Mario Balotelli Appreciation Thread

celticutd87

The latest rumour in the last hour going around is that Balotelli is dressed up like santa driving around Manchester handing out money to random people. The man is an absolute legend.
This along with his previous stuff has made him 1 of my favourite footballers despite being a Man Utd fan.

Peyton Manning

Santa isn't black. He's not fooling anybody.

greendom

An entertaining character, no doubt and its good to have characters like him around. Hope he does something characteristically crazy tomorrow, early sending off would be great

Jesus Wept

Why always me?

abouttobebanned

He's a big child.

celticutd87

abouttobebanned wrote: »

He's a big child.

Yes he is but the man is unbelievably entertaining

tommyhaas

How the fook does Mancini manage to keep a straight face when disciplining him?

The lad's a legend

Pride Fighter

Balotelli. What a man.

ASOT

LADotelli

kfallon

Biggest legend in the Premiership! And a brilliant footballer to boot!

kmart6

The-Rigger wrote: »

Why always me?

monkey9

I have one simple request. Please let this be true!!!

Giggsy11

Acting like a retard means he is entertainer?

I like his antics but he does it very often they are not funny anymore.

Essien

Giggsy11 wrote: »

Acting like a retard means he is entertainer?

A very wealthy footballer handing out money to less fortunate randomers means he is retard?

The world could do with more people going around giving away money and less people going around riding the wives/girlfriends of their teammates/brothers/friends.

Giggsy11

Essien wrote: »

A very wealthy footballer handing out money to less fortunate randomers means he is retard?

The world could do with more people going around giving away money and less people going around riding the wives/girlfriends of their teammates/brothers/friends.

I was not talking about his incident, it was about his previous ones.

POKERKING

There is already a big Mario Appreciation thread here somewhere,maybe merge them both?

FWIW he is a legend, although can be very infuriating as a city fan!

Brendan97

Peyton Manning wrote: »

Santa isn't black. He's not fooling anybody.

he isn't black skin, its just soot from going down all the chimneys

Noo

Giggsy11 wrote: »

Acting like a retard means he is entertainer?

I like his antics but he does it very often they are not funny anymore.

The guy is 21. Most guys i know his age are in college taking part in eejitic antics, all his money is not gonna make fellas like that suddenly mature.

Anyways as long as no one loses an eye then the stories are entertaining. And of course i hope he fecks up citys chances against arsenal today!

Giggsy11

So these santa stories are just bs as confirmed by city (according to twitter).

Vurnon San Benito

Well it seems the stories of him handing money are true! What a hero!

homerjay2005

to have this lad called a hero and a legend is just a travesty.

the lad is a clown.

Renn

Giggsy11 wrote: »

So these santa stories are just bs as confirmed by city (according to twitter).

GET OUTTA HERE! REALLY?

Mr Alan

homerjay2005 wrote: »

to have this lad called a hero and a legend is just a travesty.

the lad is a clown.

You don't like him?!

Shocking. Really.

Giggsy11

Giggsy11 wrote: »

Essien wrote: »

A very wealthy footballer handing out money to less fortunate randomers means he is retard?

The world could do with more people going around giving away money and less people going around riding the wives/girlfriends of their teammates/brothers/friends.

I was not talking about his incident, it was about his previous ones.

He was supposed to know that how?

Considering the OP mentioned the Santa thing, it makes sense to think you were talking about it.

Shanotheslayer

Why click on appreciation thread to bad mouth him?

Surely it would make more sense to just not click on the thread?


I personally think he is amazingly entertaining. Every weekend I hope he does something new!

DB21

Again, he's a City player, so I should despise him. But for the life of me I can't. I call it the Ladotelli Paradox.

Guy:Incognito

Essien wrote: »

A very wealthy footballer handing out money to less fortunate randomers means he is retard?
.

Depends on how its done. Having a rich person coming up to you and wavign money at you isnt really respectull.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8Kum8OUTuk

Giggsy11

Sacramento wrote: »

He was supposed to know that how?

Considering the OP mentioned the Santa thing, it makes sense to think you were talking about it.

celticutd87 wrote: »

The latest rumour in the last hour going around is that Balotelli is dressed up like santa driving around Manchester handing out money to random people. The man is an absolute legend.
This along with his previous stuff has made him 1 of my favourite footballers despite being a Man Utd fan.

I was talking about those previous stuffs. Not this one.

Calling him a Legend is the lowest of all lows.

astonaidan

I love Balotelli, When he decides to get his act together itll be between him and Ronaldo for best player in the world!!

