ponsaelius Posted March 18, 2011 Share Posted March 18, 2011 Balotelli has everything physically, but very little mentally, and that is the reason his career will go down as a failure. I love the certainty. It is amazing that one can hold such a final opinion on a man at the age of 20. Footballers are human and they change in similar ways to other people. Pato is the same age as Balotelli for all intents and purposes. He is less than a year older. Yeah but I'm sick to fuck of hearing about Pato from our resident Brazilian. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcmk Posted March 18, 2011 Share Posted March 18, 2011 Eh?? You don't believe Neymar is more talented than Balotelli? Balotelli, although obviously talented.. has done very little of note for well over a year now.. well, other than p*ss off supporters with poor performances ... generally just living off of early hype. Balotelli has scored goals at the top level, which fairly or unfairy puts him ahead of Neymar. Neymar will probably be better in a couple of years. 10 goals in 18 games for City is quite good btw. Considering new country, getting injured as soon as he arrived, not being an out and out forward... His performances for Manchester City have been pretty dismal tbh... His stats are very misleading.. 2 goals against West Brom, a hat-trick against a struggling Aston Villa, and also another against some very weak European team, it isn't exactly a shining example of one of the worlds most talented 20 year olds. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliGupter Posted March 18, 2011 Share Posted March 18, 2011 Balotelli has everything physically, but very little mentally, and that is the reason his career will go down as a failure. I love the certainty. It is amazing that one can hold such a final opinion on a man at the age of 20. Footballers are human and they change in similar ways to other people. Pato is the same age as Balotelli for all intents and purposes. He is less than a year older. I like to stick my neck out, but it's almost irrelevant what he achieves, but he could have achieved as much more, at 20 years old, he's not going to change that much, not enough to fulfil his undoubted talent. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Posted March 18, 2011 Share Posted March 18, 2011 Great 24 hours. Liverpool, Man City and Rangers all out of the Europa League, one of Chelsea or Man Utd guaranteed to go out in the CL quarters and the other 3 ties look pretty good IMO. Nice. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Posted March 18, 2011 Share Posted March 18, 2011 Also, what a shame that on a Famous European Night, the Kop couldn't suck the ball into the net. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
themanupstairs Posted March 18, 2011 Share Posted March 18, 2011 Also, what a shame that on a Famous European Night, the Kop couldn't suck the ball into the net. Such cringeworthy tripe. Makes me almost physically ill every time I hear that sickening shit. It was the round of 16, against unglamorous opposition. Anything BUT a famous european night. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted March 18, 2011 Share Posted March 18, 2011 Also, what a shame that on a Famous European Night, the Kop couldn't suck the ball into the net. Such cringeworthy tripe. Makes me almost physically ill every time I hear that sickening shit. It was the round of 16, against unglamorous opposition. Anything BUT a famous european night. I forgot it was on until I saw Andy Carroll grimacing on the front of the morning papers. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Posted March 18, 2011 Share Posted March 18, 2011 Not sure what to make of the rest of the season. Teams like us have little to play for apart from increased prize money and pride, since any faint hope of Europe has been firmly extinguished. On one hand it's a pleasant feeling not to have much 'pressure' but my overriding feeling is one of "meh", and general disappointment with how things have gone. Basically, a pretty shite season all in all barring an unlikely huge upsurge in form. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beren Posted March 18, 2011 Share Posted March 18, 2011 Not sure what to make of the rest of the season. Teams like us have little to play for apart from increased prize money and pride, since any faint hope of Europe has been firmly extinguished. On one hand it's a pleasant feeling not to have much 'pressure' but my overriding feeling is one of "meh", and general disappointment with how things have gone. Basically, a pretty shite season all in all barring an unlikely huge upsurge in form. Bit potty, but an unlikely huge upsurge in form could be the worst thing for Everton. You finish the season strongly again and it papers over the season's cracks for a summer and limited investment occurs. The Everton season cycle begins again - slow start, strong finish. Then again, brushing shoulders with relegation would make you less attractive to potential signings. