Balotelli's Attitude

[Beefymcfc]

Regardless of what I think of Mario we may as well all give up on football if that was a sending off offense. After playing competitive football for close to 30 years it's hard to take that certain areas have stooped to cheating a game for the sake of a few quid.

Joke of a decision and well done to Mario for actually trying to win us a game. Obviously the powers thatbe didn't want the same.

[bigblue]

Why was their keeper allowed to handle the ball outside the box with Aguero about to run around him ? Sure, it hit his leg first but he had his arm fully outstretched in case he missed it with his legs. It's a red card any day of the week.

aww, c'mon. jeez. no way was that a handball. 3 ricochets - and it's a handball? don't suck lemons.

however, i've seen them given, alan.

The keeper came sliding out the same way as if he was in the box. Arms outstretched to stop the ball. Clear cut hand ball

[Ted Hughes]

Regardless of what I think of Mario we may as well all give up on football if that was a sending off offense. After playing competitive football for close to 30 years it's hard to take that certain areas have stooped to cheating a game for the sake of a few quid.

Joke of a decision and well done to Mario for actually trying to win us a game. Obviously the powers thatbe didn't want the same.

It was a cheap sending off which the ref could have avoided with a bit of humainity but Mario was wrong from the moment he came on, you could see it in him. The 1st booking was stupid & lazy, he could have just run harder rather than pull the bloke back. For the 2nd I recon he went in with his arm up because he was still in a tiff about falling on his arse & the crowd laughing at him when he had a great chance to win us the game a few mins earlier.

He's a great talent but he's another Can**a who cannot be trusted. We just have to hope we get the benefit of having him rather than suffer the consequences over the course his career.

[Chopper]

Regardless of what I think of Mario we may as well all give up on football if that was a sending off offense. After playing competitive football for close to 30 years it's hard to take that certain areas have stooped to cheating a game for the sake of a few quid.

Joke of a decision and well done to Mario for actually trying to win us a game. Obviously the powers thatbe didn't want the same.

It was a cheap sending off which the ref could have avoided with a bit of humainity but Mario was wrong from the moment he came on, you could see it in him. The 1st booking was stupid & lazy, he could have just run harder rather than pull the bloke back. For the 2nd I recon he went in with his arm up because he was still in a tiff about falling on his arse & the crowd laughing at him when he had a great chance to win us the game a few mins earlier.

He's a great talent but he's another Can**a who cannot be trusted. We just have to hope we get the benefit of having him rather than suffer the consequences over the course his career.

Give your head a wobble. Ridiculous post.

[Hazy2]

Body language was poor, sending off followed it could have been scripted.

[Douglas Higginbottom]

Regardless of what I think of Mario we may as well all give up on football if that was a sending off offense. After playing competitive football for close to 30 years it's hard to take that certain areas have stooped to cheating a game for the sake of a few quid.

Joke of a decision and well done to Mario for actually trying to win us a game. Obviously the powers thatbe didn't want the same.

It was a cheap sending off which the ref could have avoided with a bit of humainity but Mario was wrong from the moment he came on, you could see it in him. The 1st booking was stupid & lazy, he could have just run harder rather than pull the bloke back. For the 2nd I recon he went in with his arm up because he was still in a tiff about falling on his arse & the crowd laughing at him when he had a great chance to win us the game a few mins earlier.

He's a great talent but he's another Can**a who cannot be trusted. We just have to hope we get the benefit of having him rather than suffer the consequences over the course his career.

Give your head a wobble. Ridiculous post.

Seems a decent post to me.Why would you say it was ridiculous?

[zuricity]

Regardless of what I think of Mario we may as well all give up on football if that was a sending off offense. After playing competitive football for close to 30 years it's hard to take that certain areas have stooped to cheating a game for the sake of a few quid.

Joke of a decision and well done to Mario for actually trying to win us a game. Obviously the powers thatbe didn't want the same.

It was a cheap sending off which the ref could have avoided with a bit of humainity but Mario was wrong from the moment he came on, you could see it in him. The 1st booking was stupid & lazy, he could have just run harder rather than pull the bloke back. For the 2nd I recon he went in with his arm up because he was still in a tiff about falling on his arse & the crowd laughing at him when he had a great chance to win us the game a few mins earlier.

He's a great talent but he's another Can**a who cannot be trusted. We just have to hope we get the benefit of having him rather than suffer the consequences over the course his career.

First yellow was mild and never a booking, ever.

The second was also not deserved

This referee gave yellows to several city players. An absoluteky shocking performance by Atkinson.

I'm glad we got the point, i just wish we hadn't been so lucky for their goal.

You would think by the number of cards we were given, tha we are a dirty team. It simply is not so.



Give your head a wobble. Ridiculous post.