Paul Tergat

astonaidan wrote: »

I love Balotelli, When he decides to get his act together itll be between him and Ronaldo for best player in the world!!

Messi?

KittyeeTrix

Giggsy11 wrote: »

I was talking about those previous stuffs. Not this one.

Calling him a Legend is the lowest of all lows.

I look at your username and cannot help but smile as I read when you post about the "lowest of the low"......:D

Giggsy11

fluffyorganic1 wrote: »

I look at your username and cannot help but smile as I read when you post about the "lowest of the low"......:D

My username has nothing to do with this thread. For a record I dont condone what the player in my username did

Crazy Horse 6

homerjay2005 wrote: »

to have this lad called a hero and a legend is just a travesty.

the lad is a clown.

No he's not. Football needs guys like him.

Crazy Horse 6

astonaidan wrote: »

I love Balotelli, When he decides to get his act together itll be between him and Ronaldo for best player in the world!!

Really? and what of Messi

GavRedKing

Jimmy Bullard, plays for sub standard teams , pulls pranks, acts like a head case and enjoys himself = Legend.

Mario Balotelli, plays for a top team , pulls pranks, acts like a head case and enjoys himself = Clown/Retard/Eejit.

Come off the stage people, Balotelli is a breath of fresh air and football needs more like him.

Balotelli.

abouttobebanned

It appears people can make up anything on twitter these days and it will spread like a bush fire.

Essien

Guy:Incognito wrote: »

Essien wrote: »

A very wealthy footballer handing out money to less fortunate randomers means he is retard?
.

Depends on how its done. Having a rich person coming up to you and wavign money at you isnt really respectull.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8Kum8OUTuk

Better than finding out your brother was riding your wife all the same

leonidas83

anyone see the huge differences between Italian and English football, culture here? in Italy he was doing similar things, got bad mouthed in the papers weekly, Mourinho tried to get rid of him and he got a boot up the hole by Totti for his troubles. Over in England the majority like him and think he's a legend. **** it i like him aswell, better than that boring ****e Giggs anyways who's nothing but a sneak underneath it all.

SlipperyPeople

Here's a list of mr balotellis recent adventures:

Survived a usually fatal disease at birth
£10,000 in parking fines
Car impounded 27 times
£300,000 fine for throwing darts at the youth team
Won £25,000 in a casino, gave £1,000 to a tramp outside
Rescued a child from bullying
Threw tomatoes at some Serie A manager
Threw water balloons at Serie A meeting
Started a fight with 4 bouncers, after breaking the no touching rule at a strip club
Thinks milk with tea is strange
Bibotelli saga
Had a £120,000 Audi R8 imported and wrote it off within a week
Had his friends approach girls in clubs and say "Balotelli will see you now."
Sent to John Lewis by his mother to buy essentials for the house, like an ironing board Came back with a giant trampoline and a Vespa and Scalectrix
Started fights with Kompany, Boateng and Tevez at training
Was frequently seen at the AC Milan superstore while playing for inter
Went on TV in an AC shirt with his name on while at inter
U21s game for Italy, kicks a swedish player while he's down and proceeds to just sit on the pitch ignoring the opposition and the referee for about a minute.
Is then offended when he gets sent off and protests about it
He winked at Ferdinand at the semi final of the FA cup and celebrate in front of the Man U fans.
After the FA cup final, on live TV, says "This season I have been s***. Can I say that?"
Was stopped by police driving round Hulme (a real craphole) in his maserati with £25,000 cash on the passenger seat. When asked why he said "because I'm rich"
Had to go off at half time in a game in Ukraine due to an allergy to the pitch
Had to be physically hauled away by Zanetti for refusing to let Samuel Eto'o take a penalty that he had won
Once broke up with a girlfriend via text while she was presenting a live television show
Slept with a model while his girlfriend was asleep downstairs
*** mental chicken hat
When he won the European Golden Boy trophy, said he had never heard of Jack Wilshere
Said he would find out who he was so he could remind Wilshere he came second
Drove his car into a women's prison so he could have a look around
Swore on live TV after the FA cup final
Attempted a roulette back heel shot against LA Galaxy and missed
Connections with the Naples Mafia, he even testified in court at a Mafia trial
Brought iPad to bench during International friendly.
Set house on fire using fireworks
Said only Messi is "a little stronger" than him, and he is better than all other players
"Why always me?" shirt, made for him by City kitman Chappy
Drove around Manchester high fiving city fans from his car the day after >1-6
Became the face of a firework safety campaign days after setting his house on fire
Hands £20 notes out to strangers when in Manchester
Chanted Rooney! Rooney! at the prostitute who claimed to have slept with Wayne
Italy were showing off their brand new home kit. After half time, Balotelli came out for the second half, having for no apparent reason changed into the old kit. Nobody else on the pitch had changed.
Turned the landscaped back garden of his rented mansion in to a quad bike race track