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flip Posted March 18, 2011 Share Posted March 18, 2011 Balotelli has everything physically, but very little mentally, and that is the reason his career will go down as a failure. I love the certainty. It is amazing that one can hold such a final opinion on a man at the age of 20. Footballers are human and they change in similar ways to other people. Pato is the same age as Balotelli for all intents and purposes. He is less than a year older. Yeah but I'm sick to f*** of hearing about Pato from our resident Brazilian. Pato is a better player than Balotelli and Zlatan If you want honestly a talented player then look at Ganso. Neymar is back to his usual attitude so I won't compare him to Balotelli, although he's a very good player at this age already. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaylorJ_01 Posted March 18, 2011 Share Posted March 18, 2011 Ganso Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikon Posted March 18, 2011 Share Posted March 18, 2011 How much would Ganso cost? Would he get a wp? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaylorJ_01 Posted March 18, 2011 Share Posted March 18, 2011 £14mil+ and probably not. Both IMO. Not totally sure how work permits work but I'd imagine he hasn't had enough caps/too young. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted March 18, 2011 Share Posted March 18, 2011 £15m+ and aye they'd make special dispensation I assume. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted March 18, 2011 Share Posted March 18, 2011 If you believe the rumours Ganso is pretty much a cert to move to either of the Milan clubs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaylorJ_01 Posted March 18, 2011 Share Posted March 18, 2011 £15m+ and aye they'd make special dispensation I assume. You couldn't have just agreed with my figure could you? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted March 18, 2011 Share Posted March 18, 2011 If you believe the rumours Ganso is pretty much a cert to move to either of the Milan clubs. Be a decent first step. From what little I've seen of the Brasileiro Série A its most similar to Italian in terms of pace and such. He'd fit right in at Milan like, new Kaka and all that. Inter have Sneijder. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted March 18, 2011 Share Posted March 18, 2011 £15m+ and aye they'd make special dispensation I assume. You couldn't have just agreed with my figure could you? You beat me to it. Never seen yours til mine. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaylorJ_01 Posted March 18, 2011 Share Posted March 18, 2011 If you believe the rumours Ganso is pretty much a cert to move to either of the Milan clubs. Be a decent first step. From what little I've seen of the Brasileiro Série A its most similar to Italian in terms of pace and such. He'd fit right in at Milan like, new Kaka and all that. Inter have Sneijder. Aye, I'd say he is more in the mould of a deep sitting Sneijder (from what I've seen). Wouldn't call him the new Kaka, unless he's changed since I last saw him. Totally different player. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikon Posted March 18, 2011 Share Posted March 18, 2011 Just read about him, and you guys have mentioned him quite often as well. Even if we wont shell out that much on one player and that he probably wouldn't get a work permit either. But in theory if he's as good as the hype around him he would probably be a great investment even at 15m. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted March 18, 2011 Share Posted March 18, 2011 If you believe the rumours Ganso is pretty much a cert to move to either of the Milan clubs. Be a decent first step. From what little I've seen of the Brasileiro Série A its most similar to Italian in terms of pace and such. He'd fit right in at Milan like, new Kaka and all that. Inter have Sneijder. Aye, I'd say he is more in the mould of a deep sitting Sneijder (from what I've seen). Wouldn't call him the new Kaka, unless he's changed since I last saw him. Totally different player. Fair enough. I've not seen that much of him but he is tall, rangy, elegant, 'number 10' esque hence the comparisons. Looks a bit like a tanned Barry Manilow too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted March 18, 2011 Share Posted March 18, 2011 Just read about him, and you guys have mentioned him quite often as well. Even if we wont shell out that much on one player and that he probably wouldn't get a work permit either. But in theory if he's as good as the hype around him he would probably be a great investment even at 15m. Not that it'll happen but I'm sure special dispensation is made for predigous talents who don't match up to Work Permit regulations. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikon Posted March 18, 2011 Share Posted March 18, 2011 Apparantly Santos rejected a bid of €30m from Lyon if true. Next. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ketsbaia Posted March 18, 2011 Share Posted March 18, 2011 How is Coutinho doing at Inter? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted March 18, 2011 Share Posted March 18, 2011 Apparantly Santos rejected a bid of €30m from Lyon if true. Next. For a relatively small club Santos haven't half produced and brought through some talent of recent. Ganso, Neymar, Diego, Robinho, Elano etc. Sign up there scouts! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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