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Originally Posted by demonrail666

We could tie ourselves in semantic knots trying to distinguish a difference between stupid, goofy, idiotic, whatever. Surely the point is his behaviour - while in no way malicious - is destructive in terms of his career. Although it could also be said that his behaviour actually covers over the fact he's really never proved himself on the pitch, long term anyway. Not saying he's a bad player but he hardly lives up to the hype.

oh im kind of fond of the word "goofy" as i was called that by the drunken father of an irish-american ex-girlfriend. fuck yeah i was goofy. i'm definitely not an angry drunk ha ha. anyway by that word i mean, i guess: playful. to be honest, i laughed at his post. it did play on ethnic stereotypes but i thought it was harmless. someone is always going to be offended though-- always always always. (there's a lot of money in that racket these days-- and i say that as a "minority".)

my point was his behavior is only damaging because of the constant scrutiny. if he was able to horse around and be goofy with less publicity he'd be fine. things being what they are, he needs a filter and a new pr person.

btw, the name of the player was valeriano lópez. peruvian, played for millonarios in colombia, turned down an offer from real madrid who ended up hiring distefano instead. the tale of his prodigious feats of manhood (lol) is mentioned in one of vargas-llosa's novels (i forget which one).

as for balotelli's performance-- yes, he's one of those people who when stricken with inspiration will do unbelievable things, but most other days he'll be completely out of it. if they could only invent a drug to keep him inspired...

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anyway, to change subject--

hm... i've got nothing, ha ha.