Author Topic: Mario Balotelli (Read 145361 times)

rowan_d · « **Reply #1920 on:** January 23, 2012, 07:22:23 PM »

Quote from: mcfc1 on January 23, 2012, 07:20:22 PM

So has Webb said he didn't see it?

It really is incredible how shit the FA are to be honest.

To be fair it'd make a pleasant change for a ref to admit that they made a mistake and are willing to let another body rectify it

Juan Loco · « **Reply #1921 on:** January 23, 2012, 07:22:53 PM »

Alright my son, apples and pears, not on your nelly guv', Only a bit of claret, Scotty Scot Scotters Scottie, Scott Parker

S · « **Reply #1922 on:** January 23, 2012, 07:23:07 PM »

Did Rooney ever get charged for that elbow? Not pushing conspiracy theories, just curious because I can't remember.

mbyx6cg2 · « **Reply #1923 on:** January 23, 2012, 07:23:11 PM »

Quote from: rowan_d on January 23, 2012, 07:21:36 PM

Just so he's available for Wednesday.

I'm not sure Mancini/City would place more importance on that game than on whichever league game he'd be missing instead though. Maybe I'm wrong.

Hazell · « **Reply #1924 on:** January 23, 2012, 07:25:11 PM »

Quote from: S on January 23, 2012, 07:23:07 PM

Did Rooney ever get charged for that elbow? Not pushing conspiracy theories, just curious because I can't remember.

No, ref said he took appropriate action so the FA couldn't charge him.

rowan_d · « **Reply #1925 on:** January 23, 2012, 07:26:39 PM »

Quote from: mbyx6cg2 on January 23, 2012, 07:23:11 PM

I'm not sure Mancini/City would place more importance on that game than on whichever league game he'd be missing instead though. Maybe I'm wrong.

Yeah, I'd have to take a look at their fixture list

The G in Gerrard · « **Reply #1926 on:** January 23, 2012, 07:27:15 PM »

Quote from: Brentie on January 23, 2012, 07:22:15 PM

Why? Neither Balo nor Lescott were punished by the ref. Rooney was. 2 different situations.

Xenophobia so blatant it's unreal. Look at how there's been no outcry in the media over what Lescott did in comparison to Balotelli. It's insane.

Can't remember it clearly but did Webb even see yesterday's incidents? There won't be an outcry over a British player doing such a thing, the English are the bastions of all that is good and proper in the game

mcfc1 · « **Reply #1927 on:** January 23, 2012, 07:29:05 PM »

If we appeal and lose, he'll miss...

Everton (A)
Fulham (H)
Villa (A)
Blackburn (H)
Bolton (H)

I think we will appeal it so he can play Wednesday.

Hazell · « **Reply #1928 on:** January 23, 2012, 07:29:28 PM »

Does anybody have a link or gif of Lescott on Kaboul? I didn't see that one.

INABITSKI · « **Reply #1929 on:** January 23, 2012, 07:30:20 PM »

Just having a quick think back a few years and Shearer when he booted Lennon. All this talk we always mention about the English lads getting off with things and harsher punishments towards the foreign players. Read this on Wiki just now.

"An incident during a game against Leicester City in the league saw Shearer charged with misconduct by the FA,[36] with media sources claiming that video footage showed him intentionally kicking Neil Lennon in the head following a challenge.[37] The referee of the game took no action against Shearer, and he was then cleared of all charges by the FA, with Lennon giving evidence in the player's defence.[38] Former Football Association chief Graham Kelly, who brought the charges against the player, later claimed in his autobiography that Shearer had threatened to withdraw himself from the 1998 World Cup squad if the charges were upheld; a claim strenuously denied by Shearer"

scouser4eva · « **Reply #1930 on:** January 23, 2012, 07:30:25 PM »

Quote from: mcfc1 on January 23, 2012, 07:29:05 PM

If we appeal and lose, he'll miss...

