The (Oh) Man City Full 9

While Arsenal's title hopes were over sometime in August, the thrilling 1-0 defeat of (Oh) Man City at Emirates Sunday was especially sweet in oh, so many ways: extinguishing the English career of ridiculous human being Mario Balotelli, likely sticking a fork in the cooked potato that is Roberto Mancini's Manchester stint, and helping Manchester United prove that a club built on obscene debt is always superior to a club built on obscene wealth...er, wait a minute.

1. Who is the bigger fool? Mario "Why Me?" Balotelli, or the manager who signed him,  not once, but twice, and has given him a very long leash for nor obvious reason?
2. A: Mancini is old enough to know better.
3. Did I mention that Man City lost even though deploying former Arsenal stud buckets Samir "I just wanna trophy" Nasri, and Gael "Theo Walcott of the Defense" Clichy? Write when you get the trophy, guys!
4. So, Samir, how's that working for you? It would be churlish of me to mention that in 2011 you faded earlier than the team did, but you didn't exactly put your stamp on Sunday's match, did you? Or, the season.
5. The shine seems well and truly off the coaching legend of Mancini. the rumbles are starting to, well, rumble that he may be on his way out of Etihad. Commentators and former players are noting that he really wasn't all that at Inter, after all. It's hard not to question the ability of a manager whose squad has imploded as spectacularly as (Oh) Man City. 
6. Mancini claims he didn't see the leg-assault on Alex Song, but perhaps he didn't need to, in order to see that Balotelli was a liability to his team as long as he remained on the pitch. As the game went on, I kept hoping and praying that Mancini left the striker on the pitch. Though, while some (namely, me) are childishly focusing on Balotelli, it would be harsh to blame him entirely for what was a team effort to not win, assisted by a coach who got his tactics all wrong.
7. For those who insist that a deft man manager like Ferguson might be able to teach responsibility to Mario while coaxing the freakish talent he possesses, go on with yourselves. Ferguson would never waste his time on a basket case project like Balotelli.  
8. Perhaps Why Me? might want to issue and apology to Alex Song whose leg he very nearly broke? Or Bacary Sagna, whose legs, for some reason, he seemed to want to break. Fascinating, at halftime to see a parade of Manc players walk by the back-knacked Balotelli without acknowledging him. The only player to talk to him was Arsenal's Sagna who seemed to be encouraging, despite the mugging he'd endured from the Italian.
9. In non-Man City news, Tottenham lost today. Holy crap, Arsenal might actually finish third. What an odd game, this football is! Call it 9.5, but Mikel Arteta's game winner was sweet; not just for the finish, but the way he barged in to steal the pass near the center circle, after 87 minutes of hard work. Arteta was one of several Gunners with outstanding efforts.