Frazzle Posted April 8, 2012 Share Posted April 8, 2012 I'm not listening to Neville but I haven't heard anyone else blame it SOLELY on Balotelli, he is a liability though, that's clear. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest andrew Posted April 8, 2012 Share Posted April 8, 2012 Incredibly lazy journalism to blame Man City's collapse solely on Balotelli, which is the way Neville was hinting. Loads of their players have been bang out of form for months now, and they've carried far too many passengers from the get go anyway. The spine of their side is built on people like Lescott and Barry ffs. i agree with the sentiment but I personally think lescott is a very good player. He's not much of a footballer but he's a very good defender and he does work well with Kompany. Should be starting for me at the euros for england. Milner and Barry are not top 5 players, nope. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted April 8, 2012 Share Posted April 8, 2012 Incredibly lazy journalism to blame Man City's collapse solely on Balotelli, which is the way Neville was hinting. Loads of their players have been bang out of form for months now, and they've carried far too many passengers from the get go anyway. The spine of their side is built on people like Lescott and Barry ffs. Aye, 16 point swing in 4 months can't be down to 1 player. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFEE Posted April 8, 2012 Share Posted April 8, 2012 Question to the Balotelli fans... Explain to me and highlight these moments when he's showed great ability... As far as my memory goes back (Inter) there has never been anything... Apart from the rarest of occasions... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flip Posted April 8, 2012 Share Posted April 8, 2012 Incredibly lazy journalism to blame Man City's collapse solely on Balotelli, which is the way Neville was hinting. Loads of their players have been bang out of form for months now, and they've carried far too many passengers from the get go anyway. The spine of their side is built on people like Lescott and Barry ffs. Spot on. Silva has been off the boil for months now and Nasri has flattered to deceive all season. Was surprised to see Nasri has like the 5th best passing accuracy in the European top leagues. Only Joe Allen, Xavi, Busquets and someone else is infront of him. Although I do agree he hasnt looked very good for a long while this year. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted April 8, 2012 Share Posted April 8, 2012 Mancini. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ketsbaia Posted April 8, 2012 Share Posted April 8, 2012 Did Mancini just say he hopes the FA turn Balotelli's red into a straight red? They have completely fallen apart. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest VaVaVoom Posted April 8, 2012 Share Posted April 8, 2012 Incredibly lazy journalism to blame Man City's collapse solely on Balotelli, which is the way Neville was hinting. Loads of their players have been bang out of form for months now, and they've carried far too many passengers from the get go anyway. The spine of their side is built on people like Lescott and Barry ffs. Aye, 16 point swing in 4 months can't be down to 1 player. I personally think its down to Mancini losing his bottle and losing the group with his poor decisions. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeNiroMole Posted April 8, 2012 Share Posted April 8, 2012 Fox Soccer slobbing all over Cisse. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wullie Posted April 8, 2012 Share Posted April 8, 2012 Considering the way he started I think Aguero's been canny shit too. Got a good goal record but rarely stamps his influence on a game like Tevez regularly does. Less said about Dzeko the better. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted April 8, 2012 Share Posted April 8, 2012 Incredibly lazy journalism to blame Man City's collapse solely on Balotelli, which is the way Neville was hinting. Loads of their players have been bang out of form for months now, and they've carried far too many passengers from the get go anyway. The spine of their side is built on people like Lescott and Barry ffs. Aye, 16 point swing in 4 months can't be down to 1 player. I personally think its down to Mancini losing his bottle and losing the group with his poor decisions. Never rated Mancini as a manager, just see nothing from him that stand out. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj Posted April 8, 2012 Share Posted April 8, 2012 Considering the way he started I think Aguero's been canny shit too. Got a good goal record but rarely stamps his influence on a game like Tevez regularly does. He's not the type of player to stamp his influence on games like Tevez does. Although agree with what you're saying about his form. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted April 8, 2012 Share Posted April 8, 2012 Considering the way he started I think Aguero's been canny shit too. Got a good goal record but rarely stamps his influence on a game like Tevez regularly does. Less said about Dzeko the better. Aguero hasn't scored outside the North West IIRC. