***Transfer Rumours Thread*** [ALL RUMOUR TOPICS MERGED]

[Mark (Blue Army)]

is this still not done yet

[CitizenYank]

You know sometimes I wondered if I could petition City to pay my Internet Bill
for all the time I spent hovering over the waver wire. If I could measure up all
the time spent off work??? Years!!

[PeterParker]

This Balotelli character is very odd. I would prefer Forlan at any hour instead of the italian.

[DoomMerchant]

This Balotelli character is very odd. I would prefer Forlan at any hour instead of the italian.

Does Mario make your spidey sense tingle?

i'd prefer the young micah look alike myself. I don't however discount Forlan as others do. Altho, the Golden Ball was a bit dubious in this WC given most major players shit the bed. Just for some balance.

cheers

[Twobob]

I WANT MARIO!

As for Forlan - there's a big VERON fear surrounding that one, thats they key reason I wouldnt touch him - couldn't hack it in the Prem with the scum what's changed that he'll hack it now?

Silva, Yaya, Kolerov etc - we dont know how they'll handle the Prem the same as we dont know with Mario but we do know that Feron was utter Shite with the scum - Leopards and spots ...

[PeterParker]

This Balotelli character is very odd. I would prefer Forlan at any hour instead of the italian.

Does Mario make your spidey sense tingle?

i'd prefer the young micah look alike myself. I don't however discount Forlan as others do. Altho, the Golden Ball was a bit dubious in this WC given most major players shit the bed. Just for some balance.

cheers

Well,he is a problematic player and the conflict with "the Special One" was an example. Mancini sais he can handle his attitude, but what about the other players in the dressing room, would they accept Mario ? Let`s buy Dzeko and all of us will be happy :)

[Beefymcfc]

This Balotelli character is very odd. I would prefer Forlan at any hour instead of the italian.

Does Mario make your spidey sense tingle?

i'd prefer the young micah look alike myself. I don't however discount Forlan as others do. Altho, the Golden Ball was a bit dubious in this WC given most major players shit the bed. Just for some balance.

cheers

Well,he is a problematic player and the conflict with "the Special One" was an example. Mancini sais he can handle his attitude, but what about the other players in the dressing room, would they accept Mario ? Let`s buy Dzeko and all of us will be happy :)

I have my reservations about Balotelli as well. Yes, I trust that Mancio can handle him, but it's his whole attitude, saying things like 'he is still a boy at 19 years old', his history with his family and his tenuous relationship with the Inter fans. My biggest worry is that he is going to be used like a battering ram by the media.

If we do get him, I'm hoping that he lets his feet do the talking from day 1, otherwise I reckon we'll be seeing all sorts of shit about him if he doesn't make it on the pitch.

[brite blu sky]

This Balotelli character is very odd. I would prefer Forlan at any hour instead of the italian.

Does Mario make your spidey sense tingle?

i'd prefer the young micah look alike myself. I don't however discount Forlan as others do. Altho, the Golden Ball was a bit dubious in this WC given most major players shit the bed. Just for some balance.

cheers

Well,he is a problematic player and the conflict with "the Special One" was an example. Mancini sais he can handle his attitude, but what about the other players in the dressing room, would they accept Mario ? Let`s buy Dzeko and all of us will be happy :)

I have my reservations about Balotelli as well. Yes, I trust that Mancio can handle him, but it's his whole attitude, saying things like 'he is still a boy at 19 years old', his history with his family and his tenuous relationship with the Inter fans. My biggest worry is that he is going to be used like a battering ram by the media.

If we do get him, I'm hoping that he lets his feet do the talking from day 1, otherwise I reckon we'll be seeing all sorts of shit about him if he doesn't make it on the pitch.

not worried at all about Mancini looking after him. both italian and Bobby gave him his start, in fact im not in the least worried about him.
The press will make up a right pile of sh*te about him though and will do their best to have a go at him regardless how good he does on the pitch.

[DoomMerchant]

This Balotelli character is very odd. I would prefer Forlan at any hour instead of the italian.

Does Mario make your spidey sense tingle?

i'd prefer the young micah look alike myself. I don't however discount Forlan as others do. Altho, the Golden Ball was a bit dubious in this WC given most major players shit the bed. Just for some balance.

cheers

Well,he is a problematic player and the conflict with "the Special One" was an example. Mancini sais he can handle his attitude, but what about the other players in the dressing room, would they accept Mario ? Let`s buy Dzeko and all of us will be happy :)

I have my reservations about Balotelli as well. Yes, I trust that Mancio can handle him, but it's his whole attitude, saying things like 'he is still a boy at 19 years old', his history with his family and his tenuous relationship with the Inter fans. My biggest worry is that he is going to be used like a battering ram by the media.

