Er, no, he failed a medical. He had agreed terms and he had a release clause that meant he'd be less than half the price of Balotelli.
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Er, no, he failed a medical. He had agreed terms and he had a release clause that meant he'd be less than half the price of Balotelli.
Roughly translated to, 'we've pissed money down the shit pan on this clown'
Told you so Barney
Roughly translated to, 'we've pissed money down the shit pan on this clown'
Told you so Barney
Balotelli was the one summer signing that I was not fully convinced with when we signed him, to be fair.
Yea, think @Dumbstar was most in favour and @Rafateria too lolz.
In summary, we were both right, massive cock up, he just does not fit.
Any excuse to repost this:
I was excited by the signing too. Most of our supporters were.
Roughly translated then, "you've pissed your money down the shit pan"
Don't get me wrong I like the fellow, even more so now
He was a feck up from the start, very clear to all, shows just how blinkered we can be. Just to enforce my point, I was excited by the signing too
Wrong. I was hopeful he'd match previous goals per game but he was not the player I wanted by a long way, totally unsuited to our style of play. He was a desperate last minute gamble, that isn't paying off.
That guy is an idiot. Shall we bust out the 'you can have your Sanchez's, waste of money' comment too?
"Scores worldies mate"!!
Yea, that post where you compared him with RVP, that was a good one looking back.
I wonder if he can go a whole season without scoring a goal. Every time I watch him play for Liverpool the guy shoots from anywhere. I can only interpret that as disobeying team instructions. I can't see Rogers giving him the remit to do that.
Where would he go next is what I'm wondering? Can't see any of the top teams wasting their time and money on him anymore, though I didn't expect Liverpool to make the same mistake either I suppose.
Count me in. Since that semi-final against Germany I was rating him very highly.
Mario was never first choice, Sanchez was. However, like all followers of football, everyone is waiting and almost expecting the real Balotelli to emerge. It hasn't happened.
His inclusion in the side was actively ruining the team's flow and approach. His total lack of movement and press meant we became very easy to play against - similar to United right now when their attack seems a tad inert.
His removal and Rodgers letting other players off their leash has led to a real upturn in performance.
I'm not sure he will ever fit.
His inclusion in the side was actively ruining the team's flow and approach. His total lack of movement and press meant we became very easy to play against - similar to United right now when their attack seems a tad inert.
His removal and Rodgers letting other players off their leash has led to a real upturn in performance.
I'm not sure he will ever fit.
Back to Inter. Though I can see him at PSG.
What is the difference between the medical tests done for Liverpool and Chelsea ?
There would be differences but only minor. obviously medicals are subjective, what one team deems fine, another may not due to how they expect the player to play. Chelsea can afford the risk of a career ending injury more so than Liverpool. Demba Ba failed a medical at stoke I think but Chelsea had no issues at all.
Or alternatively, Liverpool lied so they could sign Lambert (?) Is one theory.
I like this one very much.
Also, Chelsea might not have been too worried if he had a niggling injury at the time as they wouldn't have expected him to play that much anyway, while Liverpool probably wanted someone who was rarely injured.
With Balotelli it's his lack of striker's instinct in the box rather than lack of workrate that I think is worse. Loads of strikers don't make tackles or sprint after defenders all the time, but a striker has to get in the box when the ball's out wide and try and run either near or far post around the 6 yard box as it's coming across.
Balotelli goes wondering like Soldado does when Soldado's looking to hide from the ball. The cross comes in and he's on the edge of the box or playing left wing for no reason. Really frustrating from a striker; particularly when in a 4-5-1 formation.
Balotelli goes wondering like Soldado does when Soldado's looking to hide from the ball. The cross comes in and he's on the edge of the box or playing left wing for no reason. Really frustrating from a striker; particularly when in a 4-5-1 formation.
