Mario Balotelli's charge of violent conduct from the FA unsurprisingly dominates the Manchester City news agenda today.

There's a mixture of straight reporting on the news as reported here on mcfc.co.uk on Tuesday, but there's also opinion galore on the latest incident involving our Italian striker.

Balotelli is global news, with coverage of the story even creating headlines in the US on the North Jersey.com web site. Maybe Mario has a lot of fans in the Italian-American community? Either way, Jersey residents can read that,

Referee Howard Webb told the FA that he would have sent Balotelli off if he had seen what looks to be the most serious moment yet in the player’s 18-month stint at City following several colourful incidents on and the field.

Nothing new there, really, but with some time having passed since Sunday a few writers have drawn breath and jotted down their opinions on Balotelli.

Richard Tanner in the Express writes, "Earlier in the season, Mario Balotelli rolled up his Manchester City jersey to reveal a T-shirt posing the question, ‘Why always me?’

"After his latest misdemeanour, his manager Roberto Mancini will be tempted to write on the back: "...because you can’t keep out of trouble”.

"Maverick Balotelli seems to be under the misconception that he is persecuted. While it is not his fault his new Bentley was allegedly pelted with eggs outside a restaurant as he enjoyed a post-match meal at his favourite Italian eaterie in Manchester on Sunday, or that a ‘friend’ decided to let off fireworks in his bathroom on the eve of the Manchester derby in October, one look at his crime sheet on the pitch underlines that he brings most of it on himself."

But there's support for Mario from within the City squad, and skysports.com rounds up the thoughts of James Milner and Sergio Aguero from different sources. The Argentinean makes a robust defence of Mario, the player and the person:

"But those of us who are really close to Mario know that off the field he's a really good lad. Like a lot of players he has his own idiosyncrasies here and there.

"Everyone knows him as a player from what you see on the field. But I know that off the field he's a lovely lad. He's a young lad, he takes care of himself and approaches his life as he wants."