peterstorey
Specialist In Failure
I really haven't seen any evidence of that on the pitch.
Been all over twitter, am I a cnut for saying that I think the lad is a fecking legend? The Premier League is much better with guys like him in it.Where'd you hear that?
Lots of MancS reporting it on twitter and Facebook. Usually I'd cry bullshit....but it's Balotelli!Where'd you hear that?
I really am starting to warm to him. He's an idiot at times, but a lot of the stuff he does is harmless. He's just confused, and seems to have good intentions most of the time.Been all over twitter, am I a cnut for saying that I think the lad is a fecking legend? The Premier League is much better with guys like him in it.
I agree wholeheartedly, he's a fecking beast! And he's a constant source of entertainment... I don't see how anyone can't like him, he's great value.He is a top talent there's no doubt about it.
He just needs to improve his work ethic and attitude for the game . I find him to be lazy as feck, he's one of the best young talents I've seen.
Completely agreed.Such an attention-seeking gobshite.
Depressing that people are so impressed by his childish bullshit.
Such an attention-seeking gobshite.
Depressing that people are so impressed by his childish bullshit.
I agree wholeheartedly, he's a fecking beast! And he's a constant source of entertainment... I don't see how anyone can't like him, he's great value.
And Licorice....Marmite.
Watching it unravel will obviously be fun. I just don't get why people call him a "legend" and stuff like that. It's weird.But he's going to crash and burn, and chances are he'll take a few with him... How can you not enjoy it all unravel?
Ewww, fecking hate that stuff, hate marmite as well.And Licorice....
Agreed.Such an attention-seeking gobshite.
Depressing that people are so impressed by his childish bullshit.
He's a teenage multi-millionaire who is so overpaid he can afford to drive round throwing cash out of the window of his car. Just for a laugh and to get noticed. In the middle of a crippling recession.Attention seeking he might be.
Better doing it this way than doing a Barton.
He's just a kid who is enjoying himself. And he happens to be a really talented player.
Not a huge fan, but its no reason to hate him.
I don't get it too. Why is acting like a twat material for being called 'legendary'?Such an attention-seeking gobshite.
Depressing that people are so impressed by his childish bullshit.
Balotelli's CV:
>Survived a usually fatal disease at birth
>£10,000 in parking fines
>Car impounded 27 times
>£300,000 fine for throwing darts at the youth team
>Won £25,000 in a casino, gave £1,000 to a tramp outside
>Rescued a child from bullying
>Threw tomatoes at some Serie A manager
>Threw water balloons at Serie A meeting
>Started a fight with 4 bouncers, after breaking the no touching rule at a strip club
>Thinks milk with tea is strange
>Bibotelli saga
>Had a £120,000 Audi R8 imported and wrote it off within a week
>Had his friends approach girls in clubs and say "Balotelli will see you now."
>Sent to John Lewis by his mother to buy essentials for the house, like an ironing board
>Came back with a giant trampoline and a Vespa and Scalectrix
>Started fights with Kompany, Boateng and Tevez at training
>Was frequently seen at the AC Milan superstore while playing for inter
>Went on TV in an AC shirt with his name on while at inter
>U21s game for Italy, kicks a swedish player while he's down and proceeds to just sit on the pitch ignoring the opposition and the referee for about a minute.
>Is then offended when he gets sent off and protests about it
>He winked at Ferdinand at the semi final of the FA cup and celebrate in front of the Man Utd fans.
>After the FA cup final, on live TV, says "This season I have been s***. Can I say that?"
>Was stopped by police driving round Hulme (a real craphole) in his maserati with £25,000 cash on the passenger seat. When asked why he said "because I'm rich"
>Had to go off at half time in a game in Ukraine due to an allergy to the pitch
>Had to be physically hauled away by Zanetti for refusing to let Samuel Eto'o take a penalty that he had won
>Once broke up with a girlfriend via text while she was presenting a live television show
>Slept with a model while his girlfriend was asleep downstairs
>*** mental chicken hat
>When he won the European Golden Boy trophy, said he had never heard of Jack Wilshere
>Said he would find out who he was so he could remind Wilshere he came second
>Drove his car into a women's prison so he could have a look around
>Swore on live TV after the FA cup final
>Attempted a roulette back heel shot against LA Galaxy and missed
>Connections with the Naples Mafia, he even testified in court at a Mafia trial
>Brought to bench during International friendly.