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newcastle Fan Posted April 8, 2012 Share Posted April 8, 2012 Question to the Balotelli fans... Explain to me and highlight these moments when he's showed great ability... As far as my memory goes back (Inter) there has never been anything... Apart from the rarest of occasions... Once scored a freekick against Ruben Kazan which was one of the best shot's i've seen in my life..that's all i remember him doing that is 'exceptional" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ritchie Posted April 8, 2012 Share Posted April 8, 2012 Oh well, at least Milner and Barry won't be getting their hands on the title. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted April 8, 2012 Share Posted April 8, 2012 Incredibly lazy journalism to blame Man City's collapse solely on Balotelli, which is the way Neville was hinting. Loads of their players have been bang out of form for months now, and they've carried far too many passengers from the get go anyway. The spine of their side is built on people like Lescott and Barry ffs. Aye, 16 point swing in 4 months can't be down to 1 player. I personally think its down to Mancini losing his bottle and losing the group with his poor decisions. Agreed. Balotelli's the character and been poor himself. But he's been no worse than Aguero, Silva and Dzeko who have been anonymous for months and a few more. It comes from the manager. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frazzle Posted April 8, 2012 Share Posted April 8, 2012 Considering the way he started I think Aguero's been canny s*** too. Got a good goal record but rarely stamps his influence on a game like Tevez regularly does. Less said about Dzeko the better. Aguero hasn't scored outside the North West IIRC. What? Scored against Spurs for a start didn't he? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted April 8, 2012 Share Posted April 8, 2012 Considering the way he started I think Aguero's been canny s*** too. Got a good goal record but rarely stamps his influence on a game like Tevez regularly does. Less said about Dzeko the better. Aguero hasn't scored outside the North West IIRC. What? Scored against Spurs for a start didn't he? I think that's his only goal outside the North West. The stat is something like that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaylorJ_01 Posted April 8, 2012 Share Posted April 8, 2012 Odd geography-based stat. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flip Posted April 8, 2012 Share Posted April 8, 2012 Oh wow, didnt see Ivanovic hit on Maloney. Surely three games ban for him after that. Has to be. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted April 8, 2012 Share Posted April 8, 2012 Incredibly lazy journalism to blame Man City's collapse solely on Balotelli, which is the way Neville was hinting. Loads of their players have been bang out of form for months now, and they've carried far too many passengers from the get go anyway. The spine of their side is built on people like Lescott and Barry ffs. Spot on. Silva has been off the boil for months now and Nasri has flattered to deceive all season. Balotelli has actually been one of their better performers over the course of the whole season, dickhead or not. There's players in that squad with more experience and of supposedly better character than Balotelli (21 years old) who have completely gone into their shells. Silva disappeared months ago, Nasri has underperformed all season long, Dzeko has been utter trash for months on end, Adam Johnson has been rubbish. I said it when they were fucking up in the Champions League but people like Lescott, Barry, Milner simply aren't up to it. They were all fine when the team was doing well but as soon as Touré went away and Silva stopped performing their skill-levels weren't good enough and they don't have the character that the Man United squad players do. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobody Posted April 8, 2012 Share Posted April 8, 2012 Has Ivanovic been punished for his punch yesterday? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frazzle Posted April 8, 2012 Share Posted April 8, 2012 Considering the way he started I think Aguero's been canny s*** too. Got a good goal record but rarely stamps his influence on a game like Tevez regularly does. Less said about Dzeko the better. Aguero hasn't scored outside the North West IIRC. What? Scored against Spurs for a start didn't he? I think that's his only goal outside the North West. The stat is something like that. 2 at Fulham as well, but not far off. Didn't think he was that bad away from home. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flip Posted April 8, 2012 Share Posted April 8, 2012 Has Ivanovic been punished for his punch yesterday? If he is not I will be very very pissed off. Should be three matches. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JH Posted April 8, 2012 Share Posted April 8, 2012 Need a new manager tbh. Defensive football like that will not win you the league. Far too often he's put Barry, Lescott and Milner into a team away from home and played for the 0-0. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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