because it's feck all - a high foot that grazes his thigh. Cf Carragher v Nani.
He had been mouthing off at the ref earlier and it was clear the waving leg was intentional. The guy is a basket case and he constantly vents his frustration kicking other players.
It was probably a red, yellows have been given for that, but once he gets into that mood there's no sense to be talked into him so you may as well send him off and spare the next guy a possible injury.
Look - the media can have an agenda and Man Utd fans can have an agenda but the ref is NOT supposed to have an agenda.
Clear red. He had time to drop his studs showing leg, but he intentionally tried to hurt his opponent instead
You're the only person I've seen challenge it. The verdict on him is unanimous across media, City fans and other fans alike otherwise
Surely the ref has a duty to protect players? If some nutter loses it and you know there's no way back with the geezer, why wait for the next kick?
FFS, it's precisely what you gooners keep moaning about, refs not protecting players.
It's not the refs fault that the guy is a complete moron.
It doesn't rate in the red card tackles seen of late. On Hackney Marshes it probably doesn't even get a foul you media-duped drama queens
How the hell can anyone defend that? Why was he thinking of going that high with his foot?
I remember Evans doing it to Drogba and thinking at the time how fortunate we were it got missed by the ref.
To be fair to the kid, I think that was genuine stupid play rather than actually meaning it. But still, he needs his head smacking together to get rid of all the dust.
I remember Evans doing it to Drogba and thinking at the time how fortunate we were it got missed by the ref.
To be fair to the kid, I think that was genuine stupid play rather than actually meaning it. But still, he needs his head smacking together to get rid of all the dust.
That's some good grog Pete is on
It was a stupid play, he has some meanness in him, but I think he withdrew this leg to avoid injuring the guy, I don't even think his foot made contact with the guys chest, his studs however could have caused damage to the knee of the guy.
He really got sent off for who he is imo. This should have been yellow.
The Evans one was quite different. Drogba was being a cnut and running in under him to tip him up so Evans was entitled to 'dissuade' him.
So what's Ballotelli's excuse?
Must be honest, I've seen worse shit than that and I think it's a yellow. A very, very definite yellow and a word from the ref that the slightest foot out of place from there on in and he's off.
Definitely not as bad as I thought it was going to be based on some of the earlier comments. Can't have any complaints that it was a red though, and if he'd gotten away with a yellow I'd have thought he was a very lucky boy.
It's obvious he is trying to get a move to Milan that can't afford a high transfer fee. Balotelli has the same agent as Zlatan, Mino Raiola that is known to do anything to gain his client's wishes and telling his clients to act like cnuts in order to get sold by their current club is a known tactic by him.
Judging by Mancini's comments after the game, his patience with Balotelli appears to be running rather thin.
Yup, without his reputation, that is a yellow and a serious talking to. His foot was high, he caught him, but he didn't batter into the player looking to take him out....
but it is also hard to argue against
8 yellow cards, 2 red cards in 15 starts - he is a forward, not a defender/defensive midfielder.
I'll agree the foul for the red card was more comical than dangerous. The fact his performance when committing the foul was as pathetic as his performance putting on his bib, and his performance in front of goal, doesn't excuse it. But it does make it funnier.
That ratio would be appalling for defenders and DM never mind an attacker.
He knew what he was getting into. Making the fact that he went and signed him anyway, all the more quizzical.
what a fecking helmet!!Dont think anyone can defend the red card, you cant do that, especially in Europe.
What an absolute cock.
Didn't they say his face was swollen and shit?
They did.
Funnily enough, Hay Fever often makes your face swollen and shit.
about the balotelli incident,
you blind f*ckTard
his foot is high in the beginning, but then he stamps his foot onto the player's thigh. that is a red card. all you can see is that his foot is high up. but am shocked how you miss the fact that he then plants his studs on his thigh.
you don't have the wits to press play on a youtube video, and look a at the attitude you have right now.pissing off.
You tell him, buddy.
Bloody hell!
And Peter has caught a live one...
Bloody hell!
Bloody hell!
That's classic
Apparently threw darts in the direction of youth team players at City's training ground.
Apparently threw darts in the direction of youth team players at City's training ground.
Love the fecker. Give it to them, Mario.
It's clear, the man is an absolute fecking moron
Darts?
Air rifle not good enough for him then?
Air rifle not good enough for him then?
The guy is a full on, grade A twat.
Glad we didn't sign him.
Glad we didn't sign him.
Manchester City investigate Mario Balotelli's 'dart prank' - Premier League, Football - The Independent
What is wrong with the lad at all
What is wrong with the lad at all
Bouncer battered Balotelli bonnet
FOOTIE ace Mario Balotelli had his Maserati bashed in by a bouncer, it emerged yesterday.
It happened after the Man City striker was kicked out of a lap-dancing club.
Some of his group were accused of breaking "no-touching" rules.
Italian Balotelli, 20, then tormented bouncers by arguing and laughing in their faces as onlookers jeered him outside.
After a five-minute showdown he drove off - then reversed back up the street to continue the row.
One bouncer at the Rude Lap Dancing Bar in Liverpool then hit the £80,000 car up to six times with a metal torch before Balotelli sped off.
A passer-by said: "I couldn't believe he stood toe-to-toe with five bouncers. He was mental."
The Sun last week revealed how Balotelli's car had needed to have dents repaired.
FOOTIE ace Mario Balotelli had his Maserati bashed in by a bouncer, it emerged yesterday.
It happened after the Man City striker was kicked out of a lap-dancing club.
Some of his group were accused of breaking "no-touching" rules.
Italian Balotelli, 20, then tormented bouncers by arguing and laughing in their faces as onlookers jeered him outside.
After a five-minute showdown he drove off - then reversed back up the street to continue the row.
One bouncer at the Rude Lap Dancing Bar in Liverpool then hit the £80,000 car up to six times with a metal torch before Balotelli sped off.
A passer-by said: "I couldn't believe he stood toe-to-toe with five bouncers. He was mental."
The Sun last week revealed how Balotelli's car had needed to have dents repaired.
To think I wanted us to sign him, perhaps SAF could have controlled him.