One thing Balotelli has really helped to do is take the pressure off certain players, particularly, Sterling, Hendo and Sturridge.
Before he came, all the talk was how those 3 were going to have to step up and replace his goals. "How Daniel was now the main man". "How Raheem was going to have centre stage to shine now". "Could Hendo chip in with 5-10 goals."
Enter Mario.
Now all the talk is about "What crazy thing Mario is going to do next", "Can he fit in to the LFC way of working", "Will he take penalties". "The Balotelli circus". And to be fair to the man, he seems to be big enough to handle the media circus around him.
Whilst Raheem, D-Studge and the rest of the lads can go about focusing on playing their football without any added pressure.