Mario Balotelli

[PES Stats Database]

[pedala robinho]

Isn't he better technically than Okaka? I'm thinking on something like TEC: 83.

[Dino]

Agree

[Vandeach]

He's alot stronger than this I'd say an 87 he doesn't get pushed off the ball easily.

[DeFrenZ]

no way, 87 is clearly too much... are you saying he's on par with AMAURI? now now... i think he's right at 84, which is a good value after all.

[PMC]

isnt Codrea giving him a hard time now?

[Dino]

Ok 87 is too much but 84 is too low

[DeFrenZ]

So you're saying he's stronger than MAICON, JUAN, Paolo CANNAVARO? (considering he's probably taller too)

[Dino]

So you're saying he's stronger than MAICON, JUAN, Paolo CANNAVARO? (considering he's probably taller too)

Yes he's stronger then them imo.

[HitMan]

BB 85 hes a big guy

[Dino]

His Technique should be higher imo, it's unfair that Giovinco & Pato's got 86 while Balo "only" has 81, imo it should be 84/85 on par or at least close to Bojan.

[Capone]

Technique 84-85 is too high for me. He is technical strong, but is he technically really stronger than players like Maxwell, Miccoli, Montolivo, Aquilani and so on? I don't think so yet.

[pedala robinho]

His First Touch is good, but IMO he don't deserves more than 83. Really, isn't fair compare he to Giovinco or Pato.

Long Pass Accuracy can be an 81, but I don't know yet. Free Kick I think can be 82, but I don't think deserves more too.

I also think he deserves one point more in Agility, so, what about 82?

[Capone]

His First Touch is good, but IMO he don't deserves more than 83. Really, isn't fair compare he to Giovinco or Pato.

Long Pass Accuracy can be an 81, but I don't know yet. Free Kick I think can be 82, but I don't think deserves more too.

I also think he deserves one point more in Agility, so, what about 82?

Agreed with you, I would say:
Technique: 82-83
LPA: 81 IMO
Agility: 82 (he's very agile for his size)

[jmg721]

I just wanted to point out, that you realize these stats are probably over the top

He is 18 and basically unproven, and there are 30 yr. olds who have been doing it for years with basically worse stats.

His shooting stats are on par with many good CFs, his combonation of speed, mobility and size is unstopable. His attack and Response are great for an 18 yr old. His passing is better than most CFs. His FK & Curling is really high.

So basically the only stats that aren't very very high for an 18 yr old....are Technique, Agility, Ment. And we are trying to raise Tech and Agility....and LPA which is already vert high for a CF.

Put it this way, if he was playing as he is on Chievo or Reggina, there is no way these stats would be allowed.

Did I also mention that he has 2 stars...even though one is more of a tendency star.

[HitMan]

sure do agree with this reasoning, but still i think his BB should be 85 thats not something that depends on age much and ofcourse we must wait and see, its too early to make him that great on other stats.. hes pretty good as it is

[jmg721]

I've actually heard that keeping on your feet, and keeping your balance under pressure does come a bit with age. But, I do think that Balotelli has good balance...I just know I have heard that arguement before in one of the evo-web threads from a top stats guy...can't remember who though

[HitMan]

maybe it does, but if you take a look at some OLDER players in this database im pretty sure that you will find that most of them got their balance reduced DUE TO AGE and loss of physical condition(possible examples Maldini,Nedved,Stankovic), and ofcourse theres the factor of a player maybe putting on 5-6 killos in 2 years and becoming more stable, or loosing those killos and becoming less stable...which also comes with time.

[Alex_10]

these stats are ok nowadays.. only a pair of points on TEC is needed..

[jmg721]

Okay, I'll through the 1st stone. It will be in the direction of Attack...

He is 18 years old and very inexperienced. For young players with limited exposure there are only a few in the 80's. I think the idea was to put him on par with Pato, but I don't think they are on the same level when it comes to attacking positioning. I'm not even sure his positioning is any better than Osvaldo, Morimoto, Obinna all at 79. Putting him above the likes of Doni, and on par with....

81: Alexandro PATO, Giuseppe MASCARA, Giampaolo PAZZINI, Rubén OLIVERA, Mario BALOTELLI, Pavel NEDVĔD, Simone TIRIBOCCHI, Roberto STELLONE, Antonio DI NATALE

Just doesn't seem right to me (not to mention he has the *Positioning