Mario Balotelli [On the Road to Ballon d'or)

[danperkins]

I hope he won't be here next season but other than us, who would be stupid enough to pay actual money for him? I sense a loan which massively favours the club doing the loaning.

yup some random Italian team for the loan. Think Samp were mentioned before.

He's ****ing useless.

[frank the tank]

We aren't loaded enough as a club to spend £16m on a player, pay him 100k per week or whatever and then loan him out and probably pay more than 50% of his wages as well.

I have a feeling that he will be 4th choice next season by default....purely because we can't get rid if him.

Also, I wonder does Brendan actually rate him? To play him against villa last week and also today at WBA, I mean it was only 2 weeks ago that mario was saying he was injured when the medical team were saying he was okay..... It doesn't add up.

You know who must be cheesed off though? Both Borini and especially lambert. They haven't had the second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth chances that Mario has been afforded. Lambert must be ****in gutted he bothered joining liverpool...... He should have ran to villa in the jan window when he had the chance....I wonder will anyone take him in the summer? I wouldn't be surprised of it was a WBA or crystal palace for a million......which is a bit sick when we were apparently offered 6m in jan.

[baitman]

I would play him in goal for the reserves. And make him make the tea and clean all tbe other players boots. Once hes pissed off enough he will soon be keen to take a drop in wages to secure a move.

[Marvel]

Sometimes this lad makes it hard to like him because he just doesn't look like hes putting a shift in for the team. He obviously not on the same wavelength as coutinho which makes it more difficult if we accept that Philippe is the creative brain of this team.

At the moment we are short on goals and match winners. Mario is a potential match winner but not in this system. He doesn't suit a 433 or a 343. He needs someone to to play off who will run in behind and stretch defences like sturridge does. That creates space for Mario to get his shots off or create something.

We need to do something because whatever were doing isn't working. Why not play Mario off borini and see what he can do. If he flops we move on but until we try it and play to his strengths we will never know.

At the moment were not playing to his strengths. We should go back to the 442 diamond for the remaining 5 games and just go for it. Sterling isn't a massive goal threat and neither is coutinho. Theyre both really good players and theyve had all season playing in their positions to come up with the goods and they have to an extent.

But we need more and maybe or maybe not Mario can deliver. Until we try we wont know.

[Paddy]

He has been sent back to Liverpool, ill apparently.

[kev776]

He has been sent back to Liverpool, ill apparently.

You couldn't make it up, he would have been sacked from any other job bar footballer, a joke of a man.

Pay him off and rip up his contract.

[RichC]

You can't make this up can you !

[Paddy]

You can't make this up can you !

Well....you can.

[Nicey]

You couldn't make it up, he would have been sacked from any other job bar footballer, a joke of a man.

Pay him off and rip up his contract.

Hes off this summer one way or another

[danperkins]

We wanted Mario Balotelli & we certainly got him & all that comes with him. Any club would be nuts to take Balotelli off us, he is an epic disaster!!

One of the worst signings in the history of the club... ****ing useless.

[Nicey]

there will be a bunch of aspiring clubs around europe / russia looking for a big name signing thinking they are the ones who can unlock Mario .... I say sell or tear up his contract ... I dont want him anywhere near the club ... nothing personal I am sure hes a lovely guy, but the signing has been a cluster **** ... it was always going to be **** or bust bust with Mario .... well its obviously bust .... we are probably going to take a bath on that signing

[Muddled]

I reckon he's off to the US of A.

[Norbs]

I reckon he's off to the US of A.

He's running out of options. It's the only thing he's running

[Nicey]

I reckon he's off to the US of A.

Perfect Destination .... I am sure Stevie would love that ... first day of training at LA and Robbie Keane and Mario are playing air gun cops and robbers

[Muddled]

No European club will take him for the wages he will demand and we'll be desperate to recoup some of the transfer fee. The MLS will be keen to get a household name who's not heading out there via the retirement home and therefore, he'll be joining Orlando City shortly.