[The Original Special One]

I honestly am never one to criticise referees. i have never done it in my life because i firmly believe they are genuinely doing their best in a tough atmosphere. Today, however when Martin Atkinson booked Mario within about two minutes of him coming on for a foul which warranted a quick 'be careful, i'm watching you' rather than a yellow card I thought that something was amiss. The second foul wasn't a yellow card either, it didn't look like it at the time and it still didn't after replays. Mario has done well this season and long may it continue, you won't find me loving him any less after todays disastrous refereeing.

The softest red card I've ever seen in my life.
Disgraceful bloody refereeing
Sure Balo put his hand on the player in each case, but at worse they were just a case of 'tussling' for the ball, and the first should have resulted in a caution, given that he'd just come on the pitch.

What about that 'handball' against Milner: the crowd won that, even though the 'assistant' was only a few feet away
(what are these clowns there for?)

Why was their keeper allowed to handle the ball outside the box with Aguero about to run around him ? Sure, it hit his leg first but he had his arm fully outstretched in case he missed it with his legs. It's a red card any day of the week.

Its a blatant red card
Estonian keeper was sent off against Ireland for a much softer one: Reina clearly put out his hand to prevent it going to Aguero

[Beefymcfc]

Regardless of what I think of Mario we may as well all give up on football if that was a sending off offense. After playing competitive football for close to 30 years it's hard to take that certain areas have stooped to cheating a game for the sake of a few quid.

Joke of a decision and well done to Mario for actually trying to win us a game. Obviously the powers thatbe didn't want the same.

It was a cheap sending off which the ref could have avoided with a bit of humainity but Mario was wrong from the moment he came on, you could see it in him. The 1st booking was stupid & lazy, he could have just run harder rather than pull the bloke back. For the 2nd I recon he went in with his arm up because he was still in a tiff about falling on his arse & the crowd laughing at him when he had a great chance to win us the game a few mins earlier.

He's a great talent but he's another Can**a who cannot be trusted. We just have to hope we get the benefit of having him rather than suffer the consequences over the course his career.

Just to say Ted, I totally disagree with your opinion. Mario was sent out there to prove a point and win the game. Ragardless of laughing or not,do you think he should've been sent off?

Cantona who cannot be trusted, you're having a laugh. Maybe when he first got here, and I was shouting for him to get off his arse, but lately he's shown to be an asset rather than a detraction to the team.

I'm amazed that a Blue Blood can take an opposition view, even my Rag Lad coulldn't believe his luck.

[Ted Hughes]

Regardless of what I think of Mario we may as well all give up on football if that was a sending off offense. After playing competitive football for close to 30 years it's hard to take that certain areas have stooped to cheating a game for the sake of a few quid.

Joke of a decision and well done to Mario for actually trying to win us a game. Obviously the powers thatbe didn't want the same.

It was a cheap sending off which the ref could have avoided with a bit of humainity but Mario was wrong from the moment he came on, you could see it in him. The 1st booking was stupid & lazy, he could have just run harder rather than pull the bloke back. For the 2nd I recon he went in with his arm up because he was still in a tiff about falling on his arse & the crowd laughing at him when he had a great chance to win us the game a few mins earlier.

He's a great talent but he's another Can**a who cannot be trusted. We just have to hope we get the benefit of having him rather than suffer the consequences over the course his career.

First yellow was mild and never a booking, ever.

The second was also underserved.

This referee gave yellows to several city players. An absoluteky shocking performance by Atkinson.

I'm glad we got the point, i just wish we hadn't been so lucky for their goal.

You would think by the number of cards we were given, tha we are a dirty team. It simply is not so.



Give your head a wobble. Ridiculous post.

If you can't see that giving an absolute cunt of a ref, in front of a bunch of whinging cunts, playing against a bunch of whinging diving cunts, the easy opportunity to book you twice is anything other than fucking stupid, then there's no way I would be able to change your mind, so I won't bother.

[zuricity]

You are wrong Ted. Dead wrong, the referee was inexcusable. Suarez was poncing all over the place, nothing, so give it a rest.

Absolutely shocking referee.

[stevefromdonny]

having watch it a few times, i carnt see it a red card, but he needs to grow up a bit as the card he got was a yellow and he didnt need to pull johnson back

[bigblue]

Regardless of what I think of Mario we may as well all give up on football if that was a sending off offense. After playing competitive football for close to 30 years it's hard to take that certain areas have stooped to cheating a game for the sake of a few quid.

Joke of a decision and well done to Mario for actually trying to win us a game. Obviously the powers thatbe didn't want the same.

It was a cheap sending off which the ref could have avoided with a bit of humainity but Mario was wrong from the moment he came on, you could see it in him. The 1st booking was stupid & lazy, he could have just run harder rather than pull the bloke back. For the 2nd I recon he went in with his arm up because he was still in a tiff about falling on his arse & the crowd laughing at him when he had a great chance to win us the game a few mins earlier.

He's a great talent but he's another Can**a who cannot be trusted. We just have to hope we get the benefit of having him rather than suffer the consequences over the course his career.

