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Goal are reporting that Mancini is 'in the wrong' this time, saying he was distinctly harsh on Balotelli throughout the session and literally waiting for an opportunity to snap at him. Obviously nothings reliable til it's confirmed, but for once it seems Balotelli's fuckwittery isn't quite to blame.

Although I can imagine managing Balotelli being one very stressful job.

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The Guardian were reporting similar last night too.

Mancini is the worst manager Balotelli could possibly have, but to be fair it is hard to manage him.

Mancini says Balotelli will face no punishment.

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By Sam | Permalink | On 04 January 2013 - 10:32 AM

The Guardian were reporting similar last night too.

Mancini is the worst manager Balotelli could possibly have, but to be fair it is hard to manage him.

Mancini says Balotelli will face no punishment.

That's not hyperbole at all.

Sam

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04 Jan 2013 15:33:03

Well Mancini's man management skills are poor tbh.

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"It wasn't bad," he explained. "We were playing a game, Mario kicked his team-mate and I said to him 'go inside, leave the pitch'.
"He said 'no' so I took his shirt and pushed him off the pitch. This is really what happened. Nothing special.

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By Sam | Permalink | On 04 January 2013 - 15:33 PM

Well Mancini's man management skills are poor tbh.

So, he's the worst manager he could possibly have? As I say, hyperbole.

I can think of many managers who would be worse for him.

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Sergio

Slashman X

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Mario scored 2 for the EDS today, had 2 penalties to get a hat-trick but let a trialist and Dennis Suarez take them HashtagTopLad

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Dutch side Feyenoord have released Manchester City's Omar Elabdellaoui early from a season-long loan deal. The Norwegian winger was loaned out by the Premier League outfit to the Dutch club last summer but could not establish himself in the side, playing just five times.

The club let Elabdellaoui go at his request and reports in Holland suggest he is closing on a new loan deal with Bundesliga 2 side Eintracht Braunschweig.

http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11906/8397343/Feyenoord-have-released-Manchester-City-s-Omar-Elabdellaoui-from-his-loan-deal

Wouldn't mind seeing him at Rosenborg.

BR.

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15 Jan 2013 00:23:48

Guess who.

Jamieandhisego

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Please don't be Michael Johnson...

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15 Jan 2013 03:33:16

What a waste of footballing talent.

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15 Jan 2013 10:15:17

My first reaction was Roque for some reason

bluemoon.

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15 Jan 2013 10:44:13

So much wasted talent.

Carroll.

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Looks like he's doing well for himself

Carroll.

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Looks like he's doing well for himself

Carroll.

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Looks like he's doing well for himself

Slashman X

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Shup

Carroll.

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So good I had to write that 3 times.

Slashman X

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He's still on the books at City so he is doing pretty well for himself indeed

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Johnson_(footballer_born_1988)

"Due to a recent injury he has decided to represent England in the international pie eating contests." \o/

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By Slashman X | Permalink | On 15 January 2013 - 11:18 AM

He's still on the books at City so he is doing pretty well for himself indeed

He's out of contract at the end of the season. Apparently, he doesn't even have to train any more.

Slashman X

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He was released before xmas apparently.

Guardian just put that up

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Fat bastard.

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Zaba Day today \o/

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Manchester City striker Carlos Tevez has been disqualified from driving for six months after he failing to understand the word "constabulary" on official letters from British police.

Tevez, 28, was disqualified from driving and ordered to pay a total in fines and costs of £1,540 at a hearing at Manchester Magistrates' Court.
The striker, who did not attend the hearing in person, pleaded guilty to two counts of failing to furnish information which relate to incidents in which his car was clocked speeding.

The court heard he received letters from the police in relation to the offences but he failed to respond because he did not recognise the word constabulary.

Tevez also admitted not having a proper UK driving licence, but denied he was driving when his car was caught speeding.

The footballer's solicitor, Gwyn Lewis, told the court: "He does understand the word 'police', but not more complicated words. The letters are written from Cheshire Constabulary and the word police doesn't appear on it anywhere."

He said that was also the case in relation to the speeding office in Morecambe, which was pursued by Lancashire Constabulary.

"The word constabulary is not one that is recognised internationally, but of course police is," Mr Lewis said.

"The correspondence was not dealt with properly and that has resulted in these offences."

When discussing the possibility of a fine, Mr Lewis told the bench: "He is a footballer and in that regard he is relatively well paid."

The court ordered that the disqualification period would start from 26 November, last year, when an interim driving ban was imposed on the player.

Tevez, from Alderley Edge, Cheshire, mimicked driving a vehicle after he scored twice in the win at home to Aston Villa on 17 November last year.

Last November Lancaster magistrates imposed an interim ban on him after he failed to provide information when his car was clocked doing 39mph in a 30mph zone in Morecambe, Lancashire, on 28 March - the night he played for City's reserves against Morecambe Reserves.

The court heard he failed to respond to letters sent to him by police on 3 April and 4 May.

Mr Lewis told the court his client accepted he did not provide identification - which carries six penalty points - and that under the totting up procedure he was now liable for disqualification.

The court heard that Tevez's Hummer vehicle was also clocked doing 66mph in a 50mph zone in Crewe, Cheshire, on 8 May and that he again failed to respond to letters from the police about it.

On 15 November, last year, his Porsche Panamera was impounded in Manchester as he could not produce a full UK driving licence.

The car was seized under section 165 of the Road Traffic Act in a routine patrol near to the Britannia Airport Hotel.

Tess Kenyon, prosecuting, said police pulled the car over after they checked it on the police system and it was found that Tevez was listed as a provisional driving licence holder and he was not displaying L-plates.

He was spoken to at the side of the road with the aid of a Spanish interpreter, the court heard.
He was then summonsed for driving otherwise in accordance with a driving licence.

Three years ago - when he was playing for City's rivals Manchester United - his Bentley Continental GT Speed was impounded in similar circumstances.

The Bentley was removed by police near to junction six of the M60 in February 2009 after it was found he did not have a full UK driving licence.
As an Argentinian driving licence holder, Tevez, is permitted to drive in Britain for the first 12 months of his stay in the country but is then required to apply for a provisional licence and pass the UK driving theory and practical test.

Mr Lewis said the theory test will be problematic for his client as it is normally conducted in English.

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He wasn't banned for not understanding difficult words (in a language he ought to be fluent in by now), he was banned for breaking the law every time he drove a car.

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