Ah my mistake, I was looking at all games (including those for NL) which equals 27 in 36 games (0.75 gpg from ALL comps) last season versus 11 in 28 games (0.39 gpg from ALL comps) this season. We'll see how it pans out by the end of the season, but I still feel that my prediction for a decline will be on the money. After saying that he'll probably net a hat trick this weekend.
Balotelli signs for Liverpool - Official
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You don't need to predict decline for a 31-year old striker.
What a loser that boy is
To be fair, no one predicted he'd be this shit. A mentalist, sure. Running cock fights from his hotel room and being sacked after 8 months, inevitable. But surely most thought he'd at least produce a little bit on the pitch? Even the most cynical Caftard didn't think he'd be resolutely terrible. His stock has gone down massively and he's only 24. Fulfilling his potential seems a long way off now.
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He's basically the equivalent of playing Anderson up front.
He's shit. Really, really shit.
It was so obvious he was going to fail as well 
I thought he'd be close to this shit. Could see him not being bothered if it started not working out for him. I found all the comments about him being good business for Liverpool really strange. He's been a serial feck-up now. The demise was inevitable. Although I'll accept the extent of it is a wee bit surprising.
Really? Even half interested at Milan last season he scored 30 in 54. I didn't think he'd fit well, but I didn't expect this. And we complain about our 30 year old injury recovering strikers.
I wanted to see him brought on to see if Rodgers' comments would have any impact on him at all. They didn't. Would be surprised if plays for quite a while now.
I remember agreeing quite a bit with you last summer over this, didn't think he'd do well for them and have always thought in any case he was massively overated. Though Mockney to a certain extent is right, I probably didn't expect it to be this extreme.
Think he got a lot of pens at Milan? The world cup summed up what I thought we'd see at Liverpool. Some moments when he looked unplayable but generally not very bothered and chucks the towel in the moment he faces any adversity. Turns out we got all that without the unplayable part.
I thought that he would be bang average and that his goal scoring stats would look a lot more modest with him not taking penalties. I wasn't expecting him to hit February without scoring once, however!
What a tosser... Can't score in a Thai bordell and isn't much better at football either.. Just awful, I kind of feel little sad for Brentan NOT ... Lambert and Balo that's a hell of an striker duo Brentan signed there...
Eh? He's never even scored 20 goals in a season at club level. That figure is his total in his 1.5 seasons at Milan. 12 goals in 13 apps in the second half of 2012/13 (first half of that season at City he had 3 in 20) + 18 goals in 41 apps in 2013/14.
Average player capable of brilliance (apparently, at least). I didn't think he'd break any goalscoring records with Liverpool, but he has been far worse than I was expecting. You'd have at least thought he'd have managed 7 or 8 goals by now. Our strikers aren't playing particularly well, but they're doing far better than Balotelli.
Well exactly. That world beating streak hasn't even hinted at peaking it's head above the covers. Even Falcao's in better form, at 29 recovering from a 6 month injury, and we're on his back like hair on a 70s bear. I expected a disappointment, but not on a Jose Altidore level. He's a world famous 24 year old prodigy FFS.
True, I just copy & pasted his stats assuming he'd only been there a year. But still, they're perfectly good stats.
Still remember some on Sky and fans being over the moon when he signed for them,good old Tommo mentioned something among the lines how they got world class talent for 16 mil
Never rated him. Aside from taking penalties, the real talent he had was creating himself to be a media sensation like Kim Kardashian. All he had to do was do something to get people talking and the media were happy to oblige. Once you hear someones name so much, you must think they're special or a star. But he wasn't a good footballer. He would take many shots from absurd distances and once in awhile score a screamer and people would gush at his talent for some reason. Before he got it away with it because he was young, but after never living up to the hype at every club he's been at, finally people are starting to see him for what he is.
At least I was right with this one, when I said Welbeck was better.
1 out of 2 ain't bad.
1 out of 2 ain't bad.
But he did. Even Robbie Keane was scoring more. Feck, even Borini is scoring more.
He's having a torrid time at Liverpool but he's clearly not an awful player. It's only a matter of time before he scores a few goals and he'll pick up from there. He's by no means world class but he's a good striker just lacking in confidence and on a barren run.
How is he supposed to score goals when he just stands there outside the box and let's other people do everything?