Give your head a wobble. Ridiculous post.

Seems a decent post to me.Why would you say it was ridiculous?

Its ridiculous because it was never a second yellow for Mario. He was only given it because of his reputation, Skyrtle's reaction, and Liverpool's hounding around him. And it's no reason to say you can't trust a player because the other team and ref are acting like a bunch of twats. Mario shouldn't have to adjust his game to a bad ref and cheating opposition to be trusted. Roberto completely backed Mario in the post-match interview. Mario mad a misjudgment, but the only way you'd completely blame him for this is if you ignore the whole situation around him.

[mr_nool]

The second yellow was very very questionable. However, Mario's first yellow was so fucking stupid and unnecessary he deserves a fine for it. he should also have been able to read the game and the ref better and not engaged in the second challenge the way he did. The card was wrong, but Balo gave him the the chance to give it.

[Blue2]

Neither offence was a yellow, but his "why is it always me" t shirt was never so apt. He needs to stop giving twats like Atkinson a chance to book him. Any other player on the pitch had commited those fouls they would have had one yellow, if any.

[Douglas Higginbottom]

Regardless of what I think of Mario we may as well all give up on football if that was a sending off offense. After playing competitive football for close to 30 years it's hard to take that certain areas have stooped to cheating a game for the sake of a few quid.

Joke of a decision and well done to Mario for actually trying to win us a game. Obviously the powers thatbe didn't want the same.

It was a cheap sending off which the ref could have avoided with a bit of humainity but Mario was wrong from the moment he came on, you could see it in him. The 1st booking was stupid & lazy, he could have just run harder rather than pull the bloke back. For the 2nd I recon he went in with his arm up because he was still in a tiff about falling on his arse & the crowd laughing at him when he had a great chance to win us the game a few mins earlier.

He's a great talent but he's another Can**a who cannot be trusted. We just have to hope we get the benefit of having him rather than suffer the consequences over the course his career.

Give your head a wobble. Ridiculous post.

Seems a decent post to me.Why would you say it was ridiculous?

Its ridiculous because it was never a second yellow for Mario. He was only given it because of his reputation, Skyrtle's reaction, and Liverpool's hounding around him. And it's no reason to say you can't trust a player because the other team and ref are acting like a bunch of twats. Mario shouldn't have to adjust his game to a bad ref and cheating opposition to be trusted. Roberto completely backed Mario in the post-match interview. Mario mad a misjudgment, but the only way you'd completely blame him for this is if you ignore the whole situation around him.

I see what you are saying but wouldnt say I agree. Of course the opposition will try to get him to react to "anything" to get him sent off that's what happens in football when you have a player like Mario. And of course you are running a massive risk with the ref( whoever he is) when you give him decisions to make.There is always a chance he will make the wrong one under pressure. So because of that Mario has to adjust himslef a bit so he doesnt get into such situations. To be fair to him recently it has seemed he has mellowed a bit but I feared for him a little after the first booking and after he fell over that time when there was a chance he could break away.He doesnt like the being laughed at by the crowd bit.

Bit worried about what Mancini said after the game too. No problem trying to stand up for Mario but to say he didnt even think the 2nd one was a foul was a bit OTT.

[Bingo Lewis]

well i hope we appeal it anyway. load of nonsense.

[Blue Since 76]

He's a great talent but he's another Can**a who cannot be trusted. We just have to hope we get the benefit of having him rather than suffer the consequences over the course his career.

yep, cos he achieved nothing in his career.

There are (mental) similarities an it's interesting that one had to grow up quite a bit to show how good he was. I'd say Mario has grown a lot in the last 14 months at City but the press will never let him get away with it. If he doesn't get booked all season and gets a soft yellow in the last game, some journo will trot out the old clichés about him.

Today, the first one was a striker's challenge, but at least he was tracking back. The second was never a yellow and wouldn't have been given at home or by a decent ref. You can argue that he should have realised how the ref was acting, but you can't change your game that much to compensate for blatant daft decisions.

[blues2win]

Just seen the replay on MOTD2 . Skrtel's reaction to Baoltelli was a disgrace. He was clutching his face but Balotelli never made contact with it. I thought it was a soft second yellow but I've seen them given. I do think Reina was lucky to stay in the field. He did use his hand and he was the last man.

At the end of the day it was a very hard match after the midweek exertions. It was a really good point at the end of the day.

[getdressedmctavish]

Ted as usuaL IS DEAD FECKING RIGHT. aNYBODY WITH AN OPPOSITE VIEW IS SUFFERING FROM THE FAMOUS BLUE BRAINS SYNDROME. bALLO WAS A CUNT FROM THE MOMENT HE CAME ON TO THE MOMENT HE RIGHTLY WENT OFF AND WE CAN FECKING DO WITHOUT IT.aLL BUT LOST US THE GAME BY HIS STUPIDITY WHICH IS WHAT mANCINI TOLD HIM.