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yeah and it was all about borini's cross anyway..if he anything to do besides let the ball hit him he would have missed by miles

100% agree KK7. It's like half the people on here get some kind of pleasure in slating him. Time for some to grow up and get behind the lad!!!!

Some might even call the excitement somewhat 'knee jerk', but I think that gets reserved for fans labelled 'defeatist'.

It was a lovely cross.

Ballotelli has talent there is no doubt about that the problems with him are he is grossly inconsistent one good game followed by nothing for several games. And when he is not interested he contributes nothing you are effectively playing with 10 men and it's even worse than that because it impacts morale on the rest of the squad who do try. This is why previous managers got shut. Of course he might grow up there is hope he is 24

Inconsistent, yes, but I don't think he's looked disinterested at all since he got here. On the contrary, he's seemed a little too eager to please, if anything, and he's overdone things. He's worked hard from what I can see, and Rodgers and Pascoe have both mentioned that he stays late after every training session, working on his shot and his passing and such.

I would agree with that to an extent because i don't think he has been lazy or inconsistent for us at all. He has been running his socks off and tracking back. He has lacked goals but i think that is more due to us playing a system which isn't really suited to his game, but he has been trying and has been very restrained under repeated provocations and harsh tackles. It shows he is trying hard and is working on bettering himself as a footballer. On the occasions he has played with a striking partner i think he has been excellent.

Last night we seen the good the bad and the ugly with Mario.
The good. Scored the equaliser.
The bad. Shooting from 30 yards that went out of the ground.
The ugly. Faking a headbutt from Shelvy.