Comments on: Why Always Him? Mario Balotelli Gets Into Training Ground Altercation With Micah Richards.

By: Cowboy Mike's Red Hot Ricochet Barbecue Sauce

Cowboy Mike's Red Hot Ricochet Barbecue Sauce — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 18:46:39 +0000

Henderson has actually been playing very well. Downing and Adam have created 64 scoring chances between them this year. The problem isn’t lack of support, it’s a drop in clinical finishing from everyone outside of Maxi.

By: Cheesus

Cheesus — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 18:36:30 +0000

I really wish Arsene Wenger bought Balotelli 3 years ago. I saw someone in this thread saying Balotelli was good but the other strikers were world class. In reality, Balotelli is probably the most talented. You could make the argument for Aguero but not for Dzeko or Tevez.

/moderation’d

By: Cheesus

Cheesus — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 18:35:54 +0000

If Suarez played for any other of the top teams besides rubbish Liverpool who insist on giving chance after chance to the likes of Jordan Henderson and Andy Carroll,he’d have 14-15 goals too.

By: Broccoli Beef

Broccoli Beef — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 18:35:19 +0000

1) He has been hurt an unavailable most of the season

Mourinho has been getting him a good amount of run since he’s been back healthy, he’s mostly been used as a late 2nd half sub and a 60 minute starter in non-important matches

2) He isn’t even remotely good enough at this point to supplant Xabi. Granted, nobody in the game is.

He looks really tentative out there as well, and he actually plays even more defensive than Xabi does. In the games Sahin’s played in, he’s rarely more than 5-10 yards away from the center line towards goal.

By: MP

MP — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 18:34:13 +0000

Oh, and Suarez and RvP are the best strikers in England.

Suarez is debatable, but RvP is on a different level than anyone else right now. Makes me sick.

By: Hope Solo Mio

Hope Solo Mio — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 18:33:53 +0000

Oh, and Suarez and RvP are the best strikers in England.

RvP is on another planet this season!

Sucks to see David Villa go down with a busted leg.

Yeah, that was bad. I heard he was looking to move to the PL; scratch that now.

By: Cowboy Mike's Red Hot Ricochet Barbecue Sauce

Cowboy Mike's Red Hot Ricochet Barbecue Sauce — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 18:33:21 +0000

If I could get on youtube at work I’d link to a thousand videos that disagree. And “goes down too easy” is fairly subjective, and I have a feeling your “facts” might not line up with mine.

Diving is where there is no contact. Going down too easy is crumbling under challenges. Suarez has drawn more contact than any player in England this year (because there isn’t a defender that can stop him), almost all of the incidents this year where people have accused him of diving have been where there was actual contact.

By: traderjack21

traderjack21 — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 18:32:27 +0000

I just think Suarez is the biggest whiny bitch in the EPL.

By: MP

MP — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 18:31:26 +0000

Suarez is actually in the “goes down too easy” camp but I won’t let the facts get in the way of you guys.

If I could get on youtube at work I’d link to a thousand videos that disagree. And “goes down too easy” is fairly subjective, and I have a feeling your “facts” might not line up with mine.

By: Cowboy Mike's Red Hot Ricochet Barbecue Sauce

Cowboy Mike's Red Hot Ricochet Barbecue Sauce — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 18:30:21 +0000

Free Sahin

1) He has been hurt an unavailable most of the season
2) He isn’t even remotely good enough at this point to supplant Xabi. Granted, nobody in the game is.

By: traderjack21

traderjack21 — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 18:29:41 +0000

Sucks to see David Villa go down with a busted leg.

By: Cheesus

Cheesus — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 18:28:57 +0000

Oh, and Suarez and RvP are the best strikers in England.

By: MP

MP — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 18:28:06 +0000

Cristiano is far and away the worst diver of this bunch. Damn fine player though.

One of my favorites. Sucks to watch him go down so easy.

By: Cheesus

Cheesus — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 18:28:04 +0000

By: Broccoli Beef

Broccoli Beef — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 18:27:56 +0000

Cristiano is far and away the worst diver of this bunch. Damn fine player though.

Actually Busquets dives way more than Cristiano does nowadays.

By: Broccoli Beef

Broccoli Beef — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 18:27:05 +0000

/Free Sahin

Started and played 60+ minutes in the Copa del Ray match this week.

By: Cowboy Mike's Red Hot Ricochet Barbecue Sauce

Cowboy Mike's Red Hot Ricochet Barbecue Sauce — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 18:26:48 +0000

Suarez is actually in the “goes down too easy” camp but I won’t let the facts get in the way of you guys.

By: traderjack21

traderjack21 — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 18:25:08 +0000

Suarez is a bitch

By: Hope Solo Mio

Hope Solo Mio — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 18:24:11 +0000

Ronaldo

Cristiano is far and away the worst diver of this bunch. Damn fine player though.

You could also include pretty much any player from the Serie A

By: Huskerteers

Huskerteers — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 18:20:40 +0000

Sorry Hope, but there are varying degrees of diving, and Suarez is on the Ronaldo/Busquets/Alves/Nani/di Maria level.

Busquets is exactly who I thought of too. He spends half the game on the ground.