Mark Lawrenson says it was "sheer madness" for Mario Balotelli to swap shirts at half-time in Liverpool's Champions League defeat to Real Madrid. The striker made the swap with Pepe as his side trailed Real by three goals, and he was substituted at the break.
BBC football analyst Lawrenson believes Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers should fine the player and drop him.
"It is all about Mario Balotelli. He lives in his own little world, but there is no 'I' in team," he said.
Liverpool lost 3-0 and lie third in their Champions League group.
Former Liverpool defender Lawrenson added: "Balotelli is 24 years old and a dad. Everybody thought it was time for him to settle down, but, if anything, he is getting worse. Pepe and Mario Balotelli walked off together at half-time and swapped shirts.
"At Queens Park Rangers on Sunday he gave a non-performance, and then last night, it was sheer madness. He (Rodgers) will fine him, probably a couple of weeks wages, and pick Rickie Lambert instead at the weekend."
Lawrenson, who won five league championships and a European Cup during seven seasons at Anfield, also criticised the Italian's poor work-rate.
He added: "Everyone can forgive you if you miss chances, but you have to give everything to the team. Does he do that? I don't think so. I'm one of millions of Liverpool fans thinking, 'What is he doing? At least Rickie Lambert will give everything."
(lifted from an article on the BBC Football website)
This is utterly hilarious!
Lawro was one of the many Mouser-loving twats who, at the start of the season, was commending Rodgers on a brilliant bit of business in bringing The Mad Mohawk to LFC, when everyone one else was stating clearly that it was a stupid waste of money!
And what is Lawro's advice to Rodgers? That's right: drop the mad bastard! Like that's going to make things better! What Lawro doesn't seem to understand is that Balotelli is not only as mad as a hatter, but also twice as violent, with an ego bigger than Goofy's bite. The idea that Balotelli is going to take a massive fine and a demotion behind the likes of Lambert is, to put it frankly (which is what I always try to do on this thread) a flight of fancy dreamed up in the mind of a rabid ****wit.
How on earth Lawro is able to find his own arsehole when he gets out of bed in the mornings, let alone manages to con a wage out of the BBC, is utterly beyond me.