Bo normally I agree with most of your comments...but...Bo...."intelligent, technically excellent"..are you seriously referring to MARIO Balotelli ???? Hmmm....
If you take away his dickheadedness he's a pretty good footballer. Far better than anything we could hope to sign.
His dickheadedness is part of what makes him a poor footballer in my opinion. I rarely agree with Canadatiger but I agree with him on this. I wouldnt want Balotelli if he came on a free and his salary was 0.
Id rather we bring up players from our youth team as at least they would play hard with the right attitude.
I have been to all the preseason games except for the ones in Austria. What has been noticeable is physically they just aren't strong enough. Technically Bowen looks good, but when it get physical he is knocked off the ball easily. Tymon seem physically very strong even though he is only 17, but as we know people develop differently some earlier than others.
Of course I am not seriously suggesting that our youth players are ready nor that they are better than Ballotelli. Im simply using that as a tool to show how much I would not want to sign Ballotelli. Id rather we sign "insert name" who has a good attitude and will play hard.
Why are you trying to stir it up again? We should sign that fella that signed for PSG this summer Ben Arfa. I reckon he's a player above our station but would be an amazing signing if we got him in January.
I don't blame Diame for jumping ship from our carcrash of a club but must agree that it made me smile when I heard the toony tunes had lost to Fulham