There was a moment when he'd collected the ball on the left and laid it off and then just stood there and watched from behind as Coutinho, Gerrard and Sterling tried to create something. He's the bloody striker, he should be running into the box or dragging defenders away or something.
That's the real issue.
There was a moment when he'd collected the ball on the left and laid it off and then just stood there and watched from behind as Coutinho, Gerrard and Sterling tried to create something. He's the bloody striker, he should be running into the box or dragging defenders away or something.
That's the real issue.
It's like he just doesn't want to play for them. I don't remember him being this shit before!
He just plain doesnt fit Liverpools system. I definitely wasnt expecting him to be anywhere near this bad - I thought (stupidly) that Rodgers could 'fix' him somewhat and we would see a bit of Super Mario. As it is, he is playing like any other Italian plumber.
He's so disinterested he doesn't even bother anymore. It hasn't helped that he hasn't played mugh recently but he's still been terrible. Funny how 15 million looked like a really cheap price then but it looks like an outright robbery right now. They'd be lucky to get 10 for him.
He never convinced me. His abnormal physicality and skillset for his age was impressive, but his apparent 'genius' was self-inflated courtesy of his off-field fictional escapades and his goofy penalty kicks.
In the grand scheme of things he's a good striker, but not one many managers will want to lead their attack. His lack of work rate is a massive problem and it isn't something forwards can get away with at the moment.
In the grand scheme of things he's a good striker, but not one many managers will want to lead their attack. His lack of work rate is a massive problem and it isn't something forwards can get away with at the moment.
He's been so poor, I'm actuallly starting to feel sorry for the lad. That said, I don't know why people are so surprised. He's always been shite, with the occasional big game goal.
If he ran about and tried a bit instead of being a lazy shite, then I still wouldn't feel sorry for him because he's a Liverpool player but I'd understand other people sympathising with him.
Who am I kidding? I actually don't feel sorry for him. He's a massive cnut.
He's been doing almost nothing but trolling and partying from the first day he came to Liverpool. You can clearly see that Rodgers doesn't have any big control over him... even Mourinho admitted few times he could only laugh when he was working with the guy.
He needs a good day and special mood to do something that is expected from him. If you'll ask him not to be sent off, the chances are he'll do exactly the opposite.
Simply enjoy Balo days in Liverpool.
He needs a good day and special mood to do something that is expected from him. If you'll ask him not to be sent off, the chances are he'll do exactly the opposite.
Simply enjoy Balo days in Liverpool.
He was always average at City but the media wanted to build the narrative of him being a maverick of sorts. His off-pitch exploits and confident/arrogant personality made it easy for journalists to write articles about. "He has a lot of potential, just needs to mature'' etc. No, he's an average striker.
Immensely frustrating if he played for the club you support, but great entertainment value watching him at Liverpool.
Immensely frustrating if he played for the club you support, but great entertainment value watching him at Liverpool.
Still remember some on Sky and fans being over the moon when he signed for them,good old Tommo mentioned something among the lines how they got world class talent for 16 mil
Only half of Diego Costa!
However I have to admit that I thought he would be good for Liverpool though.
It's weird actually. He covers a fair bit of ground pressing and tracking back. It's when Liverpool have the ball in and around the opposition box that he's at his most statuesque. Never seen a striker look less enthusiastic about the possibility of scoring.
Me too. He is clearly a very good player. Just needs someone to manage/coach him the right way and I thought Rodgers was that person.
Exactly this.
Really? (for the first part) Can't say I've noticed, I think he's incredibly lazy.
Yeah. Take for example 'Pool's goal against Everton in the Derby. Came about as a result of Balotelli working hard and winning the ball back.
I don't think it's laziness. He's just not a very good striker.
His raw ability is quite good (not the genius levels they are built up to be) but the application is what is missing. He seems to get disheartened or disinterested easily. It's as if he expects things to come easily to him when very often it doesn't.
But we can't judge him jsut by this spell. He's clearly at a low point ATM.
But we can't judge him jsut by this spell. He's clearly at a low point ATM.
I wouldn't say he's a awful player at all. But when things aren't going his way he does turn into a bit of a problem because he doesn't fight against adversity too well. I agree that if he gets his confidence back he'd be a good striker without being top drawer.
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