Everton (A)
Fulham (H)
Villa (A)
Blackburn (H)
Bolton (H)

I think we will appeal it so he can play Wednesday.

Hope so

bigbear · « **Reply #1931 on:** January 23, 2012, 07:31:55 PM »

Quote from: mcfc1 on January 23, 2012, 07:29:05 PM

If we appeal and lose, he'll miss...

Everton (A)
Fulham (H)
Villa (A)
Blackburn (H)
Bolton (H)

I think we will appeal it so he can play Wednesday.

City need to get their focus on the title. If they appeal it they are ga-ga and are handing it to United.

He won't get off with it and the chances are that if he played on Wednesday in that atmosphere he'd do something stupid again.

Circa1892 · « **Reply #1932 on:** January 23, 2012, 07:32:12 PM »

But I thought the FA were fine with violence on the pitch?

Or is that just when players are playing for England?

skooma · « **Reply #1933 on:** January 23, 2012, 07:32:37 PM »

Balotelli willfully injures another player and then dives, 4 matches.

Suarez calls someone a bad word, 8 matches.

It's Jimmy Corkhill · « **Reply #1934 on:** January 23, 2012, 07:34:56 PM »

Quote from: skooma on January 23, 2012, 07:32:37 PM

Balotelli willfully injures another player and then dives, 4 matches.

Suarez calls someone a bad word, 8 matches.

Wilfully my fucking hoop. He was off-balance.

Xenophobia at his finest. Fucking Elephant man getting off with two blatant forearms.

xavidub · « **Reply #1935 on:** January 23, 2012, 07:35:39 PM »

Using 'insulting words' - 8 match ban.

Stamping on someone's head with studded boots - 4 match ban.

If the FA tried to be more fucking stupid I don't think they could manage it.

Funny, wanker Taylor hasn't found his voice to condemn Ballotelli either. Or perhaps someone reminded him he is supposed to represent all players and not just the ones that he likes

Buzz Killington · « **Reply #1936 on:** January 23, 2012, 07:35:59 PM »

Correct me if I'm wrong but I'm pretty sure Parker (deliberately) stamped on Lucas earlier in the season?

Camarero25 · « **Reply #1937 on:** January 23, 2012, 07:36:34 PM »

Quote from: Brentie on January 23, 2012, 07:17:40 PM

So, Lescott gets away scot free for an offence as bad if not worse than Baloteli.

As ever, foreign players get treated differently to English ones. The xenophobia rampant in the FA and the media is unreal.

They seem to base their decisions almost entirely on whether the press go on about it a lot. Incompetent c*nts.

xavidub · « **Reply #1938 on:** January 23, 2012, 07:36:46 PM »

Quote from: Circa1892 on January 23, 2012, 07:32:12 PM

But I thought the FA were fine with violence on the pitch?

Or is that just when players are playing for England?

You can kick the brains out of someone, you just can't say that you are going to do it

xavidub · « **Reply #1939 on:** January 23, 2012, 07:37:31 PM »

Quote from: Camarero25 on January 23, 2012, 07:36:34 PM

They seem to base their decisions almost entirely on whether the press go on about it a lot. Incompetent c*nts.

Is the right answer. Terrified of the press

Cochise · « **Reply #1940 on:** January 23, 2012, 07:37:33 PM »

I like Mario but this was very silly even from him and the 4 maqtch ban would be well deserved. Lescott should be banned too but hey ho.

Brentie · « **Reply #1941 on:** January 23, 2012, 07:38:02 PM »

Quote from: It's Jimmy Corkhill on January 23, 2012, 07:34:56 PM

Wilfully my fucking hoop. He was off-balance.

Xenophobia at his finest. Fucking Elephant man getting off with two blatant forearms.

Insane isnt it.

What scarier is the blatant xenophobia in the media.

