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Osvaldo is also not nearly as talented as Balotelli. Basically, he'd be yet another substandard player with no real prospect of ever becoming Juventus material.
Balotelli is talented as fuck, but has character issues. Juventus are pretty damn good at dealing with that. Also, Balotelli is a very very cool guy. Osvaldo is a boring asshole.
Balotelli is talented as fuck, but has character issues. Juventus are pretty damn good at dealing with that. Also, Balotelli is a very very cool guy. Osvaldo is a boring asshole.
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I agree 100% but right now what we need is basically a sub for our sub (Morata).
I don't actually agree with this. Personally I think he's way too overhyped and he doesn't posses that talent everyone talks about imo. I've rarely seen him impress me on the pitch. Everyone says he's kinda fast and has great technique but I've never seen him get past a defender. Or just rarely. Bar those penalties he was kinda shit at Milan and even their fans wanted him out. And at Liverpool he's just horrible. Everybody talks about his issues, which he has, but I really fail to see that huge talent. I saw that in Cassano but I fail to see that in Mario.
When did we ever have such players?
I don't think ever existed a player like Balo and who does that shit. Just google his weird stuff and it's a long list. I actually believe he's partly retarded.
I agree.
He is cool but he's way too idiotic to be a professional football player. He needs a mental institution to help him.
He failed (mentally) at so many clubs... it's incredible. He's not going to change and everybody knows he's a hotheaded guy so when he fucks up in the next club there's no point to blame Balotelli but the ones that bought him, because they will surely be morons.
I don't actually agree with this. Personally I think he's way too overhyped and he doesn't posses that talent everyone talks about imo. I've rarely seen him impress me on the pitch. Everyone says he's kinda fast and has great technique but I've never seen him get past a defender. Or just rarely. Bar those penalties he was kinda shit at Milan and even their fans wanted him out. And at Liverpool he's just horrible. Everybody talks about his issues, which he has, but I really fail to see that huge talent. I saw that in Cassano but I fail to see that in Mario.
When did we ever have such players?
I don't think ever existed a player like Balo and who does that shit. Just google his weird stuff and it's a long list. I actually believe he's partly retarded.
I agree.
He is cool but he's way too idiotic to be a professional football player. He needs a mental institution to help him.
He failed (mentally) at so many clubs... it's incredible. He's not going to change and everybody knows he's a hotheaded guy so when he fucks up in the next club there's no point to blame Balotelli but the ones that bought him, because they will surely be morons.
Balotelli's not some sort of genius with the ball. The intrigue with him was always the fact that he could play as a true #9 target man but he still had great skill on the ball. He could win physical battles and still have enough skill to take free kicks, for example. He was something of a modern CF when there weren't that many around. Nowadays, it's changing a bit and there are more #9 target men who can play with the ball.
When he first hit the scene with Inter it was like, "Whoa check out this big striker they got. He is big, fast and strong but watch him take these free kicks too! Now watch these fancy flicks, he can do it all!"
But in reality his production has never been there. I would say he has some talent but he is not super talented. He just had a lot of tools that were intriguing. It was like a rare combination of physical traits and some skill that provided that allure. I wouldn't say he does any one thing exceptionally well but he had no real weaknesses except for work rate.
You couldn't say, "Oh he's just some big oaf who can't pass or can't run." He could and maybe he still can do everything reasonably well. He can run, pass, shoot, hold up the ball, win headers, etc. It's just he doesn't do anything remarkably well where you know for sure how to use him best.
When he first hit the scene with Inter it was like, "Whoa check out this big striker they got. He is big, fast and strong but watch him take these free kicks too! Now watch these fancy flicks, he can do it all!"
But in reality his production has never been there. I would say he has some talent but he is not super talented. He just had a lot of tools that were intriguing. It was like a rare combination of physical traits and some skill that provided that allure. I wouldn't say he does any one thing exceptionally well but he had no real weaknesses except for work rate.
You couldn't say, "Oh he's just some big oaf who can't pass or can't run." He could and maybe he still can do everything reasonably well. He can run, pass, shoot, hold up the ball, win headers, etc. It's just he doesn't do anything remarkably well where you know for sure how to use him best.
It's true, you can't really say he excels at anything, except perhaps striking the ball really well. He is rounded but doesn't have something really special, even though he is quite unique. However, if he had mental strength greater than a lemming maybe he could have made a strong career for himself.