If we do get him, I'm hoping that he lets his feet do the talking from day 1, otherwise I reckon we'll be seeing all sorts of shit about him if he doesn't make it on the pitch.

not worried at all about Mancini looking after him. both italian and Bobby gave him his start, in fact im not in the least worried about him.
The press will make up a right pile of sh*te about him though and will do their best to have a go at him regardless how good he does on the pitch.

i think it's interesting calling Balotelli Italian, but i suppose having grown up there and speaking the language you could make that call.

The children i've adopted from Korea are definitely native-English speaking Americans, but deep down their attitude and demeanor is 1000% Korean, i can assure you of that. Make sense?

cheers

[brite blu sky]

not worried at all about Mancini looking after him. both italian and Bobby gave him his start, in fact im not in the least worried about him.
The press will make up a right pile of sh*te about him though and will do their best to have a go at him regardless how good he does on the pitch.

i think it's interesting calling Balotelli Italian, but i suppose having grown up there and speaking the language you could make that call.

The children i've adopted from Korea are definitely native-English speaking Americans, but deep down their attitude and demeanor is 1000% Korean, i can assure you of that. Make sense?

cheers

dunno Doomington.. i heard he was born and adopted straight away in italy by italian family, so he will have just learnt to be like any other italian kid apart from being black, which probably he got a fair old amount of stupid shit for, as i have heard that italy is fairly racist particularly towards black people. But as he has grown up all his life as an italian, i just assume he will be like any other italian.. just a bit different.
Were your kids born in Korea or to Korean families in the states?

[mr_nool]

how old were they when you adopted them, cause that makes very little sense to me...
I think demeanour and attitude is predominately down to social surrounding and upbringing, not to biology/race.

[Beeks]

Balotelli is 100% Italian as he was adopted from birth therefore never having any sort of African influence

[ronk]

The children i've adopted from Korea are definitely native-English speaking Americans, but deep down their attitude and demeanor is 1000% Korean, i can assure you of that. Make sense?

cheers

YMMV. Situation is different for Balotelli, he's been raised in a small medieval town in Northern Italy where his Ghanian parents abandoned him and he later rejected them, even though they stayed in Italy. You can more easily retain aspects of your national identity in somewhere more cosmopolitan. No one has deep roots in Orlando.

Balotelli is still eligible to play for Ghana, but has zero intention of doing so.

[Beefymcfc]

The children i've adopted from Korea are definitely native-English speaking Americans, but deep down their attitude and demeanor is 1000% Korean, i can assure you of that. Make sense?

cheers

YMMV. Situation is different for Balotelli, he's been raised in a small medieval town in Northern Italy where his Ghanian parents abandoned him and he later rejected them, even though they stayed in Italy. You can more easily retain aspects of your national identity in somewhere more cosmopolitan. No one has deep roots in Orlando.

Balotelli is still eligible to play for Ghana, but has zero intention of doing so.

That's not quite right mate, the story goes that his parents were having a rough time and he was actually fostered out. His parents seen him regularly for years but the Balotelli's pushed them further and further away. They tried to get him back but the family had influence in the area which left them frustrated. So, he wasn't adopted or abandoned but decided to take his foster families name when he could make his own decisions after having a far better life than he would've had. He has a few siblings as well.

[gillie]

No one has deep roots in Orlando.

I think the Seminole Indians might have.

[Beefymcfc]

No one has deep roots in Orlando.

I think the Seminole Indians might have.

And I bet a few have been Deep Rooted down there as well!

[Ted Hughes]

Balotelli is 100% Italian as he was adopted from birth therefore never having any sort of African influence

I agree. It's like Ned, he's could play for Nigeria if he wants but in reality he's a 100% Mancunian & about as Nigerian as Noel Gallagher.

[Beefymcfc]

Balotelli is 100% Italian as he was adopted from birth therefore never having any sort of African influence

I agree. It's like Ned, he's could play for Nigeria if he wants but in reality he's a 100% Mancunian & about as Nigerian as Noel Gallagher.

If that was sarcasm, I like it.

[Beeks]

Balotelli is 100% Italian as he was adopted from birth therefore never having any sort of African influence

I agree. It's like Ned, he's could play for Nigeria if he wants but in reality he's a 100% Mancunian & about as Nigerian as Noel Gallagher.

If that was sarcasm, I like it.

funny you mention Ned..he emailed me yesterday telling me that his father is a Nigerian King who has left him a fortune he cannot access and If I give him my bank details to transfer the money I will get a percentage..

[Ted Hughes]

Balotelli is 100% Italian as he was adopted from birth therefore never having any sort of African influence

I agree. It's like Ned, he's could play for Nigeria if he wants but in reality he's a 100% Mancunian & about as Nigerian as Noel Gallagher.

If that was sarcasm, I like it.

funny you mention Ned..he emailed me yesterday telling me that his father is a Nigerian King who has left him a fortune he cannot access and If I give him my bank details to transfer the money I will get a percentage..

I'd go for it if I was you. I've got some money coming any month now from a similar source. I could do with it because I'm fucking skint.