Been at home all day. All thats been on Skysports News is the Balo stamp/ Fuck all on Lescott. All Redknapp talked about was Balo. All the papers covered was the stamp.

Yesterday, Balo was getting hell from SOuness and Neville. They then show the Lescott incident, and the first thing Souness says is "Jolean Lescott is not a violent player".

Such a fucking huge outcry on Balotelli, and fuck all on Lescott. It's insanely xenophobic. Fucking shockingingly blatant as well. But not a single peep from anyone.

El_Pistolero · « **Reply #1942 on:** January 23, 2012, 07:38:17 PM »

Quote from: Buzz Killington on January 23, 2012, 07:35:59 PM

Correct me if I'm wrong but I'm pretty sure Parker (deliberately) stamped on Lucas earlier in the season?

Forgot abut that, pretty sure he did. The giant shithouse.

skooma · « **Reply #1943 on:** January 23, 2012, 07:38:18 PM »

Quote from: It's Jimmy Corkhill on January 23, 2012, 07:34:56 PM

Wilfully my fucking hoop. He was off-balance.

Xenophobia at his finest. Fucking Elephant man getting off with two blatant forearms.

Well in my defense, I didn't watch the match and only saw Balotelli's bit as a gif.

geoffstrong · « **Reply #1944 on:** January 23, 2012, 07:40:11 PM »

Cant remember but didn't Totti do Balotelli in a similar way a while back?

Camarero25 · « **Reply #1945 on:** January 23, 2012, 07:40:50 PM »

Rooney kicks out at someone, FA appeal his 3 match ban.

Balotelli kicks out at someone, FA give him a 4 match ban.

Brentie · « **Reply #1946 on:** January 23, 2012, 07:42:27 PM »

Quote from: waiting for Monica? on January 23, 2012, 07:40:11 PM

Cant remember but didn't Totti do Balotelli in a similar way a while back?

Nah, Totti just kicked him hard from behind.

A bit like what Rooney did to that Montenegro player, but alot harder.

Upinsmoke · « **Reply #1947 on:** January 23, 2012, 07:46:54 PM »

Quote from: It's Jimmy Corkhill on January 23, 2012, 07:34:56 PM

Wilfully my fucking hoop. He was off-balance.

Xenophobia at his finest. Fucking Elephant man getting off with two blatant forearms.

Off balance initially but i don't believe at the second point of contact. How can your right foot lash out with that much force and then your body dive the opposite direction. He was just diving to cover up the kick in the head. Just like when evra took out Walcott yesterday, feigning injury to protect ones self from getting into trouble.

It's Jimmy Corkhill · « **Reply #1948 on:** January 23, 2012, 07:48:53 PM »

It's even worse when seen at full speed.

Joke by the FA, xenophobia at his finest. Probably scared Worf would call in a favour from the rest of the Klingons.

RedGuy · « **Reply #1949 on:** January 23, 2012, 07:50:07 PM »

Quote from: waiting for Monica? on January 23, 2012, 07:40:11 PM

Cant remember but didn't Totti do Balotelli in a similar way a while back?

Not really similar, he deliberately kicked his heel IIRC.

Beav · « **Reply #1950 on:** January 23, 2012, 07:50:34 PM »

Quote from: Camarero25 on January 23, 2012, 07:40:50 PM

Rooney kicks out at someone, FA appeal his 3 match ban.

Balotelli kicks out at someone, FA give him a 4 match ban.

Thats the laughable thing in all this.

Rooney: clear as day lashes out at another player, FA cry and get it reduced to 2 games.

Balotelli: stamps on someone (could be unintentional, its unclear) and gets a 4 match ban.

Id laugh if it wasnt so fucking ridiculous.

exiledintheusa · « **Reply #1951 on:** January 23, 2012, 07:55:02 PM »

So are we as a collective saying The FA may be somewhta racist / xenaphobic?

