Mario Balotelli

[Harry Squatter]

Hopefully he rebuilds the myth that he is a great player and Guangzhou Evergrande buy him for £50m

[Pureblood]

I'm gutted he didn't work out for us, would've been the ultimate cult figure and would piss off opposition fans no end.

 

Best poster on the FF.

[Rick Sanchez C-137]

He's still going to win the Ballon D'Or, dontchaknow?

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/37318761

 

Nice striker Mario Balotelli says joining Liverpool was the "worst decision of my life".

The Italian scored four goals in 28 appearances for the Reds after arriving for £16m from AC Milan in 2014.

He managed one goal in 20 Serie A games on loan at Milan last season beforea free transfer to Nice this summer.

"Apart from the fans, who were fantastic, and some players who I got on really well with, I didn't like the club," Balotelli told Canal Plus.

The 26-year-old was speaking before scoring twice on his Nice debut in the 3-2 Ligue 1 win over Marseille on Sunday.

Brendan Rodgers, who signed Balotelli, was sacked as Liverpool manager in October 2015, with Jurgen Klopp taking over.

"I had two coaches, with Rodgers and Klopp for a short time, but neither their methods nor their personality left me with a good impression," he said.

"I never really felt right there."

'I can still win the Ballon d'Or'

In an interview with former France, Leeds and Roma midfielder Olivier Dacourt, Balotelli was asked if he still thought about winning the Ballon d'Or.

"Of course. It's not too late," he said. "I think I could have already won it by now, but by working hard in training I could still win it in the next two or three years."

In Sunday's home game, Balotelli was goaded by Marseille's Bafetimbi Gomis as he prepared to take a penalty, but kept his cool to score the opener.

Florian Thauvin, on loan from Newcastle, equalised before ex-Swansea striker Gomis put Marseille in front from the spot.

Balotelli headed home before Wylan Cyprien's long-range winner.

Victory lifted Nice into second in the table, behind leaders Monaco on goal difference, with champions Paris St-Germain in seventh.

[Chairman Meow]

The standard of the French league is shit, Balotelli is still fucking shit. 

 

Even Joe Cole looked decent playing in France and he couldn't run more than ten yards without needing to stop for a rest. 

[Reckoner]

Don't know about that being the worst decision he has made. I've seen him 49 yards out with 4 team mates in space ahead of him.

[ngogswilly]

If he actually goes on to fulfil the potential he has and turn into a good player I'll hate the twat forever. Like people say though the French league is piss. He'll look good there, get a move back to a club in a better league and go back to looking shit again. 

[magicrat]

Why does anyone seriously give a fuck what he does elsewhere. He should never have been bought by :Liverpool , he did nothing but prove an embarrassment to the club and now he's gone .He can score in every game for Nice and I'll couldn't care less about him now he finally been moved off our books,    

[VladimirIlyich]

He's lost in France and his goals are overflowing.

[jamespp]

him and his agent are pissed off he's ended up at nice, I think it'll get worse aswell

[Strontium]

Not really. He played 20 times for Milan while on loan, he scored once.

 

He made 28 appearances for us, scoring four goals.

 

He's found his level.

 

You make it sound like the French league is on a par with the Scottish league.

 

He scored 20 in 54 league appearances for Man City, so somewhat counterfactual to suppose that he cannot thrive in the Premier League.

 

Similarly, before we signed him, he scored 26 in 43 appearances for Milan. A little unfair to ignore those stats in favour of the 1 in 20 scored during an unhappy loan spell.

 

Obviously he's the kind of player who needs something more in the way of motivation than most. I shan't lay all the blame on the player for Rodgers' failure on that score.

[Trumo]

him and his agent are pissed off he's ended up at nice, I think it'll get worse aswell

 

Raiola is probably banking on him doing a Ben Arfa and using a brilliant season for Nice to earn himself a transfer to PSG.

[jamespp]

Raiola is probably banking on him doing a Ben Arfa and using a brilliant season for Nice to earn himself a transfer to PSG.

i cant see it, he would have to apply himself, he'll probably score the odd great goal but I think clubs like PSG have him sussed now

[ZonkoVille77]

You make it sound like the French league is on a par with the Scottish league.

 

He scored 20 in 54 league appearances for Man City, so somewhat counterfactual to suppose that he cannot thrive in the Premier League.

 

Similarly, before we signed him, he scored 26 in 43 appearances for Milan. A little unfair to ignore those stats in favour of the 1 in 20 scored during an unhappy loan spell.

 

Obviously he's the kind of player who needs something more in the way of motivation than most. I shan't lay all the blame on the player for Rodgers' failure on that score.

An accurate, and good, post, in full. comma.

[TheHowieLama]

 I shan't lay all the blame 

 

I shan, he's shite.

[AngryOfTuebrook]

You make it sound like the French league is on a par with the Scottish league.

 

He scored 20 in 54 league appearances for Man City, so somewhat counterfactual to suppose that he cannot thrive in the Premier League.

 

Similarly, before we signed him, he scored 26 in 43 appearances for Milan. A little unfair to ignore those stats in favour of the 1 in 20 scored during an unhappy loan spell.

 

Obviously he's the kind of player who needs something more in the way of motivation than most. I shan't lay all the blame on the player for Rodgers' failure on that score.

That'll be the failure of Rodgers, Klopp and whoever was Milan manager during his shit spell.

 

I'm inclined to lay a fair chunk of the blame on the player.

[Guest]

I don't particularly want to post it here but The Mirror are running the 'story' of El-Hajdi Diouf blaming Steven Gerrard for Balotelli failing at Liverpool.

 

But this quote is from L'Equipe of Diouf...

 

Diouf told L’Equipe: “I told him not to go to Liverpool. It wasn't made for him, that things couldn't go well with Gerrard, who has never had his talent and then said negative things about him.

 

“Gerrard is a jealous man who doesn't like men of character. Mario is a good person that you should listen to. He's not a guy who's going to cause problems in the dressing room.

 

“There are a lot of things that have been made up about [balotelli]. People tell tales about him, but they're often a load of rubbish.”

 

 

The mind boggles. 

 

Edit: This may be a great way to send this thread to the group of 'Closed' threads, as Diouf and Balotelli have been linked together in the best way possible.

[Chairman Meow]

Diouf in behaving like a cock womble shocker. 

[Frankenhooker]

Diouf should probably seek help, the prick is infatuated with Gerrard, he'll be blaming him for global warming soon.

[Dr Nowt]

Can't blame Diouf for admiring Balotelli. A Liverpool number 9 who actually scores a goal or 2 in a full season. What sorcery is this?

[Rick Sanchez C-137]

Dioufus

[magicrat]

The standard of the French league is shit, Balotelli is still fucking shit. 

 

Even Joe Cole looked decent playing in France and he couldn't run more than ten yards without needing to stop for a fag. 

 

fixed

[Tony Moanero]

People are still talking about this cunt?

[easytoslip]

[quote name="Tony Moanero" post="4589677" timestamp="1473766456Quite, the unflappable turd has been flushed, and forget about the can't.

[easytoslip]

cunt

[thompsonsnose]

Hes just scored again..