He'll be 26 with a treble under his belt, an EPL title and played for his national team and was very important in their run to the final of the Euros.
Not many 26 year olds can claim that. Especially not many Italian 26 year olds that are as talented and are actually fans of the club.
I think 70-65 minutes is a fair amount of time given in a game to have a significant impact. If a player comes on from the bench he is forced to play with his team mates who are already much more tired than he is and are already psychologically drained and are either in the a) let's sit back and hold on to the score line mood or b) WE MUST SCORE NAO mood. Both those moods make it difficult for substitutes to come in and make an impact (but absolutely not a good enough excuse for subs NOT to play well, they must make every minute count, this is why I don't rate Bonaventura and am getting increasingly frustrated with Bacca).
How many times has Balotelli played more than 60 minutes compared to the games he was eligible to start this season? Isn't that a fair metric to measure whether he has been given enough chances? I'm not talking about whether he deserves them or not, I'm saying how many chances did he get - period.
I'll be waiting for the answer. Maybe I shouldn't because you'll probably disappear when you find that number just like any Balo hater would.
Mario's talented and a fan of the club but he's got to put it out there, this spell or last spell, Balotelli has got to put it out there. He must. His numbers may or may not impress people, but I think as it sits Balotelli will struggle to get to another main club. Which is sad should that happen.
He may of only played 4-5 games of 65+ mins, however he looked solid in 1, not bad in the other and the rest, in my view not so good.
I actually support anyone wearing the Milan shirt, be it Balo, Bonera, Vogel, Dharsoo or Kaka, Rui Costa, Donadoni. However, may main point with Mario is he should never of come back unless he was to be an impact sub, which may of been the plan all along. I mean who knows WTF management think and Bacca + Luiz had also just arrived. I don't blame Mario. It's not entirely his fault. But the guy desperately needs to grab his chances be it a full game, 65mins or 15mins. Mario is the one that needs to make it impossible for Miha to leave him out of the XI. That said, Miha makes judgement on what he sees on the training pitch too no doubt. Miha might see bad habits in Balo, he might not think Balo fits vs whomever, maybe Miha doesn't like Balo or he just doesn't play him because Miha himself is stubborn as fuck ( that's a different topic anyway ). Some people make a habit of coming off the bench and impacting.
Look at Pippo , JDT also use to impact for us off the bench.
You're intelligent to know what I'm saying here Hitman.
Again, you can like Balotelli and support him all you like, you can justify him and anything else. Me? Like 3/4 of the squad, I don't believe Mario Balotelli should be at AC Milan. But, I do hope that He and the others can put AC Milan in the best positions possible. That's how you earn your chances and start getting the fans onside more. Honda and Monto are examples of how working changed there fortunes somewhat. Cerci was shit but was still getting starts then Honda works and did well in games and probably training and helped us with your good run. Balo needs to do that.