It looked like he was trying to plant his foot to regain his balance - anyone who has played the game at a decent level will agree. OK he caught Parker but come on, if Gerrard was getting banned for that we would all be up in arms.

FlashingBlade · « **Reply #1952 on:** January 23, 2012, 07:55:46 PM »

Two words sum up this season for me :

1. Hysteria:...with the media setting the agenda on who gets a high profile 'attack' and who doesnt. It looks like Balotelli may have stamped.. only he truly knows...but for the media its turning out to be manna from heaven, add to that he's a 'dodgy foreigner' you will never get a balanced view...just days and days of space filled with pompus renta quotes on TV, Radio and Papers....imagine if it was Suarez , he'd be hauled off to the tower.

2 Hypocracy: Wayne Rooney ,English FA moving heaven and earth to assist him , media celebration of reduced ban

exiledintheusa · « **Reply #1953 on:** January 23, 2012, 07:57:32 PM »

Quote from: Beav on January 23, 2012, 07:50:34 PM

Thats the laughable thing in all this.

Rooney: clear as day lashes out at another player, FA cry and get it reduced to 2 games.

Balotelli: stamps on someone (could be unintentional, its unclear) and gets a 4 match ban.

Id laugh if it wasnt so fucking ridiculous.

Even worse is one was obviously deliberate and the other could be taken either way. The obviously deliberate one to all intents and purposes was a criminal act regardless of whether or not it occoured on a footy field.

Tony18:5 · « **Reply #1954 on:** January 23, 2012, 07:57:35 PM »

FFS Balotelli deliberately back heeled Parker when he knew he was on the ground, I fail to see how anyone can claim otherwise? It had nothing to do with being off balance.

Whether he meant to kick him in the head, only he knows, but it was an act of a complete and utter shithouse...

Lescott also in my opinion deliberately elbowed/forearm smashed the Spurs centre half. That's less of a clear cut one for me but still should have resulted in a charge.

exiledintheusa · « **Reply #1955 on:** January 23, 2012, 07:59:34 PM »

Opinion divided. I can see why The FA has a 99.56% conviction rate - Masterminds of Law.

INABITSKI · « **Reply #1956 on:** January 23, 2012, 08:03:20 PM »

Quote from: exiledintheusa on January 23, 2012, 07:55:02 PM

So are we as a collective saying The FA may be somewhta racist / xenaphobic?

It looked like he was trying to plant his foot to regain his balance - anyone who has played the game at a decent level will agree. OK he caught Parker but come on, if Gerrard was getting banned for that we would all be up in arms.

It's not a case of playing at any level, its just basic common sense and being open minded.

LukeD · « **Reply #1957 on:** January 23, 2012, 08:07:26 PM »

I'm a little cautious about the whole "they're all against us" argument; whilst I am sure it feels very pointed towards Liverpool a lot of the time, I am equally sure other clubs' fans feel the same too. That said...

I happened to have the radio on whilst cooking earlier and Jason Roberts was on Five Live saying that he thought it was bad to judge Balotelli as guilty because you couldn't be sure what he did was intentional. He also said it was tough for Balotelli because his reputation goes before him. At this point, I nearly choked.

INABITSKI · « **Reply #1958 on:** January 23, 2012, 08:08:40 PM »

Quote from: LukeD on January 23, 2012, 08:07:26 PM

I'm a little cautious about the whole "they're all against us" argument; whilst I am sure it feels very pointed towards Liverpool a lot of the time, I am equally sure other clubs' fans feel the same too. That said...

I happened to have the radio on whilst cooking earlier and Jason Roberts was on Five Live saying that he thought it was bad to judge Balotelli as guilty because you couldn't be sure what he did was intentional. He also said it was tough for Balotelli because his reputation goes before him. At this point, I nearly choked.

Clarke Carlisle has been straight onto his defence aswell.

Anywhichwayucan · « **Reply #1959 on:** January 23, 2012, 08:09:42 PM »

Has Jason Roberts retired?