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has a few problems this lad, not the 1st time his attitude has been questioned either. I hope if a town player did this they would get the same reaction by Paolo and the crowd

He's clearly a grade A twat.

However should he be demonised for a bit of show-boating  in a meaningless friendly against LA Galaxy? Yes these games are important from a fitness point of view. And if he did that in a proper match he should get exactly what he got. But a pre-season 'show' friendly I'm not so sure.

As silly as this sounds he is the sort of lad who should be at Man Utd.Only a handful of managers imo can manage him and as much as i hate the fucker Ferguson would be one of them. Sometimes i have seen him play and you can see he really does have something about him.

I honestly think he has something wrong in the head and actually needs a little bit of help.

I like him.

Had it gone in they'd have lauded him as a genius. Bit of an overreaction I think.

It made me laugh watching this, because all these Premier League clubs make such a big deal out of these lucrative endless pre season games. It is a load of bollocks and its egg on the executives faces that someone like Balotelli clearly doesnt give a shit. Looks like scorching heat out there as well.

That said, Mancini was fully entitled to sub him, because he's got a lot of squad players who would want to be out there.

Certainly not a big deal in the Balotelli saga.

The more I look at this, the more I think he thought he was genuinely offside. It wasn't even a back heel. It was just like he was rolling the ball back to the keeper whilst doing a fancy turn, like you would do in training when your messing about. I don't think he was trying to score.

Its a friendly against a load of yanks who just dont get it in a team only there for the money....no reaction from me.

Fuck off flash

your wish is my command!

maybe if it was the players 1st time at something like this, http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/bizarre/3544840/Manchester-City-star-Mario-Balotelli-car-in-pound-27-times.html

"Mario was pulled over by the police and he had £25,000 cash on the passenger seat. They asked him why and he said, 'Because I can'. He doesn't care much for authority." and averages 3 parking tickets a day!

Balotelli is simply the biggest idiot in football today. If he had a brain he'd be dangerous !!!

I think he may actually have a few learning difficulties.

He's class though.

Went through alot of shit when he was younger, not knowing whether his 'heart was white or black' because he was fostered by a white family at a very early age. Also booed off the pitch with monkey chants during his first game in Italy at the age of 15 which may have led to a vulnerability complexion.

OK so a real idiot and grade a twat would do this
http://www.caughtoffside.com/2011/05/11/mario-balotelli-confronts-school-bully-confirms-reputation-as-extremely-nice-guy/

 
or this even
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3536493/Mario-Balotelli-wins-25000-then-gives-1000-to-a-tramp.html

even this
http://www.mariobalotelli.it/en/mario-solidarieta/

christ, what a real twat.

That right, if you ignore things like this:
http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/manchester-city-investigate-mario-balotellis-dart-prank-2254963.html

and things like this:
http://www.metro.co.uk/sport/football/849361-mario-balotelli-punch-up-with-jerome-boateng-causes-unrest-at-city
http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=775078&sec=europe&cc=5739

He's not a twat, he's just clearly absolutely barking mad which is quite brilliant. He's also got enough money to not give a shit about parking laws, which if i had a mazarati i'd probably prefer to rack up the parking fees than have some little manc scally key it every five seconds.

Fine line, one mans nut is another mans twat. Erm, that's not phrased well has it.

Agree,and i hear rumours that Ferguson is lining up a bid for Joey Barton.

Was saying this to some colleagues earlier, although I said if he leaves Citeh I can see Fergie coming in for him.  Balotelli is a class act, and apparently he's meant to be a very good bloke to have around the club, always up for a laugh.

This backheel has been blown out of proportion by a media obsessed with building people up to knock them down.  Talksport were banging on about a backheeled penalty last week being 'the best ever?', this week MB does this and they ask whether he should ever play for City again.  Pathetic.  Can't wait til football becomes a sport again.

dream on, sad isn't it

I fucking love Balotelli, the game needs more people like him.

Bags of talent. Everything he does (in a serious game) is class.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/14289648.stm I'm not to interested really but thought I'd share this. Although if you're asking I don't see it as that big of a deal, it's a friendly and he was trying to give the fans something to take away from an unimportant game. No doubt about his attitude problem though.

Agreed.

I certainly think he has some difficulty recognising that his actions have consequences sometimes, a trait often attributed to those with learning difficulties (and behavioural issues). I agree with the rest of your post, just wanted to highlight this bit.

He is an eccentric character no doubt, but imagine football without the likes of Cantona and Maradona(!). Exceptionally gifted and a little bit bonkers seems to go hand in hand.

I love Balotelli. He has a quality terrace song too

That song is fucking superb

I looked at all of them and I think he is an ok lad.  Yes, he needs to grow up a bit, but FFS all this negativity stinks of jealousness rather than Balotelli being an idiot (not directly aimed at you).

Heres his song.Got to admit one of the best songs for a player i have heard

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axfqvsP9jB0&feature=related

haha that song is awesome