>Set house on fire using fireworks
>Said only Messi is "a little stronger" than him, and he is better than all other players
>"Why always me?" shirt, made for him by City kitman Chappy
>Drove around Manchester high fiving city fans from his car the day after >1-6
>Became the face of a firework safety campaign days after setting his house on fire
>Hands £20 notes out to strangers when in Manchester
>Chanted Rooney! Rooney! at the prostitute who claimed to have slept with Wayne
See, that's too much. I like Balotelli, he's mildly entertaining, but the same thing happened when Jose Mourinho came: Sky and the written press ate it up, "breath of fresh air" and all the rest of it, but essentially it's all a carefully constructred narrative people are falling for. I don't know when it became essential to have "characters" in football, but I'd guess it was around the time the Premier League and the media realized 90 minutes of football isn't enough to keep people watching and spending money on this football lark.Ian McGarry just called Mario a genius on BBC5 but John Barnes, Steve Claridge and Robbie Savage all shouted him down, was quite funny.
I don't like the snide McGarry but him being shouted down by eejits was funny.Ian McGarry just called Mario a genius on BBC5 but John Barnes, Steve Claridge and Robbie Savage all shouted him down, was quite funny.
..Balotelli's CV:
>Survived a usually fatal disease at birth
>£10,000 in parking fines
>Car impounded 27 times
>£300,000 fine for throwing darts at the youth team
>Won £25,000 in a casino, gave £1,000 to a tramp outside
>Rescued a child from bullying
>Threw tomatoes at some Serie A manager
>Threw water balloons at Serie A meeting
>Started a fight with 4 bouncers, after breaking the no touching rule at a strip club
>Thinks milk with tea is strange
>Bibotelli saga
>Had a £120,000 Audi R8 imported and wrote it off within a week
>Had his friends approach girls in clubs and say "Balotelli will see you now."
>Sent to John Lewis by his mother to buy essentials for the house, like an ironing board
>Came back with a giant trampoline and a Vespa and Scalectrix
>Started fights with Kompany, Boateng and Tevez at training
>Was frequently seen at the AC Milan superstore while playing for inter
>Went on TV in an AC shirt with his name on while at inter
>U21s game for Italy, kicks a swedish player while he's down and proceeds to just sit on the pitch ignoring the opposition and the referee for about a minute.
>Is then offended when he gets sent off and protests about it
>He winked at Ferdinand at the semi final of the FA cup and celebrate in front of the Man Utd fans.
>After the FA cup final, on live TV, says "This season I have been s***. Can I say that?"
>Was stopped by police driving round Hulme (a real craphole) in his maserati with £25,000 cash on the passenger seat. When asked why he said "because I'm rich"
>Had to go off at half time in a game in Ukraine due to an allergy to the pitch
>Had to be physically hauled away by Zanetti for refusing to let Samuel Eto'o take a penalty that he had won
>Once broke up with a girlfriend via text while she was presenting a live television show
>Slept with a model while his girlfriend was asleep downstairs
>*** mental chicken hat
>When he won the European Golden Boy trophy, said he had never heard of Jack Wilshere
>Said he would find out who he was so he could remind Wilshere he came second
>Drove his car into a women's prison so he could have a look around
>Swore on live TV after the FA cup final
>Attempted a roulette back heel shot against LA Galaxy and missed
>Connections with the Naples Mafia, he even testified in court at a Mafia trial
>Brought to bench during International friendly.
>Set house on fire using fireworks
>Said only Messi is "a little stronger" than him, and he is better than all other players
>"Why always me?" shirt, made for him by City kitman Chappy
>Drove around Manchester high fiving city fans from his car the day after >1-6
>Became the face of a firework safety campaign days after setting his house on fire
>Hands £20 notes out to strangers when in Manchester
>Chanted Rooney! Rooney! at the prostitute who claimed to have slept with Wayne