Re: Serie A Thread - 2009/10 Season
i see gigi. thanks for the info buddy
youggun said:
I didn't think it was that bad, yes he was strolling sort of, Just look at the likes of C.Ronaldo, Robben and Ibra. The problem is Mario hasn't proven enough to do that....
yeah, but given the playtime he got so far, and considering how young he is, he's already proved much more than what ronaldo, ibra and robben did at that age.
rfu said:
First off, as far as I heard and saw, inter fans did not boo when Mario stepped on the pitch.
no buddy, i heard very well. he was booed at his very first touch (wich btw was a fantastic flick).
rfu said:
Listen, we're playing Barcelona, Balotelli might not be the sort of player who will chase and hound for a full 90 minutes, but for the 10 minutes he was on, it was required. Cambiasso isn't the quickest of players, nor is Motta. Eto'o had been running like a madman throughout. Half of our players were exhausted and cramping. Maicon lost a tooth!! And there was Mario, going on his sunday afternoon stroll through the park
i got to admit the picture u're drawing here (wich is also correct) is very funny. especially the contrast between maicon "sacrificing his set of teeth for the greater good of the team" while balotelli takes a stroll around the pitch
the point is that's his game. in a few years he will definitely improve his work ratio a bit (just a bit though). but it won't even matter that much, coz teamwork is not what u should ask to a player like mario.
lots of people and also lots of coaches (especially those who have never played professional football) have a "democratic" idea of football. this is plain wrong. football is not democratic. some players will always be entitled to a special treatment. maradona managed to have his barcelona coach rescheduling the training sessions in the afternoon... coz he wanted to sleep till late morning everyday! now of course balotelli is not maradona.... but then again he's not gone this far either.
what u got to do is establish what a player is worth. cassano has always been a fantastic player, but he tore apart roma's dressing room with his attitude, so it wasn't worth it.
u compare mario to cassano, but believe me, u have no idea how wrong this comparison is. cassano had a fight with his teammates on several occasions.... he skipped weeks of training session without even giving notice to the club.... he called "asshole" his own president, and when pradè (roma's team director) told him to apologise, he replied "i will do that only if u get on your knees and beg me to do it"...
can u imagine balotelli acting like this?
infact what really drives me crazy in this story is exactly this. mourinho pictured mario as "a cassano" (and he brought lots of people aroud the world to think he's like cassano was), while he isn't. mario is an idiot, he has a "lazy-looking" attitude, he's way too confrontational...... but he's not a cunt.
if he wasn't such a special thing, i would agree with u. i'd say let's just get rid of him, why wasting our time trying to educate this little brat.
the point is u had an enourmous luck in finding him.... european clubs spend millions for years just to get a chance to find a kid like mario.... u had this luck.... and u're wasting a chance to raise and hold what will probably become a legendary player, just coz of his ballsy attitude... just coz he doesn't track back...
kids like mario aren't really hard to handle. he's not a cunt. he's confrontational.... he had to become gutsy and confrontational to face the challenges life put on his path..... but since this kinda kids are usually also pretty stupid (and mario is no exception) they're also pretty easy to manipulate. u can have them doing what u want... u just don't have to look overbearing. don't antagonize him, let him understand u wanna help him.
such a tactic would have had no effect on the young cassano, coz he was a real cunt. mario is like a stray dog; show him u're on his side and he'll lower his guard down. that's what mancini did. he understood how to control mario from day one, coz he was actually pretty similar to him when he was a kid.
i repeat, if he wasn't such a special thing, i'd agree it's not worth to waste your time with such a little brat. but what u have in your team right now is a very young player who has the build of a proper CF, the agility of a winger and the touch of a trequartista. u have a guy who could play like mancini and, at the same time, score as many goals as a vieri.
u have a kid who, despite all his dramas and the short playtime he got, managed to score 19 goals in 55 matches... and he's never played a full match either... so minute-wise, those 55 appearances add up to probably less than 30 full matches!!! and he's never even played as a CF.... he's usually lined up quite far from the box, along the sideline (wich makes his goal ratio even more unbelievable)..... AND HE'S STILL 19!!!! he's already by far the most impressive under 20 player in the world in his role.... and he's most likely to become one of the very best players (and also the most complete and versatile forward) on the planet.
u don't give up to such a gem unless he does something really crazy (like this things cassano did in his early years). yeah i know, now u'll mention the time he wore a milan shirt and this last incident...... but this is not the beginning isn't it... this is what happened after (and because of) the antagonizing approach the club had with him... u brought the situation to this point (by "u" i mean both mario and mourinho). it's not like he suddenly woke up one day and decided it was a good idea to wear a milan shirt... he did that after mourinho put him OFF THE SQUAD for 5 weeks..... and for reasons we never knew (as not mourinho, nor the club ever explained us WHY they punished mario this way).
sadly, the situation has gone to far to be solved now. this confrontational attitude mourinho had with him put mario on the defensive.... jose managed to pull the worst out of mario and now also his relationship with the fans is irreparably compromised.
it's such a shame this situation came to this point. and trust me, u have no idea how much inter will regret this in 3\4 years.
anyhow u're right about one thing. this is not the time to talk about this, as that's a great moment for inter and u should just enjoy the great result against barça and focus on the 2nd leg (also because at this point there's nothing that can be done to solve the balotelli situation).
so let's move on and talk about the champions league match... or about the upcoming serie a fixtures
..... seriously dude anyone who wouldn't buy a 19 years old purest talent like balotelli, just coz of his problems at inter, would be a much bigger idiot than balotelli himself.... no offense, but there's really no other way to put this.
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