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Not saying BR is doing a good job with Balo but what made you think the managers before BR took the best out of Balo? If they did what do you think made them give up on him one after another? He wasn't a success at Inter as he was still young. At City he was often playing second fiddle to Aguero and Dzeko mainly as a sub player most of the time. He scored more goals at Milan but statistics show that most of those goals come from set pieces (free kicks & penalties) and the rest mainly comes from long shots. His conversion rate is terrible because he takes way too many long shots.

Maybe you are right that BR shouldn't have bought him in the first place simply because he isn't the type of player that fits our high intensity style but are you really defending a professional for being lazy? Does is warrant him to not put in a shift just because he is THAT TYPE of player? Every manager/club has its style and the players are supposed to learn and adapt as they are paid handsomely to do so aren't they? Do you expect to go to Barca and play long balls instead of learning their ways of tiki-taka? I know Balo is not used to doing it and he might not even be good at it but what fans expect to see is him putting in effort instead of simply not trying. It is different matter if he tries and ends up not being good enough. Look at what happened to Mata and Kagawa for not adapting to Mourinho's and Van Gaal's philosophy respectively. It is only a matter of time the same happens if Balo doesn't try to learn and adapt to us.

Also, Balotelli has pace and although not as fast as Sterling or Struj but that shouldn't stop him from pressing should it? Suarez wasn't a particularly pacey player either and he was a nuisance to play against as he fights to win back every ball especially the wons he lost. Even Lambert put in way more effort in pressing when he started in place of Balotelli and the high intensity allowed our offense to operate so much better for the first time since the Spurs game.
Please do note that the ones criticizing Balo aren't pinning all failures this season on him. He is just ONE OF MANY problems we are having to endure this season. Lovren, Balo, Markovic and even Coutinho has been criticised thus far but Balo's criticism is louder than the rest simply because of his lack of effort in trying to play as a team.

Wouldn't you be frustrated if you were one of a few who runs tens of yards only for the ball to reach Balo's feet and it is blasted way off the goal? How would you feel if a teammate of yours gets a small bump on the back which isn't even a foul where he gets robbed of the ball and he then sits of the floor sulking for a couple minutes instead of getting back up to win the ball back?

I know our other new signings are performing poorly but it is not for their lack of effort. It is a different matter entirely from Balotelli's. Perhaps you could pin the blame on BR by saying he doesn't know any other tactic other than the high intensity high risk style we are accustomed to seeing last season but it is clear that is the style that suits the rest of our team and Balotelli is the odd one out here. Shouldn't we see more of an effort from him in trying to adapt to this style? We were never really good at dictating the tempo from midfield even from last season anyway. Many of our goals came from winning the ball back high up the pitch and breaking forward with pace.

Oh oh and for that myth that the rest of the team isn't providing him with enough service? "Optastats suggest Balotelli has missed four clear-cut chances this season. Nobody in the Premier League has wasted more." Once again reiterating that I think he is only being unlucky with those missed chances not bemoaning his lack of goals. I'm only criticizing him for not playing more as a team player.