villa4europe Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 the RAWK meltdown page on twitter keeps retweeting things about how the special atmosphere at anfield and the values of the club and their fans will change him subconsciously anyway... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarewsEyebrowDesigner Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 In that case, he'll stop being daft but harmless and become daft and thuggish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 Liverpool major weakness again came to the fore last night and I dont think Rodgers has the bottle to stop it. Its not his defence but his Captain Marvel in front of the defence. Positioning and distribution were awful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shillzz Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 At 3-0 down i didnt think Liverpool would be able to get anything out of last night's game. But then Glen Johnson got injured and it turned out to be a good night after all. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa89 Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 Its not his defence but his Captain Marvel in front of the defence. Positioning and distribution were awful It is also his defence because they are poor but I agree Gerrard is horrendous in that position. You can't play a player who can't run, tackle, defend or mark a player properly in front of your back four and expect to be able to keep clean sheets. Gerrard skills are in the opposition's final third, not in his own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyp102 Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 Yep Gerard is a fading light. Once a fantastic player but now his contribution is waning (watch him have a blinder at VP). Rodgers needs to get Lucas back into that position. With Can and Henderson in front of him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 May be just me but I dont see balotelli as the talent everyone in the media seems to think he is. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lapal_fan Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 Balotelli is a good striker, who needs to sort his mentality out to become a great striker. He's tall, quick, uses both feet and is powerful as anything. He should be aiming to become the best player in the world. He's great. He just needs to sort out his ethos. I don't mean him being selfish or lamenting his team mates either, but when Balo doesn't turn up, he may as well go home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtsimonw Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 Yeah, he has the potential to be as dominant a forward as Ibrahimovic is, he just doesn't have the attitude for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArteSuave Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 Yeah, he has the potential to be as dominant a forward as Ibrahimovic is, he just doesn't have the attitude for it. Neither did Ibrahimovic at Balotelli's age. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 and if he does come off Liverpool have a 50 mil pound striker on there hands. No loose situation for them really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Steve Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 May be just me but I dont see balotelli as the talent everyone in the media seems to think he is. Never the 20 goal a season striker some claim. He's never scored more than 15 league goals in a single season. He'll probably get you 8-12 goals but he will also cause a lot of problems off the pitch if you can't control him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa89 Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 (edited) he just doesn't have the attitude for it. Adebayor is the same. All the attributes to be a great player but can't be arsed 75% of the time. I think a lot of it could be to do with their upbringing. Very hard to motivate yourself when you already have 1,000,000 times more than you ever thought imaginable when you were a little kid. I think Ballotelli is worth the risk for Liverpool as they aren't the big draw people like to make out they are and were very unlikely to get anyone better. Probably either Ballotelli for £16m or Bony for £20m+. Meh. Edited August 26, 2014 by villa89 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtsimonw Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 Yeah, he has the potential to be as dominant a forward as Ibrahimovic is, he just doesn't have the attitude for it. Neither did Ibrahimovic at Balotelli's age. Very fair point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoelVilla Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 Yeah, he has the potential to be as dominant a forward as Ibrahimovic is, he just doesn't have the attitude for it. Neither did Ibrahimovic at Balotelli's age. Yes he did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArteSuave Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 Yeah, he has the potential to be as dominant a forward as Ibrahimovic is, he just doesn't have the attitude for it. Neither did Ibrahimovic at Balotelli's age. Yes he did. Funny then that he only scored 7 goals in the 05-06 season and has since credited Mourinho (and Mellberg) for his massive change in attitude. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoelVilla Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 Cappello would have dropped him if their was an attitude problem. He never did. OnTopic: Will be interesting to see what happens with Balotelli. Seems their will be no middle ground, either success or a giant flop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArteSuave Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 Cappello would have dropped him if their was an attitude problem. He never did. We're not talking about a problem so big he'd get dropped, just one that was stopping him from fulfilling his potential. Balotelli was never dropped by Milan either. "[he] turned me from a cat into a lion, dragged things out of me at Inter that no one had done before" -- Ibra on Mourinho. Maybe Rodgers can do the same with Balotelli. Hopefully not, obviously. Hopefully he scores no goals and they lose every game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicho Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 Yeah, he has the potential to be as dominant a forward as Ibrahimovic is, he just doesn't have the attitude for it. Neither did Ibrahimovic at Balotelli's age. Yes he did. Funny then that he only scored 7 goals in the 05-06 season and has since credited Mourinho (and Mellberg) for his massive change in attitude. Well as Mourinho only spent one season with him 2008-2009 I dont think he can be given credit, He had already score 32 in 53 league games for Inter Milan before Jose arrived and then scored another 25 in 35. Ibrahimovic was already world class IMO by 2006 when he was 24. I think its far more likely Balotelli will be remembered like Adebayor will be, so so capable bordering on unplayable when he can be arsed and then absolutely terrible when he cant. I hope Im wrong, I want to see Balotelli perform just for the pure enjoyment of watching him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArteSuave Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 I hope Im wrong, I want to see Balotelli perform just for the pure enjoyment of watching him. I hope you're right. At least until he leaves Liverpool, I actually quite enjoy him playing too. Sidenote - I strongly disagree that 05-06 Ibra was anything like world class and it's not me crediting Mourinho with the change but Ibrahimovic himself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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