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The problem seems to me that while his athletical attributes are (or could be if he trained with the intensity of a Robben, Ronaldo etc.) absolutely top notch, but he really lacks "game intelligence". I never got the feeling from watching him play that he actually grasps what's going on and how the game is going to unfold in the next few seconds so he resorts to the old crowbar-method way too often and forces a dribbling, pass or shot.
He's on his way to mediocrity and I won't miss him at the top of the game.
Very much agree. I don't even think it's that he's not trying on the pitch (might not be in training if he hasn't learned these things), but as you say it's like he doesn't know any of the shortcuts or tricks to positioning (hasn't learned his craft). Rather like a young Andy Carroll; he gets the odd head of steam up and apart from that can't really contribute enough).
Lambert signed nearly two months before we pursued Remy. Go on and explain to me how that theory is a possibility. We also clearly needed another striker and pursued several after Lambert (Remy, Bony, Falcao, Cavani, Balotelli).
to this day I'm absolutely struggling to understand how Balotelli managed managed to get himself into that upper class of footballer that big teams want to sign. He's never been good enough, forget his attitude, he doesn't even have the raw talent that people say he has. Not to be a first choice big for any of the big teams anyway.
It's like a crazy myth that emerged from nowhere.
if I were to sum Balotelli up. I'd say he's a fairly static centre forward with a great shot who'll occasionally score a great goal from 20 yards.
It's like a crazy myth that emerged from nowhere.
if I were to sum Balotelli up. I'd say he's a fairly static centre forward with a great shot who'll occasionally score a great goal from 20 yards.
Great penalty taker too. We have to be fair.
He is totally self absorbed too. He will just shoot from anywhere within 40 yards of the goal. He just isn't a team player at all.
His goal record in the league between the ages of 17 and 20 was one every 165 minutes at Inter which is very respectable considering he spent a lot of time out wide. Then in his first two seasons in City his league record was one every 128 minutes which puts him in that bracket just below the likes of Aguero and Suárez, so I think you're being a tad unfair.
Ignoring the numbers, in his teenage years he displayed a lot of great qualities for a forward. Composure, set pieces, striking, pace, power, first touch - all very impressive. He scored twice in a 3-3 draw against Roma when he was just 19 which proved crucial in the end seeing as Inter only won the league by 2 points, so he wasn't just a flat track bully by any means. I tend to agree that right now he's living off his reputation rather than his performances but this idea that he was never that good or that his reputation is largely down to his "controversial" personal life is absolute bollocks, in my opinion. He just hasn't developed well at all because seemingly he's not that arsed.
He was a frustrating but obviously talented player when at City, as he was young it was easy to imagine how he might gain consistency and intelligence and become a very good player. He hasn't pushed on and isn't that young anymore, happens to a lot of players but perhaps it seems notable for Balotelli because he's such a big name
This guy is an absolute clown. By far his best moment though was after the Slippy G incident, and Chelsea beat them:
He's never had the potential to be one of the worlds best strikers, which is what I'd been hearing for years. He is a decent finisher so his goal record is respectable, but you need more than that to hit the heights people seemed to think he was heading towards.
This guy is an absolute clown. By far his best moment though was after the Slippy G incident, and Chelsea beat them:
Can somebody please do a background check on this curious creature? I bet he's at least a mod on RAWK, if not the founder.
This guy is an absolute clown. By far his best moment though was after the Slippy G incident, and Chelsea beat them:
Careful, I got told off on here for slagging these guy's off!
Because both player names happen to appear in the same 'long' post does NOT equate to a comparison.
And as an aside my pre-season assertion that RvP is on the decline is so far proving to be spot on .. his PL Goals per Game being virtually 50% down on last season.
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Russian/Arab oil money time? Or Turkey perhaps?
Where too next for Ladotelli's next big trip?
Where too next for Ladotelli's next big trip?
He won't survive a day in Russia or in the Middle-East. I can see a Turkish club going in for him though.
Nope. 10 goals from 21 games last season from open play. 8 goals from 17 games this season from open play.
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