You're both mistaken! We've all been well assured that Balotelli is beyond any doubt 'WORLD CLASS' and an absolute no brainer at £16million.
I hate the 'Where are you now' & 'I told you so' type threads but it has to be said that Balotelli has been nothing short of underwhelmingly pants.
A bit harsh. I've got my reservations but let's look at a couple of points:
1) he plays best with a strike partner, not as a solo target man
2) he has scored plenty of goals at 3 top clubs prior to joining us
3) he has a good international record
4) he'll need to re-adjust to premier league football after spending last season playing at Serie A's pedestrian paced league
Plenty of players start slowly at a new club and go on to be a huge success. I can understand the frustrations but to write off someone with his record/CV after a handful of games when he had no pre-season, and is playing an unfamiliar role in a struggling team is extremely 'knee jerk'. Anyone expecting him to be a new Suarez simply has unrealistic expectations - that's THEIR fault not HIS.