Pepe LeFrits

He's a brilliant player, I wish Arsenal had him. He reminds me of Henry; has that blend of physique and outrageous talent.

astonaidan

Paul Tergat wrote: »

Messi?

Crazy Horse 6 wrote: »

Really? and what of Messi

What of him Messi is lucky to be surrounded by the players he has, He flops everytime he plays for Argentina proving this, People seem to completly miss the fact hes a diver for some reason, Cristiano is the best in the world at the moment had one bad game against barca and suddenly he flops at the big stage. In 3 years time imo itll be Ronaldo, Balotelli & Neymar!
Imo the best 3 now are Cristiano, Zlatan & Xavi but hey thats just me I cant help but not follow the sheep

DB21

astonaidan wrote: »

What of him Messi is lucky to be surrounded by the players he has, He flops everytime he plays for Argentina proving this, People seem to completly miss the fact hes a diver for some reason, Cristiano is the best in the world at the moment had one bad game against barca and suddenly he flops at the big stage. In 3 years time imo itll be Ronaldo, Balotelli & Neymar!
Imo the best 3 now are Cristiano, Zlatan & Xavi but hey thats just me I cant help but not follow the sheep

Nah, it's simpler than that. Messi is not a lad.

GavRedKing

astonaidan wrote: »

What of him Messi is lucky to be surrounded by the players he has, He flops everytime he plays for Argentina proving this, People seem to completly miss the fact hes a diver for some reason, Cristiano is the best in the world at the moment had one bad game against barca and suddenly he flops at the big stage. In 3 years time imo itll be Ronaldo, Balotelli & Neymar!
Imo the best 3 now are Cristiano, Zlatan & Xavi but hey thats just me I cant help but not follow the sheep

If you have a Ronaldo > Messi agenda then ya can take it over to http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056447369&page=7

For the record, Ronaldo flops against bigger teams on regular occasions and gets the majority of his golas in braces against the lower teams, flip side of that coin is Messi gets the majority of his goals at the Camp Nou in braces against all manner of teams.

But as I said, better off over in http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056447369&page=7

Big Pussy Bonpensiero

astonaidan wrote: »

What of him Messi is lucky to be surrounded by the players he has, He flops everytime he plays for Argentina proving this, People seem to completly miss the fact hes a diver for some reason, Cristiano is the best in the world at the moment had one bad game against barca and suddenly he flops at the big stage. In 3 years time imo itll be Ronaldo, Balotelli & Neymar!
Imo the best 3 now are Cristiano, Zlatan & Xavi but hey thats just me I cant help but not follow the sheep

Oh lord...

smokedeels

I'm very fond of the lad and the media media scrutiny has only increased it.

At worst he acts like a lad in his early twenties in a foreign country with lots of money. At best he's a happy well meaning individual.

Another classy act from him recently against Chelsea when he called Sturridge over to shake hands when he was substituted, you rarely see that during games.

Mr. Presentable

homerjay2005 wrote: »

to have this lad called a hero and a legend is just a travesty.

the lad is a clown.

And yet if he was a Man U player you'd be calling him "king" or "god" :rolleyes:

GavRedKing

Mr. Presentable wrote: »

And yet if he was a Man U player you'd be calling him "king" or "god" :rolleyes:

And thats why i posted the comparisson to Bullard, because Balotelli plays for the evil Man City, opposition fans loathe him more then like him.

Personally, been a Chelsea fan, I enjoy watching him play and seeing what antics he gets up to. I wouldnt call him a clown pr anything, hes a young guy enjoying his football and living his life.

DOC09UNAM

Think he's a legend.

Giggsy11

gavredking wrote: »

And thats why i posted the comparisson to Bullard, because Balotelli plays for the evil Man City, opposition fans loathe him more then like him.
.

BS. He was like this even at Inter and many didn't like him then also. Nothing to do with City.

ft9

The mans a hero!

Seaneh

He's a legend, and when he finally comes home to Milan after his few years in the development league, he will be warmly welcomed.