Balotelli Red Cards
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I see Balotelli has been sent off again. I was wondering how many times that is now this season. I believe its 4 times. So does that mean he'll miss 4 or more games now.
Also City fans can you tell me if you want him to stay with you next season or not. Do you think he is just young and still learning or is that deemed no excuse.
Also City fans can you tell me if you want him to stay with you next season or not. Do you think he is just young and still learning or is that deemed no excuse.
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In which case his season could be over.
I didn't see the incident myself, but I've heard it was deserving a red card.
City should bin him and Mancini in summer.
Oh dear.
Mancini knew what he was like before he signed him. Maybe he thought he could finally control him.
I dont think any manager can to be honest.
According to Mr Mancini, Wario will never play for City again!
Then again, Carlos Tevez was never going to play for City again either!
doesnt need to, mancini has already said that for him
Mancini has a brain.
Messi?:eek:
He's not that good.
Absolutely right.
RvP is a class act, as well as being a brilliant footballer.
I cannot say the same for Wario Balotelli.
Fixated doesn't even cover it with you. Tell me how this situation is similar ? Even remotely similar ?
Most people have moved on from the Suarez saga. Not you evidently.
Van Persie joined Dutch side SBV Excelsior's youth squad at the age of 14 years, but left at the age of 15 due to the relationship with the coach (Jamie Mcculloch) and his mother, and thus signed for Feyenoord.[20] He was quickly promoted into the first team due to injury problems among the squad, and made his debut for the club at 17, which was the first of 15 total starts. He received the KNVB Best Young Talent award at the end of the 2001–02 season. He signed a professional three-and-a-half year contract with Feyenoord in the following season, and scored five goals in a 6–1 Amstel Cup thrashing of AGOVV on 6 February 2003. However, clashes with manager Bert van Marwijk saw Van Persie demoted to the reserve squad, and an irate van Marwijk told reporters, "His behaviour made it impossible for him to remain in the squad any longer so he will join the reserve side for the time being."[21] During a match featuring the Feyenoord and Ajax reserves, he was one of several Feyenoord players assaulted by hooligans who had invaded the pitch.[20] Van Persie's rift with van Marwijk continued when he was sent home on the eve of the 2002 UEFA Super Cup final against Real Madrid after the coach was displeased with Van Persie's body language after being asked to warm up for a Champions League qualifier.[22] Van Persie finished his tumultuous debut season on the first team, making a total of 28 appearances and scoring eight goals, in addition to finishing runner-up in the KNVB Cup.
Feyenoord unsuccessfully attempted to extend Van Persie's contract during the off-season, and his deteriorating relationship with van Marwijk led to his spending most of the 2003–04 season on the bench. He again played 28 matches, but finished with two fewer goals than the previous season. Feyenoord shopped him at the end of the campaign but found few takers due to Van Persie's past disciplinary issues. During the January transfer window, the Eredivisie club opened negotiations with Arsenal, who were seeking a long-term replacement for aging veteran Dennis Bergkamp, but both parties could not agree to terms.
2004–05
On 17 May 2004, Van Persie signed a four-year deal with Arsenal for £2.75 million, just over half of Feyenoord's original asking price of £5 million.[23] Arsenal manager Arsène Wenger, who planned to convert Van Persie from a left winger to a center forward as he had successfully done with star player Thierry Henry,[24] said of his new acquisition, "He can play on the left side of midfield, as a creative player behind the main strikers or as a target man."[25] Arsenal had further padded their stable of strikers in January by signing Spanish forward José Antonio Reyes,[26] leaving the two to battle for playing time. Van Persie made his debut and won a trophy in the process, as he came on as a substitute in the 3–1 FA Community Shield victory over Manchester United on 8 August 2004. Van Persie spent most of his time on the bench during earlier parts of the 2004–05 season, and made his competitive debut on 27 October by scoring Arsenal's opening goal in a 2–1 League Cup win over Manchester City. He was sent off for the first time, however, in an Arsenal shirt on 26 February during a 1–1 road draw with Southampton, following a lunge at left back Graeme Le Saux, for which Wenger was seen yelling an obscenity at Van Persie from the sidelines. He then later lambasted his charge in the press. "I do not support Van Persie today, but he did not look out of control at half-time."
When the referee has sent off a home player, he is under pressure, so, if any player had to behave, it was him." Meanwhile, Telegraph sportswriter Clive White described Van Persie in his match report as "21 going on nine."
Just copy and pasted from wiki.
As much as I love RVP he wasn't a saint when he was younger.
Cantona's absence for the end of the 1994/1995 season through indiscipline probably was the difference between United winning the Double and, as it turned out, losing out in both the league and the FA Cup. Who's to know.
Someone will take another chance with Balotelli as there's a slim chance he'll mature and such incidents will be less commonplace. However, I somehow doubt he'll change too much and that's a real shame as his career/life is seemingly only heading one way.
What does 'move on' mean? - if it means accepting that it was a fair decision no i have not moved on, if it means discussing it further yes i have moved on.
But the point here is not about whether what happened with Suarez was right or wrong it is about the acceptability of the MUFC manager telling another club who they should or should not sell - imo that was clearly totally out of order.
As Ballotelli is a high profile player from one of MUFCs rivals (as Suarez is) I wonder if Ferguson would once again see it as his place to give his opinion?
As has been pointed out as Mancini has said what he has said, it is unlikely but if he hadn't done would Ferguson have intervened? - I would not have put it past him as he likes such 'mind games' although mind games is not the term i would use.